China can produce 2 billion bullets a year, do you know how much a bullet costs?

In the modern period, China was not bullied by them because of the incompetence of the Qing government and the absurd policy of closing the country to the outside world, so china's national strength was relatively backward compared with other countries, so it was not less bullied by them, whether it was economically, politically or culturally, it was harmed to varying degrees, and the so-called backwardness was to be beaten, which can be said to be an eternal truth.

At that time and even later in the foreign war, there was only one reason for our humiliation, that is, the military strength was too weak, the technical and tactical aspects were too backward, the so-called work desire to do good things must first be used, at the beginning of the Opium War in the early years, the British used a strong ship cannon, we used a large knife and spear, the only melee weapon is only a bow and arrow, can it not be defeated?

First of all, the government problem at that time, gunpowder was one of the four major inventions of our country, and later introduced to Europe, when people used gunpowder on weapons, we used it to make fireworks, when the Japanese emperor in order to buy the British Yoshino, even his wife's dowry was sold, at this time the Qing government was still celebrating the birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi.

Due to the corruption of officials, the gunpowder in the shells used in naval warfare during the Sino-Japanese War was replaced with sand, so it was oppressed and had no resistance, but today we understand that only strong firepower is the last word, with the strong strength of today's China, only bullets can be made 2 billion rounds a year, do you know how much a bullet costs?

The need for modern warfare

Although today's science and technology are very developed, informationized warfare has been popularized, and it has soon spread to weapons and warfare, that is to say, once the war begins, it is basically a strong duel between armament strength and scientific and technological means, basically a command, a button, and a few high-precision shells.

However, even if the high-tech and combat means are modernized, their purpose is to serve people, that is to say, under the cover and support of strong artillery fire, it is ultimately a charge between the soldiers of the two countries and a tenacious fight.

Therefore, the use and practice of basic weapons such as firearms is also an important training link, and it is said that good gunners are fed out of bullets, that is to say, the use and training of military firearms is indispensable to the use and consumption of bullets, that is, a large amount of bullet supply is needed for training and combat.

The manufacturing process of the bullet

Because China's population is originally quite large, so the base of the army is relatively large, so China in the manufacture of bullets, has always pursued low cost and high quality, to improve the quality, the first thing to consider is the material problem, in fact, the earlier batch of bullets are made of steel.

Bullets are mainly composed of four parts of the bottom fire, shell shell, gunpowder, and warhead, to say that the most important part is the shell, in fact, the best choice for the shell is actually metal brass, which is the case in large logarithmic countries, because brass as a metal element has its own flexibility, there is a certain tensile function.

The role of this function on the battlefield is quite large, can be more flexible into the magazine, not easy to appear stuck in the case, but because China's brass production is really limited, and the bullet itself is a consumable item, so it is unrealistic to directly use brass to manufacture bullets for the whole army.

So later the use of steel to make the shell, but this practice often caused jams, so the early years of the army adopted a compromise method, the surface of the shell coated with a layer of brass, so that not only improved the performance, but also reduced the weight of the bullet itself.

Later, with the progress of society, China found a more superior alloy, it can be said that it contains all the advantages of the previous materials, whether it is manufacturing or practical applications have great advantages, so China began to produce a large number of bullets, with an annual output of more than 2 billion.

The cost of different bullets

Due to the different types of firearms, so the use of different types of firearms require different types of bullets, although there are also mutual common situations between different firearms bullets, but in order to meet the needs of the use of various types of firearms, different types of bullets have been produced, according to their demand for materials, their cost and cost are also different.

To say that the most lightweight and easy to use firearms, that is, the pistol bullet, because the gun body and cartridge are relatively small, the use of bullets is also relatively small, so the manufacturing cost is relatively low, the cost of an ordinary pistol is generally 1.5 yuan. And the caliber is small, and the bullets of other special pistols such as revolvers are another matter.

Next is the bullet of the submachine gun, although the gun body itself looks much larger than the pistol, but the use of bullets is the opposite, we all know that the submachine gun, as the name suggests, is in the front for the team to open the way and fight in front of the station, so the pursuit is a bullet more, fast rate of fire, mainly play a fire suppression role, so the bullet used is the same as the pistol.

Therefore, in addition to the consumption of ammunition, the other submachine guns are comparable to pistols in terms of production costs and material use. But the rifle is different, the rifle for accuracy and power and even the rate of fire to require, the bullet capacity is about thirty rounds, so the bullet is larger than the caliber of the first two.

The cost of an ordinary rifle bullet is about 2 yuan, but this is only the bullet of an ordinary rifle, such as a large-caliber rifle called ShAK-12 produced in Russia, with a bullet of about 12.7 mm and a production cost of about 15 yuan or more.

The bullets used in heavy machine guns are similar to those used in general large-caliber rifles, although the bullets are slightly larger, but they are not very exaggerated, and the production cost ranges from about 3 yuan to 10 yuan, and the specific price depends on the caliber of the firearm.

The bullet cost and cost of the sniper rifle are more exaggerated, it is a ghost on the battlefield, the pursuit is an accuracy, pay attention to a surprise, a fatal blow, so most sniper rifle bullets are different from other firearms in terms of structure, and the cost of ordinary sniper rifles is about 10 yuan or more.

In addition, there are some high-precision sniper rifles, the demand for the gun itself and bullets are quite high, the cost of the gun body alone reaches 300,000 yuan, and the cost of a bullet is almost 50 yuan, which can be said to be quite expensive.

The bullet of the last shotgun is larger than the general gun in appearance alone, so the cost is similar to the sniper rifle, at least more than 10 yuan, which shows that the cost of ammunition for different firearms is different.

Our country is strong

It can be seen that only from the perspective of China's ammunition production, the investment in this is still very large, the annual output of 2 billion various kinds of ammunition, then the total cost is an astronomical number, which shows that China attaches great importance to the military aspect.

Although the output is huge, China has not relaxed the quality control, but strictly controlled, created the best quality bullet equipment for the whole army, and stepped into a new era.