国产96改进型主战坦克

国产96改进型主战坦克 96 improved main battle tank made in China In 1999, the National Day parade in People's Republic of China for 50 years, the domestic 99 main battle tanks for the first time officially unveiled, as China's first true sense of the third generation main battle tanks, three performance of the car has been completely and the West's new three generation tank confrontation. We must point out that the Type 99 is not a National Day parade on the number of real batch production models -- to participate in the parade of 99 main battle tanks even enough to form an independent vehicle matrix, that must be 8 to 96 vehicles filled. In fact, the formal service time of the 99 type is far behind the setting time, and so far only a small number of the army's key group army have been equipped with. Starting from operational performance, the 99 model is undoubtedly the best choice for Chinese armored forces. However, with the improvement of performance comes the high cost of the Chinese army, in the case of limited funds, it is difficult to purchase a sufficient number of 99 tanks to achieve full facelift of the troops. At the same time, the 99 battle weight of up to 50 tons also severely limited its operational use in southern China, water network, rice paddies and other areas. The combined effects of many factors determine the final position of the 99 type in the Chinese armored forces - the trump card, but not the main character. In such a situation, the Chinese army can only make new paths to modernize the armored forces. From the current trend, this task has fallen on the latest improved shoulder of the 96 type main battle tank. The domestic public reports on the "96 tank" were first seen in the 1993 edition of weapons knowledge, and the public model was 85-2M. The tank is actually made of an export-oriented 85-2AP, improved from its own type. While the 85-2AP is in China's second generation MBT -- on the basis of 88 style and improved, it is also because of the origin, type 96 in service at the beginning of the 88 still use the family number, called 88C, was renamed the 96 type. The type 96 retains the basic type 88 chassis, but increase the turret ring, installed a new welded turret stabilization and fire control system, and the installation of the front turret in the vehicle model of 683 composite armor, and imitation from T-72 autoloader and 125 mm smoothbore gun to replace the 105 mm rifled gun 88 on. According to the recently published information, since the last century since the mid 90s, Chinese army has been equipped with 1200 car type 96 main battle tanks, equipment number after the armed forces have been more than half a century of 59 family, in the main battle tank army equipment was second. The 96 main battle tank equipped by the Chinese Army As a type of tanks from the two generation of development, with part of the third generation tank features of the "quasi three generation main battle tanks, 96 basic types of firepower, protection, motor performance and three Russian military equipment equivalent to T-72C, with the latest western main battle tanks such as M-1A2, leopard -2A6 geometric more, in addition to the gun power, in the performance of the fire control system, armor protection, mobility and fighting capability are obvious gap. For the armies of various countries, there is always an irreconcilable contradiction between the increase in the combat effectiveness of the army and the actual supply of military supplies, In the face of military equipment and 99 type of serious aging and not the reality of troops and equipment in large quantities, the type 96 tanks to improve service for many years using mature technology in 99 on the number of troops to meet the changing needs, has become a most realistic choice for Chinese army can make. Progress: one firepower, two protection, three maneuver Judging from the information currently disclosed, compared to 96G and 96 basic types, with the gunner thermal imaging night vision instrument, a new anti fire control system with the model to replace the original anti fire control, and in the hull and turret front installation of a new domestic reaction and 99G on the same armor. Through these improved 96G tanks, the firepower performance and the protection capability are obviously improved compared with the 96 basic types. However, due to the increase of the total weight of the battle and the corresponding upgrade of the power system, the maneuvering capability of the tank has declined. In the thermal performance of 96G, the biggest highlight is equipped with a thermal imager model and gunner anti fire control, as a type of the high cost of "three generation" battle tanks, a serious low 96 most criticized shortcomings is at the service at the beginning of the 96 type because there is no reached the practical requirements the thermal imaging night vision equipment available, only the first on the LLL night vision technology is relatively mature in solution as pressing danger. If the day when fighting type 96 can also be by virtue of the technology gap is relatively small under the trans image stabilized fire control system and a powerful 125 mm gun with M-1A2 barely a word, then once in the night, M-1A2 can find the equipment with overwhelming thermal imaging distance up to 3000 meters without can be reversed on the maximum night vision distance is only 800 meters of the 96. Since 99 since the advent, the corresponding improvement plan for the use of new type 96 thermal imaging night vision equipment has been put on the agenda, and finally in the 96G to become a reality, which means that the 96G night fighting range from 96 - 800 meters to 2000 meters jump! In addition to fighting ability, 96G thermal imager new equipment also revealed to us: the 96G equipment is not 96 basic information is another important original anti fire control system, but the new trans fire control. The author draws the conclusion not to Weakness lends wings to rumours. tank fire control system, some understanding of the military fans will know, under the anti fire control by its design principle, it is difficult to achieve normal cross-linking and thermal imager. To really play the role of night vision equipment expensive, you must dress up more advanced technical level of the anti fire control, but it will also enable 96G in response speed and accuracy, especially have a significant improvement on firing accuracy when moving. However, due to financial constraints, 96G doesn't like Type 99 and M-1A2 as vehicle equipped with independent panoramic night vision, in the sight of ability compared to both and there is still a certain gap. In fact, with the overall development level of the domestic tank fire control system, there is no obstacle for the 96G equipped with the latest automatic tracking fire control system. But the most important decision factor is never updated equipment technical level is advanced or not, with the changes in the security situation in the country, the military distribution of our army began to tilt to the Navy and air force, The army has to do its utmost to maintain and improve the combat effectiveness of the army while the funds are limited, so it has to make a choice in the development of equipment. In this environment, the type 96 equipped with no new "Hunter killer" fire control system, no equipment independent of the commander "s panoramic night vision, also in reason. In the protection, the first concern is that a Type 99 MBT on most of the characteristics of the protective equipment - mounted on the turret at the top of the laser suppression system does not appear in the 96G main battle tanks, only one of the sets of equipment, the cost is too expensive for a reasonable explanation, economic considerations, 96G give up the system. Because no active defense system is available, 96G's defense capability is entirely dependent on its armor. 96 basic type is the first welding MBT turret and modular main armor equipment of our army, in the front of the car body and the turret front (main gun sides) were equipped with 3 pieces of 683 type composite armor, the 3 composite armor module is connected by a bolt and a medium tank, can be quickly replaced in armor block when damaged, in use have great flexibility, and can quickly upgrade in the new armored module appears. According to the "weapons industry" China a contemporary book about the 683 type composite armor system is composed of 52 and 617 units in China's first self-developed composite armor - type 681 composite armor based on the improved form, using a "metal + metal + metal materials" and "sandwich" structure for fin stabilized projectile warhead and has good defensive ability. By equipping type 683 special armor, the 96 basic turret armor is stabilized at 2000 meters, and the armor of the stabilized sabot piercing armor reaches the level of 530 mm uniform steel armor. T-90 type tank this index with Russia (not equipped with reactive armor) rather than Japan, type 90 (520 mm), but was significantly lower than that of M-1A2 (700 mm). Given the gap between the 96 basic model and the M-1A2's total combat weight (96 of the basic battle is 41 tons, and the M-1A2's amazing 63 tons), the gap is reasonable. Compared with the 96 basic type, the biggest change in shape of 96G is the new type of reactive armor module in the front of the car body and the front of the turret and the two sides of the turret. According to the data of the domestic foreign trade type reaction northern industrial company released the FY series of reactive armor, our newly developed armor in the main protective index has reached the Russian military equipment "-5" level of reactive armor, the armor piercing fin stabilized on the protective ability of 300 mm equivalent homogeneous steel armor. Through the installation of new reactive armor, only need to pay a certain price (the weight of tank combat weight increase of about 3 tons) of 96G anti armor piercing capability has reached 830 mm amazing, and equipped with the "contact -5" T-90! According to the number of live firing test between the United States and Germany in 1996 and 1999 results, even using America's new type M829A2 depleted uranium penetrators, design in the distance of 1500 meters, can not effectively damage the equipment "contact -5" T-72 reaction tank, and 96G protection ability still equipped with the "contact -5" T-72! In a sense, It is precisely because the new type of domestic reactive armor gives the 96G main battle tank exceptionally strong protection capabilities, so that our designers dare to give up on the 96G equipped with the same type of laser suppression system 99. As for the other three of the tank's performance - maneuvering capability, there is no information to date, and 96G has taken steps to improve on the power system. It can be determined, 96G is still used in the 88 Series and 96 basic type 12150ZL type V type equipment for 12 cylinder water-cooled turbocharged diesel engine, the engine rated power of 537 kW (730 HP), rated speed 2200 rpm. There are also users of the 96 series of another improved - domestic type 85-3 main battle tank has been equipped with 1000 horsepower diesel engine as an example, it is speculated that the 96G is also equipped with similar high-power diesel engines. Net friend's starting point is undoubtedly good, but it is not realistic. The tank engine is a bottleneck for military research in China, while 85-3 and 96G improved from 96 basic type and (many users is also from this point of view, the equipment in the 96G on the same type of engine has no obvious technical barriers to the conclusion), but we must see that 85-3 is just a the market for foreign trade export models, according to the research work of China's military tradition, pilot new equipment by foreign trade on the equipment was significantly greater than the practical value. Moreover, in addition to a flash in the pan 85-3, I have never seen any record of this type of engine on the domestic main battle tanks. This is in stark contrast to the 12150ZL engine's equipment history. According to official data, 12150ZL turbocharged diesel engine is developed from the beginning of 1973 1974, produced the first prototype car, then through the development of 13 years of improvement, beginning in 1987 to 1989, to finalize the design, the engine with the supporting models of 88 main battle tanks together officially installed troops from officially installed date, the engine has served in the army for 17 years. The troops of the engine is to reflect the "strong and reliable, sturdy and durable, easy to maintain, the most important thing is the" easy maintenance ", from the hands of the data, 12150ZL by using turbo technology in 12150L-7 diesel engine on the basis of research, and the former is 12150L-7 B2-54A tank diesel engine of the Soviet Union, is also the equipment on the engine type 59 tanks. This means that China's military departments in the research and development of 12150ZL engine, the maximum has been considering the equipment technical inheritance, mature parts may use all available, through the development of this mode of "small run", greatly reduced the army logistics department to maintain the pressure - the original for 12150L-7 the maintenance of equipment and spare parts can continue to use the most on 12150ZL, has been plagued by lack of military spending for the army, economy of the inheritance and the consequent is extremely rare. The same idea is also reflected in the improvement of 96 basic type, from the front of the story we have learned that the military was chosen 96G as first-line armour main equipment, economic factors play a decisive role. Compared to the 96 and 96G, all the improvements - simplified thermal imager, additional armor, are already mature technologies that have been used on 99 tanks for years. It is hard to imagine the military maneuver in order to improve the performance of a is not regarded as the main index of the equipment, and there has never been a formal model of tank engine service records, and the logistics system has been formed completely retrofitted, which has been completely contrary to the original intention of the modification of the type 96 with the least money to do most things. Of course, in order to combat 96G MBT 44 tons of weight, the engine power of 730 horsepower is smaller (power unit only 16.6 HP / ton), which has broken the engine power unit third generation main battle tank Russian T-90 tanks to create the lowest record (T-90 engine rated at 840 horsepower, combat the weight of 46.5 tons, the unit power of 18 HP / ton). The direct result of unit power reduction is the tactical maneuverability of the tank, especially the decline of the acceleration performance, which will inevitably have a negative impact on the actual use of the 96G. But for our army, which urgently needs to improve the combat effectiveness of the front-line armored forces, the choice of "two evils is lighter than that" is not acceptable, but it is not totally unacceptable. However, from the perspective of enhancing combat effectiveness of the angle, I still suggest that, to deal with the 96 type power system's improvement, such as the planet steering mechanism is improved to improve reliability, and increase the hydraulic power device for tank driver, in order to reduce the driver's physical consumption, better play the combat effectiveness and in the military conditions allow, consider installed high-power engine suitable for 96G. epilogue The appearance of the 96G provides a feasible approach for our army armored units to increase their combat effectiveness under the limited funds and realistic conditions. According to the estimates in the 96G batch service, equipment system of our army armored forces is likely to be the following: to a greater number of equipment, and a large number of 88A 88B 59 improved to keep the troops and equipment, and a small amount of Equipment Type 99 tanks to keep our army armored forces technology on each country surrounding armored forces. The best price 96G of large quantities of military equipment based on front-line troops, become the backbone of our Army Armored Forces Combat capability. In a sense, this improves the service performance of the fire control system and the protection ability of the 96 modified MBT, marking the long China army third generation main battle tank main selection dispute settled. Have been numerous fans of great expectations of the 99 main battle tanks, limited by the expensive cost, only a small number of equipment equipped with the northern part of the main group army. 96G with its good price and more flexible strategic mobility, and ultimately won the battle of two tigers. Last version: the latest enhanced 99A2 tank 2007-10-26 Next article: Chinese 85III type main battle tank 2006-6-22 [comment] [recommendation] [collection]