Face the enemy here and destroy the enemy!
The famous broadsword mine is fully feasible for mass production equipment under the existing technical conditions. In this case, how can this sharp weapon in the infantry equipment arsenal be forgotten?
"No ordinary small weapon or machine gun can produce such a rapid and devastating effect..." - Major Jeffrey of the Australian Army
Due to movies, television dramas and games, the M18A1 "Broad Sword" landmine, which has not received much attention for a long time, has gradually become more widely known and exploded out of control. Its unique appearance, which is different from the stereotype of landmines, makes People are impressed.
The Sardin effect was discovered by the Germans during the war, but no effective results were produced; after that, the direct driving force for its application was the huge deterrent brought by the elusive opponent in the Peninsular War.
The Canadians were the first to produce a result. Its name is "Phoenix", or Phoenix. It applies the Sardin principle. However, as a prototype prototype weapon, it has many shortcomings. It is not only larger and heavier and difficult to carry, but also produces The number of fragments is very small, and the effective killing distance is only a few dozen meters.
Because the Canadians did not add prefabricated fragments, the fragments produced by the explosion all came from the thin steel plates that were blown apart.
After such an instigation, the Americans added a large number of evenly laid steel balls and replaced the steel shell with plastic. The lethality was doubled but the weight was greatly reduced. The result was the M18 directional mine.
However, the Americans were still dissatisfied and continued to make improvements, such as replacing TNT with C4, switching to pulse generator ignition devices, etc.
The mine body is equipped with 700 steel balls and 650g of explosives. When detonated, enemies within 120° of the front and within 100m will be hit by raindrops of dense steel balls, literally beating them into sieves.
"Look? That's what I think."
Zhou Changfeng casually drew a sketch and gave a rough outline.
There is no C4 today, but there is RDX, and C4 is actually RDX with plasticizers and adhesives added, which is extremely safe. However, pure RDX is not as stable as TNT even after passivation.
"Baiyao? Isn't it necessary?" Wang Huan'an was hesitant when he heard "Rexogen". "That thing is very powerful, but it is not very stable after it is passivated. It is best to use yellow medicine."
"That's okay, it's up to you to decide. After all, the difference in explosion speed is almost two thousand, and the difference in power is still obvious."
It is definitely unreasonable for professionals to do professional things and insist on performance in one aspect without considering other aspects.
Ming Dynasty's weapons and equipment usually do not go to extremes and are relatively stable.
For example, the oxygen torpedoes developed by the Japanese in history are indeed powerful in performance, but their reliability and safety are very unreliable. This is a typical extreme product of pursuing paper data.
As a joke goes:
After the war, American experts who went on an inspection pointed at the oxygen torpedo and asked in surprise: How do you add liquid and deflate such a dangerous thing?
The other party smiled without saying a word, took the expert and hid behind the barrier, and then ordered a recruit to go over and unscrew the valve of the torpedo.
"Then... I would like to ask, has Lao Wangqian ever seen an automatic rifle that fires short rifle bullets?" Zhou Changfeng asked expectantly.
"Short rifle round? What's that? Short slug or short case?"
"They're all short."
"Uh..." Wang Huan'an, who was slightly surprised, frowned and tried to remember and replied: "I seemed to have seen it when I first entered the factory more than ten years ago, but I didn't say anything about it."
In the late period of the European War and the inter-war period, all warring countries had realized that rifles were overpowered and successively invested in the improvement and development of new weapons.
In addition to submachine guns and shortened bolt-action rifles, some semi-automatic or fully automatic rifles are also being developed. For example, the French have developed the Liberolle automatic rifle.
It did not use full-power rifle ammunition, but used a specially developed 8×35mm experimental ammunition, which was an early intermediate-power rifle ammunition.
The empty weight of the entire gun is as high as 5.1kg. It uses a 25-round curved magazine to feed ammunition, and a bipod is installed under the gun body. In the test, this type of forward-thinking weapon performed poorly, with an effective range of only 400m, and an extremely high failure rate, so it was decisively dismissed by the military.
The same is true for the Ming Dynasty. Yingtian Arsenal spent its own money to try to develop an experimental ammunition using a single-base propellant, a caliber of 23 centimeters, and a shell length of 11 minutes (7.36×35.2mm), and designed and manufactured it. An automatic rifle that uses the short recoil principle of the barrel, but it has not attracted the attention of the Ordnance Bureau.
During the same period, the Guangzhou Arsenal also developed 7.36×40mm experimental ammunition at its own expense, as well as a matching semi-automatic rifle using the long-stroke piston gas-guided principle. In the end, only a dozen of them were trial-produced.
"Actually, this idea is very correct and should be continued." Zhou Changfeng asked probingly, "Can we restart that project?"
Hearing this, Wang Huan'an was very embarrassed and shook his head, "Back then, our factory did it at our own expense. If we do it now, the Ordnance Bureau still looks down on it. The effective range is less than 400 meters, and they believe that this is not enough in actual combat. use."
"Ha! How do the gentlemen sitting on the chair know whether it is enough and good to use?"
"This is a matter for the Ordnance Bureau. Brother Zhou, you have to write a letter to convince them. Otherwise, we won't be able to do it without allocating money."
Zhou Changfeng understood that this matter could not be forced. The arsenal engineers had limited resources that they could mobilize independently, so they had to find a way elsewhere.
Because I have to leave tomorrow morning, of course I can't go back to the base today.
After arriving at the place where the military expedition team was staying, he found a blank official document, and after some thought, he wrote a brief suggestion, hoping that the Ordnance Bureau could continue to develop in-depth research on intermediate-power ammunition.
However, there is a high probability that it will be lost forever.
Therefore, he also wrote a letter to Xu Zhanming, hoping that he could help promote it, which should have some effect.
Zhou Changfeng is trying his best to prepare for the future war, and there are many people who are making the same efforts as him.
In the afternoon of this day, Yangzhou.
The sun is shining brightly and the spring breeze is warm. This environment is really pleasant.
Colorful flags are flying on the campus of Yangzhou Institute of Technology, but the teachers and students are strictly restrained. The sharp-eyed and capable guards have been inspecting the entire campus since yesterday.
A convoy of motorcycles and cars drove slowly. The Crown Prince, who has not left the palace since the end of the year, left Beijing for the first time this year and came to inspect the flying club here.
There is enough wasteland next to the campus. Two runways, one long and one short, have been built here, as well as warehouses and simple towers.
Zhu Lizhen, who was walking slowly, said: "What many people have dreamed of in ancient times has now become a reality. It is great that our country's talented people can control the eagle to fly freely in the sky."
His words immediately attracted the echo of several people accompanying him, "What His Highness said is absolutely true."
He stopped next to a blue-gray bi-wing training aircraft, touched the wing skin, and asked: "How is the situation of this flight club? How many aircraft and instructors are there?"
(End of chapter)
