As a result, high-quality fuels like gasoline and diesel had to be prioritized for the Tiaoman Army, tasked with strategic defense, and then to secure the Alliance Army, including Locke and Raleigh. In the end, the only low-quality fuel left for Eastern Luosha was kerosene.
Thus, it was necessary to equip tanks with gas turbines that could use kerosene.
To put it directly, Western Luosha couldn't possibly equip all of its main battle tanks with diesel engines, so some had to use gas turbines.
Clearly, choosing to equip the T-80, which served as the absolute main force, with a gas turbine was a smart choice.
Firstly, aside from its high fuel consumption, the gas turbine was actually superior to the diesel engine in several aspects, particularly in terms of rapid start-up.
When designing the "ZT-99," if it hadn't been for the successful development of the turbocharged diesel engine, the Empire Army would have equipped this type of tank with a gas turbine.
