How cost effective is the T55 tank in our country

Generally speaking, in the 50-60s of the last century, the T54 55 was the world's top in terms of comprehensive ability among all the world's tanks, and the 59 as its imitation was naturally also.

The problem is: the peak of China's 59 production was between the 70s and the late 80s (Red Movement), when tanks in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union were replaced with second-generation tanks such as Challenger 1, M60A1 2 3, T64, T72 at a certain scale, and even South Africa had more advanced tanks than 59 at that time, or they made their own. The research and development process of the third-generation tank is also coming to an end, and the technology of the MBT-80 is divided into the later M1, Leopard II, etc.

Our country is still 59. A whole two generations apart. China's first generation of armored forces has been outdated since it first became large.

At this time, the 59 was compared with them, just like the VT-38 and the Black Panther - the firepower and armor were much behind, and even the speed was not as fast as theirs, and the fire control system was not good - two-way stabilizer.

The T54 has a one-way, high-low and low-direction stabilizer; And in the T55 there are two-way stabilizers, high-low and horizontal stabilizers.

But imitating the T54, the 59 in our country did not even have a high and low stabilizer installed.

A design that had long been abandoned by the Soviet Union was also deliberately added: the front machine gun was mounted on the front armor of the T54, that is, the 59.

This is the most rubbish place in our country 59, and it has a lot of impact - there is no steering mechanism, and the machine gun can only shoot in the direction where the car is facing; increase the workload and volume of the collective three-proof system; Increase the difficulty and comfort of members' operation; The maintenance time and intensity of members has greatly improved ......Just for an extra machine gun......This shows from the side that the Chinese designers who were responsible for the introduction and transformation of the T54 at that time were absolutely empiricist (that is, extremely eager for machine guns) and not forward-looking (without a stabilizer, they can still fight a good war, and it is estimated that they even know little about the stabilizer).

In fact, military workers have paid a lot for 59, after all, just after getting out of more than 20 years of war, they can get a slightly downgraded version of the most advanced tank in the world at that time, for example: China has provided Iraq with a full set of 99A1 design drawings and production lines, raw materials, and skilled workers, then Iraq will definitely desperately create an iraq 99A1 suitable for them. In the end, the main culprit for the change in 59 was the problem of ideological patterns and increasingly left-leaning ideas caused by years of war.

The subsequent modifications of the 59 -2a, etc.) and successor models, etc. and their improved models) are still in the category of first-generation tanks, which are not much better than the 59. The real second-generation tank was produced in ......Forget it, you can find it online by looking it up.

The cost performance of 59 is definitely high. But no matter how cost-effective it is, there is no real technical advantage, and it is still beaten. That's the trouble.

There are still a lot of more than 5,000 59 series vehicles in service in our country, and the rest have been sold or dismantled, so now most of the armored composite brigades have morale, but they have no technical ......99aa1, a2 and 96a b were only equipped with a small number of local tyrant brigades. You see that the military propaganda on the 99A2 and J-11C is called a spectacular, and if you want to drive a tank, you may be assigned to the 59 tank regiment. We're not blessed.

There is no T55 in our country

Our Type 59 is an imitation of T54

Ammunition base: main gun, T54 is 34 shells, T55 is 44 rounds;

Engine power: T54 is 520 horsepower. 55 hp on the T580;

Artillery stabilizer: T54 is one-way, high-low stabilized. T55 is bi-directional stable;

It can deal with more than half of the countries around us, and it is also effective as a self-propelled gun or to support infantry shocks.

It's better not to use t55. In terms of cost performance, it is certainly not cost-effective to use it as a tractor, and it is a bit like an iron coffin to fight a war, and from this point of view, the cost performance is not high.

The tank was equipped with a B2 type 4-stroke 12V60° water-cooled diesel engine mounted transversely at the rear of the hull, with a rated power of 382 kW (520 hp) at 2000r min.

The engine is driven by an electric motor as the main starting method, and compressed air starting is an auxiliary starting mode in cold climates. Since the T-55 tank is equipped with an AK-150 air compressor, which can provide a relatively constant roaming pressure, its engine uses compressed air as the main starting mode and electric motor drive as the auxiliary starting mode. In order to increase the stroke of the tank, in addition to the front group and the middle group fuel tank in the car, the outer group fuel tank is also provided outside the car body; On the right side fender of the hull is provided with 4 flat fuel tanks, the first.

The first, second and fourth fuel tanks each have 93L diesel, and the third fuel tank is a lubricating oil tank, and two cylindrical fuel tanks can be attached behind the body.

As an excellent product of the first generation of tanks, the T-55 tank entered service with the Soviet Union in 1958 and was once very popular, with a production volume of more than 50,000 units.

The T-55 tank has the advantages of simple structure, easy operation, low cost, good armor, easy use and maintenance, etc., and has experienced the test of the Middle East war, the Vietnam battlefield, and the conflict between India and Pakistan, and its power should not be underestimated.

Since the T-55 tank can still meet the operational needs under special conditions, more than 50 countries and regions are still equipped with this type of tank and its improved version.