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Amir's exclamation just now is not too expensive, but too cheap!

Now, the barrel life of the original Iraqi T-72 is approaching the limit, and the new T-72 tanks on the production line also need new barrels. Because of the friendly relations between Iraq and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union charged $3,400 per barrel "almost at cost price." For Iraq, there is a production line, but the barrels cannot be produced by themselves, and can only be imported Soviet products.www.biquge.info≦≧

However, Andrei did not understand what he meant, thinking that it was too expensive, and lowered it by half, one hundred dollars a piece, that is, sixty thousand dollars, and he and Vlamir each had half and thirty thousand dollars, which was already his salary for a year.

"No problem, one hundred dollars each, these six hundred and twenty-one, we want them all." Amir said.

"Fraction counts, $60,000." Andrei was also very happy: "This money, 30,000 dollars, can be transferred directly to my account, and the other 30,000 dollars, Vlamir, do you have an account abroad?" By the way, go straight to your daughter's account. ≦≧”

Vlamir's mouth couldn't be closed, more than 600 cannon barrels, enough for an armored division, just like that, it became scrap metal, and then, the cost of his daughter's study in Europe came out?

I remembered that my pension had not come out yet, that I had fought for the country, but I couldn't even get the treatment of a soldier, and I saw that it was so easy to make money now. I'm afraid that there will be a change in the hearts of all people.

Money is a wonderful thing, and in any country or society, money is not everything. However, without money, it is absolutely impossible. can make a person greedy.

The high wall that was erected in the heart of Vlamir. Suddenly the ground collapsed, and Vlamil saw only the gold all over the ground.

"In our warehouse. There were also a large number of tank shells. ”

Tank shells? Amir was overjoyed when he heard it, and tank shells were also something that Iraq urgently needed. ≦≧

For various reasons, when the Soviet Union sold weapons to other friendly countries, it would shrink to a certain extent to ensure that the weapons used by the Soviet army's own army were the most advanced, and moreover, it was also to prevent the West from gaining its own secrets due to the proliferation of weapons. For example, the Iraqi T-72 tank was simplified on the basis of the Soviet Union's own use. Simplified main armor. Simplified fire control, simplified shells.

Fire control, Iraq itself has been upgraded, the main armor, that is now Iraq can not move. And the shells, this thing, President Qusay is very dissatisfied.

Now, in the duel of armored forces, the main ammunition type is armor-piercing.

Armor-piercing shells. It is to break through the armor of the tank, that is, as the saying goes, it mainly relies on the large kinetic energy of the projectile when it hits the target and the high strength of the projectile itself to penetrate the steel armor. If you want to make a hole in the armor, you can't do it without a tough body and bones. Therefore, the projectile of an armor-piercing projectile needs to be harder than the armor of a tank.

The different materials of the pointed core of the armor-piercing projectile have an important impact on the depth of armor piercing. The Soviet Union exported high-density alloy steel cores, while its own use was tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets made of tungsten carbide and other materials, and even depleted uranium armor-piercing bullets. ≦≧

Among these types of munitions, depleted uranium armor-piercing shells are the most inhumane one. Depleted uranium is a by-product of the production of uranium-235 and, in order to prevent the pollution it causes, can only be disposed of as nuclear waste for a long time. However, when depleted uranium is mixed with certain elements, it will become a metal with high density, high strength and high toughness, and the energy of this metal is more than the toughest tungsten alloy, and it is used to make armor-piercing bullets, which can not only turn waste into treasure, but also greatly improve the armor-piercing ability.

Moreover, when a depleted uranium shell hits an armored vehicle such as a tank, the huge impact force can produce a high temperature of more than 900C. The uranium burns at a temperature of only 400C in the air, so in the process of penetrating the armor, the core will also burn on its own, reducing the local strength of the armor, piercing the armor, and killing and injuring the personnel and internal equipment in the vehicle.

It's just that this kind of armor-piercing bullet is very troublesome to maintain in peacetime, and, after use, it will cause nuclear contamination. Not only will it bring all kinds of problems to the local residents later, but also the personnel used at that time will also have certain sequelae, which has been verified by the strength of the Gulf War, and after more than ten years of war, some veterans of this war began to discover their symptoms. ≦≧

Therefore, for Qusay, obtaining tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells for the Soviet Union's own use is a very effective way to increase the power of Iraq's own T-72 tanks.

Moreover, the Soviet Union's own use was not only different in warheads, but also in terms of better ammunition, so although the tank guns were the same, the firepower of the exported T-72 was weaker than that used by the Soviet Union.

Now, hearing that the one-eyed colonel, who had made a 180-degree turn in front of him, mentioned the shells, Amir's eyes lit up and he asked, "What shells do you have in your warehouse?" ”

"Tail stabilized armor-piercing shells, tail-stabilized armor-piercing shells, and tail-stabilized armor-piercing shells and tail-stabilized grenades of 125-mm tank guns." Vramir said.

Although in the history of tank guns, there have been armor fragmentation shells, but unfortunately, they can only be fired by rifled guns, so in later generations, except for the British armored troops who have armor fragmentation shells, in other countries, this type of ammunition has become extinct.

"What kind of armor-piercing projectile is it? Are there depleted uranium shells? Amir asked. ≦≧

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kochakin, we only have tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells here, and the usual storage of depleted uranium shells is complicated, but there are no here, and they are only assigned to the troops on the European side." Vramir said.

That's the best! Amir just wanted to say that he would buy all the shells, although he was a little greedy.

However, Andrei next to him was worried, the barrel, he can have all kinds of excuses to sell, although this is not in accordance with the regulations, for example, the barrel is actually a special agency responsible for recycling, the steel of the barrel, but it has a fairly high capacity, it cannot be used as a tank gun, it can also be used for other purposes, now all aspects of the Soviet Union are very messy, he has no problem doing this, but the shells are not. Because, the shells are absolutely not sold, they can't be sold if they are rusty, and if the cannons pop out of the problem, they can only be destroyed!

Seeing Andrei's expression, Vlamir knew that Andrei had never thought of selling shells at all.

"Wasn't the military district going to hold an exercise codenamed Steel Lion recently?" Vlamir asked.

At this mention, Vlamir immediately thought that half a month later, the Kiev Military District was indeed going to conduct a military exercise, and this military exercise would definitely be to send a large number of shells, and at that time, it would only be enough to add an extra zero to the final count.

That's a good idea.

"How many scrapped shells are there in our warehouses now?" Andrei asked, now in his mouth, those shells, all scrapped.

"There are armor-piercing shells, armor-piercing shells and grenades 20,000 rounds each." Vramir said. Each was a dollar, and $20,000 was a lot of money for him.

A total of 60,000 rounds! This is enough for several Iraqi armored divisions, and Amir is also excited.

"Then, let's let this exercise consume an extra 4,000 shells each, thirty dollars each, Comrade Kochakin, what do you think?"

The price of the tank gun that had just been negotiated, Andrei felt that he had said it too early, that he had suffered a loss, and that it had been sold a little cheaply, so he decided to find it back on the shells, and it was impossible to sell all the 60,000 rounds, otherwise what would the exercise troops use?

In fact, 30 dollars a shell is not expensive, you must know that Iraq's imported Soviet shells are more than twice as high.

Of course, Amir would not agree to this price: "The barrel is only a hundred dollars a piece, a shell is thirty dollars, and three shells are worth a barrel, which is too cost-effective, and we are talking about scrapped shells." ”

"Twenty-five dollars at most," André looked at Amir, and seeing that he had not yet indicated it, he continued: "Twenty dollars each, it can't be cheaper, otherwise, this batch of shells will not be sold." ”

"Yes, this is already the lowest price, 12,000 shells, a total of 240,000, plus the 60,000 dollars just now, a total of 300,000 dollars, also a whole number." Vramir said.

$300,000! In Vlamir's eyes, it was all gold at this time.

"Okay, then we'll settle it, but you'll have to get me five hundred armor-piercing rounds." Amir said.

"Didn't ask." Andrei agreed, and it was not difficult to send an additional 500 pieces.

Amir was happy, today is really a good start, helping Iraq save a lot of foreign exchange, it seems that President Qusay is right, this place will become a paradise for Iraq.

Vlamir was very excited to receive 150,000 dollars each, but he didn't seem to be enjoying it, and said: "Automatic rifles, bazookas, grenades, do you want these weapons?" ”

Amir shook his head, those light weapons, he still can't look at them, what he needs is the advanced weapons of the Soviet Union that Iraq cannot produce itself.

In those parts of Africa, there are many places where there are wars, and it seems that we can contact them to see if we can sell more weapons. Vlamir thought to himself.

With the conclusion of this deal, Amir's vigorous arms smuggling operation in the Soviet Union finally began. rq