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"Our purpose is to pursue the highest performance level that our domestic technology can achieve. Those guys who are designing do not consider whether our army can afford such advanced tanks..." Liu Yijiu was also having a headache about this.

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

The Republic military is unable to afford the Longwei, which is six million yuan, or more than one million US dollars per vehicle. In recent years, the military has invested most of the budget for updating equipment in the research and development of science and technology, and no country is willing to equip equipment with poor performance.

"What kind of technology does your tank use? How can it be so expensive?"

"Many technologies are new technologies, such as laser sights, the latest microcomputers, and even small active phased array radars, etc...." Liu Yijiu introduced their heavy tanks. "Not to mention anything else, just to increase defense capabilities and make the tanks have stronger survivability. All armor parts use seven layers of graphene layer spacing..."

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

When Qi Hao heard Liu Yijiu talk about graphene, the corners of his mouth twitched continuously.

He never expected that these guys were so crazy. The Dragon Guard tanks only used a thin layer to export, and they were not easily discovered when they were added to the middle of carbon fiber. They all had such strong defense. These guys actually made seven layers on the new tanks!

"It should be no problem to reduce it, right? Also, can you remove some other unnecessary things? Add a cannon-aided radar to the tank, how practical do you think it is? These are completely..." Qi Hao's words made Liu Yijiu a little stunned.

Tanks are not cars.

How do you hear this? It’s not that they think the performance is not that they think it’s not that they think it’s too good.

In this case, there is probably no one except China.

The Minister of Logistics’ request was to reduce configuration, performance and further reduce costs.

When Liu Yijiu heard this, how could he not get drunk?

So, he directly interrupted Qi Hao's words, "Chief, I heard it right? The logistics ministers of other countries all wish that the tank's armor could be thick enough to prevent the atomic bomb from blowing. The performance must be able to reach unimaginable perfection... You are so good, you actually think that the configuration is too high..."

"You made it, our military can't afford it. Isn't this a waste of time? Can't you make something down-to-earth?" Qi Hao continued to chatter when he saw Liu Yijiu stop talking.

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

Instead of higher performance, equipment that is so high that the military can't afford to deliver equipment to the troops for use.

The country is poor, and at the same time, the demand is huge. No matter how advanced the combat power is, no matter how strong the equipment is, it cannot defend against the long border line. For the Logistics Department, it is something that cannot be considered. This is very different from the Logistics Department of the Republic in 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 that it could not defend against the raids supported by the enemy's advanced weapons and equipment.

Now, it’s better, but it’s not enough to equip the troops – it’s too expensive!

"Chief, what do you think of the problem? Although we made the technical requirements of the project ourselves, it was also based on our national defense needs and the future modernization development of our army. The cost is too high, which is closely related to our domestic technical level, and the industrial foundation is also not unrelated to the situation." Liu Yijiu understood the most that the tank is expensive, and it also has a lot to do with these aspects.

At this time, he could only say that it had something to do with this.

Unless some configuration is subtracted.

The six-pair load-bearing tank with reduced configuration is definitely not a good tank.

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

The cost of a US M1A2 tank is currently about US$6 million. China has not yet fully established heavy-duty new tank, with its performance completely surpassing the United States. Its price is only half that of the United States, and it is not too expensive at all.

Under such circumstances, what else can Liu Yijiu say?

"Can we reduce some configurations while ensuring combat capabilities? You know the situation of our military. Not to mention our troops' equipment, even if it is used by your Blue Army's armored troops, the cost is very high. Five vehicles cost 100 million..." Long Yaohua looked at Liu Yijiu, frowned and thought for a long time before he made such a suggestion to Liu Yijiu.

Reduce the matching!

This is the plan that Liu Yijiu heard from senior leaders again.

It seems that if they want to equip the six pairs of heavy-wheeled tanks they developed, they can only adopt such a solution to reduce the cost of the army's use.

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

This is like the production and sales model of domestic automobiles in the Republic, 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 Chinese people, the price is still a bit unacceptable. Perhaps the Chinese people like to take advantage of small gains and hope to buy better configurations at a lower price. This has forced automobile manufacturers to adjust the entire production. The same is true for the method they take - reduce the distribution.

Reduce configuration and make costs cheaper, and at the same time, sales prices can be effectively reduced.

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

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

If you change someone, Liu Yijiu may not pay attention to it. The current Minister of Logistics and Chief of General Staff have the same attitude, so he has to consider it more. "Chief, all the designs are for improving combat effectiveness, not for a higher price to design some ineffective functions. Reducing the configuration will definitely have an immeasurable impact on combat effectiveness."

"For example, your gun-aising radar can be configured only on the command vehicle. It is very good to have one company equipped with one. Even our artillery regiments cannot be equipped with an artillery reconnaissance radar, right? Also, your power uses a 1500 horsepower gas turbine. Let's not talk about the cost of use, too fuel-consuming engines will increase the training and maintenance costs of our tank troops on a large scale, and even the purchase price is much higher. If it is replaced with an ordinary 1500 horsepower engine, or it is easier to manufacture, and the accuracy requirements are lower than that of a conventional engine with about 1000 horsepower, it should not affect the combat capability too much, right?" Long Yaohua proposed modification suggestions on some key issues.

"Also, there is only one layer above the graphene armor layer, which can achieve such defense. Will adopting the three-layer model reduce the cost more?"

When Liu Yijiu heard such suggestions, he could only smile bitterly.

For him, any configuration reduction that affects combat performance is not advisable.

"Chief, if our designs are cancelled, they will have a huge discount on their performance. Not to mention, the world's anti-armor technology is progressing rapidly in terms of defense, especially the performance of our Dragon Guard tanks on the battlefield between Iran and Iran, which 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 insufficient, this will affect the mobility. A small horse pulls a big cart and can only be beaten... The artillery reconnaissance radar does seem a bit wasteful. However, the current form of war has quietly changed with the rapid development of technology, and large-scale group operations should be less and less, just like the Soviet Union in the exercises in previous years, it is a target..." Liu Yijiu had to raise all the various issues they considered in their design.

The military is very strange.

When designing various equipment and putting forward technical requirements, I wish I could use all the most advanced technologies in the world. This has caused many domestic projects to become difficult because of the high technical difficulty and it is difficult to make breakthroughs in a long time.

After the Ninth Hospital came out, the things from the Ninth Hospital had to face reduction 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 conform to the national conditions and be responsible for the use of the army. What do you think?" Qi Hao looked at Liu Yijiu with a smile.

In his opinion, even if some configuration is reduced, there will not be too much performance attenuation for the tanks designed by the Ninth Academy.

The tanks of the Ninth Academy have not been completely designed and finalized, and the model specifications are even worse.

However, judging from the various technical situations introduced by Liu Yijiu, you can fully understand where the cost increases.

"Only by reducing the price to less than 10 million, our troops can afford it. Moreover, it is impossible to have too many equipment. According to your original idea, using the American model and using various equipment in high and low matching should not affect our army's combat effectiveness, and even, it will enhance a lot of combat effectiveness than the current situation."

Liu Yijiu remained silent.

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

Reducing the configuration is definitely something he can't stand.

The early design of this tank was considered to not lag behind in the next decades. Just like the US M1 series tanks, even if it is upgraded, it will only be modified without re-manufacturing. This is a very good solution for saving military expenditure.
Chapter completed!