"Of course, your company is famous, especially the M2 infantry fighting vehicle produced, which is even more enviable." Qin Zhenhua said: "Since you know Mr. Thomas, you should know that we are currently preparing for an international defense exhibition, right?
M2 infantry fighting vehicle, should I participate in the exhibition?”
This time, one is to see the Jaguar Tank, and the other is to attract some manufacturers to participate in the exhibition. Since Thomas called Johnson over, it is probably for this purpose. So Qin Zhenhua simply invited him directly.
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The other party must have intentions.
Overall, the M2 infantry fighting vehicle can also represent a high-end level of the US military industry. It has a tall body, a double-person turret on it, and can also launch anti-tank missiles. The number of equipment planned by the US team
Thousands of vehicles, since they have been taken aback by the US team, they must be a good product.
If you take such things in China, it will definitely cause a sensation. No one has seen them before.
The M1 tank will not pass, and the participation of this M2 infantry fighting vehicle in the exhibition will definitely make its own side shine.
"Well, we can send the M2 infantry fighting vehicle over, but we are not optimistic about its sales in the area." Johnson said seriously: "After all, it's a bit expensive."
The American equipment is not cheap. This M2 infantry fighting vehicle is the main force of the US team. There will be four in each infantry platoon. There are also reasons why this infantry fighting vehicle is expensive.
For example, in order to reduce weight as much as possible while also having good defense capabilities, it uses a lot of aluminum alloy armor!
Specifically, the armor and top armor of the front radical of the chariot are made of 5083 aluminum alloy, and the tilted armor on the side is made of 7039 aluminum alloy. Although the vertical armor on the rear and sides of the car body are gap armor, there are four layers in total, and the last layer is also
It is a 25.4 mm aluminum armor back plate, and the bottom armor of the vehicle uses 5083 aluminum alloy. It can be said that although there are still many steel armor, anyone who can hang aluminum alloy armor is hung with aluminum alloy armor.
Why is this for? Of course, it is to reduce the weight of the car. For a globally deployed army like the United States, the lighter the weight, the more convenient it is for air transport.
This aluminum alloy, unlike lunch boxes, doors and windows, is specially developed. Its strength can reach half of the steel and its weight is only one-third. Therefore, it is even stronger than steel under the same quality, because of these advantages
As early as the M113 armored vehicle, Americans began to use aluminum alloy armor.
The United States is rich and does not care about aluminum alloys, but other countries can't afford it. There is nothing we can do about using aluminum alloys in aircraft, but who can afford to use armored vehicles?
So, they know that even exhibitions in the past rarely received orders. What they valued more was the way of wealthy customers who came to the door for sale directly, and various international defense exhibitions, but they did not go to many.
Qin Zhenhua nodded: "Yes, price is a big problem. If it weren't for the price problem back then, we would have purchased a large number of Leopard-2 tanks."
This is no secret. When I visited Europe, I was aimed at the past Leopard-2, but what about it? The high price of Leopard-2 tanks made people discouraged. The country had to base itself on its own foundation and slowly improve the tank.
Advanced ones can't afford it.
If they want to attend the exhibition at the Eastern Powers, they are aiming at the markets of the Eastern Powers or countries around the Eastern Powers. However, these countries are almost all poor countries, so they are very rational and do not have any hope.
"It's a pity. The overall design of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle is quite good." Qin Zhenhua said: "Especially its weapon system is the best choice for infantry fighting vehicle."
There is a special turret on the roof of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle. The main weapon on it is a M242 25mm chain machine gun, with a high pitch range, flat shooting and making fortifications, lifting up and hitting the plane, it is not a matter of talking about it.
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This type of machine gun is widely used in weapons such as armed helicopters, and uses two-way single-channel ammunition supply, and the overall design is quite advanced. At the same time, the supporting fire control system is also good.
No infantry fighting vehicle in China has a double-stable platform, and weapons can only be fired when they stop. Although they can be fired when they move, it will be difficult to hit.
This turret also uses General Electric's turret drive and stability system, which has the ability to shoot while traveling off-road.
"Yes, our turret is pretty good." Speaking of these, it was obvious that Johnson on the opposite side was excited: "Our car body is too expensive and you can't afford it, so, can we combine it together?
, find a suitable chassis from you, install our turret, and combine it into an advanced infantry fighting vehicle and sell it to the whole world."
The other party has the same idea as Gage Company!
Although the M2 infantry fighting vehicle is already very profitable, no one thinks that they have too much money and always have to find new channels. At present, this one they can think of.
The Eastern Power has obvious cost advantages. It is quite cheap to use the Eastern Power to make the vehicle body. However, the weapons and fire control systems of the Eastern Power are too poor. In this way, find a chassis from the Eastern Power and install their own.
Turret, so that a new weapon system can be formed.
"Of course." Qin Zhenhua said.
"Find a mature track chassis that can be sold in large quantities. In this way, install our weapon system and prepare to open up the international arms market." Johnson continued.
Qin Zhenhua originally wanted to talk about his wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, but now the other party is interested in the track chassis.
This is also understandable, after all, the other party’s original M2 infantry fighting vehicle was a tracked chassis.
As for domestic use, it is also easy to find a qualified track chassis, the 86-type infantry fighting vehicle!
This infantry fighting vehicle is good overall, it is the 73mm low-pressure smoothbore cannon. Its performance is really poor. Now it's easy to talk about. Just squat the turret here and you can tinker with it soon. If you can do it well, you can still participate.
What about the International Defense Exhibition last November?
"In our country, there is an infantry fighting vehicle, which is very similar to the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle. What do you think of this chassis?" Qin Zhenhua asked.
BMP-1? You Eastern powers are indeed a copycat, but this chassis is of course the best! Just like the 59 tank, it is huge in number and has great potential for modification.