Chapter 424 69 Tanks
The round turret, the high gun barrel, and the running mechanism with five large road wheels, at first glance, it is very similar to the T54 tank that is widely circulated around the world. However, there are some differences, such as the smoke extraction device on the gun barrel and the sighting equipment on the top of the turret.
However, no matter what kind of tank it is, no tank can survive against Iraq's T-72!
Ali was excited to find the Iranian armored forces ahead. Originally, with the Americans wreaking havoc on the Iranian land, Ali thought that the Iranians' regular forces had been almost exhausted. It was great to see the Iranian armored forces here! As an armored soldier, the most desired battle was to fight against the enemy's tanks!
Ali has a deep understanding of modern military theory. He actually knows that the armored confrontations of World War II are rarely seen again. The main threat to armored forces now is not the enemy's tanks, but the planes overhead. However, as a tank soldier, Ali still prefers the current confrontation!
Battle formation, charge! Ali's call was a signal, and almost all the tank soldiers shouted, controlling their tanks and charging towards the Iranian tank troops opposite!
Charge, charge!
At the same time, the Iranian tank troops on the opposite side also discovered the Iraqi armored forces. When their accompanying infantry shot down a helicopter with a single-soldier missile, they knew that they were about to come into contact with the Iraqis!
The Type 69 tanks imported from China were easy to operate and they learned how to use them quickly. Without time for further training, they headed west from the eastern region to stop the Iraqi attack.
Now, seeing the Iraqi armored forces, they were extremely excited and shouted slogans of "Long live HMN". The engines were emitting black smoke and the Type 69 tanks were moving forward rapidly.
"Boom!" At a distance of 1,500 meters, the T-72 tank opened fire first! The automatic loader stuffed the armor-piercing shell into the gun barrel, and the gunner took aim and fired skillfully!
The fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile flew out from the muzzle, and the two pieces of the sabot flew away. The long armor-piercing projectile flew quickly forward!
In more than a second, the armor-piercing shell came into close contact with the opposite turret, drilling a hole in the turret almost effortlessly, and then drilling into the turret with heat flow and metal fragments.
"Boom!" A huge explosion was heard. The fuel tank and ammunition ignited by the heat flow exploded, and the entire turret flew up.
The Type 59 tank, as a newly developed tank in China, is derived from the Type 59. It can be said that the overall performance of this tank is far behind the world level. The thickness of the front armor is only 150 mm! In front of the T-72 tank gun, it is absolutely unbearable! And this tank, like the Soviet tank, uses a honeycomb fuel tank. The fuel tank is actually a gun mount. The round holes inside are used to hold shells, and the space around the shells is used to hold fuel. It seems that this makes the space utilization rate quite high. In fact, it is a lighter. As long as it is ignited, a big explosion can occur here!
This **** tank was burning fiercely, and the collision of steel officially began.
Iranian soldiers are the bravest in the world! They dare to charge forward even without any weapons! And now, with tanks, they will move forward even more bravely!
As the Iraqi army continued to fire, one tank after another was destroyed, but more tanks were rushing up quickly!
Charge, keep charging forward! With the spirit of not fearing death, the **** tank finally rushed to a distance of 1,000 meters!
"Boom!" The 100mm smoothbore gun of the Type 69 tank also fired rapidly! This is a tank gun developed by China, and it is also equipped with tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells!
The shell flew in an arc and hit a T-72 tank on the opposite side, and hit it head on. At that moment, the huge collision sound startled the crew members inside the tank.
But then, nothing happened! No heat flow entered, the armor was not penetrated, and the tank was not set on fire! If you look from the outside, you can see that the 100mm fin-stabilized armor-piercing projectile has almost just penetrated the main armor! The penetration depth is less than half of the armor!
The Type 59 tank is a tank designed by China itself. Although it was derived from the Type 59, it was designed entirely by China. Compared with the Type 59, one improvement is that the 100mm rifled gun used on the Type 59 tank is replaced by a 100mm smoothbore gun, which makes it easier to use fin-stabilized armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds, improving anti-tank firepower. Without rifling, the shells do not need to rotate, which also increases the initial velocity of the shells.
However, after being used by the troops, it was found that this 100mm smoothbore gun produced domestically was actually based on the Type 59 tank gun, but without rifling, and was even worse than the old Type 59 tank gun! Whether in muzzle kinetic energy, armor-piercing power or shooting accuracy, it is inferior to the Type 59 tank gun. For example, at a distance of 1,000 meters, its armor-piercing ability is only 100 mm! In addition, the gun barrel is prone to gunpowder residue retention, which requires constant wiping of the gun, which makes the armored soldiers on the front line extremely depressed.
Therefore, when it came to 69-2, with the successful development of armor-piercing shells suitable for rifled guns, the 100mm rifled gun was changed back. It was not until the introduction of the L7105mm rifled gun from the UK that the Chinese military industry was inspired to continuously tap the potential of the 105 tank gun and embark on its own path.
Now, the **** tank cluster seemed to have hit a hard rock, and their heads were broken and bleeding.
"Boom!" Another **** tank rushed to the side of the T-72 tank cluster. Since it couldn't penetrate the front, it would attack the opponent from the side! This shell was quite powerful and flew to the side of the opposite tank turret!
However, the expected scene of the tank being destroyed did not appear! The tankmen of the attacked tank watched in surprise as the target tank turned its turret around as if nothing had happened. Then, a puff of black smoke came out of the thick and powerful gun barrel, and a shell flew over!
"Boom!" The turret of the Type 69 tank that launched a surprise attack was blown away in an instant!
This battle cannot be fought! The T-72 can easily destroy the Type 69 tank, but the Type 69 tank cannot effectively threaten the T-72! This is not a war, it is simply a one-sided massacre!