USSR 1991

Akhromeyev and Balaklanov raised their heads at the same time, looked at the chairman of the Council of Ministers opposite with an expression of disbelief, and said in unison.

"Clam?"

9 Nineteen Chapters An Epoch-making Masterpiece

"It takes more skills to convince the powerful people in the military. They all understand the advantages and disadvantages of T90 tanks and T80 tanks. They don't need us to talk too much. They also know how to choose. But if we put one more on the table The form of the card is completely different. Amata is this different hole card. When they compare T80, T90 and Armata, they will naturally understand which one to choose. This is the psychological attack technique to deal with the military. I believe Akhromeyev will be very surprised and angry when he hears this. Blame us for keeping such a huge plan from them. Of course, this old man may still be happy in his heart."

Yanayev suddenly laughed when he said this. He could even imagine that the military's desire for Amata was the same as the joy when he saw the T55 in service.This is an epoch-making tank, which officially means that the Soviet Union bid farewell to the third generation and took a big step towards the fourth generation.Moreover, after Amata serves, the United States will feel more pressure.

The biggest reason for the Soviet Union to block secret information was that he did not want to attract the attention of the United States and Europe. Especially at this sensitive and critical moment, he showed temporary weakness to the M1 tank and used it to paralyze the nerves of the US military.The black technological achievements that broke out in one breath after a few years are enough to make countries all over the world dumbfounded.

Who called them a black technology empire.

What if the West thinks that the Soviet Union has been gnawing at its old foundations, and can't even maintain the replacement of its armaments?

That would be very wrong.

Vladimir came back to his senses, and everyone in the audience was looking at him, wondering what the new tank was.

Everyone in the audience was surprised by Vladimir's remarks, including the Deputy Minister of Defense. He finally understood why Yazov smiled meaningfully when he heard that he was going to this meeting. The mystery is hidden inside.

As soon as the slide was turned, the original T90 picture was erased and replaced by another picture.

A picture unfolded on the wall, this is a tank, never seen tank.It seems to be born out of the shape of the Soviet tanks. Although it still maintains a simple and rough structure in appearance, it does not have a round turret and a low chassis, but a wide and flat turret instead.Both ends of the turret are equipped with two cannon-like gadgets.

"The 640 Black Hawk engineering development project, the Armata tank. It is also a new fourth-generation main battle tank built for the Soviet army. Once the final test is completed, it will be given priority to the Soviet Army."

In Vladimir's eyes, Amata is Yanayev's hard work for so many years, but he will not turn him into a first-rate epiphyllum project.

This is a project that Yanayev has already decided on. He has prepared so many years in advance that he will not tolerate any failure.

Comrade Vladimir cleared his throat and began to slowly talk about the weapons that the Soviet Army was secretly researching.

"The Armata tracked armored platform incorporates all the major developments and innovations in the design and production of combat vehicles over the past decade. The 'Amata' main battle tank is even equipped with a remote-controlled unmanned turret that can reduce the size of the crew. And conduct simplified operations."

“炮塔配备全新的125毫米2A82-1M式滑膛炮。2A82-1M式滑膛炮射击精度提高了百分之120，射击密集度相比起之前的T80，也提高了1.7倍。而且还有另外一份计划，阿玛塔主战坦克也将搭配一款专门开发的152毫米火炮，这是主战坦克史上安装的最强大的火炮。”

As soon as the words fell, the army department was already whispering.Mao Xiong fully demonstrated his standard that caliber is justice and gunfire is truth.Especially the most powerful gunfire of this main battle tank is enough to instantly kill all the crispy tanks on the battlefield.

The people on the stage were not too lazy to look at the slides as before, but were curious about when this new tank could be interviewed.

Thrill and excitement permeated the darkness.

"This is not a failed experimental model, but a real 152mm gun. If such a main battle tank is placed on the battlefield, you don't have to care about tanks from other countries. They don't have military weapons at all. strength to withstand this level of fire."

Baklanov excitedly told Akhromeyev beside him that he seemed to see a new future for main battle tanks.

Akhromeyev did not show the other party's excitement. He carefully stared at the detailed introduction of the Armata tank given by Comrade Vladimir. He noticed that the tank's turret was also equipped with a 30mm sub-caliber various targets, including low-flying targets such as attack aircraft and helicopters.There is also a turret-mounted 12.7mm heavy machine gun that is said to be capable of engaging incoming shells, such as anti-tank missiles in flight.

30mm caliber artillery, is this going to replace the work of self-propelled artillery?

Although the rate of fire of this 30mm caliber is obviously much slower than that of Tunguska or Shilka River, air defense is not his main task.

"One Armata main battle tank may not have much impact on air defense, but ten, twenty, thirty, or even a hundred will form a firepower network, and any attack Everyone in the tank will be surrounded by them and then ripped apart with 30mm anti-aircraft guns."

The personnel of the Ministry of National Defense were surprised for a while, and the private communication was endless.

New tanks, new artillery fire, it seems that they are ready to say goodbye to the past.

It turned out that General Secretary Yanayev refused to give everyone a surprise at the end.

"Are we going to change the caliber?"

Someone frowned and said that he couldn't believe that the final debate between the T80 and T90 was actually overthrowing and starting over, letting such a tank end their debate.

Vladimir nodded very positively.

"Yes, you heard it right. This means abandoning the 125mm 2A46 series of smoothbore guns that have been used for half a century, and instead equipped with a newly designed 125mm 2A82 smoothbore gun. Say goodbye to the past series of calibers .And during the development process, the designers and production staff adopted the latest technology as much as possible. The 2A82 uses a self-tightening and partially chrome-plated barrel gun system that can fire all existing shells, as well as new types of shells under research.”

The whole conference room became very quiet.

Some people even think that Vladimir did not tell the truth. The so-called Amata project has only one picture and data so far. It is impossible for them to judge whether to purchase them by the Ministry of Defense based on these things.

But what the other party said immediately dispelled all of their doubts.

"If you don't believe it, the prototype has already arrived in Moscow, and it will be open to everyone at the right time. We will not launch the Amata project without preparation. Of course, it is because of technological development. The prototype is still available. It has not been to the point where turret remote control technology is fully applicable. But we can assure you that the standard has been met in other respects."

Due to the development of electronics, some conditions are still limited to the level of the 90s.But Yanayev is not worried about this, because Amata is not something that can develop rapidly in this era. Yanayev gave the opponent ten years.

By 2005, this plan will be fully surfaced, because it is a product of preparation for the next era.If there is still no significant progress by that time, Yanayev will be very happy to pull people from the experimental research and development department into KGB to talk about life ideals.

Pulling everyone's attention from Amata back to reality, they can't wait to witness the true face of this chariot.

"Oh, by the way, do you have any questions about the service of T90?"

Comrade Vladimir asked the other party, "By the way, there is also the situation about the T90 serving in the Far East. Do you have anything else to say?"

Another meaning of this sentence is that since they have made concessions on the Far East issue, the Army should also take a step back on the issue of T90 service. There is no need for both sides to make the situation too stalemate.

"There will be a meeting of the Ministry of Defense on this point, but I think there should be no problem."

Everyone's attention is focused on the Amata plan. As for the service of T90, it has been pushed to the Far East Military Region.Presumably no one should stand up and openly oppose this issue.The T72 tanks over there have long needed to be replaced.

Now they can't wait to see Amata's real figure.

9 Chapter Twenty

"Although I don't know what Comrade Vladimir is doing, it's hard to say that even the Ministry of Defense has concealed something?"

"The Ministry of Defense has nothing to hide. Comrade Varennikov will know what to do after watching the next wonderful performance."

Yazov, who was walking in the front, said mysteriously.

This meeting was originally notified by Vladimir, so strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Defense.In fact, he was also somewhat looking forward to what kind of amazing results Vladimir would produce, which would open everyone's eyes.

Varennikov was obviously a little impatient. He felt that the Ministry of Defense was hiding something from him recently.Moreover, the replacement of the main battle tank, which has not been mentioned for a long time, has also been brought up again. I followed the Minister of Defense Yazov through a corridor, and found that the Deputy Minister of Defense Baklanov and Akhromeyev were also there. , I saw the latter showing a mysterious smile towards him, and waved to him, indicating that the audience should sit down now.

A tank that has never been seen is standing on the flat ground not far away. It is different from the previous T80 or T72. Although it is a turret without any explosive reactive armor, the style of the entire tank is completely different Breaking away from the appearance of the previous Soviet tanks, it is more like a thing that abandoned the previous combat route and made it to match the new tactics.But the specific situation can only be known after the visit.

Except for Varennikov, everyone else is very interested in this tank. As Comrade Flamir introduced, they also specially selected a different shell caliber for this tank.

This experiment specially chose T72 and T80. Since they insist that T72 and T80 are excellent, then let’s talk about it with caliber.

"T72 and T80 as targets? When did the Ministry of National Defense become so rich?"

Varennikov smiled. Obviously, the "t90" after the magic transformation could not catch his eyes. After all, he had a great prejudice against the new car and preconceived that it was just a toy.

Baklanov turned his head. When he looked at Varennikov, his expression was a little strange, "After reading the evaluation first, you can express your opinion, Comrade Varennikov. There may be surprises waiting for you. .”