After listening to Zhou Yonghui's words, Wu Hao nodded and then motioned for the other party to continue.
Li Jiaming understood and immediately started playing the test video. The next test is a big one, a Type 88 main battle tank. This tank is actually not as famous as its predecessor, the Type 59, but once upon a time it was the mainstay of our army's armored force and the absolute king of land warfare.
However, due to the limitations of the times, this generation of tanks did not play a big role, and was soon replaced by the more advanced Type 96 main battle tanks and Type 99 main battle tanks.
However, because this type of tank is produced and equipped in large quantities, almost more than a thousand, so even now there are still some troops equipped with this type of tank.
However, as our new tanks continue to be fielded, the Type 88 main battle tanks have begun to be gradually retired, and a large number of them have been dismantled and resmelted. Others are encapsulated and preserved. Of course, some have also followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Type 59 main battle tank, risking their last strength and becoming a realistic target for other weapons and equipment.
The Type 88 main battle tank on the screen was actually obtained by Wu Hao and others from the military. In addition to this tank, they also obtained a lot of equipment that was about to be retired, mainly for new weapons. R&D test development.
Originally, they planned to get some old 59s, but they were told that 59s are now very rare. Except for some in museums, there are not many available, so they switched to the retired 88s.
Basically, these old equipment that have been retired or are on the verge of retirement are also kept secret. It is difficult for ordinary people to obtain them. There is basically no channel and no permission.
As for Wu Hao and the others, they are qualified to engage in the development of weapons and equipment, so there is no problem in obtaining these old equipment. Of course, it also needs to go through layers of approval.
The test technicians began to modify the Type 88 main battle tank for testing, and installed four intelligent unmanned robots into the Type 88 main battle tank to replace the commander, gunner, and gunner respectively. Loader, driver and four crew members.
This is the configuration of old tanks. Starting with the more advanced Type 96 main battle tank, the crew members have been reduced from four to three. Without the loader, the so-called loader, as the name suggests, is actually the shell loader of the tank gun, responsible for the loading of the tank gun. The tank models after the Type 96 main battle tank all use automatic ammunition supply systems, so there is no longer a need for a loader, only a commander, a gunner, and a driver are needed.
The new generation of tanks, that is, the fourth generation tanks, has been reduced to two people. Only a driver and a commander are needed. For example, the Russian Armata main battle tank adopts an unmanned system. In the turret structure, two people sit side by side in the front row. One driver is responsible for driving the tank. The other commander, in addition to commanding the driver as the crew commander, also assumes the role of gunner to control the artillery or It's the vehicle-mounted machine guns that do the fighting.
The fifth-generation tanks that followed were already unmanned and intelligent. However, this type of tank is still in the verification process. Although some samples have appeared, none has yet been officially installed in the army or put into actual combat.
Moreover, there is now controversy in the military academic field as to whether tanks should still appear on the battlefield and whether they are still capable of modern warfare.
The reason is that the emergence and widespread popularity of new weapons, especially drones, has greatly compressed the combat space of tanks.
Now we don’t need any special anti-tank weapons, anti-tank missiles, RPG rocket launchers, recoilless guns, etc. We only need a civilian drone that costs two to three thousand yuan, and then add a piece of ammunition, or mount this A warhead flew over the tank, then crashed into the tank, or dropped the ammunition. The heavily-equipped main battle tank worth millions of dollars, the king of land warfare, was so easily destroyed.
But the price is only a drone, or even a piece of ammunition, which is very minimal.
This tactic has become more and more mature in various local wars and battles over the years. The main battle tanks installed by many powerful countries, which used to be representatives and symbols of the military strength of these powerful countries, have become more and more mature in the face of these cheap drones. He was helpless to resist and was defeated to the point of being defeated.
Therefore, the international military academic community is now beginning to question whether the tank, the king of land and heavily armed weapons that has been around for hundreds of years, has failed to keep up with the trend of the times and will be eliminated.
Of course, those who still support tanks believe that although drones pose a certain threat to tanks, they still cannot shake the tank's status as the king of land warfare. The current results of these drone operations only occurred in small-scale conflicts. Once a large-scale war breaks out, tanks will still be the main assault force of the army, both the fist and the tip of the knife.
And in the eyes of these people, with the continuous development of anti-drone technology, the advantages of drones are gradually being lost, and they can no longer play a big role.
What's more, there are still a large number of tanks in service in various countries. It is impossible to retire them all at once. Therefore, everyone is also looking for corresponding solutions. Among them, unmanning is the future tank development trend that everyone is scrambling to study.
It's just that it's too expensive to develop a new generation of unmanned tanks, and countries are making very slow progress. At the same time, unmanned transformation technology for these tanks is also being explored and developed.
In this regard, Wu Hao and the others are obviously at the forefront. This solution, which does not change the tank itself but adds value to the unmanned intelligent module, is more advanced, more economical and practical than the current solutions proposed by various countries in this field.
The four intelligent unmanned control robots are installed in place, and the next step is the test project of this tank. First of all, just like the off-road vehicle, the first thing is the formal capabilities of the tank on board. I saw the intelligent unmanned robot controlling the tank and speeding rapidly in the huge test field.
Don't think that tanks are all slow when driving. In fact, the speed of tanks actually abandoning them is very fast, which can reach 70 or 80 kilometers.
You must know that the main battle tanks currently in service are all heavy guys of 40 to 50 tons, 50 to 60 tons, and can travel at a speed of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour. This is truly a land beast that can break through all obstacles.
This is the case with the Type 88 main battle tank tested. It actually performed gracefully in the test field, and the whole process was very smooth, fast and sensitive.
Those who don’t know are thinking that someone is driving a racing car to take turns in the sewers, but in fact, this is a lump of forty or fifty tons of iron. The ability to complete it to this extent shows the excellent performance of this intelligent unmanned control robot.
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