Chapter 607: Marauder!

This is a military armed all-terrain vehicle specially developed by Zhongyuan Automobile Company for the plateau area, the whole vehicle weighs 12 tons, and the full load can reach 18 tons.

Although this car is about to catch up with the weight of armored infantry vehicles, but because it is equipped with a 500 kilowatt fuel cell and a high-power motor, the maximum driving speed can reach more than 200 miles, and because it has a half-meter high ground clearance, the passing performance is very strong, and the use of very reliable shock absorbers, basically can go anywhere you want.

Inside, a modern climate control system ensures that the temperature and humidity inside the car are always suitable, regardless of whether it is hot weather of up to 55 degrees Celsius or freezing cold as low as -32 degrees Celsius.

Moreover, because of the good air tightness, the wading depth of this car can reach half of the body height, and it has very good wading insurance.

In addition, the tires used in the vehicle are special bulletproof tires that can be maintained for at least another 50 kilometers after being punctured by a 12.7 mm bullet.

Zhongyuan Automobile Company originally made military vehicles, has more than 40 years of experience in the production of military vehicles, although after being acquired by Huaxing Group Company, the main business transferred to the civilian car market, but the old bank has not been lost.

The Sichuan-Tibet region is a plateau region with very complex terrain, and there has been no suitable military vehicle to support the patrol, reconnaissance and other tasks of the troops.

Because of the cold and lack of oxygen, the performance of internal combustion engine vehicles in the plateau area has declined sharply, especially when the snow covers the mountains, many vehicles are frozen, and the motorized mobility of the troops has become a very big problem.

The military leadership has been suffering from the inability to produce military vehicles suitable for maneuvering in alpine areas in China, until Huaxing Group has made a major breakthrough in fuel cell and motor technology, so it let Zhongyuan Automobile Company undertake the task of developing motor vehicles in alpine areas.

After more than two years of R&D and trial production, Zhongyuan Automobile Company has also trial-produced several vehicles suitable for all-weather maneuvering on the plateau, and the military infantry transport vehicle in front of him is the largest one, and the company's internal model is also called the Marauder.

After the trial production was completed, the Marauder's prototype was also sent to the plateau area for testing as soon as possible.

"Chief, the mines have been planted and will be ready for testing soon, please instruct!"

At this time, an officer who was carrying out the acceptance of the equipment saluted.

Wu Wenhui nodded and said, "Start immediately!"

"Yes!"

The officer then began to give orders.

As the whistle blew, all personnel went into cover.

The soldier in charge of turning on the power pressed the detonation switch at this time!

Rumble!!!

A huge amount of smoke and dust was violently kicked up under the body of the Marauder in the clearing, and the twelve-ton huge vehicle was also lifted more than a meter high in the violent bào zhà!

Yang Jie's ears were buzzing at this time, and the violent bào zhà just now made the ground shake violently.

In order to test the lightning protection capabilities of this Marauder, the military placed thirty kilograms of mines with the power of zhà yào under the body.

After a while, Yang Jie and the others also came to the side of the marauder, at this time, the mine blew up a big crater in the ground, and the first half of the marauder had fallen into the pit at this time, and the whole body was tilted.

After experiencing such a powerful bào zhà, the body of this Marauder was not deformed, and the tires were not blown up, Yang Jie saw the scene in front of him, and his face also showed a satisfied smile.

At this time, a crane also drove over and dragged the marauder out of the huge pit.

Several engineers of Zhongyuan Automobile Company also immediately began to check the chassis of the vehicle, and Yang Jie also squatted down and looked at the chassis carefully.

The steel plate under the chassis was also deformed, and it was covered with dense traces of mine fragments, and the tires were also hit by these fragments.

When the two fighters opened the tail hatch, Wu Wenhui also couldn't wait to get in.

The Marauder cockpit was separated from the infantry transport compartment behind it by thick steel plates, which contained six explosion-proof seats attached to a thick square steel post, suspended above the seats and the pedals underneath, which were wrapped around six test dummies.

"This is an anti-bào zhà seat, right?" Wu Wenhui also looked at Yang Jie with surprise on his face and asked.

"Yes, in order to minimize the occupants being injured by the shock wave, our company has also done a lot of bào zhà tests, this seat is installed with a hydraulic shock absorption system, which is to avoid transmitting the shock wave to the occupants when the floor is bulging, and there is also a restraint device to fix the occupants to avoid cervical spine misalignment and bumps. ”

Yang Jie said that his requirements for the R&D department are to protect the crew to the greatest extent, and the development ideas are very similar to foreign technical routes, which are very different from domestic military enterprises.

Wu Wenhui looked at the dummies on these chairs and asked, "You made these dummies yourself?"

"These dummies are crash test dummies that we bought back from the American aRL company, they have a large number of cadaver research experimental data, and also have manufacturing experience, and now the vast majority of car manufacturers are using their own dummies, which are too expensive, one costs sixty or seventy thousand dollars. Such a dummy is also not fully suitable for all of our tests, so we also modified it and added more sensors. ”

Yang Jie said.

Most of these dummies are made of metal and plastic, with a chest cavity made of steel, a shoulder blade made of aluminum, and a pelvic bone made of plastic, costing about $40,000, or even more so if you add sensor equipment.

"You guys are really willing to spend money on R&D......"

There were a total of eight dummies on such a Marauder, which was almost more than half a million dollars, which was more expensive than the price of this Marauder.

"In fact, this is still very time-saving and cost-saving, a test test can get a lot of data, can be reused, without these dummies, it is difficult to quantify how much impact bào zhà has on the occupants of the car. ”

Li Jianfeng on the side said: "With these dummies, the development of safe headrests and seats has specific data support, which greatly reduces the workload and time of design and repair." ”

Wu Wenhui then saw that these dummies had not suffered much damage in this bào zhà, and he also nodded with satisfaction.

The 30 kilogram zhà yào powerful mines did not cause much damage to the Marauder, which shows how strong the car is, and this is already the most powerful mine at this stage.

After the technicians got the data, bulletproof experiments were subsequently conducted.

A vehicle with this heavy machine qiāng kept shooting around the marauder, and sparks kept popping out of the body!

Thousands of armor-piercing rounds were fired, and this bulletproof experiment was over.

Wu Wenhui then also made a careful observation, and found that there were dense pits on the body of this Marauder, and the paint on the outside fell off, revealing the metal inside, but these armor-piercing bullets did not even penetrate the outer layer of steel plates!

"What kind of steel plate do you use, and the hardness is so high?!"

Wu Wenhui was shocked.

"Hehe, we use super steel, the hardness is close to the hardness of diamonds, the yield strength reaches 1400 megapascals, and the eight basic indicators of toughness strength, explosion resistance, welding performance, fatigue resistance, impact resistance, and corrosion resistance are very good. ”

Yang Jie said with a smile.

"Oh, you guys are really strong in terms of materials!" Wu Wenhui said in shock.

After the machine tool research institute developed this super steel in the laboratory, the metallurgical plant also specially built a super steel production line, in fact, the difficulty of this super steel lies in the temperature control and special equipment, the production cost is one fifth lower than ordinary steel, it can be said that it is very cheap, but it greatly reduces the cost of manufacturing cars.

Now Zhongyuan Automobile Company has begun to replace the automotive steel used before with super steel, but this is an internal trade secret of the company, and Yang Jie will naturally not say such a thing. 11