Chapter 37 [Five Armored Vehicles]

The Humvee drove along the concrete road of the airport, and most of the people who passed along the way were RNP Army soldiers in camouflage uniforms.

From the time the United States adopted the RNP as a colony until the last soldier of the U.S. Army withdrew in 1991, the RNP had too many American overtones. Take the RNP Army as an example, it is completely based on the American establishment, weapons, and training, and the most obvious is that the military uniform worn by the soldier is the most similar.

There is no difference with the digital camouflage of the U.S. military, if it weren't for the difference in skin color, it is estimated that people would think it was the U.S. military at a glance.

Of course, the RNP Army also has its own peculiarities, as it is now. When the vehicle finally arrived at the equipment field, the tank armored vehicles with unique RNP characteristics, the FV101 "Scorpion" armored reconnaissance vehicle, the FNSS ACV-15 armored transport vehicle, the FMC AIFV infantry fighting vehicle, the M113 armored transport vehicle, the FS100 "Lion" armored personnel transport vehicle, and the LAV-150/LAV-150S wheeled armored vehicle were placed in front of them one by one.

All the equipment, from the products of the Vietnam War in the sixties and seventies of the American army, the most advanced no more than the nineties.

"How?" Not feeling embarrassed at all, jumping out of the Humvee, Major Ting pointed to these domineering and mighty armored vehicles one by one, and showed off to Fu Chen.

By the way, this Major Augustin of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the RNP Army likes others to call him Major Ting, not Major Ding, and the word is Ting, which is the same pronunciation as what I have heard.

Fu Chen was actually a little helpless, before he came, he had already learned about the RNP Army, and generally knew what kind of level the RNP active armored vehicles were. In a nutshell, there are no strong enemies around the RNP, tanks are useless at all, and therefore there are only armored vehicles.

After World War II, after the retirement of the American-made M24 "Xiafei" light tank, the RNP Army was no longer equipped with this tank, a powerful land assault weapon, and the armored vehicle, a light weapon with strong maneuverability, became the main equipment of the RNP Army.

Parked in front of him at this moment is the active armored vehicle of the RNP Army, a product of the nineties.

The most powerful FV101 "Scorpion" armored reconnaissance vehicle, acquired from the United Kingdom in 1977, British-made weapons, equipped with a rotating turret of a 76 mm short-barreled low-recoil gun, with a tracked action mechanism, can be considered a light tank in the RNP Army.

Of course, Fu Chen used it on the Kwantung Army, compared with the 89-type medium tank tank that participated in the Battle of Nomenkan, the firepower of the 37mm tank gun was twice as high, and the frontal face of the 89-type was enough to penetrate the 37mm defense of the 600 fans.

In 1939, the devil was equipped with the Type 89 medium tank that came out in 1929, the Type 94 ultralight tank that was put into production in 1935, and the Type 97 medium tank that was developed in 1936. The Type 97 medium tank, which has the strongest firepower, is only loaded with a 57mm caliber tank gun and a 47mm caliber one-type gun, and is pressed and beaten by the US military's 75mm caliber M4 Sherman medium tank in the Pacific Theater.

Therefore, Fu Chen believes that even if the FV101 armor is slightly weak, the firepower is enough to suppress the devil.

Another point is that the tracked action structure is slightly less maneuverable than the wheeled one, but it ensures higher safety of maneuvering, unlike wheeled tires that will be blown up by devils.

Only buy five armored vehicles, therefore, Fu Chen thought, as far as possible to have a configuration ratio, high mobility and low protection and high protection and low mobility perfect match, to form a combination that can be replaced at any time, to avoid the situation that the equipment bought is not used due to failure or other reasons.

He looked at the FV101, one of the few tracked mobile pieces of equipment among all armored vehicles.

Seeing that he seemed to like this, Major Ting stepped forward and said directly: "FV101, 76 mm firepower, if a cannon is ejected, twenty centimeters of concrete will be penetrated." The maximum speed is 80.5km/h, and when you drive out, you can race with sports cars. Aluminum alloy armor, with its own night shimmer sight, gives you two base ammunition, how about it? ”

This Major Ting spoke very exaggeratedly, and those words could only be listened to, Fu Chen just smiled, noncommittal, while checking the next piece of equipment.

American-made FMC AIFV infantry fighting vehicles, these vehicles were acquired from the United States around 1980 year. A single turret with a 12.7 mm machine gun and a 25 mm cannon. There is also the Turkish version of the FNSS ACV-15 armored transport vehicle, which is armed only with a 12.7 mm machine gun.

This is also a tracked armored vehicle, with a maximum speed of 61.5km/h and a limit of ten people, but the protection is relatively poor, which was sold to the RNP after the end of the Vietnam War.

Seeing him staring at this, Major Ting came over to explain again, Fu Chen listened for a while, and then went to look at the next car.

The FS100 "Lion" armored personnel carrier, manufactured and exported by GKN Defense Company in the United Kingdom, joined the active service of the RNP Army in 1993, equipped with a 25 mm machine gun, a 7.62 mm machine gun delivery model, and an unarmed engineering model. It is said to be made in the UK, but in fact, most of them are produced by RNP joint ventures, and more than 95% of them are localized.

This is a wheeled armored vehicle with four tires.

And the last one, the LAV-150/LAV-150S wheeled armored vehicle, was also sold to the RNP by the US army after the end of the Vietnam War, some with 7.62mm machine guns, some with 20mm machine guns, and some with 40mm grenade launchers.

Looking at the appearance, the LAV-150 and the FS100 Lion are very similar, both are four tires. However, the LAV-150 became a separate series, and the United States Textron Sea and Land Systems developed a follow-up improvement, the M-1117 Guardian ASV armored car, which joined the active service of the US military in 2000, and was mainly equipped with overseas military police units to undertake counter-terrorism and stability maintenance and law and order support tasks.

Fu Chen estimated that if he bought this car, he could unlock the LAV-150 mass-manufactured, Cold War-era armored vehicle, and there was no problem in using it to deal with the devils before World War II.

After he finished checking it, he said directly to Major Ting, who was dumbfounded: "One LAV-150, one for FMC AIFV, one for FS100, and two for F101, I want it now." ”

After deciding on the configuration, Fu Chen is very direct in doing things, and he will not drag the mud and water, if the price is almost acceptable, he will not bother to bargain.

Major Ting was also about to make a big introduction, but he didn't expect that the customer had already decided that he didn't play the eloquence he was very good at, which made him a little disappointed. However, he was soon attracted by this huge order, calculating how much money five armored vehicles could be sold and how much could go into his pocket.

So, Major Ting smiled apologetically at him, and ran to the back to discuss the matter with the logistics staff, leaving Fu Chen and Crist standing in place.

"$250,000, two ammunition bases, guaranteed to be usable. Pack them all and I'll deliver them to any location in Mindanao. However, you have to sign an agreement. Soon, Major Ting came back and told Fu Chen an accurate number.

150,000 US dollars, which adds up to just over 1.5 million RMB, that is, each armored car is almost 300,000 RMB. This price is not expensive, the 99-type main battle is 16 million RMB, and the Leopard is 26 million US dollars, which is just a product of the Cold War period, and it is indeed not too expensive.

"Yes." After calculating, Fu Chen nodded and asked, "What agreement?" ”

"The transaction agreement, from the moment it is signed and delivered to the destination, in your private place, you can use it legally, even if you shoot and shoot or something, but you are never allowed to hurt people, you are not allowed to enter a public place, and you are not allowed to interfere with others. As long as you can do it, the police won't bother you. Major Ting explained.

While checking out the bill, thinking about things, Fu Chen was still a little puzzled, and asked Major Ting: "Is it really okay to sell me these active equipment?" ”

"Of course, no problem, these are already discarded products, they have been scrapped. If you still need to buy a large amount in the future, you can set up a scrap steel equipment processing company, which will be more convenient. After receiving the money, Major Ting winked at him and said with a little meaning.

Fu Chen can be regarded as understanding.

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