Chapter Seventy-Nine: ESS

The British, who didn't quite understand the situation, racked his brains and didn't understand what kind of glasses these so-called military goggles were, could they be polarized sunglasses used by the Air Force? But it doesn't seem right to think about it, polarized sunglasses have no bulletproof requirements, and even so far, he has never heard of glasses having bulletproof requirements.

"Military goggles? It is also required to be bulletproof, I have never heard of such glasses, can you tell us more about it?"

The fish has been hooked, and the British have successfully caught the most critical information that Wang Zhengguo wants to reveal to him, as long as he is interested in the production of goggles, then he has fallen into a trap that someone has planned in advance, and he only needs to commit it obediently in the future.

As for whether the military of the republic has the procurement requirements of military goggles, it is naturally another matter, Wang Zhengguo flickered and said that there is, then there is naturally it, anyway, this kind of thing is only a marginal protective military product, plus Shuhang optics is considered to have some military background, and it is not wrong to fool people when it comes out.

Hearing that the British didn't know about military goggles, Wang Zhengguo's face changed instantly, first with all kinds of surprise, and then with all kinds of disbelief: "You don't know about military goggles? This is already a personal protective equipment issued by the elite army units of our Republic, which is required to be able to prevent wind, sand, rain, and protect soldiers' glasses from ultraviolet burns and polarized light in the sun. ”

Just talking about these requirements, in fact, the polarized toad lenses issued by the Air Force can be met, and John naturally reflected at the first time: "Toad mirrors? You distribute polarized toad glasses to army soldiers, this thing is abroad, if army soldiers want to use it, they are all purchased at their own expense, and you actually distribute it." ”

For the so-called army soldiers to buy toad glasses at their own expense, in fact, it is a relatively common situation in European and American countries, and the armies in European and American countries not only buy glasses at their own expense, but also buy higher-end body armor, sleeping bags, pistols, and even rifle accessories, and these are the more humane parts of the Western army.

Today's toad mirror has become a more like an ornament after the existence, accompanied by its strong military background, so it is also recognized by the majority of soldiers, soldiers of the army are willing to buy at their own expense, when there is no combat mission to wear cool, that is also a common thing, the general army officials will not be harsh in this regard.

To put it bluntly, except for pilots who need to be issued polarized sunglasses due to historical reasons, the soldiers of other army and navy ships are purchased and used at their own expense, and the military will not distribute this thing anyway. But the strange problem now is that it is the first time John has heard of an army distributing polarized toad mirrors as an army standard equipment.

The answer to John was very simple, and Wang Zhengguo explained as a matter of course: "Of course, it is distributed, but there is also a premise for this, mainly elite troops have this kind of equipment, such as front-line reconnaissance soldiers, border guards in harsh environments, airborne troops, etc., they have this need." And what we distribute is not the polarized toad lens that you in Western countries do, which is easy to break and has a high cost, so we distribute resin polarizers that are not fragile and relatively inexpensive. ”

When he said this, he really didn't blush at all, Wang Zhengguo was 100% sure that the domestic army didn't have this thing, but he still dared to make it up in a serious way, anyway, he could say whatever it sounded high-end, and strive to fool people.

Resin polarizers are cheap to build, and they can also be equipped on a large scale for the army, plus the advantage of not being easy to break, which has almost solved all the problems of glasses becoming military individual armor, but these are to put it bluntly, in fact, they can only prove that they will not cause harm to soldiers in combat, as for how much protection capacity there is, it is really hard to say.

Unless it really has the bulletproof capability required by Wang Zhengguo, in that case, it will provide a very good reason for goggles to become a military standard equipment, after all, in the statistics of permanent disability types of soldiers, a large proportion of them are blind due to foreign objects.

Other parts of the human body can still be healed if they are hit by stray bullets and fragments, but once the glasses are hit, it is absolutely 100% blind, and even the severed hands and feet can be partially functioned through prosthetic limbs, but so far, there are no so-called artificial glasses that can be put into use.

It is conceivable that once a soldier's eye is injured and blind, how much damage this will cause, not only physiologically, but also from the psychological aspect of the injury is also a wound that is difficult to heal.

Wang Zhengguo is well aware of this situation, so he emphasized this time that the British Triple Company has excellent bulletproof capabilities in optical materials, and if the corresponding technology can be used in the development of optical laboratories, then it will certainly be able to develop truly qualified military goggles according to the existing technical base.

Wang Zhengguo must not be able to say the above things, and now he has not even obtained the technology, and the material technology is still in the hands of the British, so they have not made such a thing as military goggles, the reason is only that the current army does not have an extremely urgent need, so naturally they have not done research in this area for the time being.

If the military of NATO countries has a demand, issued a research and development and procurement bidding project, only according to the existing technology, the traditional optical giant can develop qualified goggles in minutes, after all, this bulletproof is not really required to be able to prevent bullets flying from the front, more is just a requirement to prevent stray bullets flying on the battlefield, fragments brought up by various explosives, these are the culprits that cause damage to the eyes of soldiers.

In terms of this defense level, in fact, it is only necessary to make some corresponding optimizations on the basis of PMMA lenses, and even directly use PC materials with better toughness, which can roughly meet the needs of use.

Or in the case of more extreme requirements, it is not impossible to want to be able to protect against frontal incoming bullets, and at this time it has also been available, far away in the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the Trivex material produced by the optical material giant PPG company, at this time is mainly used for Apache gunship bulletproof glass, its front can resist the fire of 12.7 mm caliber machine gun bullets.

In 2001, PPG officially launched the NXT super lens based on Trivex material, which is used in the manufacture of sports sunglasses, and its impact resistance and bulletproof ability are among the top in the world.

However, in 83 years, this kind of thing was only a special material for the US military's armed helicopter, even if it was a military goggle project that the US military was equipped with in large quantities later, it was not made of this relatively high-cost material, and it was still only strengthened with PC lenses with good impact resistance, the reason was that the price of PC material lenses was the lowest at that time.

In this case, the US military and even the entire NATO forces were born equipped with standard goggles "ESS crossbow", the success of the goggles is not only that it dominates almost the entire NATO army goggle market, and then it also occupies an absolute dominant position in the police and civilian markets.

How could Wang Zhengguo miss such a good thing, even if it is not possible to make it with a PC material lens with excellent impact resistance, but the introduction of PMMA material lenses that have specially strengthened the bulletproof ability of Sanchong Company will not be too bad in performance.

Now, as long as we can make things first, with the treatment of the Republic as a quasi-NATO member in the next five years, it is a big deal to unite with a local American eyewear production company, and then we can directly connect to the military market of NATO troops. By that time, Shuhang Optics can be regarded as a small and successful industry crocodile.