New Moon Island, northwest of Coro City.
Since the establishment of the high-tech industrial park on Ange Island, the production line of the Phantom Helmet was transferred from the nearby offshore platform to Ange Island.
Now this offshore platform had been transformed into a deep-water port for docking the Guardian-class frigates modified by Future Military, as well as some experimental equipment such as submarines designed by Future Heavy Industries.
On the offshore platform outside New Moon Island, Ivan showed Jiang Chen the latest equipment of the Celestial Trade Marine Corps.
"This is the latest design of Future Military, the 'Crocodile' Type 20 amphibious assault vehicle. It can submerge ten meters underwater, quickly attack the target coastline, and cover infantry landing … "
The short and compact cross-section looked more like a tank than an armored vehicle, but the weapon layout was basically the same as that of an armored vehicle. The tubular external air tank hanging on both sides of the armor could control the submersible height through drainage, and the rear was equipped with a screw propulsion device that could provide power for the amphibious assault vehicle while submerged.
The top of the armored vehicle was equipped with an electromagnetic rapid-fire cannon, and the projectiles accelerated to the limit could easily tear apart the light armor of an armored vehicle. The auto-loading rockets hanging on both sides of the turret could launch both armor-piercing and high-explosive rockets.
With both penetration and firepower, the amphibious assault vehicle named "Crocodile" could easily handle both urban and amphibious battles.
For this weapon tailor-made for the Celestial Trade Marine Corps, Jiang Chen gently nodded and gave a one-word evaluation.
"Not bad."
Using armored vehicles and other light armor groups and mechanized infantry as the main force, and the Tiger II and other high-penetration main battle tanks as the auxiliary force, emphasizing rapid attack and soft target killing. This was the tactical concept of the Celestial Trade Marine Corps. And the research and development direction of Future Military's army weapons was basically in line with this idea.
The specific manifestation was that in all research and development projects, there was almost no trace of the main battle tank.
There was naturally a reason for such a phenomenon to occur.
Since the introduction of the electromagnetic pulse cannon, the asymmetry of attack and defense of armored units had been differentiated to the extreme. It was no exaggeration to say that the projectiles accelerated to ten times the speed of sound by the Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon could not only easily penetrate the front armor of the M1A2 main battle tank, but they could also come out from behind.
In fact, even without the electromagnetic pulse cannon, the asymmetry of attack and defense of the modern main battle tank had gradually become apparent.
Putting aside the advanced technology of Celestial Trade, let me give a very simple example.
The standard ammunition of the Great Celestial Empire's Type 9.9 tank was 125mm armor-piercing ammunition. The latest report by the media had a penetration of 1000mm. (There was also a rumor that it was 1800mm, but this was too fantastical and was not used as a reference.) Its imaginary enemy, the M1A2 tank, had the strongest defense at the front of the turret. Its horizontal bullet resistance was equivalent to 850mm of homogeneous steel, and its inclination coefficient was 1.3. The equivalent thickness of the depleted uranium armor might be higher, but it would not exceed 1000 mm of homogeneous steel.
What did that mean?
Even if the M1A2 used its thickest part to take the hit, it might not be able to take a hit from the Type-99.
Of course, the reverse was also true.
If they ran into each other within "2000 meters," they would basically be killed in one shot, regardless of whether they were Brittleskins or MTs.
This was also the reason why Europe was reluctant to equip their 140mm tank cannons. Other than the issue of military expenditure, the most fundamental reason was that it was not necessary.
Even the front armor of the latest main battle tank could be easily penetrated by a 120mm tank cannon and hard-core armor-piercing shell within 2,000 meters. In order to effectively defend against 120mm (including Russia's 125mm) tank cannons, mobility must be greatly sacrificed.
However, for modern warfare with a variety of anti-tank methods, the loss of mobility was often more fatal than the loss of armor.
Future Military's current development ideas were based on Jiang Chen's instructions, and Jiang Chen referred to the world history of the apocalypse. From the middle of the 21st century to the early 22nd century, the main battle tank was indeed left out for a long time.
It wasn't until the emergence of imaginative designs like the Wanderer and the Spider Tank that the main battle tank regained its usefulness. However, by this time, the boundary between tanks and armored vehicles was actually quite blurred.
The Wanderer might still be the shadow of a tank, as for the Spider Tank … how did that thing look like a tank?
After circling around the offshore platform twice and returning to New Moon Island, Jiang Chen looked at Ivan.
"How many Crocodiles do we have in total?"
"At present, we only ordered 20 from Future Military," Ivan replied.
"What do you think of that thing?" Jiang Chen then asked.
Ivan didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Chen's question, he hesitated slightly, and finally nodded truthfully. "Its performance in several exercises has been quite good. It has indeed greatly improved the landing combat capability of the Marine Corps."
"Then I'll buy 500 of them." Jiang Chen smiled and said nonchalantly, "What can 20 do? It's still too few. "
Ivan silently took note of these words and prepared to immediately get someone to do it.
"Right." Jiang Chen suddenly changed the topic and looked at Ivan. "How many reserves do we have?"
Jiang Chen seemed to feel that he was not accurate enough, so he added another sentence.
"You know, I mean those mercenaries."
"Including the recruits who are training, a total of 30,000 people!"
"Too few." Jiang Chen shook his head. "I think it is necessary to increase the number of 'contract workers'."
Ivan lowered his voice and asked with a serious expression.
"Is there going to be a war?"
When he asked this question, the pupils of the old Russian suddenly flashed with flames of excitement.
Since the establishment of the Space Department, Celestial Trade Space Defense Force was included in the system of the Space Department. Including the Orbital Airborne Force and the Power Armor Brigade, although the name was also collectively known as Celestial Trade Marine Corps due to habit, it was a completely different system from the Celestial Trade Navy and Marine Corps currently commanded by Ivan.
It was precisely because of this that although Celestial Trade had been using troops, for Ivan and the others, there had been no movement.
Although he also thought that war was not a good thing, he still couldn't resist the itch in his heart. Whenever he heard about which Orbital Airborne Brigade of Celestial Trade had achieved victory, he felt even more uncomfortable.
From the boss's words, he faintly heard a hint of unusual meaning.
Including the sudden visit of the boss, who had always focused on space issues, to New Moon Island to inspect the military training, these actions were quite intriguing.
Because the last time he frequently visited the New Moon Island military base, the MLL Island Battle that shocked the world broke out soon after.
However, Jiang Chen did not give a clear answer to Ivan's question. He just smiled and left an ambiguous answer.
"Who can say for sure about war?"
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