The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 133 The fat sheep is coming
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the Iranian delegation finally arrived in the capital.

They first went to Hong Kong, then entered the mainland through the Hong Kong corridor, and finally arrived in Beijing.

When Liu Tao saw the Iranian delegation, his eyes were filled with excitement. What he saw were not people, but fat sheep, big fat sheep!

Saudi Arabia and Iraq are the targets he wants to cooperate with.

Saudi Arabia is rich, super rich, the kind that is rich to the point of overflowing with wealth. Saudi Arabia is so poor that only money is left. It is like the stupid son of a landlord. It has money and is willful. As long as it can cooperate happily, it can make a lot of money.

Iraq is also a very wealthy oil-producing country. Its foreign exchange reserves are nearly 200 billion US dollars, ranking among the top in the world. You should know that Japan's foreign exchange reserves are only billion US dollars. Iraq's foreign exchange reserves are nearly twice that of Japan.

Liu Tao was eager to get all of the nearly 40 billion US dollars from Iraq.

The most important thing is that Iraq not only has money itself, but also has the support of a group of wealthy people in the Middle East. Brothers such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are willing to lend him money.

Moreover, Iraq is full of martial spirit and is now sharpening its sword to attack Persia. Recently, the tension between the two sides has been quite strong, and Iraq is willing to purchase a large amount of arms.

Now, the delegation, this big fat sheep, has finally arrived!

Liu Tao finally saw the leader of the delegation, a middle-aged man named Mohammed!
The two sides met and after a brief greeting, they went to the prepared meeting room.

"Has China really developed the third-generation main battle tank?" Mohammed went straight to the point and asked directly.

Mohammed's face was full of doubt.

As far as he knew, the tanks used by China were all Type 59 tanks, which were imitations of the Soviet T54 medium tanks, and were far inferior to Iraq in terms of tanks.

Because Iraq was equipped with many Soviet T62 tanks, which were a new generation of main battle tanks developed by the Soviet Union in the late 62s following the T54 tank. It was mass-produced and equipped to the Soviet Army in 20. It first appeared in the Red Square parade in 50 and was later exported in large quantities to equip the Warsaw Pact. Iraq waved its money and imported a large number of T1961 tanks.

Of course, the T62 tanks imported by Iraq are just simplified models within the Soviet army. Although the caliber of the artillery is also 115 mm, the fire control system is very simple and is equipped with infrared lights.

During World War II, tanks aimed mostly by feel. In the 1950s, coaxial machine guns became more popular. That is, a machine gun coaxial with the tank gun would be used to fire tracer bullets in bursts. If the machine gun hit the target, it proved that the aiming was accurate, and then the shells would be fired. Later, optical equipment was introduced for aiming, which meant illuminating the opponent with infrared headlights and observing with a periscope to determine the position. The effective distance was at most one thousand meters.

But no matter what, the T62 tank is more advanced than China's Type 59 tank.

This has already been determined by the Type 59 and Type 69 tanks imported from China.

The batch of tanks that Iraq imported from China were not to be used as the main armored forces, but as armored reserve forces and to train tank soldiers.

The Type 59 tank and the Type 69 tank are, after all, almost the same T54 tanks, which are of the same lineage as Soviet tanks such as the T62. If you can drive the Type 59 tank and the Type 69 tank, you will definitely be able to drive the T62 tank.

"This is absolutely true, there is no doubt about it!" Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

Mohammed said, “How about we experience it live?”

Liu Tao laughed immediately. He was not afraid of going to the scene to experience it, but he was afraid of not even going to the scene.

Everyone quickly arrived at the military camp, and the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks were all in the garage.

The tank soldiers drove over in their tanks.

When Mohammed saw the Type 80 tank, his eyes suddenly lit up. Just by looking at the appearance of the tank, he thought it was very beautiful.

"How long, wide and heavy is this tank?" Mohammed couldn't help but ask.

"The vehicle body is 7.69 meters long, 11.02 meters long, 3.71 meters wide, 2.79 meters high, and has a combat weight of 55 tons," Liu Tao introduced.

Mohammed's eyes lit up. This was definitely a heavy tank. His feeling was absolutely correct. At 55 tons, this was already a big tank. The T72 tank was only 41 tons!
"What's the engine power?" Mohammed's eyes flashed with heat.

Just hearing the roar of the tank engine, Mohammed had a hunch that the tank's engine had a power of at least 900 horsepower.

Liu Tao replied: "The engine has 1500 horsepower!"

Mohammed and others were all shocked.

1500 horsepower! ?

The Chinese have developed a 1500 horsepower tank engine! ?

They were all shocked.

You should know that the engine of the T72 tank only has 780 horsepower.

Everyone knows that the power unit in the tank propulsion system is the core device of the tank, and the tank engine is the core component of the power unit, the core of the tank's core, and the heart and original power of the tank.

Normally, the power unit occupies about 40% of the internal space of a tank or armored vehicle, and the engine volume accounts for about 35% of the volume of the power unit.

The height of the engine directly affects the height and total mass of the tank!
The performance of the engine largely determines the performance of the tank.

The higher the power of the engine, the greater the mobility of the tank can be.

The engine power of China's Type 59 tank is only 520 horsepower, but now the engine of this tank has as much as 1500 horsepower!
This is an increase of 1000 horsepower, which is three times the power of the previous engine!

This increase is too big, isn’t it?

At this time, Mohammed already believed that the Chinese had really developed the third-generation main battle tank.

Looking at the tank in front of him at this moment, Mohammed's eyes were filled with heat.

In order to enable Iraq to have third-generation tanks, he contacted the Soviets many times and even personally led people to Moscow for negotiations three times.

He believed that as long as Iraq was equipped with 300 T72 tanks, it could sweep across the entire Middle East.

In front of 300 T72 tanks, the Persians would be easily crushed to death like little ants.

Unfortunately, the Soviets asked for too high a price, and he has returned empty-handed so far.

"Your Excellency Mohammed, please take a look at the performance of this tank next!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

This is an armored regiment base with quite complete facilities.

He has been coordinating with the troops these two days to temporarily add some props for today's performance.

Emergency-built bunkers and abandoned cars.
I saw the tank start to move forward and keep moving forward. The turret was rotating 360 degrees, which was very flexible. The speed of the tank kept increasing and soon it arrived at a dirt road. This dirt road was about one kilometer long.

Mohammed couldn't help swallowing. Although the tanks raised dust and were not easy to see with the naked eye, he could see them clearly through the telescope.

In just a moment, he felt that the tank was very agile and fast.

He estimated that the tank's speed had reached 60 km/h, or even faster!
You should know that the maximum speed of the T62 tank is only 50 kilometers per hour!

In just a short while, Mohammed had an intuitive feeling that the performance of this tank completely surpassed the T62. He became more and more convinced that this was a third-generation main battle tank!

(End of this chapter)