Steel Soviet Union

Although Malashenko has never been too obsessed with personal power and red tape, some things are always independent of personal subjective will.

Just like Malashenko was involved in the vortex of Zhukov's incident, it doesn't mean that you can stay out of it as a matter of course if you don't want to be involved. There are always things that will fly to your head whether you think about it or not. It is more important to have a mentality to accept and face the opposite.

Malashenko could also predict his promotion to the Minister of Defense, or it could be said that it was all doomed from the day when Malashenko became the Deputy Minister of Defense.

It was just that in order to go through the process and avoid being gossiped about by too many people, Xunzong put Malashenko in the position of deputy defense minister for a period of time. By the way, he could also familiarize himself with the business and adapt to the role of commanding the entire army in advance. After work, it is only a matter of course to straighten things out.

At least in Xunzong's own opinion, this is indeed the case.

After taking up the post of Minister of Defense, Malashenko is much busier than before. He is responsible for military administration. All kinds of documents and reports are overwhelming and the desk is full of people.

The other hand is military construction and national defense development, which requires Malashenko to take time to go to the grassroots level, walk around, listen to and understand the voices and needs of the grassroots on the front line, and propose issues within his ability. Provide targeted opinions and suggestions and provide guidance.

From a practical perspective, under Malashenko's dedicated leadership and efforts, the Soviet Union's military power had already ushered in great leaps and bounds in the early 1970s.

The Soviet Army's steel torrent in history was already very powerful, but now, the steel army that Malashenko personally manipulated is even more powerful.

The comprehensive performance is enough to benchmark the original T-80 series in history. Under the continuous guidance and development of Malashenko for thirty years, the latest main battle tank was finally officially finalized and put into production in the early 1970s and installed in the Soviet army. And was given the official equipment number "T-70".

In terms of specific design, with Malashenko's personal intervention and guidance, the new generation of T-70 main battle tanks abandoned many tasteless and regrettable designs, took many detours and avoided many minefields. .

The first is that infrared headlights, which are "okay on paper but useless in practice", were directly removed from the design of new main battle tanks in the early 1970s with Malashenko's participation in the design, and are no longer available. Invest more funds in follow-up research and development.

Instead, the first-generation thermal imaging camera was officially installed on the vehicle.

Yes, that's right. In the original history, the device was first invented by the Americans in the early 1970s. In this timeline, it has become a "Soviet creation".

Malashenko, who served as Defense Minister in the mid-1960s, included the top priority of thermal imaging equipment research and development among the first major military projects he launched after taking office.

With Xunzong's strong support behind him, Malashenko's military scientific research plan was given the green light and unimpeded, gathering the top scientific research forces from major military academies and design bureaus in the Soviet Union to allocate resources and overcome difficulties.

The Soviet electronics industry does have some shortcomings and skewed technological development. However, with Malashenko's vigorous promotion and correction, this situation has been greatly improved since he took office as Defense Minister.

Such as military electronic computer technology and thermal imaging technology, are all projects that Malashenko began to vigorously promote when he took office.

Of course, the results are also good. In the future world, there will be nothing wrong with the development path that has been proven by time to be the correct route.

For a country like the Soviet Union, once the entire country is mobilized to do something, its efficiency and results are astonishing. The T-70 main battle tank, which was born in the early 1970s, is the best example of this.

On this new main battle tank, which is undoubtedly the most powerful in the world, the first-generation thermal imager is also installed on the vehicle at the same time as the Soviet-standard first-generation comprehensive fire control computer, which integrates laser ranging and ballistic analysis. calculation, automatic fire control information loading and other functions.

This makes the T-70A main battle tank officially delivered to the army equipped with complete automatic loading and firing table capabilities. The gunner guides the laser rangefinder to measure the distance to the enemy target and completes the basic aiming of the main gun pitch. It can be delivered throughout the entire process. The operation is managed by the integrated fire control computer, and the gunner only needs to perform the final step of precise aiming and fine-tuning.

The application of this new technology on vehicles has greatly improved the T-70A main battle tank's strike sensitivity.

Paired with an improved 125mm smoothbore tank gun to launch new long-rod tail-stabilized discarding sabots, the maximum armor-piercing depth exceeds the 500mm mark, making the T-70A undisputedly overwhelming against the current NATO main battle tanks. Sexual fire advantage.

The application of the first-generation thermal imager on the vehicle has given the T-70A preliminary all-weather reliable combat capabilities.

Although the visual combat distance at night is still limited by the thermal imaging definition, compared with the previous generation of almost suicidal night vision equipment that became "the brightest cub in the night sky" when the infrared headlights are turned on, the thermal imaging The substantial improvement in combat power brought by the imager is still huge.

More importantly, the thermal imager can not only be used as a night vision device at night, but can also be used as an enhanced enemy tracking device during the day. There are no restrictions on day and night use, which greatly improves the T-70A's battlefield capabilities. Situational awareness and adaptability to complex battlefield environments.

Combined with the protective design and power system that the Soviets are proud of, these are two of the world's top tank technologies.

At this point in time, the T-70A has achieved an almost terrifying final combat capability, and simultaneously leads the world in the three elements of firepower, mobility, and protection.

Although limited by the confidentiality requirements of new equipment, the T-70A cannot be truly publicly released in the short term to achieve the powerful effect of "shocking NATO for a whole year."

But it is a real sign that the Soviet tank industry and technology have once again made major strides forward.

Whether the thing is good or not, the most important thing is to know in your heart. What I am talking about is the current situation of the Soviet army after acquiring the T-70A.

As for deterring the enemy, just kidding, it can deter the enemy even without the T-70A.

The deeply improved T-59U main battle tank was just finalized and put into production in the late 1960s. In addition to not having a thermal imager and still carrying infrared headlights, it is almost at the same level as the T-70A in many technical applications. It is completely It can be regarded as a technical experimental version of the T-70A.

It was precisely after the success of the improved mass production of the T-59U that the T-70A, as a further integration project of new technologies, was approved by Malashenko and finalized and put into production.

Just this "T-70A Youth Edition" T-59U main battle tank is enough to give those NATO boys in the west a good drink.