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Volume 1 The Glory of Germany Chapter 241 Rising to catch up

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    The Third Middle East War became a watershed in the modernization of the Chinese Army.  //Baidu search to see the latest chapter//

    Of course, this does not mean that before the Third Middle East War, China did not attach importance to the army's armament construction. After all, in the Cold War, which was dominated by all-out military confrontation, every service branch has its own value, and the army is  As the main pillar of national defense, it is impossible for it not to be taken seriously.

    However, attention itself is also divided into several levels.

    At the end of the war, the Chinese discovered that the German Second Reich Army had more sophisticated weapons and equipment than the Chinese Army.  Although after experiencing the Continental War, the Chinese Army already has an armored force larger than that of the German Army, there is still a big gap between the Chinese Army and the equipment performance.  At the end of the war, the German army's equipment, from the infantry's most basic weapons, rifles, to heavy tanks, had obvious performance advantages.  For example, the most advanced heavy tanks and medium tanks at the time belonged to the German army.  In addition, the Second German Empire also had the best tank guns and large-caliber howitzers, the best anti-tank rocket launchers, and even the best rocket launchers.

    It can be said that at the end of the war, the German Second Empire had the most obvious advantage in army equipment.

    One of the most powerful evidences is that throughout the war, China introduced five tank production technologies from the Second German Empire, also introduced high-pressure tank gun production technology, and even purchased armor-piercing projectiles for tank guns, which China designed on its own.  The tanks manufactured retain many of the characteristics of German-made tanks.  In fact, even after the war, after acquiring a large amount of tank production technology from Russia, Britain and the United States.  The new tanks developed by the Chinese Army also inherit the German tradition, and their own characteristics are not obvious.

    After the war, China also tried to get rid of the influence of German tanks, but many of its efforts ended in failure.

    In addition, many of the army's main battle equipment developed by China after the war are affected by various factors and cannot be compared in performance with the German equipment of the same period.

    For example, China developed the first main battle tank after the war.  A 90mm tank gun was used, and the medium tanks developed by the German army at the end of the war were already equipped with a 100mm tank gun. Its first post-war main battle tanks were equipped with a 105mm tank gun.  On protection.  China's first main battle tank only reached the level of medium tanks at the end of the war, while the protection level of the German first-generation main battle tank exceeded all medium tanks during the war, and in some aspects even exceeded the heavy tanks during the war.  tank.

    This situation.  It lasted until the mid-1970s.

    At that time, the Chinese Army's second-generation main battle tank was developed after more than ten years and finally adopted the 105mm tank gun produced by the United Kingdom. The German second-generation main battle tank was  Not only does the gun reach 115 mm, it is also a smoothbore gun, and its armor-piercing power far exceeds that of the 105 mm rifled gun.  In addition, the protection level and maneuverability of the German second-generation main battle tanks have been greatly improved, while the Chinese Army's second-generation main battle tanks have extremely limited improvements in both performance.

    In the third Middle East War, the performance flaws of Chinese tanks were clearly exposed.

    In fact, in this war that will determine the basic situation in the Middle East for decades to come.  If it were not for the outstanding performance of the Israeli Air Force, I am afraid that the Israel Defense Forces would have been defeated, and perhaps even Israel would have been destroyed. The victory achieved by the Israeli Army relied more on the brave fighting of its officers and soldiers.

    What¡¯s even worse is.  When the third Middle East War broke out, the German army's third-generation main battle tank had already come out.

    During the ceasefire, the Second German Reich provided Syria with third-generation main battle tanks capable of equipping a battalion. During the subsequent battle in the Golan Heights, the Syrian army equipped with German third-generation main battle tanks almost  One thing changed the outcome of the third Middle East War.

    At that time.  All anti-tank weapons of the Israeli army are unable to penetrate the frontal armor of the German third-generation main battle tank.

    In less than a day, the Israeli army retreated more than ten kilometers, and the Syrian army occupied more than half of the positions in the Golan Heights.  At the most difficult time of the fight, the Israel Defense Forces were almost desperate.  If the Syrian army had not been at the end of its strength and failed to seize the opportunity to break through the last line of defense of the Israeli army, then the Syrian army would have occupied the entire Golan Heights before the Israeli reinforcements arrived.

    In this battle, the German-made third-generation main battle tank equipped with a 125mm smoothbore gun and composite armor played a crucial role.

    During the battle, the Israeli army was unable to destroy these tanks from the front.

    At that time, there wasThe tank was still able to fight after being hit by three armor-piercing projectiles and two anti-tank missiles. It did not stop until its tracks were blown off by a mine planted by the Israeli army.

    In contrast, the tanks equipped by the Israeli army are simply unable to withstand armor-piercing projectiles fired by third-generation main battle tanks.

    This battle made the generals of the Chinese Army discover a very desperate problem, that is, all the tanks of the Chinese Army have no value in the face of the German third-generation main battle tanks.

    To put it bluntly, China¡¯s best tanks at that time were no match for the German third-generation main battle tanks.

    This discovery made China begin to pay attention to army equipment and began to strengthen the development of army main battle equipment.

    In 1975, the Chinese Army started the development of third-generation main battle tanks.

    You must know that the Chinese Army's second-generation main battle tank was designed and finalized in 1968 and mass-produced in 1971. In 1975, there were less than 2,000 units in total in service.  It was only four years old, but it was designed to serve for twenty years.

    In other words, under normal circumstances, the Chinese Army had no reason to develop new tanks in 1975.

    The problem is that starting a development plan does not mean that it can be successfully developed immediately.  With China's technical strength in developing tanks, it will definitely not be able to achieve results within ten or eight years.

    ??Obviously, the Chinese Army cannot wait ten or eight years, and many allies cannot wait so long.

    Don¡¯t forget, Israel had just won the third Middle East War at that time. Egypt and Jordan had not yet signed a peace agreement with Israel. The next Middle East war could break out at any time, and the Israel Defense Forces obviously did not expect to continue to use Chinese-made weapons.  Tanks to deal with the enemy's advanced tanks.

    Affected by this, Israel also launched its tank development plan in 1975.

    For China, this is obviously not something to be happy about, because it means that the tanks made in China are abandoned by the allies who need them most.

    ??Obviously, the first thing the Chinese Army needs to do is to improve existing tanks.

    As a contingency plan, the Chinese Army has begun large-scale modernization improvements to the second-generation main battle tanks that have just entered service, focusing on enhancing firepower and improving protection capabilities.

    To put it bluntly, even if the second-generation main battle tank cannot be compared with the German third-generation main battle tank, it must have the ability to penetrate the German main battle tank and have better protective performance.  To put it simply, it is the ability to compete with the German third-generation main battle tank.

    In fact, this has also become a major feature of China¡¯s second-generation main battle tank.

    That is, the second-generation main battle tank represented by the T-69 has a total of more than ten improved models. The last improved model was born in 1987. It is not only equipped with a 105mm tank with better performance.  The tank gun is also equipped with composite armor and reactive armor.

    Of course, these improvements also caused a strange phenomenon.

    That is, after entering the 1980s, the Chinese Army purchased third-generation main battle tanks on the one hand, and continued to improve the second-generation main battle tanks on the other. In the next more than ten years, the Chinese Army simultaneously purchased large-scale  Equipped with two main battle tanks belonging to different eras.

    Of course, the large-scale improvement of the second-generation main battle tank has in turn limited the equipment quantity of the third-generation main battle tank.

    In addition, after the end of the Cold War, the Chinese Army lost its number one enemy, and China's allies no longer needed to maintain large armaments, so China began to dump a large amount of surplus military supplies to the outside world. Many second-generation main battle tanks were used as surplus equipment.  It was sold to friendly countries at extremely low prices, and was even given to friendly countries for free, making the third-generation main battle tank invested and developed by the Chinese Army rare in foreign sales records.

    Of course, after many improvements, the T-69 is no worse than the third-generation main battle tank in many aspects.

    For example, after the replacement of the new 105mm tank gun, the firepower of the T-69 has been significantly improved. Especially after the advent of depleted uranium alloy armor-piercing projectiles, the power of the 105mm tank gun exceeded the 110mm tank gun.  The five-millimeter smoothbore cannon has even reached the level of the early models of the 125mm smoothbore cannon. It can penetrate the early models of the third-generation main battle tank, and it is not a problem to deal with tanks of the same era.

    It¡¯s just that before the advent of the third-generation main battle tank, the T-88, the Chinese Army¡¯s main battle tanks were indeed far behind those of the German Army.  It can even be said that before the T-88 entered service, the Chinese Army mainly relied on air support to meet challenges, and tanks did not have a high status in the Army.

    At that time, some people suggested that if a war broke out between China and Germany in the early 1980s, the German armored forces would be able to sweep through China's strategic buffer zone within a month and bring the war to China.Soil.  On the contrary, China's armored forces can only perform occupation tasks on the ground battlefield.

    Fortunately, this situation only lasted for more than ten years.

    Even more fortunately, during the more than ten years when the Chinese Army was at a disadvantage, China has shifted from strategic defense to strategic offense, and has obtained a relatively stable security environment with the nuclear threat. Therefore, the Chinese Army has not had any problems on the ground battlefield.  Encounter an enemy that is difficult to defeat.

    As for the outbreak of a full-scale war with the Second German Empire, it is even more impossible.

    Of course, the emergence of the T-88 has completely changed the situation in which the Chinese Army is inferior to the German Army.

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