Dominate South Asia

Finally, Muhammad's eyes fell on the top of his head. The model's head was wearing a helmet.

Speaking of helmets, they have existed since ancient times. Warriors at that time wore armor. With the emergence of hot weapons, the armor's resistance was limited, and it gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

The modern helmets can be traced back to the First World War. It is said that one day, a French soldier was on duty in the kitchen. Suddenly, a German artillery shell attacked, with smoke and shrapnel flying. In this terrible attack, the brave soldier put a pot on his head and crawled on the ground, not daring to move. Only countless metal collisions were heard, and the flying shrapnel in the air hit the iron pot and fell one after another, but the soldier was safe and sound. A general named Adrian learned about this and immediately ordered the development of a metal helmet that could resist shrapnel. Thus, the modern steel helmet appeared.

After that, the material of the helmet was always steel, until the Americans came up with Kevlar and made Kevlar helmets. This material did not blossom internationally until the 21st century, and many countries mastered the technology.

Therefore, the helmets used in Pakistan are still steel helmets, namely GK80 steel helmets, which are similar in appearance to the QGF02 helmets of the Chinese army in later generations. They are made of low-alloy ultra-high-strength steel, weigh 1.1 kg to 1.2 kg, and are about 1 mm thick. Their bulletproof performance is comparable to that of the US military M1. The lining inside is not a simple nylon belt, but a suspension system similar to that of later generations, which is fixed with a jaw strap and a back head to prevent bullets from hitting the helmet from behind and the helmet from flipping forward and hitting the user's forehead or nose bridge. This suspension system is not fixed directly by drilling holes in the helmet, which will reduce the strength of the helmet, but is a double-layer design similar to the M1 helmet, which is made of soft plastic inside and has the same shape as the MICH helmet. There are no earmuffs, which is convenient for using headphones, and the outer layer is covered with the outer helmet of the QGF02 helmet. There is also a layer of digital camouflage cloth on the outside of this helmet.

This suspension system can evenly distribute the weight of the helmet on the entire head, so you won't feel the weight on your head. Otherwise, unless you are a nationality like the Yunnan people who carry things on their heads all day long, most people will feel uncomfortable under the pressure on their heads.

Muhammad tried to put it on and felt very comfortable, even more comfortable than the titanium alloy helmet captured from the Soviets.

"Well, this helmet is good." Muhammad said, "It can be mass-produced and equipped to our front-line troops."

On the helmet, there are also bulletproof and sandproof goggles. It is said to be bulletproof, but the main purpose is to prevent the shells from splashing and hitting the eyes. In the jungle and CQB environment, the shells of comrades or yourself are very likely to rebound in places like the woods, especially the dust splashing caused by grenades. The main use is to prevent sand. Especially in the desert, goggles can play a big role.

"Our troops will gradually transform from mechanization to informatization." Muhammad said: "Various infantry fighting vehicles will be equipped with more electronic systems. Individual combat cannot be left behind. We need more advanced digital equipment to effectively improve our combat effectiveness."

Apply more advanced technologies and arm with digital technology. The highest-level commander can even know the location of each soldier and can directly issue combat orders to the grassroots soldiers. This efficiency is absolutely incomparable to the current command system.

Mhammad, who came from the future, naturally sees farther.

After inspecting the development of individual equipment, Muhammad returned to Islamabad and received good news that the negotiations with the Hong Kong company had been completed. The other party sold the stranded tanker to Pakistan at the most favorable price.

Mhammad immediately ordered. Send rescue ships to the Persian Gulf to save the stranded tanker. This is a new source of income for Pakistan!

"Mr. President, there is another thing." After the tanker incident was over, old Arslan came in. Said to Muhammad.

"What's the matter?" Muhammad buried his head in handling documents, a lot of things. He had to deal with it personally. It was already the middle of 1988, and the main task of the year was still to develop the economy.

"The copycat Tomcat fighter we made ourselves has completed all ground tests. If the weather is good tomorrow, it will make its first flight." Old Arslan said to Muhammad.

The Tomcat is about to make its first flight!

Last year, Muhammad visited China and learned that all the surveying and mapping work had been completed, the technical data had been obtained, and the digital fly-by-wire system developed with the assistance of China was also nearing completion. Muhammad decided to make the Tomcat fighter himself in Pakistan's own aviation industry company!

For this purpose, a large amount of equipment was purchased from the West, including a large forging press for manufacturing titanium alloy beams.

When the equipment was ready, it was already the end of last year. The workers worked for more than half a year and finally built two Tomcat fighters in their own factory!

In the past, Pakistan already had the ability to overhaul Tomcat fighters and was very familiar with the various components of the Tomcat fighters. With the help of Eastern technicians, it also mastered all the structural data. Under such circumstances, Pakistan's imitation finally began.

In fact, Pakistan has overcome many technical difficulties. The F110 engine can be produced by itself (the previous article wrote F100 engine, which is a typo. Sorry). The avionics equipment can be copied by itself. When the Chinese side's fly-by-wire system has been completely developed, in fact, the only thing left is the manufacture of the last fuselage, which is also the least technically difficult.

As long as the manufacture of titanium alloy is mastered and large-scale manufacturing equipment is available, this kind of fighter can be manufactured.

After receiving the news, Muhammad was very happy. Pakistan's aviation industry has made rapid progress. So far, it can copy Tomcat!

When Muhammad arrived at his own airline, the two Tomcat fighters that had been manufactured, one was in the factory and the other was on the runway.

The one in the factory was full of wires, and next to it was an electronic computer.

"This is the first fighter we built. In order to thoroughly understand the performance of our fighter, our prototype is used for static testing." The person in charge said to Muhammad.

Static test! It is to apply corresponding pressure to each part of the fighter to study the stress of the body, fatigue strength, etc. This is a necessary step in the development of a new fighter. In the development of almost every fighter, the first prototype is used for this.

"Well, respect science." Muhammad said: "Our Tomcat fighter must master all the technologies."

The Indians of later generations also thought they were aviation powers and could even assemble Su-30 fighters by themselves. However, the aircraft they built themselves often had mechanical failures. Even an overhauled aircraft would have many failures after leaving the factory.

Muhammad could not let his side make the same mistake. Everything must respect science. Although it is a copy, all the performance of his own fighter must be thoroughly understood.

"Let's go to the runway and take a look at our fighter." Old Arslan was very excited.

The number of fighter planes in the Pakistani Air Force has always been insufficient, and now, more than 20 fighter planes have been allocated to the newly established naval carrier-based aircraft unit, and the number of fighter planes is even less. Originally, they planned to order another batch from the United States. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, the contract was not reached. Now, Pakistan can finally manufacture fighter planes by itself! Old Arslan was naturally very happy.

On the runway, the newly manufactured fighter plane was quietly parked there. The aircraft had not yet been sprayed with color. You can see the original metallic luster of the aluminum alloy skin covering the surface, shining in the sun.

Twin engines, twin vertical tails, a typical big cat. If you look closely, you can find some subtle differences, such as the windshield is already an integral type, and the shape of the front pitot tube is also somewhat different.

"Report to the President, Pakistan's first test flight squadron is preparing to test our new fighter plane, test pilot Kamal." Kamal said to Muhammad, holding a flight helmet.

Kamal was the captain of the J-6 flight squadron at the beginning. Later, he was equipped with Tomcat fighters. He had superb flying skills and shot down two enemy planes. When Pakistan decided to set up a test flight brigade, Kamal stood out from many pilots and became a glorious test pilot. After that, he was sent to the UK for study and mastered more test pilot skills.

Test pilot is a dangerous profession. When a pilot flies an airplane, he only needs to fly according to the flight manual. Even if he enters a tailspin, he can successfully recover as long as he follows the training in the flight manual. Test pilots are the writers of the flight manual. They fly unknown aircraft, and they explore the various performances of the aircraft.

Every time you go to the sky, it is a fight with the god of death. In the development of various new aircraft at home and abroad, many aircraft have crashed, and test pilots have shed blood in the sky. Even the most advanced F-22 in later generations has crashed during the test flight.

Now it is not a completely new aircraft, but a copy of the Tomcat. However, it is still a major progress for Pakistan and a huge challenge for the test pilots.

Muhammad nodded and said, "Are our aircraft ready? Especially the fly-by-wire system, can it be guaranteed to be foolproof?"

To say that this aircraft is a complete copy of the Tomcat is not the case. For example, the flight control system is already a fly-by-wire system! (To be continued ~^~)