Chapter 238: Returning from Target Shooting
The results of the direct firing distance test of the Vulcan cannon showed that its maximum direct firing distance reached 5,000 meters, which is already very good! It is also enough to deal with air targets, after all, before World War II and early World War II, aircraft ground attacks were all carried out by dive bombing, with a range of 5,000 meters and a high fire density.
Of course, it is impossible to test all the items in the first test, after the preliminary test of several major items, the Vulcan gun showed its advantages, the 14.5mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun fire height is only about 1600 meters, and the rate of fire of ordinary small-caliber anti-aircraft guns is relatively low, so the Vulcan cannon is a combination of the advantages of these weapons. Of course, it also has the problem of continuous firing, resulting in overheating and deformation of the barrel, but that will only happen if it takes tens of thousands of rounds to shoot, and in actual combat, the Vulcan cannon generally shoots up to 300 rounds at a time, and there are no tens of thousands of shells for a one-time shot.
After testing for most of the day, no obvious problems were found with the Vulcan cannon, and Carl and Xiao Weiguo were very happy! In this case, maybe if you don't have a friend, the Vulcan cannon can be finalized! There are still a lot of buyers waiting for it! This will be another weapon that can make money for the Dragon Soul Craft.
Karl said happily as he walked: "Philip, you see that our Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium is now the slowest development of our Bofors Defense Company!" Both the Dragon Soul Aircraft Factory and the Messerschmidt Company have large orders for aircraft, as well as new jet engines. Fortunately, as soon as our Vulcan cannon came out, it added a fist product to our Dragon Soul Ordnance! ”
Xiao Weiguo said with a smile: "That's true! However, our three subsidiaries are originally inseparable from each other, for example, in the future, the Vulcan cannon can be moved to the aircraft and become the main weapon of fighters and bombers in the future, and its power is much stronger than those single-barreled guns! I think any army will love this weapon! Although the shells it consumes are indeed somewhat staggering! However, weapons on the battlefield have always been based on combat effectiveness as the most important goal. As for ammunition consumption, that's a secondary factor. After all, a war will not be fought because of the large consumption of weapons and ammunition, so it will not be used to defeat the war with more backward weapons. ”
Karl nodded and said, "Philip, you're right! The manufacturing cost of our Vulcan cannon is also very high, and it is also one of the most expensive guns in terms of price. It is even several times more expensive than an ordinary 75-mm mountain gun. However, there are still many countries whose armies have a deep interest in it, and now we have received thousands of intent orders! This sales price, we also need to carefully calculate and study, it can not be too low, so that we don't make much money, and it can't be too high, if it is too expensive, it will scare away some customers. ”
Xiao Weiguo knew that once this Vulcan cannon was equipped, it would be equipped with the army. It will have a great deterrent effect on the enemy, so its price will naturally be set higher, and now this Vulcan cannon is still relatively complicated, even if the general arsenal gets a sample, it is impossible to imitate it in a short time. Therefore, Dragon Soul Ordnance still has a monopoly advantage, and when it is copied a few years later, it will be impossible to sell it at a high price at that time. In fact, this is true for any kind of commodity. It's like the Apple mobile phone of later generations, although the price is amazingly high. But there are still an astonishing number of people who pay a high price to buy it, and the profit margin of Apple's mobile phone is as high as several hundred percent, accounting for 90 percent of the profits of the world's mobile phone industry. This fully proves that price is not an issue, the most important thing is the performance of the product. And that it cannot be imitated by others.
Similarly, the same is true of the American F35 fighter, although its price is as high as more than 100 million dollars a piece, there are still many countries that buy it, and there are many countries that want to buy it but can't buy it. This is the result of technological superiority. Because in the world, there is only one fifth-generation stealth fighter that can be sold, the F35! So no matter how expensive it is, there will still be many buyers vying to buy it.
Xiao Weiguo smiled and said: "It's okay, we might as well set the sales price at three times the cost price, I believe there will still be many buyers!" And the more expensive this price, the more people will buy! We're just going to fry it up! Just like the original assault rifle! At that time, our pricing was actually too low, so the profit was not too high. This time, we must seize the opportunity to make the Vulcan Cannon a boutique of our Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex! ”
Carl nodded and said: "It makes sense, if it is too cheap and there are too many orders, our production capacity will be difficult to meet the requirements." Now it's time to continue to scale up our production. The best way to do this is to annex the arsenals that are not very prosperous, what do you think? ”
Xiao Weiguo smiled: "Come with me!" Now on the German side, the newly appointed Chancellor Hitler is engaged in the so-called cartel, that is, a monopoly mode of operation, and our Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry will also become one of this kind of cartels, and we just take advantage of this opportunity to expand the scale of production and operation, acquire and merge some relatively weak arsenals, and lay the foundation for our expansion. The production equipment and skilled workers of those arsenals can be used by us, and in this way we have a lot fewer competitors! ”
Karl said with some concern: "Oh, Philip, this Hitler I know, he is a very crazy guy. It is worth mentioning that almost all of Europe's economic lifelines are now under the control of a Red Shield family, and the Rothschild family has finally reached its peak at the end of World War I since taking advantage of the information asymmetry of the Battle of Waterloo to obtain the right to issue the currency of the Great Empire of the United Kingdom, after years of painstaking management, he finally reached its peak at the end of World War I, and he can set off a devastating economic crisis in any country at any time! Now, Germany, which had been supported by Rothschild and recovered rapidly, has come to a crossroads because of its nationality and interests. The countries of Europe are panicking because of Germany's strong rise, and I think they must be preparing for a joint crackdown. Hitler was such a man that he was absolutely not willing to sit still and wait for death. I think the Rothschilds, realizing that they can't completely control Germany's determined Chancellor, who has no weaknesses to fight, will definitely start an economic war to destroy Germany, and now Europe is facing a storm! ”
Xiao Weiguo nodded and said heavily: "Yes, at this time, our Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium will make full use of the opportunity to develop and grow, and we must stand in line!" Hitler was a madman, but we can take advantage of it! (To be continued.) )