After the end of the war, the Republic Army planned to invest in the development of a new ground and air combat platform according to the problems exposed by the equipment of various wars, but under the influence of the third military reform and the change of the chief of the General Staff, the Army's "large-scale re-outfitting and planning thugs" did not receive support and were shelved by the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense. 【】

It was not until the year of the smelter that Pei Chengyi became Minister of National Defense, and defense spending resumed growth, that the army reintroduced the rearmament plan.

That is, in this year, Pei Chengyi personally approved the preliminary research and development funds of the two main battle platforms with a total amount of up to 100 million yuan, and instructed the Logistics Department of the General Staff Headquarters and the Army Command to come up with specific performance indicators in the fiscal year and bid for the production enterprises. Because the person who served as the director of the logistics department of the General Staff at that time was Yuan Chenhao. So the instructions given by Pei Chengyi were quickly implemented.

At the beginning of the year, the Army sent tenders for ground and air main battle platforms to several major arms dealers.

Like the 3 Dozen series main battle tank "Wan series vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft, the new generation of ground main battle platform and air main battle platform are common platforms. The difference is that this time the army did not strictly distinguish the operational nature of its main battle equipment. Rather, major manufacturers are required to take into account tactical versatility when designing, that is, to adapt to various operational environments and operational needs while only making changes to the range. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Chat about the tire o waki, please read it!

Take, for example, the main battle platform on the ground. The main battle tank and infantry fighting vehicle are no longer strictly distinguished, but according to the combination of different attack weapon systems and load systems to distinguish the nature of the operation, that is, equipped with large-caliber electromagnetic guns, and do not carry infantry is the main battle tank, equipped with small-caliber electromagnetic machine guns, and equipped with infantry combat is infantry fighting vehicles. More importantly, these two main battle platforms can be adjusted in the troops and even on the front line, that is, they can easily replace functional modules to achieve the purpose of quickly changing combat capabilities.

Undoubtedly, this design requirement has a lot to do with the problems exposed by the Republican Army in the war in the Middle East.

According to the actual combat experience of the 1st and 10th combat units in the Middle East war, in most cases, the scope and intensity of use of infantry fighting vehicles exceeded that of main battle tanks. Although this statistical result is biased and does not fully take into account the situation of the warring opponents, it can be seen that when fighting against the Turkish National Army, the scope and intensity of use of the concave infantry fighting vehicle did exceed the limit. type of main battle tank, and can perform almost all frontal combat missions, when fighting with the United States Army, Asahi Ichichi also used too much, can only perform about the ship's frontal engagement mission, almost all the attack tasks and armored battles have to be handed over. Pull. However, from the perspective of the technology exhibition, the infantry fighting vehicle and the main battle tank will eventually become a separate ground combat platform, even if many key technologies have not yet made breakthroughs, the Republic Army should make bold attempts, occupy the commanding heights of technology and tactics, and continue to lead the trend of the ground main battle platform exhibition.

From this point of view, the republican authorities are willing to invest tens of billions of yuan in preliminary research on the army's main battle platform project, which is also exerting pressure on competitors.

You must know that the U.S. Army's main battle in the Middle East war posed a threat to the main battle equipment of the Republic Army, especially in several urban battles, the U.S. Army made full use of the complex environment of the city and day, and made the Republic Army pay a heavy price. If the Republican Army cannot continue to lead in equipment performance, it will have to expand the size of the army if it wants to balance the United States. Obviously, the cost of expanding the army far outweighs the need to build a few new pieces of equipment.

In any case, the Republic Army is sincerely trying to build the world's most advanced ground main battle platform this time.

Not to mention anything else, it was only after the theoretical research and project planning in the early stage that it was nearly three to the end of the year, that is, after the Ministry of Defense obtained the management power of the national defense budget, the ground main battle platform project entered the design stage from the theoretical stage. At the beginning of the following year, the Army, the China Heavy Group, and the North Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., which won the bidding for project planning, each signed a system design and opening contract worth 800 million yuan, requiring the two groups to produce engineering samples for the Army to do performance tests within three years, and to submit detailed procurement and use cost reports.

On the cusp, this is the first time that the Republic Army has introduced competition in the engineering phase of a major main battle platform project.

In the past, there was only a competitive competition for the pre-theoretical and project planning phases, and the winner was awarded the contract for the engineering design and development phases, and was the main contractor for the system. In order to ensure that other arms companies can continue to develop and maintain the competitiveness of the arms industry, the Army will let those manufacturers who fail in the bidding participate in the construction work as subcontractors or system contractors when it comes to formal procurement.

Introducing competition in the engineering phase means that the winner wins and the loser loses.

There is no doubt that this is much more brutal competition.

This also precisely reflects the concept of national defense construction of the authorities of the republic. After many years of vigorous development, especially the stimulating effect of several large-scale foreign wars, by the time of the century, the Republic not only had some of the largest arms enterprises in the world, but also had the largest among the old arms enterprises in the world. They are China Heavy Group, AVIC Group, North Heavy Industry, China Ammunition Group Corporation and Jiangnan Shipyard Military Ship Branch, the first three ranked first, Beyu fourth, bad has the world's largest military, industrial system. From the stunned battle to the amazing Bewan. In contrast, only three U.S. arms companies have entered the world's top powers, and the best Loma company is only in third place. Boeing and Northrop ranked fifth and eighth respectively, while the U.S. fire industry employed only 10,000 people, with a scale of only 7 gills of the Republic. Although the Republic's arms industry surpasses that of the United States in terms of production, that is, the output value of the United States' first-class fire industry is only about that of the Republic, in the long run, even in the face of the threat of world war, there is no need for the Republic to maintain such a large military industrial system, let alone retain so many large arms dealers. If we take into account the increasing impact of advanced science and technology on the performance of weapons and equipment, and the proportion of science and technology investment in arms development is also increasing, there is even more reason to integrate the military industry, and only three large arms groups are needed. It will be able to meet the national defense needs of the republic. If international cooperation is included, for example, North Korean and Pakistani arms companies involved in the future launch of individual combat systems. There is even more no reason to fear that the military-industrial system of the republic will be weakened.

In fact, arms production has long been an "international cooperation".

It is natural international cooperation for the Republic to export weapons and equipment to the whole world and to help allies and friendly countries to enhance their military industrial strength in a cooperative way. It is important to start with the war on the peninsula. The authorities of the Republic have relaxed the control of sub-contractors in the military industry, allowing the arms enterprises of friendly countries that have met the standards and have strong strength to participate in the development and production of defense equipment in the Republic as sub-contractors. For example, in the Biyi series of main battle tanks, the liquid vapor integrated suspension system in the walking gear is produced by Pakistan's National Arsenal, and the driver's periscope and the commander's day and night observation system are produced by Malaysia's Yitian Precision Instrument and Equipment Company. Even in some cutting-edge equipment, such as the fire control radar used in the Xiaojiu series of fighter jets, some high-frequency tubes are produced by North Korean electronics companies. As for those weapons and ammunition that do not have much technical content, such as the shells of high-kilogram electromagnetic cannon shells, composite helmets in infantry equipment, and so on, they are all produced in countries with relatively cheap labor, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar, and some are simply subcontracted to overseas enterprises.

One way or another, the authorities of the republic wanted to take the opportunity to integrate the military industry.

As a result, the competition for the Army's ground main battle platform has become extremely cruel. In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why the future individual combat system will go through four rounds of bidding before finally winning or losing. For those arms companies that have made a lot of money over the years, the real test will come at this time. Businessmen with a bit of brains know that at this time, the military industry of the Republic is like the American industry at the end of the century and the beginning of the century, and whoever can win the bidding and obtain several large national defense equipment projects will be able to survive and dominate the national defense equipment market of the Republic in the next few decades, and even dominate the global arms market.

For China Heavy Group and North Heavy Industry, 3 years is not a short time, nor is it a long time.

In 2 years, Zhongzhong Group hit the results of the old B yuan contract in advance, that is, the sample of the mouth sleeve project and the cost report of the whole life procurement.

Because too much energy was spent on the future individual combat system, it was not until March of the Gang year that North Heavy Industry handed over the contract answer.

There is no doubt that the gap of more than 3 months is enough to determine the success or failure of the two companies.

Although the approval of the project takes about a dozen years, it is not until the end of March that the decision on which company's design scheme to adopt will be made and the project production stage will be started. But judging by the comparative tests of the previous months. The design scheme of Zhongzhong Group has obvious advantages, and Zhongzhong Group has strong strength, which can control the cost in the engineering and production stage, and the increase in project costs will not be too large. If one takes into account the importance of the Zhongzhong Group in the republican industrial system, as well as its strong influence in the industrial circles of the republic, there is no reason for the Republic Army to throw the hydrangea to other enterprises. The new address of this site has been changed to: Chat about the fetus o Waki Gongshan, please read Kouda!

In a sense, the loss of the future individual combat system of the Zhongzhong Group is related to the ground main battle platform of the army.

It can even be said that after the Ministry of National Defense made a ruling, the Zhongzhong Group still held on to the devotion, threatening to make a representation at the plenary congress, in order to distract the attention of the Northern Heavy Industry, so that this slightly inferior arms enterprise would desperately keep the fat that had been eaten in its mouth, and could not compete with the Zhongzhong Group in the main battle platform project.

You must know that after the ground main battle platform project is fully launched, the Army and Marine Corps of the Republic alone will spend trillions of yuan to reequip within the year, and if the potential demand in the international arms market is counted, the total value will exceed the old trillion yuan. In comparison, the market share of hundreds of billions of yuan in the future individual combat system is insignificant.

In fact, the design of Zhongzhong Group is indeed very advanced.

According to the relevant data mentioned in the project plan submitted to the Military Committee of the Plenum in early July for the budget of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic for the project of the Army's ground main battle platform, the design indicators of the Zhongzhong Group show that the total mass of the combat platform under the standard conditions, that is, the total mass including the chassis, energy system, walking system and basic electrical system is the old ground and the Tanjing standard armament. That is, to increase the unmanned turret for remote-controlled weapon warfare with gloves, the combat mass of the platform is between old tons and ugly tons, depending on the level of protection. It is about a centimeter lower than the main battle tanks of the Dish Citation. When armed with the standard of infantry station, it is between the increase of the ton and the introduction of the ton. VCD blade series infantry fighting vehicles were lowered about the paste. Being able to control the combat quality within such a low range is not only the strong skill of the design team of Zhongzhong Group, but also has a lot to do with the large use of new armor and high-level composite batteries.

The most eye-catching feature of the overall design is its combat module, which can be quickly replaced.

According to the design indicators of the Zhongzhong Group, under the basic conditions of battlefield logistics support, the commander, gun commander and driver of the skirt crew can complete the replacement of the combat module in a few minutes. In fact, the conversion work is very simple, in addition to the replacement of the unmanned turret, only the combat compartment needs to be replaced. The key is in the "combat compartment". Even if the turret is not replaced, it is equipped with a "crew compartment" for carrying infantry. It is an infantry fighting vehicle, and it is equipped with an "ammunition compartment" for carrying additional ammunition. It's the main battle tank. Because of the modular design, and the infantry fighting vehicle does not need a large-caliber electromagnetic gun, the unmanned turret and the combat compartment are produced and transported together, and can be loaded and unloaded at the same time.

During the tests of the Army, the design concept of the Zhongzhong Group was highly praised.

In the words of the Army testers! Even an untrained tankman can complete the conversion in a matter of minutes with the help of the manual.

It can be said that this is this kind of "fool's" design, which allowed the Zhongzhong Group to gain the army's

Gaze.

For the Army of the Republic. The new ground main battle platform is definitely a revolutionary weaponry.

At the beginning of the year, some people predicted that the Zhongzhong Group would win the bidding and use the new ground main battle platform numbered by this project to completely overthrow the traditional tactics of the army, so that the army officially entered the era of "all-attack and all-defense", thus leading to a global revolution in military thinking. Before that, any pound. The country's army has a focus. For example, the Republican Army is good at offense, and the U.S. Army is good at defense. In terms of comprehensive combat capability, no country's army can perform well in both offense and defense. At most, you can only use your own strengths to deal with the enemy's weaknesses. In a local war, this defect in capabilities is not a big problem, after all, any pound. When planning a war, the leaders of the country will give full consideration to the operational characteristics of their own units. Not to mention anything else, in the several large-scale local wars that led to the century, the Republic Army seldom allowed the main ground forces that were good at attacking to carry out defensive combat missions, and in order to gain defensive combat capability, several airborne brigades were set up under the three airborne corps.

If the Republican Army can usher in the era of "all-offense and all-defense", it will once again leave the U.S. Army behind.

There is no doubt that the key lies in the face of the main battle platform.

As we all know, in offensive operations, the importance of the main battle tank exceeds that of the infantry fighting vehicle, and if it were not for the limited number of equipment of the main battle tank, many commanders would not let the infantry fighting vehicle charge. And in defensive operations, the role of infantry fighting vehicles again surpasses that of main battle tanks.

In different combat environments, the scope of use of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles is also different. In the absence of a unified approach to the two types of equipment, any unit can only focus on something, for example, heavy armored units that focus on attacking fortifications will be equipped with more main battle tanks, and assault troops that are good at fast attacks need more infantry fighting vehicles. The Airborne Forces, which live on defense, rely exclusively on infantry fighting vehicles. With the advent of the main battle tank, the gap between the main battle tank and the infantry fighting vehicle has been completely eliminated, and the front-line commander can decide which platform to use according to the actual situation, and the combat unit can also switch to the main battle platform in a very short time.

As far as Yuan Chenhao knows, the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command made a decision last month, that is, in July.

In terms of formalities, as long as it can be approved by the Military Committee of the Plenary Congress at the beginning of the year, the bidding work will be concluded. When the Ministry of Defense announces the results of the competition, it signs a contract with the winner for mass production. Of course. Before mass production, the problems exposed in the tests will be improved, and small-scale mass production will be carried out, and the first batch of mass production will be delivered to the test troops and teaching troops. If all goes well, it will probably be possible to start mass production at the end of the year and form initial combat capability at the beginning of the following year.

Of course, this is a long way off.

What's more, there can be no surprises.

In fact, the chances of the unexpected happening are very high. You must know that there are not many projects led by the army, and they are definitely not focused on the main battle platform on the ground.

In several major equipment projects of the army launched in the early years of the decade, the real protagonist was the "air main battle platform".

You must know that "air-to-air" has always been the direction of the Republic Army.