Chapter 1959 Let’s Do This for Now

Finally, under Malashenko's suggestion, Comrade Kotin used this small-caliber rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun as the main gun. The ammunition rack takes up much less space, the firepower is good enough to suppress continuously, and the high-caliber main gun barrel can play a good ballistic performance, and the accuracy is guaranteed. Read М

In fact, if you want to say whether this is right or not, and whether the performance on the battlefield can be satisfactory, to be honest, Kotin himself has no idea. He chose to do this purely out of trust in Malashenko.

But Comrade Ma has a completely different mental picture.

This 25mm caliber 72K anti-aircraft gun transplant can actually be regarded as a sub-model of the BMP series infantry fighting vehicle, that is, the "youth version" of the 30mm rapid-fire main gun of the BMP2.

Yes, it is true that it is not as good as the 30mm gun of the BMP2 in terms of accuracy, rate of fire, and firepower sustainability, but now is not the future war of the BMP2 era, right?

In the current World War II, if you let an infantry fighting vehicle with medium tank-level protection, a 25mm cannon and a 62mm coaxial machine gun ride in front of you at a distance of a hundred meters and keep shooting wildly, all the shelters you rely on for survival, such as brick walls and earth walls, are useless and can't save you. So as an infantryman, are you afraid?

Malashenko can pat his chest and guarantee that in terms of actual lethality and psychological deterrence, the fear level of this thing on the German infantry side is definitely greater than that of Stalin's heavy tank.

It doesn't matter if it has no anti-tank capability, it is not needed at all. The combat positioning of this thing is very clear: it is responsible for quickly and safely sending infantry into the line of fire, and then accompanying the infantry to attack, providing direct aiming and continuous suppression fire support for infantry against medium and low hard protection targets and unprotected soft targets, and assisting in attacking, and a front-line armored combat vehicle that can share a lot of pressure for tanks.

As for the German tanks and fortifications, which are hard to chew, you don't need to use your 25mm cannon to scratch the surface. Come on, take out the 122mm heirloom of our Red Army heavy tank unit. If one shot can't kill it, then use 152. There is always a suitable one for you German sticks.

The biggest advantage of mechanized combined arms forces lies in this. The enemy will never fight against a single technical equipment or a single armored vehicle.

The leader division has a variety of specialized armored combat vehicles that complement each other. Each model has a clear positioning and clear division of labor. It is not a "one trick to eat all" by relying on one or two vehicles. In actual combat, it is extremely easy for the opponent to find weaknesses and focus on the existence of the weak. The reason is so simple. ˜”*°•.˜˜.•°*”˜

While chatting with Kotin, Malashenko, who was thinking about the above things in his mind, took a step forward, holding the modified T43 chassis, and came to the bottom of the suspended turret suspended in the air by the pulley hinge, and looked up at the inside of the turret.

Malashenko could see the detailed appearance of the breech block and the ammunition supply structure of this thing, and even the DT coaxial machine gun rigidly connected to the breech block was clearly seen.

It seemed that he had discovered some valuable information. Malashenko, who did not stop, took another step forward, grabbed the side armor of the T43 with his hands, stepped on the road wheel and pushed up, and came directly to the top of the body and next to the turret seat ring. Then he looked inside the turret seat ring with his mouth wide open in the "Slav squat" posture, which was only missing a set of Adidas to be perfect.

"How did you design the ammunition supply system for the main gun?"

Malachenko had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart, and estimated that the real situation might be as bad as he guessed, and Kotin's answer that followed was indeed as expected.

"Ammunition supply structure? How else can it be designed? It must be the same as before."

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Malachenko said "Sure enough" in his heart with a speechless face. Seeing that Malachenko's expression seemed a little strange, Kotin thought that Malachenko didn't understand yet, so he simply continued to speak.

"I mean, the feeding mode of this gun is the same as that of the anti-aircraft gun. The interface can accommodate two groups of magazines, one group of which is continuously fed to keep firing, and the other group is ready to be loaded at any time to ensure uninterrupted firepower. During this period, the commander who is also loading can go to get the magazine to prepare for loading. When he gets the magazine, the second group of magazines in the interface has been mechanically pressed in, and the ammunition is fed and fired. There is no need for manual operation. The empty second magazine position is just placed in the new loading magazine, so that the firepower can be kept uninterrupted. "

"This is originally a very Good ammunition supply design, the front-line anti-aircraft troops have always given good feedback, it also saves the gun crew's loading manpower, and the firepower sustainability is no problem. I think this does not need to be improved, or do you have any other better suggestions? You can give it to me, anyway, it has not been finalized, we can try to do it. "

To be honest, the design of the ammunition supply mechanism of the 72K anti-aircraft gun is indeed good, and the firepower sustainability is very good. At least it is much better than the Type 96 25mm triple machine gun in the Japanese "Men's Anti-aircraft Guns", which has a poor actual combat performance.

The firepower sustainability of that thing is really rubbish, and it is not much better than the German 37 hand-pulled machine gun. It is really a team of flies and bugs and friends of the Axis.

But that's not what Malashenko meant. What Malashenko really wanted was a chain feeder like the BMP2, which would save the troublesome reloading process. A chain of ammunition could be pulled to the bottom and fired cleanly without reloading.

With a feeding mode like the 72K, the firepower continuity is guaranteed, but it is troublesome.

The commander commanded the crew and had to work as a loader to carry magazines constantly. The more intense the battle and the more focused the command, the more they had to carry ammunition and load it frantically to ensure the continuity of firepower.

To put it in a down-to-earth way, this feeling returned to the T3476 era, which reminded Malashenko of his work as a commander and a gunner. Although the commander of this infantry fighting vehicle has become a part-time loader, the concentration is still not much better, and it is still a mess compared to the T3476.

I wanted to ask Kotin to come up with a new design, but then I thought that if I wanted to use chain-feed ammunition, I would have to start a new sub-project, which would involve drawing, trial production, and testing. I would then have to go back and continue to improve the shortcomings, or even start over with the design, and then test it again before finalizing it for production.

Malashenko felt overwhelmed when he thought of the troublesome process of designing this new equipment. It was really a waste of time.

It's better to have something to use than nothing to use. Even if it's still a little short, you can use it first, and let Kotin slowly improve the design in subsequent batches. Taking it step by step is the best solution at the moment.

"Then, let's do this for now."