As a former military fan, Chen Geng is no stranger to the tall and mighty, referred to as MRAP anti-mine anti-ambush vehicle, when he was still a military fan, he once sighed: The Americans are really powerful, and the soldiers on patrol are equipped with such advanced equipment.

Later, I learned that it was not the US government that really cared about the casualties of soldiers, but that the cost of dying a soldier was greater than that of updating equipment......

As a result, four months after Tommy Franks wrote a letter to Chen Geng, AMC's AM General sent a batch of newly developed large mine-resistant anti-ambush combat vehicles to the battlefield in Iraq, nominally for Barry Hamp's company, but in fact for the coalition army in Afghanistan for trial.

Looking at the 10 small armored vehicles in front of him, which are all 4*4 and definitely more than 6.5 meters in length, and the largest are 8*8 heavy armored vehicles, General Tommy Franks was shocked:

From afar, you can see that these vehicles have heavy armor, and all the glass seems to be thick bulletproof glass, not only that, but there are also shooting holes in the glass of none of the windows, so that the soldiers in the vehicles can launch a counterattack without getting out of the vehicle in the event of an attack.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the armed tower with full protection on the roof......

Barry Hampdo's clever man, seeing Tommy Franks staring at the armed tower on the roof of the car, he immediately introduced to Tommy Franks: "Your Excellency, that armored tower on the roof of the car can be compatible with a variety of weapons, in addition to the most common M2HB heavy machine gun, 20mm cannon, 30mm cannon and even the M134 'Minigang'7. The 62mm turn-tube machine gun can be put up, and even if necessary, it can be changed to a remote-controlled weapon platform, and most importantly, this weapon tower can shoot in all directions in 360 degrees, and because of the higher altitude, it has a strong ability to suppress the battlefield. ”

General Tommy Franks nodded again and again, as the commander of the coalition forces, of course he saw what Barry Hamp said, the 10 tall anti-mine vehicles in front of him, General Tommy Franks's happy color was overflowing, and he asked Barry Hamp: "Mr. Hamp, this car is the mine-proof vehicle developed by AMC Group, and what is the protection performance?"

"Excellent!" Barry Hamp remembered the performance of these cars for a long time, and when he heard this, he immediately said: "Even the smallest 4x4 patrol car has a chassis that can withstand the attack of a 3kg TN bomb, as for the side of the body, it can withstand armor-piercing shells fired by a 12.7mm heavy machine gun at a distance of 400 meters, and the glass can also resist 7.62mm rifle rounds." In addition, the body is also reserved for external fireproof simple grille hangers, if the battlefield commander deems it necessary, can be equipped with anti-rocket metal grilles...... In a word, unless it is a direct hit by a heavy gun, this car can guarantee the personal safety of the occupants in the car. ”

Hearing that the chassis could withstand 3 kg of mines made by the TN T, General Tommy Franks' eyes straightened: "Really? Can it really resist 3 kg of TN T?"

"Of course," Barry Hamp nodded without hesitation, "the only problem is that you may need to change the tyres." ”

Tommy Franks didn't expect the tires to be intact under the explosion of the 3-kilogram TN T, which was unrealistic, and stared at Barry Hamp, "The tires are not the problem, the question is, can the vehicle continue to drive after the tire breaks?"

"Your Excellency, of course that's fine," Barry Hamp replied without hesitation, with a look of pride on his face: "With the power of such an explosion, the vehicle can still continue to drive. ”

The fact that the vehicle can continue to drive means that the vehicle can continue to fight in an injured state until the battle is over or when it leaves the battlefield and then changes the tires, Tommy Franks groaned and said, "I'm going to test it myself!"

Changing tires is not a problem, how much is a military run-flat tire?

Seriously, if the mine-resistant anti-ambush vehicle provided by AMC Group really has such strong protection performance, this is a blessing for the soldiers.

Of course, Barry Frank will not refuse, his own boss has told Barry Frank about it by phone before, and even if Tommy Franks is unwilling to do this, he has to take the initiative to create such an opportunity, so that Tommy Franks, the commander of the coalition forces, can see how powerful the performance of this mine-resistant anti-ambush vehicle provided by the AMC Group is.

Since it is an experiment, it can't be simple, Barry Hamp even asked General Tommy Franks to gather more soldiers and officers to visit the experiment, and his reason is also very simple: "This car will definitely be equipped with soldiers in large quantities in the future, for the soldiers who used it in the early stage, they may have psychological pressure, and now the more people see the performance of this car, the more confidence everyone has in him." ”

Barry Hamp said so, what else can Tommy Franks say?

In addition, Tommy Franks also has his own calculations: if the protection ability of this car is really excellent, and more people on site will visit this experiment with him, then more people can apply to the Pentagon to equip this car with him, and the pressure on himself will naturally be less.

Because of this, the experiment officially began in the afternoon of the next day.

A remote-controlled Z-bomb loaded with a 3 kg TN was quickly made and placed under the wheels of the 4*4 patrol car, of course there was no one in the car, but it didn't matter, there was a detection device installed inside, which could detect how much impact the car had received.

When the experiment was ready, Tommy Franks, who was hiding in a wall 200 meters away, personally pressed the electric start button of the remote control Z-bomb.

"Boom ......"

With a loud bang, the whole car was lifted and jumped up, but what made everyone very happy and smiling was that the car did not overturn, which means that if it is in the actual situation, the car is also very likely not to overturn when it encounters a sudden attack.

Without overturning, it means that as long as the engine, transmission system and running mechanism of the vehicle are still normal, the vehicle can still carry the soldiers out of trouble, and nothing is more important than this.