Chapter 1255 - Not Everything
Artillery, the god of war!
During the Gulf War a year ago, the Iraqi army lost air supremacy, and as a result, its powerful artillery became almost useless!
A large number of various cannons with excellent performance are also useless, which is not only the difference in the generation of weapons, but also the bigger reason is people!
When your enemies are Arabs, you have already won.
When the war broke out and the coalition air power was still busy dealing with strategic targets, many of their ground forces were actually within range of Iraqi artillery units.
The artillery had already been deployed, and the target had been clearly detected before, if the Iraqi artillery had been in full swing at that time, let alone shelling for three or two days, as long as there were a few rounds of decent shelling, the losses of the coalition forces would have made the hearts of the high-ranking armies and governments of various countries drip blood!
It's a pity, the Arabs...
That's it, you have to get used to it, they're going to kill themselves anyway, so it's normal to do nothing and wait for a bomb to happen.
When Saddam Hussein fell more than a decade later, some of the mortars that remained caused some trouble for the US military during the Iraq war.
It's a pity that the troubles are just some, not big - troubles, who made the Iraqis prefer RPGs that basically belong to direct-fire weapons.
Arabs, there are not many people who can use mortars, and they haven't learned math well, but it's a pity that Arabic numerals are still made up by their ancestors.
The guerrillas of many other countries can play mortars, but the Arabs rarely use them, otherwise the losses may be even greater when the US military is mired in the Iraq war (see Operation Red Sea, this mortar will make the target miserable when setting up an ambush convoy).
Some of the movie things are still fake, when the first batch of shells accurately hit the target area, even if the position is shrouded in smoke, the gunner actually does not need to wait for the smoke to dissipate, it can continue to cover accurately.
It's not a sniper aim, the mortar shooting is all loaded, just stuff the shell into the muzzle of the gun.
Hit a base shell, there are still living people near this road, that's hell!).
The god of war is never left behind, it just has to be used in the right place, and it needs to be in the right hands.
The Arabs forget it, except for the regular army, they can't learn how to aim at the artillery.
It's not that I can't learn, it's probably because the Albanian Air Force technicians can't understand the aircraft instrument for one reason: lazy and lazy!
Leaving the arsenal, the two jeeps drove along the road out of Highway 56 and soon arrived at another munitions depot in the col.
In Albania's tiny territory, such arsenals are everywhere and incredibly dense, just like the bunkers that can be found everywhere outside.
Go crazy!
However, there is only one cavern in this arsenal, and all kinds of shells are stored in it in order to prolong the service life.
As for the various cannons that were placed in the surface warehouse: when Vasily and Leonid walked into one of the warehouses and saw the scene inside, they could only say that the Albanians were a waste!
The warehouse is densely stacked with Type 63 60mm and Type 67 87mm mortars made in China, and some of them are still in the packing box!
What a real waste, why didn't these grandsons get struck by lightning?
This will Lieutenant Colonel Baluku said to Vasily: "Take your pick, the price is favorable."
There are also a lot of Type 65 82mm recoilless guns in the warehouse next door, and these small cannons need enough shells, I dare not say how old they are, and it is no problem to keep them for another 20 years. ”
As a result, Vasily shook his head slightly and said: "At least they are all propellants from 20 years ago, they are all propellant packets, even if the packaging is good, I will not dare to use them in another twenty years."
I'll have to ask our boss about these later, but I'll have two or three hundred of these two 82mm ones first, and three or five hundred 60mm mortars.
By the way, how many Type 69 bazookas are there?"
"Yes, a lot. ”
Why don't you have that thing, it's a lot.
"Huaxia RPG, our boss will love it. I know you still have Type 63 rocket launchers, so be prepared, that thing sells well, and the more 107mm rockets, the better. ”
Baluku smiled and said, "No problem, we have a lot."
By the way, the large-caliber mortars left over from the Soviet Union and the heavy artillery of China really don't want it?"
This was mentioned during the meal, and Vasily said no.
This will still be the same attitude, Vasily said: "I said Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, who do you want me to sell to?"
All of them were aided before 78 years, and they were not advanced goods, but some light artillery pieces had a long-term vitality, which was more suitable for the use of armies such as guerrillas and tribal forces.
As for the 85-mm anti-tank guns, 122-mm howitzers, 152-mm cannon howitzers, these ...
Sell whom?
Buying a large number of light weapons can also be used to equip tribal weapons, but according to the boss's appetite, they are not needed so much, and they will still be sold when the time is right.
The "United Forces" is a company that also does arms business behind its back, and if it can reduce the burden on the boss, it will try to reduce it as much as possible.
The armed forces in Botswana and the Gambia will be equipped with some heavy artillery, but they will not basically need the old models from more than 20 or 30 years ago, and there are many good things that have been moved from Ukraine, Belarus and other places.
Just like this Type 69 rocket launcher, many of the rockets in Albania's inventory are 20 years old, which is too old, and it is much safer and more secure to use the ammunition produced by the Soviet Union a few years ago, and it can be used anyway.
Albanian stocks of guns are good goods, this explosives and artillery ...
Most of the styles are too old, even if they are still brand new, which is in the hands of the "United Forces", it is estimated that it will be resold in a few years.
Vasily thinks that the boss wants to maintain his position as the emperor of the land in Africa, and now this continent can still allow a rich man from outside to do this, and he can't even think about it anywhere else!
Maybe you can have fun in ten or twenty years, and it is not necessary to be elected president of Gambia or Botswana, but at most.
No matter how rich he is and how strong his army is, it is impossible for him to whimsically launch a war of annexation against other countries in Africa, so it is enough to have a certain amount of armed force, and he will not think of expanding the army without limit.
In this case, Vasily guessed that the boss's mentality of buying old-style arms now is probably a boring process of too rich big guys picking up bargains, whether they need it now or not, and talk about it.
The brain is still clear, and you won't want it if you never need it, for example, you don't want heavy artillery that is too old and not practical for yourself, otherwise you will really pick up rags.
Baluku also wanted to sell a large number of grenades, which were definitely new products produced in the 80s, but he didn't want Vasily to refuse directly!
"The boss's army only uses grenades produced in the Soviet Union, the United States and Eastern Europe, who dares to use the grenades made by you guys?
Blow yourself up!"