Chapter 157: Tearful Sale of Current Equipment (Asking for Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)

Mohammed showed hesitation.

Being appointed as the full-power person in charge of the embassy in China, Mohammed can be said to be influential in the Islamic Republic of Persia. He was a professor at the University of Tehran before. After the Islamic Revolution, when the Persian regime was initially taken over, the heads of these major countries had to be replaced.

As one of the five permanent members, even if China is recognized as the weakest of the five permanent members, it is still a big country with a population of one billion, an army of six million, and both atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs. Naturally, the general director of the embassy in China is the first to be replaced.

Mohammed also knows that the current situation in Persia can be said to be quite unfavorable.

Speaking of which, the dispute between Iran and Iraq did not break out suddenly, but has historical roots.

First of all, the main reason is the territorial dispute. The 100-kilometer-long Shatt al-Arab River is the natural border between Iran and Iraq. The two sides have long had disputes over the sovereignty of this river. As early as early 1974, the two sides had an armed conflict. In 1975, the two sides signed an agreement to peacefully resolve the border issue under the mediation of Algeria, stipulating that the center line of the main channel would be the boundary. Persia needed to give up four areas such as Zayn Ghosh that originally belonged to Iraq. However, Persia was unwilling to fulfill its promises in the agreement, which was considered by Iraq as a "great shame". The hostility between the two sides not only did not ease, but deepened!

Secondly, religious conflicts are another important reason for the conflict between the two sides. Both countries are Islamic countries, and most of the Muslims in the two countries belong to Shiites. The Shiites in Persia gained power under the leadership of their leader Khomeini, while the Shiites in Iraq did not have a ruling position. Domestic sectarian conflicts occurred from time to time, and both sides supported the Kurds in each other's territory, which exacerbated the conflict.

Furthermore, Khomeini had been in exile and preaching in Iraq for a long time before. In 1978, she was expelled from the country by Saddam on the grounds of "inciting Shiite rebellion in the country". Khomeini has always been resentful of this and is also regarded as a "great shame" by her followers.

Finally, there is the Gulf hegemony. Both sides can be said to be the most powerful countries in the Gulf region. Persia used to be a big and powerful country in the Gulf region and considered itself the hegemon of the Gulf region. Iraq came from behind and surpassed Persia in recent years. Saddam has repeatedly shown his ambition to dominate the Gulf region.

Before the war, both Iraq and Iraq carried out a series of war preparations.

But no one expected that the war would break out so quickly!

Persia hastily responded to the war, and its ground forces kept retreating, failing to stop the fierce attack of the Iraqi army.

In order to win this war, Persia has actually made a decision to purchase a large amount of weapons and equipment at a high price.

After a brief pause, Muhammad asked, "How do you sell your weapons and ammunition?"

"Well, let's go to the scene and see for ourselves how the weapons and ammunition are?" Liu Tao smiled, "Let's see how the weapons and ammunition are too."

Muhammad nodded and called the military attaché.

The two sides came to a military camp outside the suburbs, where a regiment was stationed, an infantry regiment.

At this time, Liu Tao's place was joined by Liu Zhenbang and others.

The boxes that had been prepared long ago were opened one by one.

"This is a Type 54 pistol, a replica of the Soviet Tokarev pistol. One of these pistols costs only $100, and the bullet is $0.5 per round!" Liu Tao picked up a Type 54 pistol and introduced it.

China still has more than 25 million of this type of 54 pistol.

In addition to being equipped with troops and public security equipment, a large number of them are placed in warehouses.

With the mass production of the Type 78 pistol, it has been continuously equipped with troops and has become the sidearm of the commander of the troops, and the Type 54 pistol has been constantly replaced.

If these Type 54 pistols are not sold, they will be a waste, and a lot of money will have to be spent on maintenance every year.

Muhammad asked the military attaché next to him, who was introducing it to him.

The prices of weapons and equipment vary greatly for the same type, and even for the same type of weapons and equipment, the purchase prices of different countries vary greatly.

For example, pistols, cheap pistols only cost a few dozen dollars, but expensive ones can even reach three or four hundred dollars.

The United States purchased M9 pistols, and Beretta's winning bid was $237 per pistol!

Other countries purchasing M9 pistols will only be more expensive, not cheaper.

For example, the price of the Type 54 pistol in the international market is about $130 per pistol.

Now it only costs $100 per pistol, which is equivalent to a 23% price reduction, not to mention that there are corresponding bullets for free. Overall, it is about 30% cheaper than the international market.

As for the price of bullets, $1 is normal in the international market.

"This is a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, which costs $180 per rifle and costs $0.7 per round." Liu Tao picked up a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and introduced it: "We copied the Soviet AK47. The price of AK47 reached $230 during World War II."

The AK47 rifle is definitely the most famous export product of the Soviet Union and the most famous rifle in the world. It is still the standard equipment of the Soviet Army and the Warsaw Pact Army.

The AK47 rifle is loved by all parties. Even American gangs like to use AK47 rifles and often fight with the police with AK47 rifles.

It is no exaggeration to say that wherever there are people in the world, there are AK47 rifles.

So much so that there was a witty saying in the 1970s: "The United States exports Coca-Cola, Japan exports Sony electronics, and the Soviet Union exports AK47!"

Of course, 90% of the AK-47 series automatic rifles in the world are imitations, and there are actually very few that are actually made in the Soviet Union.

There are many imitations of AK47 rifles in the world, but China's imitations are definitely the best.

The price of AK47 rifles is now three or four hundred US dollars, while the Type 56 rifle only costs 180 US dollars, a 50% drop in price, which is simply a conscience price.

Even if it is a second-hand gun, it is still an attractive price.

From a certain perspective, second-hand guns are even more popular than new guns, because second-hand guns have been used and run-in.

Liu Tao did not recommend the guns of Panshan Machinery Factory to Muhammad, but recommended these Chinese active equipment.

Although the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle has been discontinued since last year, there have been more than 80 factories producing Type 56 semi-automatic rifles in the country in the past 20 years. Now China has at least 12 million Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

These are all to be cleared of inventory.

The price of these weapons and equipment will be much lower, but they are still killing weapons on the battlefield.

There are also Type 56 light machine guns, which are also in large quantities, with more than 300,000 in service and in stock.

In addition to the Type 56 light machine gun, there are also Type 53 light machine guns and Type 74 light machine guns!

In total, there are still 400,000 in the country, and you can imagine how amazing the number is.

If all of these are sold, the troops can easily replace them with Type 78 general-purpose machine guns, and even have surplus.

After all, if they can all be sold, these can be sold for almost 400 million US dollars, which is not a small amount.

There are also those Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, which can be sold for 21.6 billion US dollars. With this money, the troops can not only replace them all with Type 78 automatic rifles, but also buy more heavy machine guns and heavy sniper rifles.

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