1639 Armor-Piercing Bullet

Many times people fall into a very strange closed loop of thinking. It seems that as long as it is bigger and stronger, it must be good.

For example, now.

Just because Ancock's chief tank designer was silent didn't mean Lynch couldn't read his mind, he was actually calculating something.

Lynch doesn't quite understand what those numbers represent, but he understands people's hearts and human nature.

In his opinion, perhaps what troubled the chief tank designer was not how difficult certain technologies were, but that he didn't know how to speak.

In this era, people always naively think that "big" must be "strong".

For example, during the First World War, various countries continued to improve the caliber of their various main guns. Even Gaevra, in order to gain an advantage in ground battles, allowed those veteran soldiers to play a little role.

They specially developed a train gun called the "Ground Battleship", which is a larger and wider train, and the train is filled with various large-caliber artillery.

And the caliber of these large-caliber artillery is still getting larger!

I have to say that their design really shocked some people. In their description, this train gun will become the absolute firepower that will dominate ground wars in the future!

However, during the military operations in Amelia, it was turned into a pile of scrap metal by a group of anti-government militants who had not received military training.

They simply dug up the track, separated it, and then covered it up in a less obvious way.

Then this heavy monster derailed and never got back up. It never even had a glorious time, and its era came to an end.

But certain qualities left over from that era have always remained.

big

Just strong!

Just like the tank design of the Pengeo Empire, it simply relied on its wider body, thicker armor, and larger caliber to steal the show on the battlefield!

When federal tank shells hit them, they either slipped or jumped away due to angle problems, or they were unable to deal with the thick armor, leaving only a hit mark.

Although the tanks of the Pengeo Empire turn a bit slowly, although the speed is a bit slow, although the terrain adaptability is a bit poor

But it is still an excellent tank, and it has great advantages in the competition with similar equipment.

Lynch felt that Ankeke's chief designer might also be considering developing into a silly and rough person.

So he ended the stupid discussion early.

Ancock's chief designer raised his head and looked at Lynch blankly for a while. Soon he seemed to have thought of something, put down the pen in his hand, and began to take it seriously.

In fact, Lynch was the first designer of the tank.

The current tank design drawings of Ancock Industries, at least in terms of appearance, refer to Lynch's appearance design.

Lynch also described some of the internal structure. Although he did not describe the technical content in detail, the researchers still completed the research on these technologies.

The chief engineer felt that as the true father of tanks, he must have different ideas.

All eyes were focused on Lynch. Lynch was calm and calm, with a calm smile on his face. He spread his hands and asked, "When we face a challenger whose parameters are obviously stronger than ours, The first thing we think about is beating the opponent on the parameters.”

"Maybe sometimes its concept is correct, but sometimes, it may not be correct."

The officials of the Ministry of National Defense frowned after hearing this, especially a general of the Navy.

Big gun doctrine has always existed. Even now, some countries naively believe that humans will eventually be able to break through the limits and design and manufacture war weapons that can destroy a country with one shot!

In the navy, this idea has always existed, especially in the past, the navy, which used battleships as the core of its tactics and strategy, recognized the idea that "big guns can bring peace" more than any other branch of the military.

Biking is not only a boring pastime for men in the toilet, but also the most romantic fantasy of soldiers.

But Lynch's statement was obviously a bit unpleasant. The Navy Vice Admiral asked, "What do you mean?"

Lynch smiled slightly, "We don't have to be tougher or bigger than the tanks they shoot at. We just need to be able to destroy their tanks."

In a word, the conference room fell into a brief silence. Everyone was confused. Only Ankeke's chief designer had a hazy thought of something, but he couldn't confirm it yet. It was just a hazy, vague thought. concept!

He was in a state of excitement at this time, and he realized that Lynch had opened a door for him, and even for the armaments of the world!

Yes, there is no need for us to engage in an arms race on parameters, which is stupid.

There are many weapons that are of no practical use until now, such as those giant cannons from the First World War.

If we can get out of this weird closed loop, then the Federation will have a comprehensive breakthrough and development in armament design.

At this time, no one has come forward to express objections. Lynch continued, "Their tanks have very thick skin, so we will design a shell for our tanks that can destroy their armor. I believe this is not difficult."

To say that the first one to have fun with artillery shells was definitely the Navy. The generals of the Navy were stunned for a moment, and then they realized something. Even a lieutenant general of the Navy blurted out——

"Special bullets!"

Lynch raised his hands and clapped with a smile on his face, "Yes, special bullets, armor-piercing bullets that can penetrate thick armor."

"We don't need to surpass them in design or caliber. As long as the damage of our shells exceeds the defensive power of their armor, then for us, this is a victory."

"We don't even have to insist that this kind of weapon that can destroy heavy armor must be fired by a tank or artillery. For example, if it is based on individual soldiers."

"There are too many possibilities here, gentlemen, and its development and its future are far more meaningful than us piling some worthless data on parameters!"

People began to have heated discussions, and Lynch opened a window for them.

Ankeke's chief designer's hazy, barely graspable vision was completely opened by him, and he saw the blazing sunlight outside the window!

The whole person seems to be bathed in the sunshine, and the soul has been sublimated!

Yes, we don't need to pile up data, we just need to destroy their data!

At this time, Lynch drew casually, and a strange-looking cannonball appeared on the paper he drew.

Judging from the rough parameters, it is longer than ordinary cannonballs, and the head is more pointed. It looks very weird.

He also made some descriptions, and then he asked people to pass the manuscript on, "This is an armor-piercing projectile I imagined. Its name is just like its name means, a cannonball that can penetrate armor."

"We all know that some angles in current tank designs can create ricochet, but this kind of pointed projectile is not so easy to use the angle to make it ricochet."

"As long as its warhead hits the target at a relatively small angle, it will definitely not slip away."

"The material of the warhead and the internal structure"

What Lynch said was not so complicated and very popular. Even generals and officers who had not studied these things could quickly understand what Lynch meant.

They looked at the piece of paper and the design on it with some surprise. After discussing for a while, their eyes fell on Ancock's chief engineer.

At present, he is the only one who is the most professional here.

"Is it possible for Mr. Lynch's idea to be realized?" one general asked.

The chief designer nodded repeatedly, "Theoretically there is no problem. I also believe it is very possible, but we have to do experiments."

Compared with the design and comprehensive replacement of a new tank, it is obviously cheaper to shoot a dedicated special ammunition.

Regardless of the support of Mr. Trueman, the military's budget basically has no upper limit, but this does not mean that they can really spend money unscrupulously.

After the war is over, Congress, which lost most of its power during the war, will certainly not act as if nothing happened when it regains power.

Furthermore, the current situation is special. The federal government has also issued a lot of bonds. If you save a little now, it will be easier to pay back the money in the future.

In short, the Ministry of National Defense approved Lynch's proposal and asked Ancock Industries to come up with a mature armor-piercing bullet as soon as possible to deal with the situation on the front line.

At the same time, the military's own research institutions also began to speed up research.

Congress is like a sieve, nothing can survive, and neither can the military.

The collusion between the military-industrial complex and the military is no longer a day or two. Contents that both the military and Anker Industries are researching are spread out every two days.

Soon all major industrial groups began to study armor-piercing projectiles.

All military-industrial groups are very aware of the concept that selling a rifle can bring them a few dollars of profit——

At present, the mainstream federal standard rifles cost less than 35 yuan, and the profits generally do not exceed 15%. This is no longer a huge profit industry.

But it’s hugely profitable!

Because a semi-automatic weapon with a profit of only a few yuan can bring at least dozens of yuan, and as many as hundreds or even more profits to the military-industrial complex in terms of ammunition!

The federation's current standard rifle bullets only cost twenty-five cents each. If they were loaded into a semi-automatic weapon, it might only last for the blink of an eye on the battlefield!

The military-industrial complex has made statistics. In an ordinary battle, a soldier consumes more than hundreds of bullets. In a large-scale battle, the number of bullets consumed is countless.

There may be hundreds of millions or billions of them!

And a complete world war from beginning to end may require tens of billions or even tens of billions of bullets to be fired!

This is the most fucking profitable place!

The same goes for cannonballs!

Expensive and necessary consumables are the source of core profits!