The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 228 Black Hawk Helicopter (Subscription Request)
The Type 80 main battle tank stopped.

The cockpit opened and the leader came out.

"It's so exciting, so exciting!" The leader said with great satisfaction: "I have already reached 70 kilometers per hour, and I still feel that this tank has not reached its limit, and the speed can be even higher!"

After driving the tank for more than half an hour himself, the leader had a clearer understanding of the Type 80 tank.

No matter how much you say, it won't be as clear as seeing it with your own eyes.

Such a modern tank can train drivers more quickly and also has higher maneuverability.

It is very difficult for the Type 59 tank to run a hundred kilometers. It is estimated that most of the Type 59 tanks will be grounded before they run a hundred kilometers.

However, for the Type 80 main battle tank, a -kilometer raid would probably be an easy task.

Of course, you won’t know how many kilometers you can run in a day until you try it yourself.

Because driving it normally is different from driving it in actual combat conditions.

In an actual combat environment, you will encounter various road conditions and various extreme environments.

On flat roads and highways, a tank may be able to travel hundreds of kilometers a day.

But the battlefield environment is different, you will encounter various snipers and need to fight. Or the road is bumpy and the tank is constantly bumping. You may not be able to drive more than 100 kilometers before the driver in the cockpit has to be dragged out by others.

Even when encountering a river, a bridge had to be built, and when encountering a large trench, the trench had to be filled in to allow tanks to pass.

Rushing in a battlefield environment is not as easy as imagined.

Afterwards, after a short rest, we visited the training of the combined forces brigade.

At the shooting range, while watching the soldiers doing shooting training, the leader asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid of wasting bullets by letting the soldiers shoot like this?"

The leaders knew that a field army soldier might not be able to fire 10 bullets a year, and it would be considered good if a soldier in an independent division could fire 5 bullets a year.

Normally, when soldiers are at the shooting range, they keep aiming at the target and imagining a bullet flying out.

For the soldiers, being able to fire a bullet is like celebrating the New Year, they are overjoyed.

"Leader, Comrade Liu Tao requires that the soldiers of the combined brigade fire at least 500 rounds of ammunition each year. This is a hard rule and is included in the assessment indicators. If any soldier fails to meet the target, the soldier will be punished, and the cadres will also be punished." Li Fuguo smiled and said, "These 500 rounds of ammunition are all live ammunition, not including teaching missiles and training ammunition."

Teaching missiles are used to practice loading actions; training missiles are used to practice shooting actions. They can be fired, but there is no explosive in the warhead; live ammunition is used for shooting training and combat.

Different types of bullets have different effects.

It is naturally impossible to give a new recruit live ammunition at the beginning. Only after he is familiar with it can he be given live ammunition for shooting training.

Upon hearing this, the leader couldn't help but be amazed.

This Panshan Combined Brigade is really rich.

With so many bullets to feed, the soldiers' shooting accuracy will definitely be greatly improved.

You can even train a sharpshooter!
Moreover, the leaders saw that the number of heavy sniper rifles in the combined brigade exceeded one hundred.

The leader couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. You know, an army is equipped with about this number of heavy sniper rifles!

The number of sniper rifles is two hundred!

This means that the combined forces brigade has more than 300 snipers! This ratio is quite high.

And when they arrived at the special operations squadron training base, the leaders' eyes widened.

The current special operations team has expanded from a special operations squad to a special operations squadron. The special operations squadron also has its own official name - the Tiger Special Operations Team!

This is the honor the special forces had previously won on the battlefield.

The entire Tiger Special Forces has 120 official members, with each 12 people forming a special operations team. There are a total of 7 special operations teams, and the squadron command and other personnel make up the entire special operations squadron.

As for the temporary members, there are 480 of them. These are the reserve forces of the Tiger Special Forces. They are selected from various troops and come to the Tiger Special Forces for training. Only after passing the training assessment can they join the Tiger Special Forces.

If you fail to pass the assessment after one year of training, you will be sent back to your original unit.

As for these temporary members, they are not included in the organization of the combined brigade.

What shocked the leaders was that the special forces' training intensity and the weapons they possessed far exceeded the size of a company.

"Is this a Black Hawk helicopter?" When the leader saw a helicopter, he couldn't help but say: "You even have a Black Hawk helicopter?"

The Black Hawk helicopter was developed by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for the US military ten years ago. It made its first flight in 1974 and went into production in 1978. It can be said to be a very new and advanced helicopter.

Its cargo hold has a load capacity of 2 tons, including 14 soldiers or 6 stretchers. The external load capacity is up to 3.6 tons. The empty weight is 4.8 tons, the load capacity is 7.4 tons, the maximum take-off weight is 11 tons, and it is equipped with two General Electric T2-GE-700 free turboshaft engines. It has a combat radius of 701km, a flight distance of 592km, a practical ceiling of 2220m, a climb rate of 5790m/s, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 3.6W/kg.

The weapons and equipment include two 2mm M7.62 machine guns and can carry air-to-ground missiles.

Last year, China purchased 40 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky, and only 10 Black Hawk helicopters have arrived in China so far.

Now I actually saw Black Hawk helicopters in the special forces.

"This is also because our leaders support us and gave us a Black Hawk helicopter." Liu Tao smiled.

Last year, China purchased 40 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky at a price of US$620 million each, with the total contract reaching US$2.48 million.

This is also because the two sides are in the honeymoon period and can purchase Black Hawk helicopters.

Even this year, the Chinese Air Force purchased 5 F-14s, 10 F-15s, and 10 F16s, including weapon systems and aircraft engines, with a total contract value of US$6.5 million.

If this had happened in the past, even if the United States was willing to sell, China would have been extremely envious, but would have been unable to buy because it simply did not have that much foreign exchange and was too poor.

In return, the United States also purchased 15 J-7 fighter jets from China.

Regarding the current Sino-US relations, Liu Tao can only say that it is an unprecedented honeymoon period. As long as China can afford the money, many advanced military equipment are willing to be sold.

All I can say is that the Polar Bears are at their true peak right now, and the pressure on the Eagles is too great.

This time China purchased 40 Black Hawk helicopters, and the combined brigade will receive 3 Black Hawk helicopters. The money for these 3 Black Hawk helicopters was paid by Panshan Machinery Factory itself.

In another month, the second Black Hawk helicopter will be delivered to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Having a helicopter means that special forces can be deployed quickly and can also provide air fire support.

The leader couldn't help but grumble in his heart. You know, in the entire southwest, there wasn't even a single Black Hawk helicopter allocated.

As a result, the combined brigade was allocated a Black Hawk helicopter, which is simply discriminatory treatment!

(End of this chapter)