… In the future individual combat system, the electromagnetic gun is undoubtedly the top priority" Influenced by traditional design ideas, the Republic Army was the first to put forward the "gun family" design method, requiring the design of the combat rifle to be completed as soon as possible, and then other firearms on the basis of the combat rifle. After the design work began, several major bidders had a problem, that is, the "gun family" design idea was not suitable for designing electromagnetic guns at all, and it was entirely possible to change the use of the gun by adjusting the performance of some key systems, rather than redesigning a firearm. As a result, soon after the tender began, the Army changed the bidding requirements so that all participating arms companies must come up with corresponding improvements when submitting the design of their battle rifles, that is, to quickly transform their battle rifles into firearms for other purposes, such as sniper rifles and self-defense weapons, without making large-scale changes.

It can be said that this requirement is not low, and the thugs have even surpassed the design capabilities of many arms enterprises. The new address of this site has been changed to: Gangkou Yang... ８。 Lion, please land the valve messenger!

Compared to traditional firearms. The electric bumper gun only replaces the chemical energy with electromagnetic energy, and there is no change in other aspects, and it still relies on the kinetic energy of the projectile to destroy the target. That is, when dealing with different targets, the performance of the projectile is still decisive. For example, when dealing with protected targets at close range, it is required to use small-caliber lightweight and high-weight projectiles with strong penetrating ability, while when dealing with long-distance targets, it is necessary to use large-caliber heavy low-weight projectiles with excellent stability and performance. Although only minor adjustments to the auger are needed to use different projectiles, in practice. The degree to which the projectile can be obtained, as well as the internal and external ballistic characteristics, are all given by the refueling, so it is difficult to make the same firearm cope with different combat environments just by adjusting the reducer.

To put it bluntly, the technology of the century does not yet have such capabilities.

And so it goes. "Gun clans" have become inevitable.

In fact, when the army changed the bidding requirements, it did not rule out the "gun clan", but only required the enterprises participating in the bidding to maximize the versatility of individual weapons. That is, it is better not to change parts. Or change fewer parts, so that one firearm can be adapted to different combat needs through simple modifications.

Because this is a huge transaction involving hundreds of billions of yuan, it has attracted the attention of all arms dealers in the republic.

Not to mention, Zhongzhong Group acquired a small firearms factory that had produced hunting rifles in the past and was oriented to the export market on the basis of the establishment of the "Guangxi Military Police Firearm Design and Manufacturing Company" referred to as Guangxi Gun Factory, and then formed a team with Southern Firearms Industry Group, Beihai Precision Electronics Industry Company, Zhuhai New Materials Company, and Shenzhen Ground Equipment Company to participate in the bidding activities of "Future Individual Combat System", Guangxi Gun Factory is responsible for designing combat weapons, and Southern Firearms Industry Group is responsible for designing guns and ammunition. Beihai Precision Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. is responsible for the design of individual computer and observation system, Zhuhai New Materials Co., Ltd. is responsible for the design of individual protection and life support system, and Shenzhen Ground Equipment Co., Ltd. is responsible for the design of walking system and energy supply system.

In fact, these companies are all related to Zhongzhong Group, among which the Southern Firearms Industry Group and Shenli Ground Equipment Company are subsidiaries of Zhongzhong Group, Beihai Precision Electronics Industry Company and Zhuhai New Materials Company are the holding companies of Zhongzhong Group, and Guangxi Gun Factory is an independent legal person enterprise related to Zhongzhong Group. All in all, this is a bidding team specially set up by Zhongzhong Group in order to win the army order.

Of course, Zhongzhong Group is definitely not the only one who wants to win Lu Tower's order.

Several large arms companies such as AVIC and Northern Heavy Industries have done so in a similar way. It is necessary to gather several enterprises with their own strengths and form a group to participate in the bidding work of the army.

With so many companies involved, the competition must be fierce.

You must know that this is the first large-scale contract for ground weapons and equipment systems worth more than 100 million yuan issued by the Republic Army after all the years. More importantly, this is definitely not a contract for the Republic Army alone. This is because the Republic is the core of the intensive bloc and is the bloc's military standard-setter. At that time, the three kinds of guns and ammunition of the Republic Army were able to become the standardized ammunition of the intensive group, and they were promoted to many countries in the country, which created immeasurable income for the arms enterprises of the Republic, for example, the Southern Firearms Industry Group obtained tens of billions of yuan in patent fees. Therefore, as long as it is adopted by the Republic Army, it will definitely be promoted within the intensive group, and it can also be marketed to friendly countries outside the group, and even to the whole world. When the time comes. It's not the Republican Army's money.

Everyone knows that in the future, almost all countries will eliminate traditional firearms.

The greater the stakes, the more intense the struggle.

At the end of the year, at the beginning of the year, and at the end of the year, the Republic of China Army announced three successive bidding results were rejected by the Ministry of National Defense, the State Council, and the Military Committee of the Plenary Congress, and the reason for the veto was the same, that is, the principle of fair competition was not fully embodied in the bidding work. Coincidentally, at the beginning of the year, the project was handed over to the Ministry of Defense. The logistics equipment department under the Ministry of National Defense conducted the review, and finally announced the fourth bidding results at the end of the year, and the bidding team led by the northern heavy industry finally won with excellent design concepts. Although at the end of that year, after the approval of the Military Committee of the Plenary Congress, the Republic of Defense Anvil and Feng Contractor, that is, the Northern Heavy Girl, agreed to open a preliminary contract, that is, the overall design and testing work of the system in Youxiaozongcheng, and entered the engineering and manufacturing stage at the end of the year. However, several large arms enterprises, such as the Zhongzhong Group and the AVIC Group, which lost the bidding, were not convinced, and at the end of that year they submitted a complaint to the plenary meeting, demanding that the bidding results be reconsidered. Because the project only needs to be supported by the plenary congress after entering the procurement stage, this statement does not change the pre-opening contract signed between the Ministry of Defense and North Heavy Industries.

In fact, the first three winners were also Northern Heavy Industries.

The biggest problem is not that the North Heavy Industries does not have the qualifications to open the future individual combat system, but that there are two of the group's main contractors from overseas, that is, the Peninsula Equipment Industrial Group, which is responsible for combat weapons, is headquartered in Seoul, one of the largest heavy industry groups in North Korea, and its predecessor is South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, which holds the shares of the mouth fork and is the largest independent shareholder and is responsible for the walking mechanism and life support system, and the Crescent Machinery and Equipment Group Company, headquartered in Islamabad, is the largest machinery and equipment manufacturer in Pakistan. It is also the largest multinational company in Pakistan, and Northern Heavy Industries holds a stake in its institute. It is the second largest shareholder. Although the combat weapon system, the running gear and the life support system are not the core systems, the core of the individual combat system is the gun, computer, protection and energy system. And these pounds. The work of the system was carried out by the enterprises of the other three republics. And both overseas companies have backgrounds. The relationship with the Republic is very close, and it can even be counted as a subsidiary controlled by the enterprises of the Republic. However, before this, no overseas enterprise had participated in the republic's national defense equipment project as the main contractor, and at most it was only a subcontractor, so the enterprises that lost in the bidding such as Zhongzhong Group and AVIC Group all made a fuss about this.

There's no denying it. The design scheme submitted by North Heavy Industry is indeed the best.

Among them, the design of combat weapons is the most innovative. According to the information released by the Army of the Republic, in the design plan of the Northern Heavy Industry, only the shooter is different for different combat weapons, and the others are the same, and the output energy of the weapon is controlled by a very simple current control valve to meet different operational needs. Other words. It is only necessary to replace different shooters, so that combat weapons can shoot projectiles of different calibers to adapt to different combat needs. For example, with an extended shooter and a heavy projectile, the combat weapon is a standard sniper rifle, with a conventional shooter and an ordinary projectile, the combat weapon is a standard combat rifle, and with a shortened projectile and a light projectile, the combat weapon is a standard self-defense weapon. More importantly, in the future, projectiles of various calibers can be used by upgrading the projectile to cope with the endless tactical needs. The biggest benefit of this design approach is that it keeps the Army prepared for maintenance costs for the long term. In addition, the cost of retrofitting for future upgrades has been reduced to a minimum. Although it will certainly not be low according to the initial purchase input, firearms are the largest number of weapons and equipment, and the cost of long-term equipment must be considered as much as possible.

At the beginning of the purchase, North Heavy Industry completed the preliminary work a few months ahead of schedule, and delivered the individual combat system to the test unit of the Republic Army for comprehensive testing.

Several other components of the individual combat system are more interesting compared to electromagnetic guns.

Needless to say, as the first individual computer using neural network computers, it has the most basic artificial intelligence, which can not only "understand" the orders given by soldiers, but also automatically control the life support system according to the combat environment, the soldier's condition and other factors, and maximize the potential of the soldier. For example, in a close-range assault, the individual computer will increase the oxygen content of the respiratory system and speed up the muscle reflexes of the soldier in the form of weak current stimulation. While incubating, the individual computer will reduce the oxygen content of the respiratory system, slow down the soldier's metabolic degree, and stimulate the soldier's nervous system with a weak current to keep him awake. Of course, in order to have these functions, the individual computer must be used in conjunction with the life support system.

There is no doubt that the life support system is definitely a highlight of the "shadow warriors". Although in the original design, only the hands of the soldiers are required to be liberated, so that the soldiers can easily obtain food, drinking water and high-concentration air in the plateau battlefield is particularly effective, but the system adopts the principle of open design, that is, other functions can be added according to the needs of actual combat, such as in actual use, many life support systems have battlefield first aid functions, and can judge the physical condition of soldiers according to physical data such as soldiers' heartbeat, pulse, blood pressure and heart and brain waves, if it is determined that soldiers are seriously injured, It will actively inject coagulant serum into the wound, and even automatically inject stimulants such as morphine to help soldiers get out of the danger zone. Of course, as a life support system, it naturally has the function of keeping warm and warm, and it can be mainly provided to special forces by adding supporting equipment and having the ability to process soldiers' excrement. Of course, if you want the life support system to work, you have to look at the outermost individual protection system. The address of this site has been changed to: just a mouthful of milk... ８。 Please log in to the valve!

Since the U.S. Army provided individual protective equipment for all soldiers during the Iraq War, strengthening individual protection capabilities has become a common goal of all army powers. After 10 o'clock, the Army of the Republic of China also began to equip grassroots officers and soldiers with bulletproof vests and other simple equipment, and fully implemented them before the outbreak of the Korean Peninsula War. It can be said that the casualty rate of modern warfare is less than one-tenth of that of World War II, and the comprehensive popularization of individual protective equipment has contributed to it. As the performance of weapons improves, so do the requirements for protective equipment for soldiers. For example, Kevlar bulletproof vests, which were still popular at the beginning of the century, could not even protect against small-caliber bullets for self-defense weapons at the end of the Li era. If it weren't for the popularization of high-strength alloys in the blade era, I am afraid that individual protective equipment would be developed in the direction of "heavy-duty". The problem is that even at the end of the age. The cost of high-strength alloys remains high. Therefore, the cost of individual protective clothing accounts for the delay of the individual combat system, and exceeds the combat weapon and individual computer. for the most expensive subsystem. In this way, in order to control the cost of the system, other aspects must be saved and reduced.

The most unfortunate thing is the walking system, that is, "exoskeleton power walking mechanism Long before the Korean Peninsula War, the Republic Army equipped special forces and reconnaissance units with similar equipment, and it came in handy during the attack on Jeju Island." The question is, "The external skeletal system." It has not been fully popularized in the military, and a very key factor is the high cost. Before the war in the Middle East, the Republic Army urgently ordered a batch of "exoskeleton systems" for reconnaissance units. "The unit price is as high as 10,000 yuan, and even if mass production can reduce the price by about 10,000 yuan, the unit price is about 10,000 yuan, even if it is equipped with about 60,000 officers and soldiers of the combat brigade of the old combat unit. It also costs dollars. Even in the next year, it is impossible for the Republic Army to come to purchase a single piece of equipment with so much performance. It is precisely for this reason that although the army clearly requires that the future individual combat system must have a walking system, it does not explicitly purchase the full amount, but procures it according to demand. That is, the walking system will serve as a functional enhancement module of the individual combat system, which will equip only a few troops. Cutting down on the travel system not only reduces the cost of the system, but also indirectly benefits another important system: the energy system.

Although in a strict sense, the electric touch gun and the electromagnetic cannon do not belong to the category of energy weapons, but the Lorentz force is used instead of chemical reactions, and the same has to rely on the projectile on the macro scale, and the kinetic energy of the projectile to destroy the target, but the electromagnetic weapon is completely dependent on electrical energy, so it is considered a kind of energy weapon. It is precisely in this way that the energy system is the most critical in the individual combat system. In the beginning. Theoretical calculations show that the old composite battery is sufficient. Actually, it is affected by the auger. At a minimum, a force-level composite battery is required. Because the mass production of force-level composite batteries can only start after the first year, the army postponed the equipment time of the individual combat system to after the field year. The problem is that even if it can be mass-produced, the price of the out-of-class composite battery will be extremely expensive. In the quotation of North Heavy Industry, the unit price of the energy system of the adjacent kilogram-force composite battery is as high as 10,000 yuan, accounting for 2 percent of the cost of the whole system, second only to the protection system. It can be seen that if the walking system is not cut, the total cost of individual combat operations will exceed the upper limit of the army's Jinwan. In fact, it is precisely without the travel system that the amount of composite batteries in the energy system has increased from the original kilogram to 2 kilograms.

I have to admit it. There is no walking system, which makes the "Shadow Warrior" no longer so perfect.

Although in combat application, hardly any soldier likes a bulky walking system. In the words of some soldiers who have used walking systems on the battlefield. Instead of relying on two metal legs, it is better to ride in a buggy with 4 wheels. This is a reflection of the awkward situation of the walking system.

In tactical operations, the walking system is too cumbersome to play a real role, so soldiers will put down the walking system when fighting. And on long marches, the efficiency of the walking system is not as good as any kind of military vehicle, and even inferior to that of civilian vehicles. In other words, it is necessary to use the travel system only when the execution requires a load and where the vehicle cannot reach the place, even the vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. Because there are very few such combat environments, the walking system is not so important.

One would think that armor for the travel system would improve individual protection. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a mouthful of milk... ８。 Lion, please log in!

This is indeed an effective way to improve individual protection, but when it is necessary to resist higher threats, the combat effectiveness of any armored walking system is certainly not as effective as that of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

The propulsion system is not without progress. As long as the problem of miniaturization of parts can be solved, and the walking system and the individual protection system can be integrated, the walking system can be reborn, and fundamentally change the way of individual combat, so that mechanical force can replace manpower.

Of course, with the level of science and technology in the middle of the 2 th century, it is simply impossible to prescribe such a science fiction combat equipment.

Anyway. At the beginning of the year, the first batch of test individual combat systems was received in Libe, which was equivalent to the prelude to a major rearmament of the Republic Army. Since it is a major redress, the individual combat system is only a part. Compare it to. All kinds of main battle equipment are the real highlight.