Chapter 652: The King of Firearms
Relations with Pakistan are one thing, and relations with Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries are another.
It can be said that Wang Dong's actions in Amritsar have won the favor of almost all Arab countries, or *** countries.
Why?
There are more than 10 million*** in Amritsar.
So far, it has increased to nearly 30 million.
It can be said that if there is no "Angu" company's efforts, these *** days in India will be very sad, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Wang Dong saved these ***.
This kind of goodwill has given Wang Dong a huge help.
What helps?
Almost all of the funds for the construction of the Gwadar port came from Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries.
In the past three years, under the lobbying of Wang Dong and Yunlong, Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries have invested more than 20 billion US dollars in the Gwadar port.
According to the plan, the Gwadar port will be built into Dubai, Pakistan, the largest commercial port in the northern Indian Ocean region.
However, in Wang Dong's view, Gwadar Port should be made a manufacturing and commercial center.
Of course, whatever it is, the Gwadar port is changing.
This building alone, the headquarters of the D&F Group of Companies, cost nearly $1 billion and was completed in just over two years.
There's certainly no way to compare to Dubai's skyscrapers.
It is only 88 floors, and the height is just over 300 meters.
However, this is already the tallest building in Pakistan.
In fact, when planning, Wang Dong never thought about building a skyscraper, after all, D&F companies don't need such a large office space.
However, King Mohammed insisted that it should be considered in the long term.
In addition, half of the funds for the construction of the building were provided by King Mohammed personally, and the rest also came from the royal families of several other Arab League countries.
Those who pay don't care, what else can Wang Dong say?
It's just that Wang Dong is a little confused about the future development.
The Fourth Indo-Pakistani War fundamentally changed the international landscape.
Although India is no longer a threat in the short term, the general environment has not improved, but has become worse.
Of course, in Yunlong's opinion, the situation has changed for the better.
Why?
Without war, where can there be an arms market?
At the end of the day, it's still the D&F company that's all about it.
Although Angu has become the world's largest private defense contractor, it is still D&F that makes money.
To put it bluntly, the future development still depends on the D&F company.
So, what is the future of D&F, or how is the performance developing?
Three years ago, Wang Dong didn't think it was a problem.
But now it seems that it is a big problem.
In the traditional field, that is, in the light weapons market, D&F's performance is satisfactory, and it has long since become one of the world's leading manufacturers.
So far, neither the DF8SMG nor the DF6PD have been surpassed, and they are still the best individual weapons.
In addition, the DF762 series of rifles is also widely recognized around the world, especially in Africa and South America, and has received orders from more than 30 countries.
Why?
Cheap.
After lowering production standards, making appropriate improvements based on feedback from the Pakistani army, and simplifying the production process, the DF762N5, the fifth-generation DF762 rifle, has been reduced to $1,600 at factory price, and has excellent performance.
It is precisely by virtue of the price advantage that the DF762 series rifle has defeated almost all competitors.
You must know that the ex-factory price of several firearms launched by H&K to compete with DF762 is more than $3,000, and the price of the whole system is as high as $5,000, while none of the military rifles launched by several arms dealers in the United States can control the ex-factory price below $2,500.
Of course, DF762 was able to succeed and has close ties with Pakistan.
Why?
D&F has long moved the rifle production line to Pakistan, and the extremely low labor cost in Pakistan has directly reduced the ex-factory price of firearms.
For this reason, several countries, including the United States, have initiated dumping lawsuits against D&F.
Just, it doesn't make much sense.
Why?
The anti-dumping lawsuit in the United States only restricts the sale of the DF762NM, that is, the civilian version of the semi-automatic version in the civilian market in the United States.
In the international arms market, these lawsuits are advertising DF762.
Of course, it is also advertising for D&F.
In the U.S. civilian firearms market, the DF8M and DF6SP, the semi-automatic version of the DF8SMG, and the pistol version of the DF6PD have achieved great success, with annual sales of more than 100,000 units, accounting for almost one-third of the high-end firearms market.
In addition, DF8SMG and DF6PD are popular among mercenaries.
Because of the limited purchase channels and the fact that the production of these two firearms is not very large, it can be said that it is difficult to find a gun on the international black market.
At the end of the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the market price of DF8SMG was speculated to $150,000.
Gao Jun also took full advantage of this.
How to use it?
When selling D&F's firearms, he would ask the salesperson to give a DF8SMG and DF6PD to the main person in charge of the purchaser, called a trial.
In addition, the production and sales channels of DF8SMG and DF6PD are strictly restricted.
Later, even began to limit the production of ammunition.
Why?
Without matching ammunition, the DF8SMG and DF6PD can only be used as gift guns.
It's just that the problem is also prominent.
What's the problem?
After the launch of the DF8 and DF6, D&F has not released a new product for five years, to be precise, no new firearms.
Although DF8 and DF6 have been improving, there are several deformation guns, and DF762 has also been developed to the fifth generation, but these are not new products, at most they are only new products that have been improved on the basis of the original guns, and the improvement in performance is not obvious.
In this regard, Zhao Yu gave a clear answer.
In a few years, with the advancement of ammunition technology, caseless guns will appear, so there is no need for D&F to continue to develop guns that fire countersunk shells.
In fact, Zhao Yu has always focused on shellless bullet firearms.
In his words, it was to carry out the technical preparation in the early stage to ensure that the new firearm could be launched as soon as the practical caseless cartridge was introduced.
It can be seen that D&F has been eating its old roots in the field of firearms.
Of course, there is no way around it, and D&F is still confident that it will be the world's number one firearms manufacturer for the next few years.
As for the profits, it's not much.
Gao Jun made it very clear that because there are competitors like H&K, and D&F cannot enter the market of Western countries, it can only fight a price war and try to keep the factory price of firearms as low as possible, so as to occupy more markets and defeat competitors.
As for when he will be able to defeat his competitors, Gao Jun is not very clear.
According to his judgment, it will be 10 years at the earliest, because it will not be until the next generation of firearms appears, and D&F will have a chance to win with technological superiority.