Dominate South Asia

The second steel plate was placed at a distance of 2,000 meters, also arranged at an angle.

When Ludwig returned to a safe position, the 120mm gun of the 59 tank roared again, and the tungsten alloy warhead flew out in the hot flames of the muzzle.

2,000 meters away! Equivalent to 400mm homogeneous armor!

Ludwig watched optimistically, and in a while, a Leopard 2 tank was pulled over for a test target, so that they could see that the Leopard 2 tank gun could easily penetrate this homogeneous armor at this distance!

You know, the power of a tank gun is not only based on caliber, charge, and barrel length, and the initial velocity is only one aspect.

For example, in later generations, the armor penetration depth of Germany's 120mm tank gun, even the L55 series, was only 700mm, while the armor penetration depth of the US tank gun exceeded 800mm. The tank guns were the same, but the US developed newer shells, especially depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, which could burn during the armor-piercing process and were more powerful than tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells.

At the same time, Russian tanks were no match. Although they were 125mm guns, the armor penetration depth at 2000 meters was only more than 400mm, which was due to the armor-piercing shells.

After improvements, the fire control of the 59 tank also had a good hit probability at a distance of 2000 meters, depending on its armor penetration depth.

Ludwig thought while watching the results, and when he saw the smoke and dust rolling on the opposite side, he was immediately shocked.

He ran over, and just like at a distance of 1500 meters, a large hole had been pierced in the homogeneous steel plate, and the warhead of the armor-piercing shell had pierced into the earth wall behind.

How is this possible? This kind of tank gun. Has it achieved almost the same performance as our own tank gun? Although the barrel is longer, this effect is achieved, but this is also a great progress.

"No, there is something wrong with this steel plate!" Ludwig shouted: "Bring the Leopard 2's hull armor!"

What if it is cheating? Get some low-hardness steel plates to fool yourself, Ludwig absolutely does not believe it, he looked at a piece of Leopard 2's hull armor, was moved to the shooting range, and arranged it personally. The inclination reached 70 degrees.

See how you cheat!

Ludwig walked back to the firing position and looked at the Pakistani personnel.

"Report, there are no shells." At this time, a person came out of the turret and said to Bassett.

There are training shells inside, and there are only these two live shells.

When calibrating the fire control system, the training shells are enough, but now when shooting, the warheads of the training shells will break when they touch the steel plate.

Sure enough. There must be a problem just now, and now seeing that I personally arranged the target, I said there is no live ammunition! Ludwig couldn't help but think in his heart.

"Use Leopard 2 shells." Muhammad said.

When choosing this 120mm smoothbore gun instead of the 125mm smoothbore gun that China finally selected, Muhammad was doing it to simplify logistics support. Although special shells are still the most suitable, this tank gun can completely fire NATO's standard DM13 armor-piercing shells when necessary!

"Okay." Bassett said, "Bring two shells over."

The shells are very heavy and were carried by two workers. After they were handed in from the turret, the turret cover closed again.

At this time, Ludwig already had an ominous premonition. He watched his own shells being stuffed into the tank. How? Pakistan's own inferior tank gun can still fire its own high-performance shells?

"Boom!" The body of the car trembled backwards, and the muzzle flames shot out. The tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells flew over again.

The shells were Leopard 2 shells, and the armor was Leopard 2 armor. Muhammad instantly remembered the contradictory story.

Who is harder?

Of course it is the shells! It has to be said. This armor-piercing shell made by the Germans is harder than the armor-piercing shells produced by Pakistan. It flew to the armor of the opposite side, and the pointed warhead tore through the main armor and successfully drilled through.

A large hole extending backwards was left on the main armor.

Ludwig's face was very ugly.

The gun test was over. As a result, the 50-caliber Pakistan-produced 120mm smoothbore gun had the same performance as the 44-caliber smoothbore gun produced in Germany, especially when using German armor-piercing shells. This performance advantage is more obvious.

The main gun after this modification can tear the main armor of the T-55 and T-72 tanks equipped by India. It may still have disadvantages against the Soviet Union's genuine T-80 tanks, but it is no pressure to deal with the monkey version of India's T-72 at a distance of 2,000 meters.

When combined with the German fire control system, Pakistan's 59 tanks will regain greater vitality!

The Germans were impressed. Unknowingly, Pakistan's defense industry has begun to make great strides. This is a respectable country!

Soviet Union, Komsomolsk Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

This is a famous aircraft manufacturing plant located on the banks of the Amur River. In the Soviet equipment sequence, this aircraft manufacturing plant is dedicated to producing aircraft for the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Even in later generations, due to the extremely depressed Russian economy caused by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a large number of corporate employees were unemployed. This manufacturing plant is still in full production due to orders from Eastern countries, and it has also improved the Su-35 and T-50 fighters. This is a veteran aviation manufacturing company in the Soviet Union.

Now, on the runway of the aircraft factory, the last T-10-27 fighter is ready to take off.

The Sukhoi Design Bureau's development progress is very fast. In fact, they have been waiting for the radar. The test flights of other aspects have been completed long ago. A few months ago, when the radar was installed, the ten fighters starting from T-10-17 were already formal production models.

Now, this last T-10 is already a finalized model before mass production.

Although there are white hairs on his forehead, Air Force Marshal Alexander Nikolayevich Yefimov is still a powerful figure in the Soviet military. Just this year, he became the new Air Force Marshal and was very concerned about the equipment of the Soviet Air Force.

The battles that took place over Afghanistan were simply an insult to the Soviet Air Force! The Soviet Union is a global power, but it can't do anything to a small Pakistan!

In the meantime, there is the problem of equipment. The Soviet Air Force equipment is aimed at the United States. When the United States has some fighters and understands the flight performance of their fighters, the Soviet Union began to develop new aircraft with performance that completely suppresses American fighters.

In this way, the Soviet Union's progress will lag behind the United States, but the performance of Soviet fighters is far superior to that of American fighters!

Now, the fighter named Su-27 on the runway is the main model to restrain the US F-15 fighter! At the same time, this fighter will completely suppress the Tomcat fighter!

"This is a beautiful fighter!" Marshal Yefimov said while sitting in a temporary shed.

The appearance of this aircraft is somewhat similar to that of the MiG-29, but it is more slender than the MiG-29, just like a tall and mighty man.

"It is not only beautiful, but also more ferocious." Chief Designer Simonov said.

This is a test flight performance for the Air Force Marshal, and it is also the last flight before the finalization. As long as the Air Force Marshal nods, this aircraft will be manufactured in large quantities in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and will soon be equipped to the troops in batches.

Test pilot Ishakov sat in the spacious cockpit. Compared with the second-generation aircraft, the cockpit of this fighter is much better and the field of vision is wider. He can even salute the crowd watching from a distance.

"027 requests to take off." Ishakov said on the radio.

"You can take off."

Hearing the order, Ishakov turned on the afterburner, and the two AL-31 engines at the tail burst out with a thrust of more than 10 kilonewtons, pushing this large fighter to taxi quickly on the runway. The horizons on both sides moved faster and faster. Finally, he pulled the joystick, and the fly-by-wire control system transmitted the order to the rudder at the tail.

The tail rudder pried up the nose, and the fighter took off.

Just after pulling up, Ishakov continued to pull the joystick back, and saw that the fighter began to climb vertically at an angle of nearly ninety degrees.

"Good!" Marshal Yefimov shouted loudly.

This is the charm of a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 1, which means that this fighter can climb effortlessly! Marshal Yefimov, who was born as a pilot, and a large number of senior air force officers around him know what this means. In air combat, they will have more agile maneuverability!

Relying on the amazing action of vertical climbing, the Su-27 quickly conquered the hearts of these senior air force officers, and then there was another series of maneuvers.

Everyone's eyes were attracted. They looked at this huge but agile fighter, which had such powerful maneuverability, which was simply too outstanding!

No one noticed that all these actions were completed at a subsonic flight speed. This fighter did not even cross Mach 0.8.

This is a flight show. The speed is too fast, so these senior officials can't see clearly. This is the official explanation given by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. And the real situation is only known by themselves.

In the fly-by-wire flight control, they have limited the maneuvering in the transonic section, and the overload will not exceed six, otherwise the body will not be able to bear it.

It's all the damn bulky radar! And now, the Air Force is so urgent that even Simonov has no other choice.

"Okay, this fighter can be finalized." Marshal Yefimov said: "First equip the Fourth Army!" (To be continued ~^~)