The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1174. Equipment Update (Part 2)

An official of the staff department looked at the data and asked: "I took a look, that is to say, when the Hercules transport ship unloaded units, it directly opened the bottom of the entire cargo hold, and then let these units go directly without queuing. go down?"

"That's right."

"But this also means that the entire floor of the transport ship is active. During this process, is it too dangerous for the personnel and equipment in it?" the staff officer asked.

"We have conducted many experiments on this to ensure absolute safety! Because the size and carrying capacity of the Hercules transport ship are also sufficient to support a very thick and stable armored bottom hatch." The representative of Tyron Heavy Industries said.

Several staff officers exchanged their opinions in low voices. Lieutenant General Cheng Shitao also looked at the screen and nodded. What he valued was that the Hercules transport ship can still protect the function of carrying soldiers even if it is shot down. This is very important for the Fourth Civilization Army, which is short of troops.

Seeing them discussing, the representative of Tyron Heavy Industries went on to say: "So in fact, in our vision, the work of rapid delivery and rapid deployment should be done by the Hercules transport ship, and the medical transport aircraft can be more It is a complete set of complementary combat systems to assist front-line soldiers in combat..."

"Okay, representative Noras, please stop talking about the topics that have been rejected by the meeting. The same goes for Thor's mech and the medical transport plane." Qi Jian said.

The Noras representative of Tyron Heavy Industries bowed his head and stopped talking.

In the fourth civilization, these large enterprises dare not be as domineering as in the Galactic Republic, and they behave submissively in front of the state machine.

After a while, an official of the staff department passed a document to Qi Jian, Qi Jian looked at it, nodded and said: "Okay, then if the Hercules transport ship can pass the next prototype test, then it will It will be included in the procurement unit, and we will use part of the budget for the purchase of the Diamond-class multi-purpose cruiser and the C-9979 landing ship to produce this transport ship."

The representative of Noras was full of excitement. After sitting down, he gave high-fives to several assistants beside him to celebrate.

Johnson, the representative of the Halo Weapon Systems Group, also clapped his hands to express his congratulations, and his eyes were full of envy.

Compared with Tyron Heavy Industries, which was established shortly after the rise of the Fourth Civilization, the Halo Weapon Systems Group, which was integrated and established after the outbreak of the war, was still too young after all. The size of the team, the funds, and the number of production lines were far inferior to those of other companies. Go to Tailun Heavy Industries.

Among other things, Tyrann Heavy Industries' ghost fighters, siege tanks, vulture tanks, giant mechas, wolf mechas, and SCVs are all products with a very large output, and they are even widely distributed within the Confederation of Independent Galaxy exit. Now their enterprise scale, even in the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, can at least rank within the top 30!

This time, the order for the Hercules transport ship alone involved more than five times the amount of funds involved in the Pelican transport aircraft.

The scale of the enterprise is too small, and many orders cannot be accepted. For example, Governor Tang Xiao really wanted to hand over the job of the endless-class super aircraft carrier to them, but he couldn't afford it, so he had to let the trade alliance do it. The Halo Weapons System Group just sent a few expert teams there, and then earned some money for outsourcing.

When will it be possible to make the group company bigger...Representative Johnson thought in his heart that there should be a few more topics in the future, and I don't know how many can be passed...

"... Representative Johnson! Representative Johnson!!" Admiral Cheng Shitao's voice pulled him back from his thoughts.

"Ah, yes!" Johnson responded quickly.

"Our next topic is your...Scorpion tank." Cheng Shitao pointed to the screen, he seemed to sense Johnson's nervousness, and nodded to him with a smile.

Johnson stood up, looked at the simple and industrial-looking tank projected in the holographic projection, nodded heavily, and said, "Then, let me introduce to you the core product of our group——M-808, the main battle of Scorpio. tank!"

During the holographic projection, the image of the tank began to rotate slowly, and the detailed structure, three views and internal equipment inside were continuously decomposed.

This tank has a rear turret and is not big, with four tracks, it does look a bit like a scorpion at first glance.

"Scorpion Tank, 10.2 meters in length, 7.8 meters in width, and 66 tons in weight. It adopts an unmanned turret and a four-segment track suspension system, with a maximum crew of 2 people. The main weapon is a 105mm caliber multifunctional cannon and a coaxial parallel laser gun. .” Johnson began to introduce.

"Because it is a ground unit, it is not equipped with a shield, but we use ceramic titanium armor, which has a very good resistance to the shooting of explosive weapons. The four-section track suspension system has both stability and off-road performance, and the maximum road The speed is 120 kilometers per hour, and the maximum cross-country speed is 80 kilometers per hour."

"In terms of weapon systems, we studied some Galactic Republic AT-TE wrecks from the battlefield, conducted a careful study of the AT-TE's heavy multi-purpose howitzer and produced this M for the Scorpion tank. -522B multifunctional cannon. This cannon can fire armor-piercing projectiles and blast energy beams, and can cause a variety of different strike methods to the target."

Johnson paused for a moment, and saw that the officials of the staff department were carefully looking at the data of the Scorpio tank. Many of them were still nodding their heads slightly, and their confidence suddenly increased. It is because our army currently lacks heavy armored assault units. Siege tanks are more positioned as battlefield fire support, while giant mechas and wolf mechas are mainly core arms, and their mobility cannot undertake the role of assault. But our army still has Condor tanks, M-9 Wolverine anti-aircraft tanks, and M-650 Mastodon armored personnel carriers are excellent armored units, so as long as the Scorpion tanks can join them, we can immediately form a multi-functional, diversified high-speed assault Armor!"

"In our tests, the armor of the Scorpion tank can withstand at least two shots from the heavy howitzer behind the AT-TE walker of the Galactic Republic, while the laser cannon of the TX-130 Saber suspension tank needs at least 10 seconds of irradiation to ensure penetration. The armor of the Scorpion tank. In other words, the Scorpion tank has achieved a good balance in mobility, firepower and protection performance, which can ensure the establishment of advantages on the current battlefield."

Qi Jian thought for a while and asked, "So in the test, what is the battle result of the Scorpio tank compared to AT-TE and TX-130?"

"If you fight against AT-TE, in more than 3,000 simulation tests, the winning rate of the Scorpio tank is about 21%; and against the TX-130, the winning rate of the Scorpion tank is 38%." Johnson said.

"This winning rate is not ideal." Qi Jian frowned.

Johnson didn't panic at all, and continued: "The main reason for this winning rate is the huge size of the AT-TE walker. Its overall volume is more than four times that of the Scorpion tank. And the TX-130 is because it is a suspension vehicle. deflector shield, so the Scorpion tank needs multiple shots to penetrate the opponent's shield."

"Then where is your so-called advantage?" Qi Jian began to shake his head.

Johnson said in a deep voice: "The manufacturing cost of the Scorpion tank is one-sixth of that of AT-TE, one-fourth of that of TX-130, and the production man-hour is only one-tenth of that of AT-TE! And, compared to For the AT-TE that needs 7 crew members, the Scorpion tank only needs 2 crew members, and we can save manpower by adopting a model where the commander is a human and the driver is a B-1 robot."

He supported the table with both hands, and said with a final word: "That is to say, with the same resources, we can have 7 Scorpio tanks to fight an AT-TE walker, and 5 tanks to fight a TX-130 hover tank! The important thing is that the simple and common production process of the Scorpion tank can be easily manufactured on those planets with a weak industrial foundation!"

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[Easter egg chapter attached: Scorpio Tank. 】