Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Qin Yang had test-fired cannons here before, so he was already familiar with the place. Now, he drove the tank in one breath to the test-firing range, stopped only a dozen meters away from the target, and then climbed out of the cockpit. He took out the putty he had prepared earlier from his pocket and stuck it on the two holes in the turret where it had been hit.

If an armor-piercing shell were to fly over, the turret's 'bra' made of thin steel plates would definitely be twisted and deformed, or even fly off directly. But HEAT rounds were different. They relied on a metal jet to kill. Only coin-sized holes were left on the turret, which could be plugged directly.

Of course, he couldn't let others see the appearance of the turret after being hit. If they saw it, they would understand the structure of the hollow 'bra'. For a period of time in the future, this thing still had to be kept secret.

He used yellow putty, and after applying it, it was impossible to see anything.

"Next, get a loader!" Qin Yang finished all this, climbed into the gunner's position in the turret, and shouted down.

"I'll do it!" Zhang Chao, who was already prepared, climbed up in a few steps and squeezed into the turret.

The others could only watch from below.

The first time was getting beaten, and Qin Yang wanted to stay inside but was stopped. This time, it was firing cannons at others, and no one would stop him.

Nie Yufeng ran over, panting, and looked at the tank. He really wanted to get closer to see the hit area. What was so strange about it? It wasn't penetrated?

Although the HEAT round that hit the tank was only a thin metal jet, it should not be underestimated. When it entered the inside of the tank, the hot metal jet splashed around. If it splashed on ammunition or the fuel tank, it would detonate those things, and then the entire tank would explode.

If it hit the tank body, there was a certain probability of the attack failing: the metal jet penetrated, only killing the unlucky driver, but not spraying to other places, and the three people in the turret still had a chance to escape.

But everyone could see clearly that two new Type 40 rockets hit the turret, one on the front and one on the side. If they had burned through, they would definitely have detonated the internal ammunition and fuel!

Since there was no such situation, it meant that it was indeed not penetrated. But how was this possible? How thick was this turret?

Nie Yufeng's mind was full of question marks. However, the tank was already preparing to fire, and he couldn't get close, otherwise, if he was hit by the muzzle's blast, not to mention a ruptured eardrum, his internal organs might bleed.

Boom!

The tank cannon fired.

The power of the 105mm armor-piercing shell was amazing. It was perfectly demonstrated last time, and this time it was still hitting spaced targets. The scene was very spectacular, with clusters of flames blooming on the steel plate targets, one, two, three…

The flames had already connected together, and it was impossible to see exactly how many there were. However, Nie Yufeng always felt that something was wrong. The power of this armor-piercing shell seemed to be weakened?

He hadn't come to the range to see the armor-piercing ability of the tungsten alloy core before, but he had only heard others say that it could penetrate ten thirty-millimeter-thick targets, even spaced armor, amazing!

Now it shouldn't have penetrated ten targets. Could it be that the thickness of the target had increased?

"Report, the armor-piercing shell core penetrated the seventh target and left a five-millimeter-deep pit on the eighth target!" the scorer reported immediately.

"How thick is the target?" Nie Yufeng asked immediately.

"Thirty millimeters."

"What? That's not scientific. The barrel is longer, so why is the power weakened?" Nie Yufeng was even more curious.

"My friend, you can calculate that the power of our shot is equivalent to penetrating two hundred and ten millimeters of armor plate. Currently, no tank on the battlefield can escape its strike," Qin Yang said to the Iranian.

Burdastan frowned and said, "President Qin, I heard that this L7 tank gun had this kind of armor-piercing ability when using the initial L28 armor-piercing shell. Now you are saying that this gun has reached the mainstream European level, then its penetration depth should be at least three hundred millimeters to be qualified."

Burdastan knew his stuff. This penetration depth of more than two hundred millimeters was already outdated! This kind of gun made by the Orientals obviously had problems!

"Oh, I forgot to say, this shell is a steel core shell," Qin Yang said, "Its biggest feature is that it is cheap. The price of a shell is only five thousand US dollars. If it is a tungsten alloy armor-piercing shell, the penetration depth can exceed three hundred millimeters, but the price will also soar to twenty thousand US dollars per shell. Shells are consumables, and we think it is enough to use this kind of steel core shell. If your side needs it, you can purchase a small amount of tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells."

The key was that it was cheap. You had to know that fighting a war was about money. Once you started firing, you were burning money every second. Qin Yang was also considering them and providing them with the most suitable shells.

Qin Yang was slowly fleecing the sheep. If he provided good shells all at once, Iran would be invincible. He couldn't let them occupy an overwhelming advantage. He had to take it slowly so that he could make money.

"Then can you show us the tungsten alloy armor-piercing shell?"

"This kind of shell is a bit expensive," Qin Yang frowned.

Burdastan knew what the other party meant, which was to let him pay. If he had to pay, he had to pay. He had to see the performance of the good shells.

"However, since you have this request, then we will go all out and perform it for you," Qin Yang said.

He had mastered this set of tricks perfectly. Burdastan was extremely grateful: "President Qin, thank you for your kindness. We will buy 20,000 of the steel core armor-piercing shells you just showed us. If this tungsten alloy armor-piercing shell has excellent performance, we will buy another thousand."

Selling tanks was just the beginning. If you had tanks, you had to buy shells! The 69 tank had 44 rounds of ammunition. Even if you only bought two basic loads, eighty-eight rounds, if the other party bought a thousand tanks, that would be eighty-eight thousand rounds. The current 20,000 rounds were just the beginning!

How much did 20,000 rounds cost? 100 million!

Different warhead armor-piercing principles