Chapter 426: Raise your eyebrows
Following the statements of the Iraqi authorities, the situation quickly calmed down.
It's just an acting, what's all the fuss about?
What Wang Dong didn't expect was that Razak took advantage of this incident and removed dozens of officers from the port guard unit that afternoon.
In addition, the seven generals also received warnings.
It stands to reason that none of them discovered the "attack" on the port in time, nor did they arrive before the "imaginary enemy" succeeded.
Of course, just a warning, after all, this is not some bullshit acting.
The next day, Wang Dong learned that Crown Prince Mohammed did not pay out of his own pocket, he was the head of the royal family, and the royal family's money was his money, and there was no such thing as paying out of his own pocket.
In order to appease Razak, Crown Prince Mohammed promised to purchase more main battle equipment from Pakistan.
Because the main battle equipment stolen by Wang Dong was enough to arm two mechanized infantry battalions, in order to make up for the losses of the Iraqi government army, Crown Prince Mohammed has ordered the unsealing of some sealed main battle equipment and arranged to be sent to Basra as soon as possible and handed over to the Iraqi government army.
In fact, what Wang Dong did, Crown Prince Mohammed approved of a hundred times.
Who is Wang Dong?
Plenipotentiary sent by Crown Prince Mohammed to Basra!
Making things difficult for the king is tantamount to making things difficult for Crown Prince Mohammed, not giving face to Crown Prince Mohammed, to put it more seriously, is slapping Prince Mohammed in the face.
If Wang Dong swallows his anger, where will Crown Prince Mohammed's face go?
Don't forget, in the eyes of Crown Prince Mohammed, Razak is a dog raised by him, and if he dares to grin at his master, he will pay it back.
Wang Dong made such a fuss, and Crown Prince Mohammed was also very relieved.
After the incident, Crown Prince Mohammed proposed to Yunlong that if necessary, a batch of main battle equipment from the Royal Saudi Army would be transferred to arm Wang Dong's troops.
Of course, it is definitely the best main battle equipment.
Yunlong didn't tell Wang Dong because he felt that there was no need for this and declined the crown prince's kindness.
It's just that Yunlong didn't miss this opportunity.
After making a phone call to Wang Dong, Yunlong proposed to Crown Prince Mohammed that a batch of ammunition and equipment be purchased through Pakistan.
Certainly the most advanced ammunition and equipment.
As for where to purchase from, Yunlong didn't say, and there is no need to say.
Crown Prince Mohammed immediately agreed, asked Yunlong to draw up a list, and then handed it to Saleh, and let his cousin, who was still enjoying the treatment of a special envoy in Islamabad, to do it.
In fact, Yunlong had already drawn up a list, to be precise, a list sent to him by Wang Haotian yesterday.
Mainly armor-piercing shells, artillery-launched missiles, additional armor and remotely controlled weapon stations.
Don't forget, the rebels still have quite a few M1A1 main battle tanks, and it is likely that Iran has provided the rebels with some advanced main battle tanks.
Although the M1A1 sold by the United States to Iraq is a "monkey version", it does not use depleted uranium armor, and the composite armor used is also inferior, but the protection performance is not too bad, reaching the average level of the third-generation main battle tank, and the protection level of the turret and the front of the hull against armor-piercing shells is equivalent to 550 mm of homogeneous armor steel, and the protection level against shaped armor-piercing shells is more than 900 mm.
This level of protection is enough to withstand ordinary tungsten core armor-piercing shells, as well as most anti-tank missiles!
This has been proven in previous actual combat.
The M829A1 armor-piercing projectile fired by the M1A1 must be within 1500 meters to penetrate 100% of the M1A1's frontal armor!
Of course, the M829A1 sold by the United States to Iraq is actually a tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile, not a depleted uranium armor-piercing projectile for the US military's own use.
With the number M829A1, it is only that the appearance of the two armor-piercing shells is exactly the same, and the US military has never officially equipped tungsten core armor-piercing shells.
To put it simply, using the number M829A1 is nothing more than selling for a good price.
Now, the problem arises.
The armor-piercing shells sold in Pakistan are all in stock, that is, the armor-piercing shells that have been eliminated by the Pakistan Army and have long been backward in performance.
In terms of performance, it is inferior to the Iraqi M829A1.
Obviously, for "Khalid" to destroy the rebels M1A1 on the battlefield, a better, no worse than the M829A1 armor-piercing projectile is needed.
As for the artillery-launched missiles, they were used against the rebel M2A3 infantry fighting vehicles.
The M2A3's "Tao" missile can penetrate the frontal armor of the M1A1, and it can also kill the "Khalid", so it needs a long-range ammunition.
The only option is artillery missiles.
Because artillery missiles are very expensive, the Pakistani Army did not purchase much, so they were not sold to Saudi Arabia and had to be purchased from other sources.
Additional armor, that is, reactive armor, is, of course, used to enhance the protection of the "Khalid".
The "Khalid" main battle tank is actually the MBT2000 of Huaxia and the cousin of VT-1, which is a foreign trade tank that Huaxia introduced to the international market more than ten years ago.
This tank has long been discontinued.
Huaxia is now mainly promoting the VT-4.
To go a little deeper, the VT-1 is the same generation tank as the ZTZ96, and it lost to the ZTZ96 in the internal selection of the Chinese Army.
In the Chinese Army, the ZTZ96 is positioned as inexpensive and capable of large-scale equipping.
As for performance, it is natural to have to sacrifice something.
The real fist product is the VT-4, that is, this tank is the same generation as the ZTZ99, which is the best main battle tank owned by the Chinese Army.
In fact, this comparison is very clear.
The "Khalid" is positioned closer to the Russian T-72 and T-90, while the VT-4 is aimed at competitors in the M1A2 class.
Among other things, the total combat weight of the "Khalid" was only 48 tons, while the VT-4 was up to 52 tons.
What's the difference in weight of four tons?
The main thing is armor protection!
In fact, this is also the main flaw of "Khalid", that is, the protection capability is not as good as that of the third-generation main battle tank, and the gap is not small.
This is also normal, that is, "Khalid" is just a one-and-a-half-generation second-generation main battle tank.
Because the MBT3000, that is, "Khalid" II., was too expensive for the Pakistan Army to afford, the Pakistan Army decided to extend the service time of the "Khalid" by enhancing the level of protection, and the Huaxia Arms Enterprise also developed a reactive armor specifically for the "Khalid" according to the requirements put forward by the Pakistan Army, and finally sold the patent and production line to Pakistan.
The main thing is that only Pakistan is heavily equipped with the "Khalid" main battle tanks developed from MBT2000.
It's just that reactive armor is just as ridiculously expensive.
As a result, Pakistan did not purchase much, but kept the production line so that it could be mass-produced when needed.
It is precisely this that Pakistan does not sell reactive armor and needs to buy it separately.
As for the effect, there is certainly nothing to say.
Equipped with reactive armor, the Khalid surpasses the Indian T-90S in terms of protection, comparable to the third-generation main battle tank.
Remote-controlled weapon stations, of course, are used to enhance the urban warfare capabilities of armored units.
On the battlefield in Yemen, the Royal Saudi Army has long proved that remote-controlled weapon stations are an indispensable treasure in urban warfare, which can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of armored platforms in cities.