Order in the tank forces?
The degree of their operational readiness causes extreme doubt, not to mention the readiness for battle. But these tanks in the General Staff are considered modern and are regularly inserted into reports in which they talk about the shock rates of renewal of the fleet of military equipment and super-duper rearmament. Apparently, someone not only sights on the sights, but also the eyes (glamorous pink paint) and hands (dollar green). A comrade conveyed that he had again heard from tank crews that the "tractor" - as the Russian army called Tagil machines - are bad in operation. The moment of the field repair of the torsion was filmed. Tankmen say that T-90 is a disease. When driving a car with a cannon turned back, torsions regularly break on the last road wheels. Warriors explain this phenomenon by the fact that the center of gravity is shifting. Do not they know about this at Uralvagonzavod and at UKBTM? Why not take action?
There was also a complaint about the reverse gear. The tank is not going back! Dissatisfaction was also expressed with regard to AZ. What, allegedly, if his refusal happens, it is not clear what is the reason. And on the MOH T-80, everything is immediately clear, as there are sensors from each charging stage. And from the North Caucasus, I get information about the extremely low engine life on the T-90A tanks. So, for the B-92C2 diesel engine, the resource is declared in 700 hours, however, the warranty time of the engine is two times lower - 350 hours. But often the engines do not reach this deadline. Warriors, this situation, in principle, beneficial. The engine flies ahead of time - its manufacturer changes the warranty without any questions and the tanks are operated further. Therefore, it is not specifically disclosed. The factory manufacturer, too, there is no reason to shout about the poor quality of its engines. But at the same time, according to the logic of things, the plant should feverishly look for a way to remedy the situation.
Indeed, such a solution was found - given the political resource of the Corporation, the plant, instead of improving the engine, simply turned the price on it. As a result, even with a warranty replacement, it is not at a loss. On the other hand, the engines returned under the guarantee to the plant, they, too, do not automatically fall into scrap metal, but are sifted, restored and re-launched into circulation along with the new ones. As a result, “peace and quiet, but God's grace” - everyone is happy, everyone keeps quiet. In the loser only the state. It's not a 1937 now?
Also, “tractors” are called recently received brand-new, modernized T-72B3 and in another military unit located in a completely different region. So this epithet seems to be objective, since it is assigned without saying a word. In both cases, people have something to compare: T-72BV and, until recently, were T-90UD in the "training" on a par with the T-80B and T-80 tanks. Well, the combat team just moved to the "tractor" with the "swallows" of the T-80BV.
T-72B3 are criticized not only because of their disgusting mobility - they have a much more significant disadvantage: by fulfilling the customer’s requirements in a formal way - the Russian MO-designer stupidly replaced the old night sight, which was Sosna-U . "Pine" - a magnificent sight, but ... it is worth it is not in place! Being now the main one in its essence (and, by the way, according to operational documents), it is installed without complying with the requirements of ergonomics.
As a result, to work with him, the gunner is forced to take an uncomfortable position and bend the neck. Naturally, this can not continue all the time - a person, even willing to fulfill the requirements of instructions, cannot physically do it anymore - neck muscles ache, blood circulation in the brain is disturbed, with all the ensuing troubles in the form of dizziness, loss of coordination. As a result, the “Pine” gunners prefer not to use (the sighting channel), exploiting the “old” 1А40, which has now become auxiliary, but standing in the “right” place. Let me remind you that each T-72B3 costs Russian taxpayers more than 50 million rubles. It would be necessary to make our generals responsible for modernization, and for one and the designers who carry it out, buy their own money on the "Cruiser" or "Gelendenvagen" and ride constantly with the head protruding from the window leaf .... Maybe it would be smarter then?
No, in fact, is such a disregard for ergonomic requirements - is this normal? Of course not, and the designer is aware of this, but they otbrebayut from themselves in the direction of the MO - they say, as ordered, so done. Not really could not make brains? Why not try to resist the stupid requirements of MO? Under Kartsev, Venediktov and Potkin, for some reason, the KB could firmly defend its ideas and proposals, and now it is completely “under” MO. Satisfying the customer's whim for his money, as an option, is called "prostitution."
PS Now “patriots” will again accuse me of throwing “shit on a fan”, “in a temporary insanity”. Is it time for them to realize that the “posture of the ostrich” will not lead to anything good in the end? And if you continue to hush up the problem - it does not resolve itself. We need urgent and very tough conclusions! The golden words of Lazar Moiseevich Kaganovich, the people's commissar of communications, once said: “Every accident has a name, a surname and a title” ...
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