Weapons and equipment were very important to a country's army. After all, meat bullets could not defeat steel bullets. How could a human body withstand a steel tank? Ji Yun's army had some tanks, but they were No. 1 and No. 2, and they only had some 20mm cannons.
In Ji Yun's opinion, these things were not real tanks at all. However, the tanks that came out in 1937 were not satisfactory.
There was no other way. Since that was the case, he would change it himself.
The tanks of this period were only developed by the Polar Bear.
However, even during this period, the polar bear was also affected by some special influences, such as the special product of this period, the great influence of the Multi-Cannon Church.
The T-28 medium-sized tank was a product created under such circumstances. Although it only had one main turret, there were two machine gun turrets below it. This thing was purely superfluous and basically wouldn't have any effect.
However, whether it was the engine or some other designs, they were actually not bad, but they were all limited by the thinking of this era. As long as it was improved with the technology of this era, this tank could still become a good tank.
Therefore, it was already amazing that Ji Yun possessed all the military technology before 1937.
Today, Ji Yun brought his beloved secretary, Xiao Yue, and a large group of tank engineers and advanced technicians. They arrived at the tank factory. There were two tanks, one big and one small, in the tank factory. These two models could be considered real tanks, unlike the armored vehicles equipped with machine guns like the No. 1 and No. 2.
These two tanks were modified by the designers themselves after combining historical data. It was impossible for them to design their own tanks at the moment because they were still at the stage of learning how to replicate them. It would probably take some time for them to design their own tanks.
The data of the T-28 tank before it was improved was like this.
The T-28 medium-sized tank had a total combat weight of 25.2 tons, and later improved versions had a weight of 30 tons. The crew consisted of six people, namely the captain, the gunner, the reload and radio operator, the driver, and two machine gunners. The first three crew members were in the turret, and the last three crew members were in the front of the body. It was 7.36 meters long, 2.78 meters wide, and 2.62 meters tall. Its biggest feature was that it had three turrets (including a machine gun tower). The central turret was the main turret, which was equipped with a MT-28 16.5 caliber 76.2mm cannon. There was a 7.62mm machine gun on the right side of the main cannon, and a 7.62mm machine gun at the back of the main turret. These two machine guns could be operated independently. The main turret rotated by electricity, which was very advanced at that time. The two machine guns in the main turret had independent machine gun mounts that could rotate at a limited angle. There were two cylindrical machine gun towers in front of the main turret, each equipped with a 7.62mm machine gun. The two machine guns were controlled by one crew member, and the machine gun tower could rotate at a limited angle.
The T-28 tank's auxiliary weapon was four 7.62mm MT machine guns, carrying 7938 rounds. Among them, the two small machine gun towers in front of the main turret could make a limited rotation of 165 degrees. On the T-28 tank produced after 1936, a 7.62mm machine gun was installed at the left rear of the top of the turret for shooting at the air.
The rear of the turret was equipped with a MT-71 radio station with a communication range of 18 to 20 kilometers. The T-28 tank produced after 1935 was equipped with a frame antenna around the cannon, increasing the communication distance to 40 - 60 kilometers.
Now, the original 76.2mm short-barreled cannon with a 16.5x caliber had been replaced with the 75mm howitzer with a 36x caliber. The two extra turrets at the front were removed, the length of the tank was reduced, the thickness of the tank armor was increased, and an anti-aircraft machine gun was added to the top of the tank.
At the same time, it was removed. There were two small turrets in the front, so a machine gun was installed on the front armor. Moreover, the original six members had now become four.
Because a lot of unnecessary things were removed, the size of the mass tank was also reduced, which could also reduce its area of impact. Since those unnecessary things were removed, the tank's weight would also decrease.
However, the front of the T-28 tank was only 20 to 30 millimeters, not to mention the side and back.
Moreover, this damn thing was actually using ladder armor. Therefore, it began to make huge changes to the tank armor and appearance. The original front armor that had no angle was changed into a 60-millimeter-thick front armor with a 70-degree angle. The side armor was also increased to 50 millimeters, but the back was not changed. Then, he made some changes to the cylindrical turret to make it easier for it to make a sound and bounce. If it came to this, it was for the original designer of the T-28 to take a look. He probably couldn't recognize it either.
This modified version of the tank was named the No. 2 tank. As for the original No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, they were all named the No. 1 tank.
However, Tank No. 2 was a medium-sized tank and weighed nearly 30 tons. Although it was not slow, it was only 45 kilometers per hour. Therefore, he needed a fast reconnaissance tank. The key was that it was fast.
Then, before 1937, all the tanks that could run fast were listed. In the end, it was found that the most suitable tank for the current Chahar government was actually produced by polar bears.
This was the fast tank, the tank itself had a lot of restrictions, such as the suspension system it used, which limited the weight of the car itself, but these things could be improved.
Finally, the suspension system was changed, and the tank armor was thickened. The tank was named the second light rapid reconnaissance vehicle.
After the modification, the data of the No. 2 light reconnaissance tank became like this.
5.68m, width: 2.43m
[Altitude: 2.29m] [Weight: 19.6 tons, Number of passengers: 3 people
[Engine: Liberty M-17T 450 horsepower] Maximum speed, highway speed: 73 km/h, off-road speed: 55 kilometers per hour.
Maximum distance: 500km on road, 350km off-road. [Total fuel capacity: 791 liters]
[Climbing performance: 32 degrees, wading depth: 1.2m, obstacle height: 0.76m. [Tycoon width: 1.8m. Main weapon: 45mm tank cannon, 46 times the caliber, 188 rounds. [Secondary weapon: 2X7.62mm MT machine gun, 2394 rounds.] There was also a 12.7mm dual-purpose heavy machine gun. It was used for air defense.
The armor of this tank was naturally thicker. The front armor of the body and turret was about 20mm, but now it was 45mm. His defense and survivability on the battlefield were much stronger than before.
Ji Yun looked at the two tanks and was quite satisfied. According to the normal development time, these two tanks could be used for at least another ten years. Especially the Light Rapid Reconnaissance Tank No. 2, which was used until the end of the war in 1945!
Ji Yun told Xiao Yue to stop the production of the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks. He didn't need to produce too many of these tanks. He would just slowly produce them! Moreover, with the upgrade of the base, these two tanks would soon be outdated.
Xiao Yue nodded, indicating that she understood. "Then how much do we need to produce?" Xiao Yue asked again.”
Ji Yun thought for a moment and said,""Then let's first produce two armored divisions and use a large-scale establishment model. But there's no need to rush.”
"What about the original armored regiment?" Xiaoyue asked again.”The armored regiment was still stationed not far from Suiyuan.
Ji Yun thought for a while. First of all, he still needed some troops at Suiyuan. "Let's keep it for now. We'll turn it into a teaching group and use it as a training base."”
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