试论主战坦克重量增长的前途

ON THE WEIGHT GROWTH OF MAIN BATTLE TANKS IN THE FUTURE

坦克的重量随着三大性能——火力、机动和防护性的提高而持续增长,这是主战坦克面临愈来愈严重的困难问题。本文在广泛搜集资料的基础上,从总结历史上主要坦克重量增长的客观规律开始,论证坦克重量的理论极限及其是否可以超过的问题,并着重从长远观点系统分析解决坦克增重问题的几个方向性前景。当坦克的重量危机更严重以后,最终措施可能被迫不得不对三大性能作出取舍选择,从而可能形成不同用途的坦克。本文提出的一些概念和论点有助于澄清一些问题和供探索坦克未来发展方向时参考。

The weight of the main battle tank increases continuously with the improvements in its three main performances-fire power, mobility and protection. This has become an acute problem for main battle tanks at the present time. In this paper, the objective reqularity of the weight increase of main battle tanks in history is summarized, and the theoretical limit of the weight of tanks and whether the limit could be exceeded are discussed. The major aims of this paper are to analyse some directional foresights which will solve the problem of the weight increase of tanks from a long-term point of view. When the weight expands to a desperate situation, the final choice could be nothing but giving up some performances and giving prominence to other performances, which might lead to building different tanks for different uses. Some new concepts and arguments presented in this paper might help to clear up some questions and be useful as a reference in discussing the future of tanks.