The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 137 Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun target shooting (asking for monthly ticket)

There was a gleam in the eyes of Mohammed and others.

The Persians do not have as many fighter jets as the Iraqis, but they have a large number of F-14 'Panda' fighter jets, which are the most advanced third-generation fighter jets in the world. Their advanced performance makes up for the difference in numbers.

The Pahlavi dynasty was a staunch ally of the United States. In order to support its staunch ally, the United States was willing to export even advanced third-generation fighter jets to the Persians.

Two batches of F-14 orders, totaling 80 aircraft!
Together with other fighter jets, the Persian Air Force became the strongest air force in the Middle East.

But no one expected that the Pahlavi dynasty would collapse.

Although Iraq had a large number of SAM air defense missiles from the Soviet Union, they required fixed launch and posed no threat to the Persian F-14.

Mohammed, the tank division commander, felt this very strongly.

"If there are no fighters to ensure air superiority during armored vehicle combat, it will be very dangerous. The only weapon on the tank that can deal with aerial targets is the heavy machine gun. The range of the heavy machine gun is not a big threat to jet fighters unless a dense firepower network can be effectively formed!" Liu Tao said: "The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns can fight together with the tanks. The anti-aircraft guns and portable anti-aircraft missiles will provide short-range air defense firepower for the tank troops, forming a dense firepower network!"

"Each self-propelled anti-aircraft gun has 640 rounds of ammunition and carries two portable anti-aircraft missiles!" Liu Tao introduced, "Of course, the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun can attack both medium and low-altitude aircraft and ground targets such as light armored vehicles. It can provide powerful firepower for ground troops at critical moments."

"How are the performance of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft missiles?" Mohammed couldn't help but ask.

Liu Tao pointed to the antenna and said, "The search range of the vehicle-mounted radar system reaches 15 kilometers, the anti-aircraft gun attack range is 4000 meters, the air defense missile weighs 18 kilograms, the missile is 1.59 meters long, the missile weighs 11.32 kilograms, the missile diameter is 72 mm, the warhead weighs 1.42 kilograms, the interception altitude is 10 to 4000 meters, and the maximum combat slant range is 500 to 6000 meters."

"According to our calculations and tests, it can effectively deal with targets such as helicopters, ground attack aircraft, bombers and cruise missiles." Liu Tao is not afraid of leaks.

Because this is originally an export version.

Mohammed and others were all shocked and horrified.

Such data is already very advanced!

They seemed to see that the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns followed the tank troops and formed a powerful low- and medium-altitude air defense network on the battlefield. The enemy's helicopters, ground attack aircraft, bombers and cruise missiles did not dare to appear below 4000 meters in the air!
Subsequently, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns began to demonstrate excellent mobility.

Mohammed and others could not help but nod their heads continuously. With such a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun with excellent mobility, there was no need to worry about falling behind and they could just follow the tank troops to fight.

Mohammed and others entered the inner space to experience it and got a general idea of ​​what was going on.

At this time, the soldiers began to release the target planes.

In order to demonstrate the powerful combat capability of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, Liu Tao spent a lot of money this time and used a target drone.

The target drone took off and flew towards the shooting area.

"Target found~~" When the target aircraft entered the range of 15 kilometers, it was immediately discovered by the radar.

"Lock on the target~~"

"emission!"

"Boom~~"

Two 35mm anti-aircraft guns fired shells.

The shell hit the target plane and an orange-red fireball exploded in the sky. It was several seconds later that the sound of the explosion reached everyone's ears.

"Great!" Everyone couldn't help but applaud excitedly.

Then another target plane took off and headed this way.

A soldier came out of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and picked up a portable anti-aircraft missile. He listened to another soldier constantly reporting data while he aimed at the air.

"Boom~~"

As the soldier fired, the missile flew out and headed towards the target aircraft in the sky.

Liu Tao, Mohammed and others were watching with binoculars.

"Boom!" The second target plane was attacked by a missile and exploded.

"Pap-pap-pap-pap."

Warm applause broke out, accompanied by cheers and exclamations.

"What was the target plane's flying speed just now?" Mohammed asked, clapping his hands.

At this time, three soldiers had come over.

One of the soldiers replied: "850 km/h."

The translator on one side translates simultaneously.

"The air defense capability is indeed very strong, and this portable air defense missile is also very advanced!" Mohammed praised sincerely.

As for anti-aircraft machine guns, compared with the main course of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks, they are not that good and can only be regarded as side dishes.

In the afternoon, the two sides held procurement negotiations.

At this point, the man and the woman were already in love and they hit it off.

1000挺单支高射机枪、1000挺双联高射机枪、400万发高射机枪子弹、40万发高射机枪特种子弹、120辆自行高炮及5个基数炮弹、200辆坦克及5个基数炮弹、800具‘前卫’便携式防空导弹各配备5枚导弹，枪管、发动机等备件以及培训费，总共30亿美元订单。

In addition, as a bonus, other weapons were purchased for $5 million, making up a total order of $35 billion.

The two sides discussed the matter in great detail, including the time of delivery.

Delivery will be made in batches, and the first batch will be delivered in April next year!

The total order is US$35 billion, and the deposit alone is as high as US$17.5 billion.

The leaders were shocked by such a large order.

Because this means that the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has once again broken the record for China's arms exports abroad.

The total order of US$35 billion exceeds any previous order.

This is much more than the US$7 million for the export of J-1.67 that the Third Ministry of Machine Building personally negotiated in Egypt last year, and is nearly 21 times that large order!
The key point is that the Third Ministry of Machine Building has not earned much money from that order so far, while the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has made a lot of US dollars in the past year or so, and its hands are sore from counting the dollars.

This time, for the total order of US$35 billion, half of the deposit will be paid within seven days, which is US$17.5 billion!
The deposit is money that can be spent.

If the other party breaches the contract, the deposit will become liquidated damages and belong to China.

This is undoubtedly a timely relief for China, which is short of foreign exchange.

This year, China's desire for foreign exchange has reached a new stage. Countless government agencies and state-owned factories across the country are in urgent need of foreign exchange.

The country's foreign exchange is not even earned as fast as it is spent.

US$17.5 billion, which is even much more than the country’s foreign exchange reserves last year.

If the several orders brought by Liu Tao last year made some leaders realize that there is money to be made from exporting military equipment, then this total order of US$35 billion will have a greater impact. It is no exaggeration to say that everyone who knows about it will be shocked.

Liu Tao's name appeared more and more frequently in the ears and minds of leaders.

The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, on the other hand, launched a large satellite and became the most prominent one among all ministries. Even the leaders could not help but praise the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

I don't know how jealous other ministries were, especially the Third Ministry of Machine Building, which felt very uncomfortable. Last year, it finally got a large order of 1.67 million US dollars, which was about to open a new chapter in China's military trade. However, it found that it had always been under the shadow of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

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(End of this chapter)