"The U.S. military is armed to the teeth, can one set of equipment be replaced by a vehicle?"
Over the years, U.S. military expenditures have ranked first in the world, and even once accounted for more than 40% of the total share. Because of this, the US military is a veritable "big dog". From weapons and equipment to food, clothing, housing and transportation, everything is the best.
So do you know how much a complete set of US military equipment is worth? Is it as rumored that one set of equipment is enough to buy a car?
First of all, we need to know that the equipment configurations of different branches of the United States are different.
The United States currently has five major branches of arms, namely the Navy, Army, Air Force, National Guard and Marine Corps. Among them, and of the United States Marine Corps are the most famous, but this unit has the lowest weapons and equipment configuration. Let us first introduce this unit as an example.
Let’s talk about the basic equipment first, which is the three-piece set of weapons, helmets and body armor.
The infantry weapons equipped by the U.S. Marine Corps are generally M16A4. This type of firearm uses 5.56 mm bullets and has a rate of fire of 750~900 rounds per minute. was very popular in the past because of its relatively long effective range, which can reach about one thousand meters. However, it has already been eliminated by most US military units, leaving only the US Marine Corps "picking up the leftovers."
In private stores in the United States, the price of a M16 is about 1,000 US dollars, coupled with a OpsCore tactical helmet worth more than 200 US dollars, and an Interceptor body armor worth about 250 US dollars, "hard equipment "The configuration is basically completed.
As for the "soft equipment" other than the three-piece set, it actually mainly refers to the "auxiliary tools" including tactical gloves and backpacks, as well as "small accessories" including night vision devices and noise reduction headphones ".
The total cost of a set of auxiliary tools is actually not expensive, only about 2,000 US dollars. Even with the addition of tactical modules such as medical kits, it only costs over 3,000 US dollars. , but those seemingly inconspicuous "gadgets" are terrible. They are all gold-eating beasts.
The most inconspicuous noise-canceling headphones usually cost a few hundred dollars, but a simple night vision device costs more than 4,000 dollars. Coupled with a personal laser rangefinder worth more than 2,000 US dollars and a military tablet computer worth tens of thousands of dollars, if you want to get these "small accessories", you can't spend more than 10,000 to 20,000 dollars.
Therefore, a set of individual equipment for the US Marine Corps, the market value should be around 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars, which is one or two hundred thousand converted into RMB, which is more than enough to buy a BMW One Series .
However, as we mentioned before, the individual equipment of the US Marine Corps is the worst among the five major arms, and the individual equipment of other arms is relatively much more expensive.
Take some elite troops in the U.S. Navy as an example. Not only are the firearms they are equipped with not M16A4, but even the advanced model M4 of this gun has been eliminated by them. At present, most of them are using HK416 assault rifles. The price of a single product is more than 3,000 US dollars. With small accessories such as vertical grips and high-power lenses, the total price can only reach tens of thousands of yuan.
The firearms are so outstanding, not to mention the protective equipment. For example, the night vision devices they use are new versions of special "night vision panoramic systems" equipped with 4 lens tubes. The night vision device breaks the dilemma of limited field of view of ordinary night vision devices in the past. The effective field of view is more than 120 degrees, and you can see everything around you clearly at night with almost no movement.
The equipment is advanced, and its price is naturally extremely expensive. It is said that the single price of this kind of night vision device is more than 60,000 US dollars.Coupled with the IHPS helmet that can withstand AK47 close-range fire, and the top-of-the-range body armor that costs up to 5,000 US dollars per piece, the equipment of the U.S. Navy's elite troops can be said to make the Marine Corps envious "tears will fall."
According to relevant statistics, if you want to equip a complete set of equipment of the above level, it will cost at least one or two hundred thousand US dollars, which is more than 1 million yuan when converted into RMB. It is enough to buy a Porsche Cayenne , let alone an ordinary car. This shows that the US military is really "generous" in terms of equipment, and it is worthy of the title of "armed to the teeth".
Of course, most of the equipment in the United States is purchased from private enterprises, and the profit margin is huge, at least the profit is more than 50%. But our country is different. Military industrial enterprises are all nationalized, and the profits of general weapons and equipment are controlled at 5% to 15%, so the price is relatively low.
So how much does a set of individual equipment for Chinese soldiers cost?
Regarding this question, it is difficult for us to find the answer directly from the Internet. However, according to the information disclosed by relevant departments, the price gap between the Chinese People's Liberation Army's ordinary individual equipment and special individual equipment is also huge. A set of ordinary individual soldier equipment only costs about 10,000 to 20,000, while a set of the latter costs about 30,000 to 400,000. It can be seen that our country's individual soldier equipment is also very advanced.
Although the combat effectiveness of a unit cannot entirely depend on its equipment, a good set of equipment will undoubtedly give soldiers greater living space and allow them to demonstrate better combat capabilities. Therefore, we also sincerely hope that the individual equipment of our soldiers will become better and stronger, and step by step towards the world's top level.
