"Our infantry fighting vehicle adopts the 8*8 drive form, with wide tires and reasonable spacing. Off-road performance has been greatly improved compared to the original off-road heavy truck. It also has a central deflation system, and can be used to provide tire pressure at any time. During wartime, even if four tires are exhausted, they can travel 100 kilometers in a row to get rid of danger." The chief designer of the third game was very excited to be able to explain to the president himself. He continued: "We used the right-hand form of the engine, using the largest 400-horsepower engine of our civilian Mercedes-Benz om series. The gearbox and the transmission shaft are exactly the same, but the length of the half-axle has changed. In this way, our logistics maintenance can be maximized and the universality of most parts is achieved. Thanks to our experts from Germany."

German experts listened to Feduen's words very rigorously, and after the translation came, a rare smile appeared on their faces.

"Now, our car body is made of high-quality steel plates from our domestic production, and is fully enclosed floating shell structure. The front and sides of the front of the car body can protect against close-range shooting of 7.62 mm armor-piercing shells and shell fragments. It weighs 18 tons. It can also be equipped with two tons of external additional armor on the outside as needed. In the car, the left side is the cab, with a periscope, and according to the situation, it can be replaced with a night vision instrument to facilitate marching at night. The rear can accommodate eight soldiers to ride, with shooting holes on the side, which can fight in the car, and a cabin at the rear, which can facilitate quick exit at any time and support tank combat. Currently, machine guns are installed on the top. If you encounter the opponent's tank, we can use anti-tank missiles at a long distance." The entire car body was completely developed by them independently, and there are innovations in many places, such as adding additional armor for protection.

"When our infantry fighting vehicle is fully tested, we will also form a complete vehicle system based on our fighting vehicle, mainly including self-propelled mortars, self-propelled anti-tank guns, logistics support vehicles, command and control vehicles, and maintenance rescue vehicles."

While listening to the introduction, Kusai was already eager to try. He walked down from the top cover of the cockpit with great interest and sat in the driver's seat.

The seats are more comfortable, and are airbag shock-absorbing seats like Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks. They can help members overcome the impact of vehicle bumps to the greatest extent, far exceeding the combination of wire and sponge. However, the cost is also very high. This seat must be several hundred dollars.

The steering wheel, throttle, brakes, and gear shifting mechanism are the same as those of Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks. There is no automatic transmission yet, and the Mercedes-Benz logo on the steering wheel is still there.

Watching President Kusai get in, although he knows that the president was also driving a 63 armored vehicle on the battlefield, he must not make any mistakes now. Fortunately, the fuel tank of their infantry fighting vehicle is empty.

Several technicians also got on the bus, and Feduen followed him into the car from behind.

Kusai really feels like driving it out and enjoying it, but looking at the appearance of several bodyguards, I know that it is better not to test drive such undefined infantry fighting vehicles.

He glanced at it, but found that there was a very obvious vacant position on the right side of the operating table.

"What's the purpose for?" Kusai asked.

"When we designed this car, we considered the docking of our existing C3i system, where we reserved enough space and electricity to facilitate future installation."

When Kusai heard this, he was even happier. Under his leadership, these researchers in Iraq had broadened their horizons. Now, he actually thought that the c3i system would bloom in full. This work must be left to Joseph.

After getting off the car, the garage started to watch the 6*6 infantry fighting vehicle in another workshop.

"This model and most of the components are universal, but this model was developed on the off-road chassis of Mercedes-Benz 6*6. It has six tires, and also has full drive function, with differential locks between wheels and shafts..."

As he listened to the introduction, Kusai suddenly asked again: "So, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the two compared to the 8*8 model?"

"By comparison, the 8x8 has better off-road performance. Its 8x8 has stronger adaptability against complex roads, and is even comparable to the Type 63 of the crawler chassis. For example, it can climb a slope of 70% slope, the roll slope can reach 35%, it can climb a vertical wall of 0.6 meters high, and cross a trench of two meters and three meters wide. However, the large body of the 8x8 infantry fighting vehicle will also increase the probability of being shot. Moreover, the small size of the 6x6 will facilitate us to use aircraft for transportation. Therefore, the two have their own advantages and disadvantages. We plan to use a 6x6 chassis on the front line reconnaissance vehicles and anti-tank missile launchers."

After hearing this, Kusai was even more satisfied. Although Iraq's own military product research and development has just begun, it has shown strong vitality. Iraq's technicians, coupled with Germany's, have still been very strong.

"President Kusai, our wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, does not have a name yet," said a researcher boldly.

Kusai pondered: "How about the desert leopard? Our chariot will be a cheetah in the desert. It will be in the entire Middle East. I hope our team will continue to work hard to complete the testing and subsequent research and development of the entire chariot. Equip the troops as soon as possible. And we can also export it to our Arab brother countries. Let our chariot gallop in every corner of our Middle East."

The inspection of Kusai made all the personnel of the Design Bureau full of energy. After half a year of testing, this tank included complete testing in the cold zones of the Iranian Plateau and the extremely hot conditions of the desert. In 1985, it began to equip the troops in large quantities. In addition to the armored troops, the original pure infantry division also began to gradually change outfits and become a mechanized infantry division.

After inspecting the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles he developed, Kusai began to be confident about the future of Iraq's military industry. He wanted to go to the T-72 production plant not far from here to see where the Iraqi Army's ace, the T-72 main battle tank, had its main battle tank and wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, plus the armed helicopters and the army's main equipment, even if it had an independent system. However, as soon as he became interested, he received a report from Baghdad. Amir Mahmoud, who went to Sweden to finally sign the agreement, had completed his mission and returned to Baghdad to report to him.

Amir Mahmoud, the deputy of Hikmat, participated in several military purchase activities with Hikmat, such as the submarines he bought in Argentina, gradually showing his talent. After the last civil strife in Baghdad, Kusai knew that he must hold his own power, and some of those who were too old should be replaced. So he promoted Hikmat to become Iraq's deputy prime minister and finance minister, while Amir became the general person in charge of Iraq's foreign military purchases and the deputy minister of the General Equipment Department of the Army.

Kusai has launched more and more newcomers to hold important positions in the Iraqi government, and these people are the people he trusts the most.

Through Hickmatt's inspection and Kusai's decision, Amir finally confirmed all agreements for arms sales projects with Sweden.

These projects include investing $100 million to jointly develop new Active Sky Flash Air-to-air missiles instead of the UK, and a production line of this kind will be established in Iraq. Ten sets of ship-based sea-to-air search radars developed by Sweden were purchased and installed on their own missile boats, with a project amount of $23 million. The RBS-70 portable air defense missile production line from Sweden was introduced, with a project amount of $30 million, and the infrared night vision system production line from Sweden was introduced, with a project amount of $50 million, and participating in Sweden's AIP submarine power system and new early warning aircraft projects, sharing technology, Iraq invested $100 million.

Among them, the Active Sky Flash Missile has half of Saudi Arabia's shares, while the others are all funded by Iraq itself. Although Sweden did not make a big profit by exporting the Phantom 4,000 like France, these cooperation projects have already made Sweden very satisfied.

Iraq is rich and full of oil underground, so how could it care about these small money! President Kusai must have thought so too.

However, after listening to Amir's report, Kusai found that the important assistant next to him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, did not look very good. Could it be that he was not interested in this matter without taking action in person? This is not possible. You are the vice prime minister, but you have to be very concerned about these projects.

"Hikmatt, you have made great contributions to the successful introduction of these projects. The introduction of these equipment will allow us in Iraq to have more independent weapons production capabilities," said Kusai.

"Well, yes, the President," said Hickmatt, but when he said this, he seemed to be absent-minded.

"What, Vice Premier? Are you feeling uncomfortable today?" asked Kusai.

"Oh, no, no." Hickmat said quickly, and he came to his senses. He was indeed a little absent-minded just now because he was thinking about something else.

It seems that we must report to the president. Hickmatt said: "President, our treasury has been empty recently. Can we postpone payments to each other in this cooperation with Sweden?"

The Treasury is empty? Kusai was shocked: "How is this possible? We have been working on our oil projects all the time? In addition to the original oil fields, we also have the oil fields in Khuzestan Province and the Arab refinery. We also exported the modified fighter jets to Pakistan through international cooperation..." Kusai said the more he saw that his butler's face became more and more anxious. He couldn't help but stop his speech: "What? Did I say it wrong?"

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