Super military empire

(For seafox_wang greatly increased 2/5)

"Our goal is to pursue the highest level of performance that our domestic science and technology can achieve. Those who do design do not even consider whether our army can afford such advanced tanks..." Liu Yijiu also has a headache.

The current republic is not China with the world's second largest economy.

A Dragon Guard with six million yuan, which is more than one million US dollars, is not affordable to the military of the Republic.In recent years, most of the military's budget for updating equipment has been invested in research and development of science and technology. No country is willing to equip equipment with backward performance.

"What technology does your tank use? How could the cost be so high?"

"Many technologies are new technologies, such as laser sights, the latest microcomputers, even small active phased array radars, etc..." Liu Yijiu introduced their heavy tanks."Not to mention, it is just to increase the defensive ability and make the tank have a stronger survivability. All armor parts use seven layers of graphene layers..."

Although graphene can be manufactured on a small scale, the cost is still very high.

Hearing Liu Yijiu talking about graphene, Qi Hao's mouth twitched continuously.

He never thought that these guys would be so crazy.The Dragon Guard tank, exported, only used a thin layer, and it was added to the carbon fiber and it was not easy to be found, so it had such a strong defense.These guys actually made seven layers on the new tank!

"It should be no problem to reduce it, right? Also, can you remove some other unnecessary things? How practical do you think it is to add a gun sight radar to the tank? These are completely..." Qi Hao said, let Liu Yijiu was a little dumbfounded.

Tanks are not cars.

How do you hear this? It's not that they think the performance is bad, but the performance is too good.

In this case, it is estimated that there is no one except China.

The request of the logistics minister turned out to be for the Ninth Institute to reduce the configuration, lower the performance, and further reduce the cost.

Liu Yijiu heard this, how can he not get drunk?

Therefore, I interrupted Qi Hao's words directly, "Chief, did I misheard it? The logistics ministers of other countries wish that the armor of tanks can be so thick that they can't be blown by atomic bombs, and their performance must be unimaginable... It's okay for you, but the performance is too high if it is configured..."

"You made it and the military can't afford it. Isn't this done in vain? Isn't it possible to get some grounding?" Qi Hao continued to chatter when Liu Yijiu was silent.

For him, the equipment that the military can afford is the real good equipment.

Rather than higher performance, similarly, equipment that is so expensive that the military simply cannot afford it is delivered to the army.

The country is poor, and at the same time, the demand is huge, no matter how advanced it is, no matter how strong it is to fight, it can't defend the long border without much equipment. For the logistics department, it is something that cannot be considered.This is very different from the logistics department of the Republic of the world where Liu Yijiu was originally located. At that time, the military logistics department was worried that there was no advanced equipment available, and it could not defend against a surprise attack supported by the enemy’s advanced weaponry. .

It's good now, advanced enough, but also unable to equip troops-too expensive!

"Chief, what do you think? Although the technical requirements of the project are made by ourselves, they are also made according to our national defense needs and the future modernization of our military. The cost is too high, which is similar to our domestic technology. The level also has a lot to do with the situation of the industrial base." Liu Yijiu understands that this tank is expensive, and it has a lot to do with these aspects.

At this time, he can only say that it has something to do with these.

Unless some configuration is subtracted.

The six pairs of heavy-duty tanks with reduced configuration are definitely not a good tank.

Although this cost is very high, it is not too high compared with international ones.

The cost of an American m1a2 tank is currently about 6 million US dollars. China has not yet fully finalized the heavy new tank. Its performance completely surpasses that of the United States. The price is indeed only half that of the United States, which is not too expensive at all.

Under such circumstances, what can Liu Yijiu say?

"Can you reduce some of the configuration while ensuring the combat capability? You know the situation of our military, not to mention the equipment of our troops, even if it is used by your blue army's armored units, this cost is very high. Five. A car would cost 100 million..." Long Yaohua looked at Liu Yijiu, frowning, and he considered it for a long time before making such a suggestion to Liu Yijiu.

Reduction!

This is what Liu Yijiu once again heard from senior leaders.

It seems that if you want to equip the six pairs of road-wheeled tanks they developed, you can only adopt such a plan to reduce the cost of the army.

Suddenly, a feeling of powerlessness surged in Liu Yijiu's heart.

This is like the production and sales model of the Republic's domestically produced cars in his world, which is about to enter the third decade of the 21st century.

The products originally designed by major automakers have relatively high performance, and the original price is not too high. For the Chinese, the price is still somewhat unacceptable. Perhaps the Chinese love to take advantage of the small bargain and hope to buy it at a lower price. Better configuration, which makes automobile manufacturers have to adjust the entire production, the same is true of the method they adopted-reduction of allocation.

Reduce the configuration, make the cost more affordable, and at the same time, the sales price can also be effectively reduced.

Therefore, the performance gap of the same model of car is very large.

The biggest problem is the hidden safety hazard, and then countless quality accidents broke out, causing a very serious blow to domestic cars.

If you change individuals, Liu Yijiu may not take it seriously. The logistics minister and the chief of staff in front of him have such an attitude, and he has to think more about it."Chief, all the design is to improve combat effectiveness, not to design some less practical functions for higher prices. Lowering the configuration will definitely have an immeasurable impact on combat effectiveness."

"For example, your artillery sighting radar can be configured only on the command vehicle. It is also very good to equip one. Even our artillery can not be equipped with an artillery reconnaissance radar, isn't it? Also, your power is a 1500 horsepower gas turbine. Let’s not talk about the cost of use. The fuel-consuming engine will greatly increase the training cost and maintenance cost of our tank troops, even the purchase price, It is also too high. If you replace it with an ordinary 1500 horsepower engine, or a conventional engine with a lower accuracy of about 1000 horsepower, which is easier to manufacture, it shouldn’t affect the combat capability too much, right?” Long Yaohua said Suggested amendments are proposed above the question.

"Also, the graphene armor layer, with only one layer on top of Dragon Guardian, can achieve that kind of defensive power. Will the three-layer model reduce the cost more?

When Liu Yijiu heard this suggestion, in addition to a wry smile, he could only smile wryly.

For him, any reduction in configuration behavior that affects combat performance is undesirable.

"Chief, if these designs of ours are cancelled, their performance will be greatly reduced. Not to mention, just in terms of defense capabilities, the world's anti-armor technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, especially our Dragon Guards tank in the Iran-Iraq battlefield. The performance of the above has increased the research on the offensive power of new tanks in various countries around the world. The engine, for a heavy tank with a tonnage of more than 60 tons, if the power is not enough, this will affect the mobility. , Can only be beaten... Artillery reconnaissance radar does seem to be a bit wasteful. However, the current form of warfare has quietly changed with the rapid development of science and technology. Large-scale group operations should be less and less. Just like the Soviet exercise in previous years, it was completely a target..." Liu Yijiu had to bring up various issues that they considered when designing.

The military is very strange.

When designing various equipment and putting forward technical requirements, I can't wait to use all the most advanced technologies in the world. This has caused many domestic projects to become difficult due to the high technical difficulty, and it is difficult to achieve breakthroughs for a long time.

After the Ninth Institute came out, they had to face a reduction in allocation due to cost issues.

"Comrade Xiao Liu, what you said is practical, but we have to consider more practical issues. First of all, we must meet the national conditions and be responsible for military use. What do you think?" Qi Hao smiled and looked at Liu Yijiu.

In his opinion, even if some configurations are reduced, the tanks designed by the Ninth Academy will not have much performance degradation.

The tanks of the Ninth Academy have not been completely designed and finalized, and the model finalization is far worse.

However, from the use of various technologies introduced by Liu Yijiu, one can fully understand where the cost has increased.

"Only by reducing the price to less than 10 million, our troops can afford to use. Moreover, it is impossible to equip too much. According to your original idea, adopt the American model, and all kinds of equipment are matched with high and low levels. It will affect the combat effectiveness of our army, and it will even increase its combat effectiveness a lot compared to the current situation."

Liu Yijiu was silent.

He didn't want to explain any more, let alone say more.

Lowering the configuration is absolutely something he cannot bear.

The initial design of this tank is to consider that it will not lag behind in the next few decades. Just like the M1 series tanks in the United States, even if it is upgraded, it is only modified instead of remanufacturing. This is a very important aspect of military savings. Good plan.

Reduce the configuration, wait until the government is rich and the military expenditure is sufficient, gradually upgrade and now have the technology?