On the issue of "unpretentiousness" ...
I don’t really like to write, and, frankly, I often don’t have enough time, but somehow I caught one of the comments: when commenting on an article about the T-64 tank, he called him “unpretentious”.
A little background. End of 80's. I am a lieutenant, a graduate of the Kharkov Guards Tank, was assigned to the GSVG. Who does not know - this is how our troops were called in the territory of part of Germany - the GDR.
It just so happened that after a series of distributions he ended up in the 221st Guards Separate Regiment of Covering the Border, which was armed with Tanks T-64AM. My battalion was "courtier", as it was located with the regiment headquarters in a military town near the city of Ludwigslust. In the future, the reader will understand what does “courtiness” have to do with it ...
But back to the "unpretentiousness", especially since I will lead the story from the point of view of the observer. Why an observer? Yes, because the main hero of my story will not be me, but “one of the legends” of my battalion, the deputy commander of a tank company for armament is a senior lieutenant. Let's call him Vadim by the name of Yadritsev.
Vadim was really a legend. A cool specialist who has studied T-64 not only theoretically, but more importantly, practically. He knew how to disassemble and repair the 5TDF engine in field conditions! Believe me, this is a very difficult task, since such work is not even negotiated by the manufacturer, only in the army rem. workshops, and here in the open field, in a linear company ... In short, he was very much appreciated. And he very often helped everyone who was suddenly confused by the T-64 tank, and his advice was always accurate, to the point and, most importantly, effective.
All the “troubles” at Vadim began after one of his business trips to the tank repair plant in Kekhmeizer, from where he brought a new and, most importantly, “unrecorded” 5TDF engine. The value of this acquisition was difficult to overestimate, since it was rare that the battalion’s exit to the exercises ended without engine breakdowns, and its cost was considerable, and cash deductions for unscheduled repairs were not uncommon. So having an engine in stock is a dream of many T-64 unit commanders. And since it was impossible to just bring and hide the engine, there were a lot of witnesses, and the deputy learned about such a "profit" very quickly. commander for the regiment and the beginning. armored service regiment, and they felt that not according to the rank of a company to possess such "wealth" and began, so to say, a campaign of "forced voluntary surrender." Officially, they did not want to act, as they perfectly understood that any official action could have many negative consequences - first of all against themselves.
Here it is, the negative side of the "court" position, all the time "in front of and within walking distance." Vadim's company began to "spread rot", especially she got it because one of the tanks of the combat training group was "gasping", but before the overhaul he was oh how far, and his engine "wanted the best", despite any »Vadim. It was just that he managed to overheat him a couple of times, and as a result, from the category of “capricious” he became “unbearably capricious” ... And this “panzer” (so we called tanks in the German manner, let's call it “126”) became “a battlefield »For the new 5TDF engine.
The stages of this battle are as follows. The NBTS began to plan "126" for all practical exercises on instructions from the ZVK regiment, but for the absenteeism of the combat vehicle and the disruption of practical exercises at that time, no one stroked the head, but "removed the hair along with the head and shoulder straps ..." So Vadim had two prospects: agree that the “unrecorded” engine is the regiment's possession, or to ensure that 126 exits to classes. He decided to fight, and as a result he provided the entire personnel of the regiment, at this moment being in the park, with indelible impressions and a topic of conversation for about two hours.
The signal to start the "show" was the launch of the heater "126", which warmed up the engine of the tank for about half an hour. During this time, the “spectators” tried to occupy the best places in the “smoking-rooms”, as they were located not far from the parking of the training-combat group tanks.
What did we see? The disposition is as follows. Tank, T-64 - in its regular place, mech.-waters. presented with his head protruding from the hatch and devouring Vadim’s gaze, near the right steering wheel — Vadim himself, but there he only lingered for giving the command and, apparently, to take a break, since all the main time he was traveling from nose to stern of the tank for visual control the process of starting the engine. Behind Vadim, at a safe distance, the tank commander and gunner stood. On a safe one, that is, at a distance at which Vadim could not reach them immediately, otherwise they could “get nuts” for the sluggishness of the mech.-water, especially the tank commander ...
Well, here the heater “howls” its endless song, Vadim is interested in mech.-water by the thermometer readings, he is already near the stern, for some of his signs he is trying to assess the “warmth” and engine readiness for start. Well, like "the stars came together," comes the command: "Wilderness." The heater stalls, followed by a purge and the commander puts the lid back in place ... Everything, now comes the most interesting. By and large, many of you have seen frames of launching space rockets with a parallel translation of commands, almost the same thing happened here.
Command: "Pump", the buzz of the oil pump, until the answer mech.-water "Done", that is, the oil pressure in the engine system is normal ...
"Maslovprysk", you can hear the pneumatic valve is triggered, there is a portion of the oil entered the cylinder ...
Vadim: "Scrolling", mech.-water starter cranks several crankshafts, without fuel, so that the oil is more evenly distributed among the cylinders.
“Double maslovprysk” - with some interruption two claps of the pneumatic valve are audible.
“Start” - the engine starts to spin hard, the tank “tremble”, bluish smoke appears from the exhaust box, Vadim runs to the stern, trying to determine by the color of the smoke, if it starts, it will not start.
After receiving the visual data and making their assessment, returns to the "position".
The “Gaza” command follows, along which the mech.-water begins to intermittently press the pedal, throwing fuel into the cylinders, and here again, Maslovprysk - the engine roars a bit, thicker smoke comes out of the box, but the engine does not start.
Vadim in the stern, appreciated - to the wheel, commands: “Air”, the mechanic helps the starter “by air” ... The engine revives a little, but again it does not start, that's all, 45 seconds allowed to start the engine from the battery have expired, the command is “Stop” ...
Two minutes of rest and again: "Maslovprysk", "Start", smoke, shaking the tank, crazy eyes mech.-water, Vadim's broken voice, "shuttle run" nose-feed-nose, until the moment the engine, throwing out a huge black cloud , it started ... Although sometimes for this it was necessary to change the air cylinders for refilled ones, and to connect an extra pair of batteries to the tank network ...
But every school day “126”, “proudly” having raised its gun, in the thick gray smoke, that that “Varyag”, went to the training ground, where it was exploited all day, trying not to turn off the engine ...
Here it is, “unpretentious” “sixty-four” ...
PS And “the apple of discord”, alas, very soon came in handy ...
T-64 in the GDR, 1980-e
A little background. End of 80's. I am a lieutenant, a graduate of the Kharkov Guards Tank, was assigned to the GSVG. Who does not know - this is how our troops were called in the territory of part of Germany - the GDR.
It just so happened that after a series of distributions he ended up in the 221st Guards Separate Regiment of Covering the Border, which was armed with Tanks T-64AM. My battalion was "courtier", as it was located with the regiment headquarters in a military town near the city of Ludwigslust. In the future, the reader will understand what does “courtiness” have to do with it ...
But back to the "unpretentiousness", especially since I will lead the story from the point of view of the observer. Why an observer? Yes, because the main hero of my story will not be me, but “one of the legends” of my battalion, the deputy commander of a tank company for armament is a senior lieutenant. Let's call him Vadim by the name of Yadritsev.
Vadim was really a legend. A cool specialist who has studied T-64 not only theoretically, but more importantly, practically. He knew how to disassemble and repair the 5TDF engine in field conditions! Believe me, this is a very difficult task, since such work is not even negotiated by the manufacturer, only in the army rem. workshops, and here in the open field, in a linear company ... In short, he was very much appreciated. And he very often helped everyone who was suddenly confused by the T-64 tank, and his advice was always accurate, to the point and, most importantly, effective.
All the “troubles” at Vadim began after one of his business trips to the tank repair plant in Kekhmeizer, from where he brought a new and, most importantly, “unrecorded” 5TDF engine. The value of this acquisition was difficult to overestimate, since it was rare that the battalion’s exit to the exercises ended without engine breakdowns, and its cost was considerable, and cash deductions for unscheduled repairs were not uncommon. So having an engine in stock is a dream of many T-64 unit commanders. And since it was impossible to just bring and hide the engine, there were a lot of witnesses, and the deputy learned about such a "profit" very quickly. commander for the regiment and the beginning. armored service regiment, and they felt that not according to the rank of a company to possess such "wealth" and began, so to say, a campaign of "forced voluntary surrender." Officially, they did not want to act, as they perfectly understood that any official action could have many negative consequences - first of all against themselves.
Here it is, the negative side of the "court" position, all the time "in front of and within walking distance." Vadim's company began to "spread rot", especially she got it because one of the tanks of the combat training group was "gasping", but before the overhaul he was oh how far, and his engine "wanted the best", despite any »Vadim. It was just that he managed to overheat him a couple of times, and as a result, from the category of “capricious” he became “unbearably capricious” ... And this “panzer” (so we called tanks in the German manner, let's call it “126”) became “a battlefield »For the new 5TDF engine.
The stages of this battle are as follows. The NBTS began to plan "126" for all practical exercises on instructions from the ZVK regiment, but for the absenteeism of the combat vehicle and the disruption of practical exercises at that time, no one stroked the head, but "removed the hair along with the head and shoulder straps ..." So Vadim had two prospects: agree that the “unrecorded” engine is the regiment's possession, or to ensure that 126 exits to classes. He decided to fight, and as a result he provided the entire personnel of the regiment, at this moment being in the park, with indelible impressions and a topic of conversation for about two hours.
The signal to start the "show" was the launch of the heater "126", which warmed up the engine of the tank for about half an hour. During this time, the “spectators” tried to occupy the best places in the “smoking-rooms”, as they were located not far from the parking of the training-combat group tanks.
What did we see? The disposition is as follows. Tank, T-64 - in its regular place, mech.-waters. presented with his head protruding from the hatch and devouring Vadim’s gaze, near the right steering wheel — Vadim himself, but there he only lingered for giving the command and, apparently, to take a break, since all the main time he was traveling from nose to stern of the tank for visual control the process of starting the engine. Behind Vadim, at a safe distance, the tank commander and gunner stood. On a safe one, that is, at a distance at which Vadim could not reach them immediately, otherwise they could “get nuts” for the sluggishness of the mech.-water, especially the tank commander ...
Well, here the heater “howls” its endless song, Vadim is interested in mech.-water by the thermometer readings, he is already near the stern, for some of his signs he is trying to assess the “warmth” and engine readiness for start. Well, like "the stars came together," comes the command: "Wilderness." The heater stalls, followed by a purge and the commander puts the lid back in place ... Everything, now comes the most interesting. By and large, many of you have seen frames of launching space rockets with a parallel translation of commands, almost the same thing happened here.
Command: "Pump", the buzz of the oil pump, until the answer mech.-water "Done", that is, the oil pressure in the engine system is normal ...
"Maslovprysk", you can hear the pneumatic valve is triggered, there is a portion of the oil entered the cylinder ...
Vadim: "Scrolling", mech.-water starter cranks several crankshafts, without fuel, so that the oil is more evenly distributed among the cylinders.
“Double maslovprysk” - with some interruption two claps of the pneumatic valve are audible.
“Start” - the engine starts to spin hard, the tank “tremble”, bluish smoke appears from the exhaust box, Vadim runs to the stern, trying to determine by the color of the smoke, if it starts, it will not start.
After receiving the visual data and making their assessment, returns to the "position".
The “Gaza” command follows, along which the mech.-water begins to intermittently press the pedal, throwing fuel into the cylinders, and here again, Maslovprysk - the engine roars a bit, thicker smoke comes out of the box, but the engine does not start.
Vadim in the stern, appreciated - to the wheel, commands: “Air”, the mechanic helps the starter “by air” ... The engine revives a little, but again it does not start, that's all, 45 seconds allowed to start the engine from the battery have expired, the command is “Stop” ...
Two minutes of rest and again: "Maslovprysk", "Start", smoke, shaking the tank, crazy eyes mech.-water, Vadim's broken voice, "shuttle run" nose-feed-nose, until the moment the engine, throwing out a huge black cloud , it started ... Although sometimes for this it was necessary to change the air cylinders for refilled ones, and to connect an extra pair of batteries to the tank network ...
But every school day “126”, “proudly” having raised its gun, in the thick gray smoke, that that “Varyag”, went to the training ground, where it was exploited all day, trying not to turn off the engine ...
Here it is, “unpretentious” “sixty-four” ...
PS And “the apple of discord”, alas, very soon came in handy ...
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