Chapter 49: The Military Commission Leaders Are Shocked! A Global Tank Benchmark!
Real-world combat is the ultimate test.
But the new Gou Gou C-type main battle tank test couldn't be conducted on the border of the Big Bear, playing a real-life ‘Call of Duty’, could it?
Of course, there are other ways to test it.
For the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank test, the 9910 project team specially brought in the previous Gou Gou main battle tank, as well as the former ‘five-wheeled modified’ tank, to initiate a unique ‘combat-oriented’ test.
This was undoubtedly the most direct manifestation of tank power.
With the fully armed Gou Gou C-type, Gou Gou-type, and various models of ‘five-wheeled modified’ tanks, they lined up on the testing field.
The scene was just awesome!
But just from the appearance, the new generation Gou Gou C-type was captivating.
It was just too beautiful!
In the military industrial equipment industry, there's a saying.
It's called ‘To judge if a weapon is advanced, look at whether its appearance is beautiful’. It's enough to tell.
Generally speaking, the more beautiful the appearance of a weapon, the stronger its combat power.
So, if judged by appearance,
The Gou Gou C-type had already won too much.
The low-lying overall appearance, the highly integrated modular design, the symmetrical and simple, irregular composite armor, and the various high-tech equipment mounted on the exterior… The Gou Gou C-type was simply like a powerful beast, ready to pounce!
The grille armor was gone, and the V-shaped anti-wave plate was gone.
The hull was more compact, but the barrel seemed longer and larger.
This Gou Gou C-type was just pleasing to the eye!
“Comrade Chen, your Gou Gou C-type tank, it looks so comfortable.”
“Indeed, the equipment you designed and developed always brings surprises.”
The Military Commission leader praised.
Chen Jinchao was about to humbly say, ‘It's everyone's credit.’
Old Zhu, who was beside him, chimed in, “That's right, Comrade Chen is the ‘successor’ I specially found! Hahahaha… Leader, do you know what the ‘C’ in Gou Gou C-type stands for?”
“Could it be?”
“Yes, it's Chen Jinchao's ‘C’, this is his masterpiece, and hopefully, it will be his most outstanding work among all his military industrial research and development so far.”
“Oh~! Then I'll look forward to it.”
As the Military Commission leader's voice fell, the test of the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank began.
But unexpectedly, the test had just started, and the Gou Gou C-type tank stalled?!
Everyone present watched as the latest Gou Gou C-type main battle tank started, but it had only moved a few steps before stopping.
Immediately, everyone's faces were filled with astonishment.
Could it be that it didn't meet the standard, or there was a technical fault?
While everyone was still speculating in their minds, Ma Bo Ming, who was beside Chen Jinchao, had already run down in a panic, talking to the tank crew driving the Gou Gou C-type, and promptly started checking to see what went wrong.
Fortunately, there was no danger.
It wasn't a technical problem, but because the tank crew was unfamiliar with the operation and power of the Gou Gou C-type, they couldn't turn at the designated location.
Ma Bo Ming, who was in a hurry, directly got into the Gou Gou C-type tank and personally demonstrated driving.
After the demonstration, the Gou Gou C-type finally started smoothly.
“Leader, the Gou Gou C-type is equipped with our newly developed twelve-cylinder diesel turbine engine, with a power output exceeding 1,000 horsepower. Coupled with the CH800 integrated hydraulic mechanical transmission system, it can achieve 360-degree turning on the spot, and acceleration from 0 to 32 kilometers per hour takes only 7 seconds!”
“Even in reverse, it can reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour! Compared to the 5-6 kilometers per hour speed of the Gou Gou-type, this is a huge improvement.”
“Moreover, we have integrated the engine and transmission into a single power pack. If there is a fault, the maintenance time on the battlefield will only be half an hour.”
“This is a world-leading level!”
Accompanied by Chen Jinchao's introduction,
The powerful driving force of the Gou Gou C-type left all others in the dust on the testing field.
On the bumpy and uneven ground, it was seen flying without slowing down, leaping over walls, crossing trenches, and galloping across the field!
It was as if it were on flat ground!
“Good!”
The Military Commission leader praised in a loud voice.
The powerful ‘Good’ could tell how satisfied he was.
After the mobility test was completed, the next step was to test the firepower of the Gou Gou C-type tank.
When the Gou Gou-type tank and the various ‘five-wheeled modified’ tanks were lined up and became the target vehicles.
The eyes of the Military Commission leader couldn't help but light up.
What could be a better test of real capabilities than a tank fighting a tank?
What surprised the Military Commission leader even more was that the Gou Gou-type and ‘five-wheeled modified’ tanks, which were used as target vehicles, were not stationary.
The moment the test began, they quickly darted in all directions, and it took fully five minutes before the Gou Gou C-type entered ‘battle’ status.
This was a real simulation of battlefield conditions!
It was also the first time that an Eastern superpower tank conducted such a moving target test!
Just as the Military Commission leaders couldn't help but sit up straight, their eyes firmly fixed on the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank, the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank also started moving.
The surging power allowed the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank to move at high speed.
The laser suppression sighting system and gun barrel reference compensation device were activated immediately.
Soon, from the 125mm caliber smoothbore gun, which had been improved to 48 times, a 125mm third-generation fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing round was fired.
The whizzing shell, no one saw it, no one reacted, and it hit the ‘five-wheeled modified’ tank, which was clad in 680mm homogeneous steel armor, at a distance of 1,800 meters.
The effect of the bombardment didn't even need to be measured, it could be seen with the naked eye that the armor on the ‘five-wheeled modified’ tank was pierced!
The shock of this strike hadn't passed, and the barrel of the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank moved, locking onto the second target while moving at high speed.
“Boom!”
The main gun, with an initial velocity of 1,700 meters per second, this time fired a tungsten carbide armor-piercing round.
As soon as the shell left the barrel, ripples could be seen on the ground around the Gou Gou C tank. The shell kicked up dust in the sandy terrain, like the trajectory of a handgun bullet.
“Bang!”
A loud bang.
The Gou Gou-type main battle tank, which was clad in 1,100mm of armor, was severely pierced!
The power of the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank was astonishing!
Against its previous version, the Gou Gou-type tank, it was like an adult beating a child, leaving it with no ability to fight back.
Aside from the power, the rapid reloading during movement, rapid target locking, and shooting accuracy behind it were even more astounding to the Military Commission leaders.
“These are all new equipment developed by Comrade Chen.”
“This is still a weakened version. If it were on the battlefield, and instead of a target vehicle, it were a real manned one, the enemy would be even more miserable.”
After hearing about the various ‘black technologies’ that had been improved and added to the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank, the Military Commission leaders finally understood why it was called ‘Gou Gou C-type’.
Suddenly, the praises for Chen Jinchao were endless.
But compared to the firepower test, the final protection test was even more eye-opening for the Military Commission leaders.
The first production model of the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank, after its brief ‘glory’, was turned into a ‘target vehicle’!
It stood there motionless.
Armor-piercing rounds were fired by the Gou Gou-type tank, testing the protective ability of the composite armor.
“This is the first tank in the Eastern superpower that has a protective capacity of over 1 meter!”
“Comrade Chen called it the ‘Wall of Sighs’, meaning that the enemy would only be able to sigh after seeing it.”
Old Zhu was introducing with a satisfied look.
The next moment, the Gou Gou-type tank fired a round, a plume of smoke rising.
But after the smoke dissipated, the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank seemed like nothing had happened!
“What level is this?”
The Military Commission leader took a deep breath, suppressing his emotions, but his voice still trembled slightly with excitement.
“World's best!”
“I'm talking about the Gou Gou C-type main battle tank.”
“Also the world's best!”
“It, is the current benchmark for tanks worldwide!”
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The test ended perfectly, and the Gou Gou C-type tank passed the test successfully.
But amidst the thunderous cheers of the entire crowd, the words ‘world's best’ and ‘benchmark’ were so clear!
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ps: The 6-cylinder engine was written incorrectly before, it should be a 12-cylinder engine, it has been corrected.
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