"Due to the removal of the original turret, the weight of the mechanism has been reduced a lot. At least a considerable part of the weight of the chassis dome and steering gear does not need to be considered anymore."
"So although the armor laying area of the new battle room has increased compared to the original turret, after all, it has to accommodate the larger 203 mm cannon. However, the final total weight difference between the reduction and the increase is not
The comprehensive defensive power of the 261 engineering vehicle is still at the same level as the original IS7, and it can be used on the frontal battlefield to resist close attacks."
"And because of the use of a new type of sandwich composite armor instead of traditional homogeneous steel, the proportion of the total vehicle armor tonnage can be further reduced. However, it still retains the ability to effectively defend against existing known armor, and what is expected in the next stage.
The emergence of stronger enemy kinetic armor-piercing and chemical armor-piercing weapons capabilities."
"After completing all the above design demonstrations and practical applications, the final combat weight of the 261 engineering vehicle is only slightly higher than the mass-produced IS7 heavy tank, only 71.8 tons."
"Because it is an early prototype, some designs are not perfect yet. For example, we plan to change the gun mantlet and fighting room configuration. After running on the test track for several rounds, we found that some redundant weight can be continued to be reduced.
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"So we estimate that if the 261 Engineering Vehicle is finally allowed to be mass-produced, we are confident that its total combat weight can be reduced to less than 70 tons while ensuring its comprehensive combat capability."
"Are you satisfied? Comrade General."
This is because the new composite armor configuration proposed by Malashenko and successfully designed by the Kogin team has begun to be adopted on a large scale.
Therefore, except for Malashenko and Lavrinenko, the few early IS7 prototypes in Kulbalov's hands, as well as the dozen or so early-stage pre-production batches of IS7, have not yet adopted the new composite armor structure.
Out of shape.
The mass-produced IS7 that has actually rolled out the production line has fully adopted the new configuration of composite armor.
While ensuring the protective performance, especially greatly improving the resistance to chemical energy armor-piercing weapons, it also reduced a lot of weight.
Therefore, except for the early IS7, which has less than 20 vehicles at full capacity, the total combat weight of all the remaining mass-produced IS7s has reached 64 tons. The armor weight reduction of 6 tons has to be said to be a very remarkable achievement.
After all, the total combat weight of your tank is not all the armor weight, is it? The structural weight and subsystem weight also need to be considered, and they also account for a large proportion. Although the armor weight accounts for a large proportion, it is not all, so it can be cut with one knife.
6 tons is really impressive.
In the same way, it is also because of the application of new composite armor configurations. A fully enclosed tracked armored combat vehicle like Project 261 carrying a 203 giant gun and wearing heavy armor can dare to say that it can fully suppress the mass production of combat vehicles.
To below 70 tons, the abandonment of the deadweight traditional homogeneous steel armor is an unavoidable reason.
What is the outcome like for Malashenko?
Then you can tell just by looking at Comrade Ma's expression that his mouth is grinning almost to the base of his ears.
In what kind of battlefield environment can a heavy-duty synthetic field group with independent combat capabilities exert its greatest combat effectiveness? It really depends on the tonnage of the heaviest equipment owned by this field group. The heaviest piece of equipment.
It determines what kind of battlefield environment this synthetic cluster can fight at full status.
To translate theory into practical operation.
At present, the heaviest equipment of the Leader Division is nothing more than the early IS7 of Malashenko, Lavrinenko, Kulbalov and others. These big guys with a total combat weight of 70 tons determine where the Leader Division can be.
Fight the hardest battle.
In other words, as long as the new equipment does not exceed the upper limit of 70 tons, or slightly exceeds it, but is still essentially at the same tonnage level as IS7, and the unit power-to-weight ratio and tactical mobility are very close or even consistent.
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Then this new "big guy" does not need to lead the divisional organization to revise the combat outline. There is no need to adjust the battle tactics due to this new equipment, nor will it cause any problems due to the addition of this new equipment.
The horizontal combat environment of the leadership division was further narrowed.
Places that I could go to before without this thing can be gone now that I have this thing.
As a division commander, Malashenko needs to consider the above things, not just how good this car is, how powerful this car is, how fucking shocking and how fucking delicious it is when it is in front of him.
Whether a new piece of equipment will have any impact on your unit's current combat outline and campaign tactics is a matter of sitting on the old horse's current position. Anyone who ignores it will be derelict in their duties and will be a fool.
From a soldier's perspective, it smells amazing. Not to mention driving it out to beat people, even driving it out on the streets will probably scare the Germans enough to make them urinate.
From the perspective of a commander, its arrival does not require a lot of trouble to reinvent the wheel and revise it. Once it is obtained, it can be put into the existing system, and it can be used immediately after finding its correct position.
What is good equipment?
That's what it's called, and it's that simple.
As for Shashmulin, who was asking tentative questions and was not sure whether Comrade General was satisfied or not, but he was worried, the next second he heard the answer that made his heart drop.
"When you go back, I will write a handwritten note for you. I will just write some comments and suggestions, and then add a sentence at the end."
Before he could finish speaking, Malashenko had already started walking towards the 261 engineering vehicle which was very close at hand, while Shashmulin on the side quickly followed him, for fear of missing something, and it was not until he reached the back of the vehicle that he finally
Heard Malashenko's last words.
"Whether it is for deterrence or actual combat, judging from its design results, this is what we need. This is the suggestion from Malashenko."
Malashenko put his hand on the car door that had not yet been closed by the crew who had gotten off the car. He poked his head and looked around inside the car, and then spoke again.
"Let's go in and take a look. Comrade Chief Engineer, please do it to the end and introduce me to the situation inside?"
"Oh, ok, no problem! I'm more than happy to do it, Comrade General."
Shashmulin, who was in ecstasy but had not yet fully recovered, entered the fighting room through the rear door of the car.
As soon as he came in, he had to lower his head and bend down to prevent his head from hitting the semi-automatic loader above his head. He then continued to walk forward for a while, until he reached the position near the breech block, and finally he was able to stand upright.
waist board.
"Okay, this space is much more spacious than the original IS7. It's almost like a one-room rental house compared to a three-bedroom and two-living room."
Shashmulin, who did not understand the meaning of the second half of the description of the division commander, followed Malashenko a little later and ducked in, and came to the other side of the gun block, and he and Malashenko
Shen Ke face to face.
The place where the two of them are now is the respective combat positions of the main and deputy loaders.
"Yeah, by the way, I just thought of a question when I came in. How many of these things did you bring this time? Don't tell me it's just this one."
The question was not directly related to the structure of the combat room, which surprised Shashmulin, who was preparing to answer professional and technical questions, but it was not a problem that required too long of thinking.
"There are 5 vehicles in total, Comrade General."
"5 cars?"
Malashenko was immediately happy when he heard this. It could be said that he understood what Shashmulin was planning almost instantly.
"It seems that you planned to take my shortcut from the beginning and let me endorse you with a practical feedback report, right?"