Chapter 123 Chapter 43 90% New Artillery, for the Country to Use
After sending Zhang Wanhe and others away, Huang He returned to his room. With today's experience, he arranged Wang Dexing to be responsible for security outside the door to avoid being suddenly disturbed when checking the system.
When thinking of the next important decision, Huang He couldn't even suppress his excitement. After all, no man can refuse a thick and large gun barrel, and no one can refuse the word firepower coverage.
Treat the troops' phobia of insufficient firepower! It is our duty!
"Heavy weapons: An army without artillery support cannot survive a brutal offensive. In order to cope with modern warfare, we must ensure that our army has sufficient heavy weapons and equipment.
Effect:
Obtain a full set of production lines and drawings of ten 1897 75mm artillery*1
Obtain a full set of production lines and drawings of one hundred and fifty Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft guns*1
Obtain a full set of production lines and drawings of ten Hotchkiss 25mm anti-tank guns*1
Obtain the subsequent unlocking authority of the Gallic artillery"
Excited heart and trembling hands, it has been almost a year since I returned to the base last year! The decision tree finally touched on artillery.
Although Huang He is a person who likes breast tactics, he has to admit that as the strongest army in Europe, the artillery of the Gallic Rooster is indeed something.
And it is the most powerful in terms of power. The large chamber and strong charge have almost become their synonyms. The same caliber San Dezi may only load 5 kilograms, while the Gallic Rooster will force 7.25 kilograms.
During World War I, they were at the forefront of the world in artillery technology, and the design concept of the Gallic Rooster influenced many military powers.
So much so that at the beginning of World War II, when the fierce attack of San Dezi on the opposite side, the artillery of the country pulled out a bunch of old artillery from the last war, and they could still fight back and forth with the artillery of San Dezi.
They are a traditional artillery power and have made extremely important contributions to the history of artillery. Although large-caliber artillery has not been updated, small and medium-caliber artillery have their highlights.
For example, the three models that Huang He obtained through the system.
The full name of the Hotchkiss 25mm is 25mm SA Mle 1934, that is, 1 semi-automatic artillery. This gun performed well in Europe in the early stage, but gradually began to lose strength in the later stage.
The Gallic chickens always design new weapons based on the experience of the last war. What were tanks like during the First World War? Turtle-like speed and weak protection were synonymous with tanks at that time.
Therefore, the Gallic chicken designers believed that the weight of anti-tank guns should be as light as possible and the preparation should be as fast as possible so that they can move quickly on the muddy battlefield.
The caliber of 25 mm is definitely enough!
However, the Gallic chicken Third Republic was addicted to the joy of defeating the enemy, and their country was in chaos. So the army withdrew the development of new weapons at that time, and the anti-tank gun project was shelved.
"The winner of the world war, chaotic government, full employment, ZZ violence, inefficient economy. In short, it's the game of ethane."
By the early 1930s, the Gallic chickens' top leaders suddenly found that the world's tension was rising wildly, and their first army in Europe needed to stand up and carry the banner.
At this time, the top leaders were anxious, but their savior Hotchkiss Company was still very powerful and made this small toothpick in a very short time.
Putting aside the 25mm small-caliber artillery, the SA34's gun carriage design is quite avant-garde and very much in line with the Gallic style.
They believe that anti-tank guns that are used for direct attack and lack protection are very fragile. Once discovered by the enemy, they are not far from death, so concealment is the first priority in design.
The designers ingeniously designed the upper part of the gun shield to be wavy, because research has found that regular objects are more prominent on the horizon.
The volume of the entire gun was minimized as much as possible during the design, so that the coverage of the shield is large enough to ensure that the torso of the gunner and loader is not hit by stray bullets.
The solution that came out is that the weight of the entire gun is only 475 kilograms, and it is also equipped with pneumatic tires. A gun group can easily tow the gun for short-distance movement.
At the same time, thanks to the use of semi-automatic bolts, SA34 can maintain a rate of fire of 15-20 rounds per minute. Its effective range is 100 meters to 400 meters, and the maximum range is 2,000 meters.
Moreover, this gun is only 1.05 meters wide. Its extremely low profile combined with the muzzle flash suppressor makes it a very suitable gun for squatting in the hands of the old yinbi of the Gallic chicken.
What makes the artillerymen work time and time again is to hide the anti-tank gun in the bushes and wait for San Dezi's tanks to approach before giving a fatal blow. With this trick alone, this small toothpick beat San Dezi's No. 1 and No. 2 tanks to tears.
But it still withered in the later period, mainly because the penetration of this gun was not enough. When facing the No. 3, No. 4, and No. 3, it was basically a battlefield blacksmith.
In a battle, we only heard the artillery group curse, and we failed to penetrate the enemy's armor! But at that time, if we had the courage to take this gun to ride in the face, it would basically be useful.
But in the later period, the tank armor became thicker and thicker, and the gun's firing rate of 15 rounds per minute and too small power were not enough to continue to stay on the battlefield to perform tasks.
However! The above is about the European battlefield! But what is the situation of this thing in Shanxi Province?
Huang He can only say one thing, my SA34 is invincible! The SA34 used to fight against German tanks, and some of them were even repaired by Tiger tanks. It can still fight against the T-34 and KV series.
What armored power do you have? What are those 95-caliber light warships? Don't get involved, don't try to touch me, you have no face left.
After talking about anti-tank guns, we must mention Miss 75. What is the value of Schneider's guns? This is a big company that pioneered the 155-caliber artillery.
Everyone should know that the origin of this gun is Gaul.
Now Li Yunlong is also a good boy who loves to study seriously. Learning a fart has become history. Even if he sees a mess of foreign codes again, he will not name them randomly.
After all, whether it is Zhao Gang or Huang He, they are kind-hearted teachers. There is nothing you can't learn.
Miss 75 is widely regarded as the first modern field gun. Its firing rate can reach an astonishing 30 rounds per minute.
It was one of the best rapid-fire guns before World War I, so countries quickly imitated it and used it in large quantities in World War I.
Moreover, its performance was not much behind even during World War II. It was even taken to the Eastern Front by San Dezi to fight against T-34 for a period of time. It was a rare treasure for the Eighth Route Army.
Because of its firing rate of 30 rounds per minute, it can ensure the coverage of high-explosive shells on enemy positions, and artillery can make incremental advances while firing continuously.
Although this gun has a gentle nickname such as Miss 75, it was a blade of a meat grinder in Verdun.
An artillery company with 4 75 guns can fire at least 17,000 shell fragments in an area of 100 meters wide and 400 meters long in one minute, causing devastating consequences to the enemy's attacking infantry.
However, its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it is a bit too heavy for the Eighth Route Army.
The total weight of this gun is 1,140 kilograms. For troops that do not even have mules and horses, transportation is a big problem.
Due to its wheelbase design of less than 1.7 meters, and the fact that the gun wheels do not use any elastic suspension device, it is estimated that the marching speed will not exceed 30 kilometers per hour.
But just because it is inconvenient now does not mean it will not be possible in the future.
The system contains technologies related to trucks and oil. The Eighth Route Army in the future is likely to become a highly mobile force with motorization as the main force and mule and horse as the auxiliary force.
Finally, there is the anti-aircraft gun. If the name of the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun is a bit unfamiliar, then we can take a look at his illegitimate child.
The navy used the 40mm Vickers pom-pom gun with the British name in those days. This thing is an enlarged version of the Maxim. But with the rapid development of aircraft, the pom-pom gun is no longer enough.
His biggest problem is that his range and ballistic performance are very poor. The maximum firing height is only about 4,000 meters, and it is a greatly curved arc trajectory, which has a great impact on the precise aiming of the artillery.
So the navy idiots sent engineers to France to select a new anti-aircraft gun. In the end, the Japanese navy selected the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun and obtained the weapon blueprint and production license.
So! The illegitimate child of this classic weapon is the 96-meter cannon of the little bastard! On the Yamato of men, these gun groups died the most happily.
However, this time the Navy and the Army did not quarrel. This anti-aircraft gun actually has an Army version.
Although this gun performed poorly at sea, it cannot be blamed on Hotchkiss. They originally used the 25mm gun as the inner circle and the 37/40mm gun as the middle circle.
The Navy directly used the 25mm as the middle circle, and the fire control was very poor. Fire control is always the key to air defense. There is no difference between blindfolding and hitting a mosquito with your hands and using an electric mosquito swatter to hit a mosquito.
The most outrageous thing is that they made a triple-mounted gun to increase firepower.
However, the vibration caused by the simultaneous firing of the triple-mounted gun will also reduce the accuracy of the weapon, so it is rare for three guns to fire at the same time in actual combat.
Usually when one gun is fired, the crew members will load ammunition for the other two guns to maintain the continuity of firepower.
This completely violates the original idea and reduces the effective hit rate of a single gun. And there are so many people operating a gun crew, which is a pure outrageous behavior.
The original version of Hotchkiss is much better than the Japanese Type 96 Cannon, except that its firing rate as an anti-aircraft gun is a little insufficient, but the quantity can make up for this shortcoming.
Moreover, in Huang He's heart, this 25mm is just a transitional product. It only takes 70 days to unlock more advanced anti-aircraft weapons in the system, and he will not produce too many small-caliber ones.
It's a pity that this decision cannot be used in the first stage of the war and can only be unlocked in the second stage.
These three weapons, except for the anti-aircraft gun, are a little worse, and it may be a bit difficult to face the Japanese Army Aviation that will be updated in the future. But as long as the production of anti-tank guns and field guns can keep up, they can be used completely until 1945.
But Huang He will definitely not be satisfied. He looked at the big tubes in the system that were thicker than each other, and showed a perverted smile.
In War Thunder, SA34 is a magic gun, and it can only penetrate other people's baguettes.
Read the next chapter tomorrow, don't wait