Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Indeed, the 201 Institute is full of talent. Seeing the excitement of this technician, Qin Yang knew that Elder Zhu's suggestion was excellent and perfectly solved his problem.

"President Qin, you conceived this system, right?" Another technician said, "There are so many ingenious ideas in it, it's really admirable."

"Yes, although it's the first time designing it, it sounds very mature."

Listening to everyone's praise, Qin Yang was a little embarrassed.

Of course, he didn't conceive of this thing.

In China, the Type 09 infantry fighting vehicle is the first domestic infantry fighting vehicle to use an H-type transmission system. In fact, before the Type 09 infantry fighting vehicle, several international infantry fighting vehicles were already using the same transmission system.

The first one should be the Italian Centauro wheeled armored vehicle.

In the early 1980s, the Italian Army planned to replace its old M47 tanks with new vehicles. These vehicles had many requirements, such as excellent driving stability, sufficiently high carrying capacity, and excellent tactical and strategic mobility, etc.

If they wanted to meet the requirements of the Italian Army, they had to have brand new vehicles. The Italian companies Iveco and Oto Melara started designing them, with the former focusing on the chassis and the latter on the weapon system, according to their respective strengths.

At this time, they had not yet decided whether to use a tracked or wheeled chassis. It was not until the beginning of 1984 that the Italian Army finally put forward specific requirements, some of which determined that a wheeled chassis had to be used.

It required a sufficiently high road speed, a long range, and excellent off-road mobility. Tracked chassis couldn't speed on the road, so it had to be a wheeled chassis. High off-road performance requirements could be achieved with eight wheels.

Iveco was originally engaged in wheeled vehicles, so it was naturally good at this. In 1987, it produced the first "Centauro" tank destroyer prototype.

This prototype used Iveco's 6V-TCA turbocharged diesel engine with a power of 383 kilowatts, which was very powerful. There were also new engines that could be replaced at any time, with the power increasing to 440 kilowatts.

At the same time, matched with the advanced diesel engine was the H-type transmission system produced by the German company ZF. This was also the first time the H-type transmission system was used on a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.

The Italians used it at the time because the military had requirements: this vehicle needed to be able to be transported by C-130 transport aircraft. If it was to be airlifted, the height should be as small as possible, so the H-type transmission system was chosen. As for ZF, it was a world-renowned transmission system supplier, and the transmission system they developed was very stable.

Now at this time, the Italians haven't chosen this solution yet, and Qin Yang can shamelessly say that he created it first, but he didn't say these things, just smiled.

"Okay, let's continue."

Qin Yang spoke for two or three hours before he finished introducing the entire system. The following refinement was the responsibility of these people, and he could be a hands-off manager.

Elder Zhu also attended the meeting and listened to the entire introduction process. He was also very emotional. This President Qin was very powerful and had countless ideas in his head. How did he come up with them?

"By the way, if we are driving at low speed, can our fourth axle be made into a follow-up steering?" At this moment, a technician spoke.

With more tires, turning becomes difficult. Looking at the train skins running on the road, so many black marks are left on the ground when turning. The tires are just rubbed over. If you are unlucky, you can even rub the tires and blow them out.

If your rear wheels can also steer, then you definitely have to leave space for steering, so the space inside will be smaller. After all, people have to sit on both sides in the back. If you have experience riding a bus, you know that the protruding parts inside the car are reserved for the tires. The space for the front steering wheels is not smaller than the space for the rear two rows of drive wheels, and may even be larger.

"Oh."

Since Qin Yang objected, everyone didn't argue, because Qin Yang must have a reason for objecting. He wouldn't object to others casually. As long as he objected, there must be a reason.

This plan is not mature.

In fact, all of this is caused by immature technology. If the technology is mature in the future, it will be much easier to directly use electric propulsion.

In later generations, electric vehicles have developed rapidly. Of course, pure electric vehicles should not be used on military vehicles. If there is no electricity, you have to find a charging pile, and you can't charge it quickly. Are you waiting for the enemy to bomb you?

Pure electric is not good, but hybrid is suitable, and it is a perfect match.

For example, some gas turbine tanks may burn all their fuel while on standby. With hybrid power, you can completely use the power carried by the battery to only supply the observation and aiming system.

The emergence of hybrid power has provided great convenience to military vehicles. As a result, after the first decade of the new century, various combat vehicles designed by various countries have begun to consider hybrid power.

This method saves fuel, is flexible and convenient. More importantly, if it is driven by an electric motor, the gearbox is not needed, and the transmission system is not needed. For equipment similar to the eight-wheeled vehicle, you can directly stuff a hub motor into each wheel hub and drive it directly.

If you want to turn around, you can even use the way a tank turns around, turning one side forward and the other side backward, to make a turn in place.

But, it can't be used now.

In the 1980s, these technologies were not mature. Qin Yang didn't have the energy to develop an electric vehicle project. This is a huge workload. Not to mention anything else, just the control circuit of the motor requires advanced electronic technology, what PWM, what IBGT, without these things, you can't fix the electric drive at all. What you make can only be the result of Dr. Porsche: the speed of the motors on both sides is not synchronized, and you can't go straight in the end.

It's not just installing a motor, electronic technology is the key. This goes back to electronic technology again. No matter what you do, you need this technology.