Soviet Union 1991

Nizhny Tagil, located in the Sverdlovsk Region of the Soviet Union, is home to rows of orange-red buildings. The city hidden between forests and plains is the industrial center of the Ural Industrial Zone, with highly intensive metallurgy, engineering, Chemical and metal processing industries. The Nizhny Tagil State Arsenal is also the main production site for T72 and T90 tanks.

The originally peaceful Nizhny Tagil State Arsenal seemed extremely lively today, because everyone knew that the General Secretary, who had never stepped out of the Kremlin, unexpectedly visited the Wildlovsk Oblast. There must be some political factors hidden behind it.

If the well-informed First Secretary of the Verdlovsk Region Soviet should have received the wind that caused a small earthquake in Moscow, the original Moscow Mayor Luzhkov was removed from office, and the powerful figure in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anatoly also He was not spared. The strange thing is that just when everyone thought that the next unlucky person might be the municipal party committee secretary, the investigation was immediately stopped.

Except for the execution of some small fish and shrimps, Comrade Pugo, who originally carried out the cleaning task, returned to the position of Minister of the Interior without incident, as if he had caused such a trouble, and no one had any influence. Dare to attack him rashly.

Some people believe that Yanayev has broken with the conservatives, but more people believe that the general secretary forced them to make compromises. Because the subsequent high-profile accompanying visit further proved their point of view.

The opposition hidden in the Kremlin can no longer afford to cause any trouble.

Accompanied by Comrade Vladimir, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Yanayev visited the Nizhny Tagil State Arsenal. Although the T72 had a bad reputation during the Gulf War, fortunately, it turned the tide in the Chechen War and its reputation did not fall. Fall again. Comrade Victor's subsequent selling also slightly reduced t72's losses.

Yanayev stood in front of the T90 tank produced on the assembly line, silently staring at this armored monster. The fire while welding the turrets sprayed out everywhere, and the workers appeared to be dedicated to their duties in front of General Secretary Yanayev. In fact, everyone pretended to be busy in order to cooperate with the cameraman.

Yanayev stood in front of the unfinished chassis indifferently, staring at the steel monster on the assembly line. Comrade Vladimir who accompanied him stood beside him without retreating at all.

T90, a tank that is very likely to become the main armored force of the Soviet army in the future. Now it is caught in the struggle between military factions, making its service journey extremely slow.

Since the dismantling of armored forces in 1991, Soviet tanks have been impacting international arms market prices. It is said that in the most exaggerated period, tanks in the Middle East were purchased at a wholesale price of US$4,000 apiece. This reckless approach also allowed the Soviet Union to quickly solve the nightmare of excessive armaments and save funds for the military.

If you have useless tanks in your hands, you still have to spend money to maintain them. If you sell them all, you can still get your money back. Even a fool can see which way is best.

Soviet weapons have always been characterized by ruggedness, simplicity, durability, and the steel torrent of the pre-Cold War era has always been a lingering nightmare for European countries. In the middle of the 20th century, they were almost invincible at the same level. Which European country would it be? No country dares to compete head-on with a huge armored force. Compared with European and American tanks, Soviet tanks are quite unbelievable. Although their appearance is rough and simple, and their shape is not in line with the mainstream, they have powerful firepower. The Soviet armored group has been a typical offensive-defensive force from the beginning. All Russian tanks Tanks have better mobility.

As early as January 1996, senior Ministry of Defense officials in charge of the Soviet armored forces confirmed that it had been decided to gradually turn the T-90 tank into a single-production tank for use by the Russian Armed Forces. The key word in this decision is "gradually become". In other words, although the T-90 tank is selected, the production of T-80 tanks in Omsk is likely to continue at a low rate. The T-80 tanks are mainly for export, so as to avoid Omsk experienced excessive economic difficulties.

The service of T90 is slowly advancing in the army, because the military did not unanimously agree with the fist force's selection of T-90 tanks. There are even internal voices that think this move is a wrong choice. Many people think that compared to the T90, the T-80u is an outstanding tank. The T-90 was also considered overweight and underpowered, especially when compared to the agile T-80U tank.

A series of remedial measures are being taken to this end. This is likely to leave the Russian Army's standardization issues unresolved. According to Russian military estimates, in order to modernize armored force equipment, the military needs to purchase 400 new T90 tanks every year. However, due to the resistance of the military ministry, the procurement of T90 is far lower than this number. In other words, now It's just that the Soviet army has sufficient budget, but they don't want to buy new tanks yet. This is just like when t64 is equipped with t55.

The Soviet government has made plans and response measures. In addition to meeting the needs of the Army's armored forces, it will export 2,030 T-72 and T-80 newly produced from 1994 to 1997. To force the Army to make concessions at the negotiating table.

"Do you know why I came to visit the Taxiajier State-owned Arsenal?"

Yanayev stretched out his hand and carefully touched the giant wheel with steel tracks, feeling the cold breath on it.

Comrade Vladimir answered with understanding, "Is it about the problem that the people in the Army Department are unwilling to replace the T90 tanks? Some people in the Army Department even made a strong statement that the Army will not replace the T90 on a large scale in the next few years."

Yanayev nodded and said, "There is part of this reason, but it is not entirely because of this. As the person in charge of the Nizhny Tagil Arsenal said, although they highly praised the T90 as the best main battle tank so far, everyone knows that the T90 tank is still mixed, such as weight and armor issues. If it really needs to be replaced on a large scale, I am afraid that the Army Command will not be able to pass it. Unless... a perfect new tank appears that can completely replace all current tanks. Only then will the Army Department shut up."

Tanks that are more advanced than the T90...

Comrade Vladimir also fell into deep thought for a while.

It is really difficult to let Comrade Vladimir think about this problem. At this time, the prototype of the fourth-generation main battle tank has not yet appeared. According to the original timeline, it will not be put into service until at least 2015. However, this does not prevent Yanayev from mastering the golden finger of history.

As for the Armata Project... Although it has been criticized for not reaching the level of the quasi-fourth generation, coupled with the Soviet Union's strong research and development capabilities and the operation ten years in advance, he does not believe that the Armata Project will fail.

Since 1995, the Atama Project has been put on the parliamentary agenda by the Ural Vehicle Factory in Omsk Oblast, and the Ministry of Defense has made special funding. Moreover, this development plan has been carried out in secret since three years ago. No one knows what the Soviet Union is secretly tinkering with. Only Yanayev and Yazov know about this plan. Developing the next generation of main battle tanks will gain new advantages in future military power.

"In fact, this plan is already being carried out in secret, Comrade Vladimir. But it's not time to bring it out yet, but I hope you can come forward and use this plan to keep the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Army quiet. How to do it specifically depends on your means. This is the document information of the new tank that is being researched and developed. I think you will be very interested."

He put the photo of the new tank in front of Comrade Vladimir. This is indeed different from all the previous Soviet tanks. The turret alone gives people a sense of science fiction of future technology. And the parameters listed are also several levels higher than the T90. This is not the simple and crude continuous firepower of the previous steel torrent. Since the Soviet Union was unable to maintain its hegemony over the world, 50,000 tanks have been uniformly weakened. The retired army was also pulled to the overseas market to expand its financial resources.

Vladimir's expression was a little strange. Yanayev's words scared him. He couldn't believe that the other party had kept a hand. How many secrets of this country did he not know?

Yanayev seemed to have seen through the other party's thoughts and said with a smile, "There are still many secrets you don't know, but you will slowly learn them in the future, after you have reached sufficient authority."

"Now it's up to you to convince the comrades in the Army Department."

Vladimir asked helplessly, "What is the use of the T90 plan?"

"It's useful, but it can also be said to be useless."

Yanayev's answer was concise and clear, "But it will be carried out as an export project for the Soviet army, and the Far East will also purchase a certain amount. After all, we still have a deserted plain in the Far East. Before the news from Omsk Oblast was released, the Soviet army would still Diego several types of tanks for a long time. Well... This period may be a bit chaotic, and I hope to control the situation well."

Adhering to the idea of ​​59 fighting for another hundred years, at least T72 and T80 cannot withdraw from the stage of history within a certain period of time.

"Once the news about the Ural car factory is released, you must put pressure on the Army Department to make that small group of stubborn elements give up their previous ideas. Oh, by the way, I think they should be interested in Atama's information. You can use this to test their attitude first. Akhmezov and Baklanov, the old man, should be more open-minded. After persuading him, you can start with Varennikov. The success rate will probably be higher."

"But I think you should know how to do it. I don't need to say more about the rest."

Yanayev said slowly and methodically.

For the first time, Vladimir showed a very helpless expression in front of Yanaev.

I am not completely sure, so I will see how it works when the time comes..."