In Mozambique, after Shepard handed over the aftermath to Promri, he returned to the United States, and the light tank project on which he currently had high hopes finally came to fruition, not only the artillery system and turret had been installed, but also the power system of the car had been combined, and then it was time for a long real car test.

"The Marines are okay with our car senses, but they don't know how the Army is?"

"It shouldn't matter to the Army!"

Shepard is still very optimistic about the plan, the light tank is really useful, or why would the United States re-grasp this project and develop a new light tank.

Even that thing is too strange, and the price is not low, a 12.9 million US dollars, the main battle tanks of other countries in the same period are only a few million, and even the Great East Asia Decisive Victory Tank 10, which is carefully crafted by Japanese tank immortals, is only 8.4 million US dollars.

For this kind of price, Shepard can only say that the tank of democracy is expensive, but in this life, he would like to be as expensive as possible, after all, how can you make money if it is not expensive?

AAI's product code name is HS-L, and the average person's first impression of this thing is that it looks more like a flying saucer than a so-called tank.

Because for the sake of privacy and other considerations, this car is very low, it looks like a flat box, but this box has a very wild heart, the powerful AV650 gas turbine can make this 20-ton guy run 80 kilometers per hour top speed.

In addition, this car also uses a lot of advanced technologies in the 80s, such as black and white thermal imaging, laser ranging, unmanned turrets, and of course, the most advanced technology has to be the black technology gun designed by Stoner.

Now that all the systems are ready, it's time to start the first practical tests!

As for the tank test site, it is certainly not the Aberdeen weapons test site, it is the final test place, any vehicle must be tested elsewhere first, and after confirming that it meets the needs of Party A, it will pick a good day to test in Aberdeen, and once the test is completed, it can be directly produced through acceptance.

The test site was in the desert of Nevada, where Shepard encircled a large desert with nothing but a lot of sand, which was originally intended to be turned into a mercenary training camp, but later, this place became a special testing ground for Knight's ordnance, and the territory where he could run tanks was used for gunfighting, and even Stoner couldn't help but want to praise Shepard's generosity.

Before dawn, a convoy entered the desert, and then stopped at a military airfield in the middle of the desert that had been obviously abandoned for a long time, and then, armed guards carrying only light firepower such as submachine guns, quickly got out of the car, began to clean up the airport, and after confirming that there were no suspicious targets nearby, a heavy flatbed truck covered with a tarpaulin entered under the escort of several other jeeps.

As the tarpaulin was unveiled, the HSL test vehicle that completed the system integration appeared in front of everyone.

"How is this car protected?"

Because it was the first test, there was no big leader in the military, only a Navy Colonel and a Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force were there, although these two people knew nothing about tanks, but they also knew that the protection of armored vehicles was very important.

"The protection can only be said to be acceptable, because of the good bulletproof shape, theoretically, those tail stabilized armor-piercing shells will be bounced off the armor!"

"Theoretically, didn't you test it?"

The lieutenant colonel of the Air Force looked puzzled, and then the test supervisor of the AAI on the side said leisurely.

"Lieutenant Colonel Brody, this prototype has cost us seven million dollars so far!"

The latter then suddenly came to his senses and kept silent about the live-fire test.

A test car that took seven million dollars to build, and there was only one, and no one would be stupid enough to test it for an attack, at least not yet.

Because it is the first real car test, there are not many projects to be carried out in HSL, among which it is also through performance, weapon performance and so on.

The commander of the tank is also Shadow Company, Captain Yandel, who has performed very well in Angola before, he is a veteran of the armored corps, and there are two other personnel in charge

As a pilot and gunner, they are also from armored soldiers, but they are only serving the AAI company, but although they belong to different backgrounds, after many days of running-in and simulated driving, the team members should have the same tacit understanding.

After the ground crew finished inspecting, the crew immediately started the vehicle, and with the roar of the gas turbine, the test vehicle then rushed out of the parking area like a wild horse, and killed it in the distance and the complex terrain test area modified by the engineering team.

Although it was the first time in battle, the gas turbine and the suspension system of the car performed very well, and the driver drove this thing for more than 20 kilometers, and the dark green body was dyed earth yellow by sand.

Of course, these twenty kilometers are just an appetizer, a tank has to pass the acceptance, at least thousands of kilometers or more, of course, it is certainly not enough at one time, not to mention the problem of maintenance, the tank fuel tank alone can not support consumption, not to mention the gas turbine, a big oil eater.

The beginning of the maneuver is to put it bluntly a warm-up, and then, the car crew drove the test car and began to carry out other projects, such as maneuvers in various states, during which the test car was considered to have completed these projects normally, and the naval officers and air force officers on the side nodded again and again, after all, the insiders watched the doorway and the laymen watched the excitement, just like Shepard, looking at this thing can run and fight, he is already very satisfied, as for the rest, it has nothing to do with him!

After completing the preliminary maneuver test, the test car carried out a firing test, because it was the first time to fire a gun, the gunner was still a little nervous, aiming at the huge target a thousand meters away for a long time, and the Yandel was a little impatient, and then he took over the gunner's work with the commander's fire control in front of him, because it was daytime, he did not turn on the thermal imaging, but simply measured the distance with the laser ranging of the fire control, and then, according to the crosswind and other factors to make slight adjustments, and then, Yander pressed the gun button.

The 75mm gun fire was not too loud, but it was enough to make all the men present excited, and everyone stood up, holding binoculars and staring at the target in the distance, only to see a small black eye appear on the target paper about the size of a jeep.

"The first shot hits, yes!"

"Yes, it seems that this new tank is pretty good so far!"

"Indeed, at present, this project should be stable!"