Chapter 212 Departure to Shekou

Developed the Type 81 light tank and the Type 81 amphibious tank.

Liu Tao continued to move towards the medium tank.

"The tonnage of a medium tank should be similar to that of the Type 59 tank, about 35 tons." Liu Tao said secretly.

The Type 59 tank is a medium tank.

Of course, people used to like to call it a heavy tank.

Because China has no tank with a larger tonnage than the Type 59 tank, and no tank with more advanced performance than the Type 59 tank.

But according to the tonnage classification, the Type 59 tank is an out-and-out medium tank.

Liu Tao's positioning for the medium tank he wants to develop is to replace the Type 59 tank!

The Type 59 tank is, after all, the first generation of main battle tanks, and even because of materials and processing technology, it is not as good as the T-54 tank.

It has been 20 years since the design of the Type 59 tank was finalized.

The performance of the Type 59 tank in all aspects is outdated in the world!

In the ‘Red Dragon’s Roar’ two years ago, our army had 7 tank regiments and 2 tank battalions ordered to participate in the battle, with more than 600 tanks deployed and more than 500 tanks damaged.

Although the Type 59 tank performed the best, 25 were still injured and 5 were scrapped.

If the performance of Chinese tanks was advanced, the losses would not be so great, and they could have achieved greater results.

For a country like China, the importance of tanks is unquestionable, and they can definitely be called a great weapon.

Nearly a week has passed unknowingly.

A brand new tank has appeared in front of Liu Tao.

Liu Tao looked at the data in the virtual panel with a slight smile on his face.

Type 81 medium tank, combat weight 36 tons, body length 7.5 meters, tank length 9.2 meters (including gun barrel), tank width 3.3 meters, tank height 2.5 meters, equipped with a diesel engine, horsepower of 1100, maximum road speed 90 km/h, maximum off-road speed 60 km/h, wading depth 1.3 meters, can climb 0.9 meters high vertical barriers, cross 2.5 meters wide trenches. Climbing gradient 60 degrees, maximum range 600 kilometers.

The main gun uses a 105mm tank gun, with a caliber of up to 62 times, which is the world's strongest 105mm tank gun. Secondary weapons include 7.62mm machine guns, 12.7mm heavy machine guns and 30mm grenade launchers.

The cockpit is still automatic driving, equipped with an automatic loader, but due to space limitations, the main gun has only 38 rounds.

As for the tank armor, it uses composite armor, with a frontal defense of 600mm and a turret of 800mm, which is much stronger than the Type 59 tank and can reach the defense capabilities of those third-generation heavy tanks overseas.

And because it was developed by Liu Tao, many tanks are similar.

For example, as long as a tank driver can drive one type, other tanks can also be driven easily.

Similarly, the fire control system is similar in many aspects.

This will undoubtedly greatly speed up the training of tank drivers, commanders, and gunners.

And this is the importance of weapon systematization.

If a country is equipped with weapons of different systems, it will be very troublesome. It is troublesome to train soldiers and to repair and maintain them.

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered.

Immediately, he saw that drawings were being quickly formed on the virtual panel.

Soon, a complete set of design data was available.

When he returned home, Liu Tao transferred the complete set of design drawings to the computer.

The next day, Liu Tao and Zhu Lin set off.

There were large and small bags in the car, except for their change of clothes, they were all children's things.

The driver took them directly to the airport. They had to take a plane to Yangcheng first, and then take a car from Yangcheng to Pengcheng.

At this time, Pengcheng had just become a special zone, but the airport had not yet been built.

As soon as they arrived at Yangcheng Airport, the staff of the provincial government were already waiting here.

They got on the provincial government's car, left Yangcheng Airport, and finally met with people from the provincial government and Yangcheng City.

An old man took the initiative to sit with Liu Tao.

This was the second time Liu Tao met the old man. Although the old man seemed approachable, Liu Tao still couldn't help feeling nervous.

The old man had been in a high position for a long time, and the kind of awe-inspiring without anger made Liu Tao feel suffocated.

"Comrade Liu Tao, Mr. Huo Yingdong said that your factory's annual output value can reach 10 billion US dollars. Is it really that high?" The old man asked.

This time he came in person because the importance of this project is self-evident.

Huo Yingdong's status and influence, as well as the friendship established by the two sides over the years, this project is a cooperation between Panshan Machinery Factory and Huo Yingdong, which will play a demonstration role.

Moreover, the factory is located in Shekou, which is also very important for Shekou, a reform and opening-up experimental field.

Since the reform and opening-up strategy was made, this place is to attract Hong Kong and even overseas capital to invest and build factories here to boost the economic development here.

Of course, there is another important reason, that is, the investment in this project is huge. When Ho Ying-tung was in Beijing, he told him that the annual output value of this project could reach 1 billion US dollars.

"Leader, there are three versions of computers we produce. The low-end version is priced at $1,500 in the United States, the mid-range version is priced at $3,500 in the United States, and the high-end version is priced at $10,000 in the United States." Liu Tao said, "Each version can sell at least 100,000 units in the United States, which means that it can sell at least $1.5 billion."

"Of course, the ex-factory price is not that high, but there is absolutely no problem with an annual output value of $1 billion!" Liu Tao said: "With the increase of workers and the investment in production lines, the output value will increase."

"How does this computer perform?" the leader asked.

"It has reached the world's advanced level among the same type." Liu Tao replied, "Later, our factory will donate some computers to colleges and universities to let them cultivate computer talents."

Computer talents are really lacking in China, and almost all of them are concentrated in the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

There is a huge gap with the United States in this regard.

"How much is the domestic price? If it is so high, I am afraid no one can afford it." The leader asked.

Liu Tao said: "The domestic price will definitely be lower, but computers are basically irrelevant to ordinary people now. The market is mainly in Europe, the United States and Japan."

The leader nodded.

Computers are advanced products without much thought. The monthly salary of ordinary people in China is 30 or 40 yuan, and no one would be willing to buy a computer, and computers are useless to ordinary people.

The truly useful ones are universities and scientific research institutions.

The leader asked some more questions, and Liu Tao answered them one by one.

Liu Tao clearly felt that the leader attached great importance to the computer factory and the development of computers.

The leader even promised to purchase a batch of computers, which was obviously a support for the computer factory.

Liu Tao secretly sighed in his heart, and estimated that in this era, no one would take action. The development of computers would be so rapid and deeply affect all aspects of society, bringing about huge social changes.

So much so that some people call it the computer revolution or the information revolution!

Comparing it with the first and second industrial revolutions, it is even believed that the impact of the computer revolution far exceeds the first and second industrial revolutions.