The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Two days flew by in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the Iraqi delegation finally arrived in Beijing.

They first went to Xiangjiang, then entered the mainland through the Xiangjiang Passage, and finally arrived in the capital.

Seeing the Iraqi delegation, Liu Tao's eyes were full of fire. What he saw was not a human being, but a fat sheep, a big fat sheep!

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

Saudis are rich, super rich, extremely rich. Saudis are poor and only have money. They are stupid sons of landlords. They are rich and willful. As long as they can cooperate happily, they can make a lot of money.

Iraq is also a very rich oil-producing country. Its current foreign exchange reserves are nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars, ranking among the top in the world. You must know that Japan's foreign exchange reserves are only 20 billion U.S. dollars. Iraq's foreign exchange reserves are nearly two times that of Japan. times.

Liu Tao was eager to get all of Iraq's nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars.

The most important thing is that Iraq not only has money of its own, but also has the support of a group of Middle Eastern tycoons. Brothers such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are willing to lend him money.

Moreover, Iraq is full of military virtue, and now it is sharpening its sword against Persia. Recently, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides has been quite strong, and Iraq is willing to purchase a large amount of arms.

Now, the big fat sheep, the delegation, is finally here!

Liu Tao finally saw the leader of this delegation, a middle-aged man named Mohammed!

The two parties met and exchanged brief greetings before heading to the prepared conference room.

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

Mohamed had a look of suspicion on his face.

As far as he knows, the tanks used by China are all Type 59 tanks, which are imitations of the Soviet Union's T54 medium tanks. They are far inferior to Iraq in terms of tanks.

Because Iraq is equipped with many Soviet T62 tanks. The T62 tank is a new generation of main battle tank developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s after the T54 tank. It was mass-produced and equipped with the Soviet army in 1961. It first appeared in the Red Square parade in 1965. During and after the Warsaw Pact Group exported a large amount of equipment, Iraq waved banknotes and imported a large number of T62 tanks.

Of course, the T62 tank imported by Iraq is just a simplified model within the Soviet army. Although the gun caliber is also 115 mm, the fire control system is very simple and is equipped with infrared lights.

For tanks during World War II, aiming was mostly based on feeling. In the 1950s, the more popular was the coaxial machine gun, which was equipped with a machine gun coaxial with the tank gun. The machine gun first fired tracer bullets to make a burst. If the machine gun hit , proved that the aim was accurate, and then fired the shells. Later, optical equipment was introduced for aiming, that is, using infrared headlights to illuminate the opponent, and using a periscope to observe and determine the position. The effective distance was up to one thousand meters.

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

This point has been concluded with the Type 59 tanks and Type 69 tanks imported from China.

The tanks that Iraq imported from China were not used as the main armored force, but as armored reserve forces and for training tank troops.

Type 59 tanks and Type 69 tanks are basically T54 tanks in the final analysis. They are in the same line as T62 and other Soviet tanks. If you can drive Type 59 tanks and Type 69 tanks, you can definitely get started with T62 tanks.

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

Mohammed said: "How about our direct on-site experience?"

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

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

The tank crew came with their tanks.

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

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

"The vehicle body length is 7.69 meters, the total length is 11.02 meters, the width is 3.71 meters, the height is 2.79 meters, and the total combat weight is 55 tons." Liu Tao introduced.

Mohammed's eyes lit up. This was definitely a heavy tank. His feeling was absolutely correct.

It weighs 55 tons, which is already a big guy. The T72 tank is only 41 tons!

"What's the power of the engine?" Mohammed's eyes flashed with passion.

He could only hear the roar of the tank engine, and Mohammed had an intuition that the engine power of this tank was at least 900 horsepower.

Liu Tao replied: "The engine has 1,500 horsepower!"

Mohammed and others all looked shocked.

1,500 horsepower! ?

The Chinese developed a 1,500-horsepower tank engine! ?

They were all shocked.

You must know that the engine of the T72 tank is only 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, and the heart and original power of the tank.

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

The height of the engine directly affects the height and total mass of the tank!

The performance of the engine determines the performance of the tank to a large extent.

A higher-power engine can at least improve the tank's mobility.

The engine power of China's Type 59 tank is only 520 horsepower, but now the engine of this tank is as high as 1,500 horsepower!

This has increased the power by 1,000 horsepower, which is three times the power of the previous engine!

This improvement is too big! ?

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

Looking at the tank in front of him at this time, Mohammed's eyes were full of fire.

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

He believes that as long as Iraq is equipped with 300 T72 tanks, it can sweep across the entire Middle East.

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

Unfortunately, the price demanded by the Soviets was too high, and so far he has failed.

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

This is an armored regiment base, and the facilities are quite complete.

In the past two days, he has been coordinating with the troops to temporarily add some props just for today's performance.

A bunker built under emergency construction and an abandoned car.

I saw the tank starting to move forward, and it kept moving forward. The turret was rotating 360 degrees and was very flexible. The tank speed continued to increase, and soon it came to a dirt road. This dirt road was about one kilometer long.

Mohammed couldn't help but swallowed. Although the tank moved forward and brought up dust, which was not easy to see with the naked eye, it was clearly visible through the telescope.

Just like that, he felt that this tank was very flexible and fast.

He estimated that the tank's speed had reached 60 kilometers per hour, or even faster!

And you know, the maximum speed of the T62 tank is only 50 kilometers/hour!

After just a 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!