Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"Engineer Yang, come, come up here and take a look." Qin Yang beckoned to Yang Ying, "The secret of our automatic ammunition selection lies here."

Yang Ying looked at the bottom of the elevator, where there was a small handle-like device.

"It's here. This is called the ammunition selector. Different types of shells will have ammunition markers in different positions. This way, when the ammunition disk rotates, the selector will skip other ammunition. When it encounters ammunition with a corresponding raised marker, it will stop, so that the corresponding ammunition can be selected." Qin Yang said.

Yang Ying was also a technical person. After hearing Qin Yang's introduction, the picture of ammunition selection appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Not bad, your method is very good. A small mechanical device easily solves the problem of ammunition selection! Did you invent this?"

"Yes, we figured it out. However, since Engineer Yang, you want to understand, we will naturally tell you everything we know."

Yang Ying was filled with emotion: "Engineer Qin, your reputation is not very good. Many people are saying bad things about you behind your back. Those people, ah, they don't understand you, so they are just envious and jealous. You are a truly outstanding military industrial master who works for the country, the people, and the army!"

"Where, where." Qin Yang was very modest.

"Engineer Qin, I'm very curious, how do the old Maozi tanks select ammunition?" Yang Ying continued to ask.

"The old Maozi? Of course, they use the simplest method." Qin Yang said: "The old Maozi's turntable is planned in advance. One part is for armor-piercing shells, one part is for high-explosive shells, and one part is for gun-launched missiles, etc. This way, whatever ammunition is needed, just look for it in the area where the ammunition is located. However, I don't think this is appropriate, so I modified it."

"Why is it inappropriate?"

"Think about it, if you are always facing armored targets, you can only use armor-piercing shells, or if the opposite side is all fortifications or personnel, you can always use high-explosive shells. But, what if you just finished hitting an armored target and then encounter a large group of infantry coming over? The ammunition disk below has to turn half a circle to get to the corresponding position, which will obviously affect the rate of fire." Qin Yang said: "The old Maozi's design puts the same type of ammunition together. We think it's inconvenient to use, so we improved it to the current one. When loading ammunition, you can load whatever you want. Of course, it is generally recommended that armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells can be loaded alternately. This way, the ammunition disk only needs to turn left and right, and at most turn past one ammunition, to find the appropriate ammunition. On the battlefield, switching ammunition will be more convenient and faster."

In fact, the design of this ammunition marker and ammunition selector is not difficult. The early models of the old Maozi put the same ammunition together, and later they improved it to the kind Qin Yang had in his hand. But now, this improvement has naturally become Qin Yang's.

It's absolutely practical. The reason why Qin Yang can be the number one military industrialist here is of course because he is standing on the shoulders of giants.

"That's right, you're right! Engineer Qin, you are too amazing. I, Yang Ying, admire you! Next, I need your help with the semi-automatic loading machine plan."

"It's easy to say, let's eat first. After we eat, we will carry out a detailed drawing design."

That night, Yang Ying took the drawings back. Zhang Chao and Qin Yang personally put Yang Ying on the train. When they came back after seeing him off, Zhang Chao couldn't help but say: "Yangzi, this is not in line with your style!"

"How is it not in line? Isn't I, Qin Yang, so noble?"

"You said, after Engineer Yang finishes reading our secrets and goes back, will he draw a gourd according to the picture and copy the same automatic loader as us?"

"How is that possible? They use whole-mounted ammunition and can only use the tail-cabin type." Qin Yang said: "Our turntable can't fit it. Unless the tank is four meters wide."

The split ammunition is for easy loading. The warhead and cartridge are separated, and the length is of course reduced. The rear cartridge is less than half a meter long, and the front warhead depends on the specific situation. Even the advanced Phase III ammunition, the warhead is less than 0.7 meters, and the front end is thin, which can be stuffed into a turntable with a diameter of about two meters.

What about the whole-mounted ammunition? The length of a 120mm armor-piercing shell easily exceeds one meter! If this thing is designed with a turntable, the turntable must be at least three meters in diameter, and the tank must be more than four meters wide.

"The tail-cabin automatic loader can't use our ammunition selection scheme?" Zhang Chao asked.

Qin Yang gave him a meaningful look: "Are you the only one who is smart?"

The tail-cabin shells are not on the turntable, but on the ammunition belt, with chains and levers. In short, these cannot be easily arranged like a turntable with a protrusion as an ammunition marker, and then use a simple ammunition selector to select.

Therefore, even if Yang Ying knows, he can't learn it, unless they also engage in split ammunition.

"Which of these two methods is better?" Zhang Chao asked.

"There is no good or bad, only suitable or unsuitable." Qin Yang's answer was very philosophical.

In later generations, for example, the Type 15 plateau tank uses the tail-cabin type. The biggest advantage of this thing is that the whole-mounted ammunition can poke the armor-piercing rod to the bottom of the propellant. However, in the current era, the technology is simply not up to par, so knowing it is good is useless.

Moreover, the situation of automatic loader failure and manual loading must also be considered. Therefore, the 125mm gun must be split, there is no saying.

As for what tail-cabin type has a pressure relief plate and is not easy to detonate, it's nonsense. When the Gulf War, the T-72 flying turret became famous. Decades later in the desert area, wouldn't Saudi Arabia's monkey version of the M1 tank still fly the turret? Not to mention the Leopard 2. And what fire suppression and explosion suppression system, it's purely psychological comfort.

"Will Engineer Yang be scolded by the people in the factory when he goes back?" Zhang Chao continued to ask.

"How is that possible? He is very respected. Don't let the higher-ups put the blame on me."

The tired Yang Ying returned to the 447 factory, and went directly to the meeting room before he had time to go home.

Zhuang Shuren's face was full of anticipation: "Old Yang, what was the harvest from this trip to the capital?"

"The turret tail cabin, and the hull."

"Then how is the shell moved over?"

"The loader."

"What? We are using an automatic loader! What do we need a loader for?"

"Engineer Qin and I repeatedly studied and believe that it is not realistic to develop a tail-cabin automatic loader now. It is more stable to use semi-automatic loading."

"What? Damn it, how did that Qin Yang fool you?"