Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

If it's the upper fire control system, it's expensive and definitely can't be transplanted. But the mature one used on tanks now is just the lower fire control system. The price isn't high, and domestic production can be done in large quantities, so it can be completely transplanted.

If it can't shoot on the move, it won't be able to cover the infantry well, and the 30mm cannon will become just a decoration. This money can't be saved.

Qin Yang's attitude is firm. As long as he insists, the relevant departments will have to support him. That's how it is now. Everyone listens to what Qin Yang says.

By the time the meeting ended, it was already 12 midnight. Old Zhu said with a smile, "President Qin, would you like to stay at my place for the night?"

Qin Yang really meant to. He always had endless things to talk about with Old Zhu. However, at this moment, someone rushed over, "President Qin, we just received news that the United States is sending several experts over, and they specifically requested to see you."

"American experts? Could it be Dr. Wright?" Qin Yang guessed casually.

"Yes, President Qin, it's Dr. Wright." Qin Yang widened his eyes. No way, he could guess it right with a random guess.

As the designer of the M1 tank, Dr. Wright had already achieved fame and success. But then he met Qin Yang, and a new door was opened. One million US dollars for a design, and then he never saw him again.

This time, Dr. Wright came in person. What did he want? Did he discover that Qin Yang had fooled him?

Qin Yang didn't have the awareness of fooling people. He firmly believed that his design drawing was worth more than one million US dollars, so now, he nodded generously, "Okay, when will Dr. Wright arrive? Call me to pick him up at the airport then."

The person looked at his watch, "About three or four hours."

Three or four hours? This is another day of hard work!" Qin Yang sighed. Fortunately, he was young and in good health. If it were someone else, they probably couldn't withstand such high-intensity work. Qin Yang thought for a moment, "Okay, let's go over now. After we get there, find me a place to doze off."

If there was no place, he could lie down and rest on the chairs in the waiting hall. In this era, many people traveling long distances rested on the chairs in the train station. However, when Qin Yang arrived, his Hummer RV had also been driven over, so he rested in the Hummer RV for two or three hours. It's good to have an RV.

After resting, Qin Yang was energetic again, full of energy to welcome the new day.

The plane slowly landed at the Capital Airport. When Dr. Wright walked off the plane, the eastern sky was already slightly white. It was originally the beginning of a new day, but he felt a little tired. The jet lag made him want to sleep.

However, after passing through customs and seeing the people welcoming him outside, he instantly perked up.

"President Qin, you're so busy, but you still came to the airport to welcome me. I'm really honored." Dr. Wright came up and shook Qin Yang's hand. So, Qin Yang could only point to the person next to him, "Dr. Wright, let me introduce you. This is Leader Huang, a superior who came specifically to welcome you."

Leader Huang had a smile on his face and extended his hand, "Dr. Wright, welcome to the East. I will be responsible for the entire reception during your visit and inspection in the East."

"No need, Leader Huang, President Qin is enough."

Obviously, this guy didn't understand Eastern etiquette. Qin Yang was a little speechless. Wasn't he embarrassing Leader Huang?

Leader Huang smiled generously, "Yes, if President Qin accompanies you throughout, of course, there's no problem. I'm just afraid President Qin won't be able to spare the time."

Qin Yang still had his own things to do. It was impossible for him to accompany him everywhere.

"Is that so? That's a pity." Dr. Wright said, "I know President Qin's time is precious, so let's go to the car and discuss it."

Originally, Leader Huang's seat was taken by Qin Yang. Leader Huang sat in the passenger seat, watching the two people in the back start chatting.

"President Qin, your design drawing is so perfect! We used that design drawing to build a prototype vehicle, and the plan is completely feasible!"

The M1 tank wasn't Dr. Wright's greatest achievement. This new tank was!

"If you want to equip a larger caliber tank gun, you must make large-scale improvements to the vehicle body. Your design drawing is simply epoch-making." Dr. Wright continued to talk eloquently, "The design of the front and rear two-section tracks is even more creative. This way, even if you encounter a landmine, you still have the ability to move."

Why the front and rear two-section design? The reason for the old Maozi's design was that the engine power was not enough, so they had to use two engines, each driving an independent track in the front and rear. This avoided the problem of connecting the engines, but it also brought another benefit: not being afraid of landmines.

On the battlefield, landmines are everywhere. The light ones blow up infantry, and they don't even have to kill them, just injure them, so they can contain the enemy's actions. Even the living allowance for disabled soldiers after the war is a big trouble. The heavy ones deal with tanks and armored vehicles. Even if they can't completely destroy these vehicles, at least they can blow up the tracks and make the vehicles lose their ability to move.

Tanks rely on long tracks to realize the wish of walking on flat ground in the wild, but once the tracks are damaged, the tank will be paralyzed, and repairing them is a cumbersome and dangerous task.

Now that it's turned into two sections, if the front is blown up, the back can reverse and return to a safe place to repair it. This idea is great!

Qin Yang smiled. So it was a success and they were here to report the good news. Good, he also succeeded in successfully fooling the Americans onto the wrong path.

In later generations, the Americans also developed a 140mm tank gun, which was installed on the M1 tank and became the M1A3. The Germans also developed it, also on the chassis of the Leopard 2. The existing chassis can actually support it. As for protection, the first priority in war is to eliminate the enemy, and protecting yourself is secondary.

Now, if the Americans work hard in this direction, they will completely embark on a wrong path. When the red empire suddenly disappears in a few years, these technologies will have to be shelved.

"We have assessed that if the 140mm gun can still use complete ammunition, then the penetration depth of this ammunition will definitely exceed one meter, becoming the world's most powerful tank gun. By then, we will regain the advantage!"

The current M1 tank is still mainly equipped with a 105mm gun. The Americans haven't even prepared to use a 120mm gun yet. They will have to wait until the Gulf War to replace it, but research and development still needs to be done to deal with the threats of the next few decades.

"However, we encountered some problems during the design."

This time they came to ask for help!

"Please speak."

"For example, the handling of ammunition."