After eating, Zhou Yang returned to the office and officially started studying the project of artillery sighting radar.
Although this radar is just a "gadget" in Mr. Nie's eyes, it has no interest at all.
After all, in his opinion, only ultra-long-range early warning radars like the 7010 and high-precision radars such as pulse Doppler can be regarded as "big guys" and the real important weapons of the country.
But in Zhou Yang's eyes, gun sighting radar is no less important than airborne fire control radar, or even more important!
The reason is simple and urgent!
You must know that whether it is radar or other weapons and equipment, its purpose of existence is to serve war.
As expected, a border war will break out in three years, a self-defense counterattack against the Southern Monkeys.
Although our opponents were far weaker than the United Nations forces more than 20 years ago, from the beginning of the war to the end of the war, the enemy forces never broke through our border defense lines. On the contrary, all those we defeated announced that they would move their capitals. .
However, this battle was still very difficult, and the casualties far exceeded our army's estimates.
During the entire war, there were very few cases where we actually dispatched fighter jets to fight the opponent in the air. In most cases, we engaged in jungle guerrilla warfare and position offensive and defensive warfare with the enemy.
Therefore, compared with airborne pulse Doppler radar, gun sighting radar is used more frequently and plays a greater role in war!
Of course, the reason why it is urgent is that domestic artillery sighting radars are too backward.
The reason why our gun sighting radar lags behind is partly due to technical reasons, but there are also factors that do not pay enough attention to.
After all, the reason why "black technology" such as artillery sighting radar can appear is because it was developed for us by Western countries represented by Europe and the United States. This radar system used our artillery as a reference from the beginning.
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the war that took place on the Korean Peninsula in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Everyone's first impression of the Volunteer Army is often "fried noodles and rifles", using inferior equipment to fight against the United Nations troops armed to the teeth.
But in fact, the Volunteer Army also attaches great importance to artillery, but "treasure weapons" such as howitzers and rocket launchers are simply not enough.
However, such as recoilless rifles and mortars, we were able to produce and supply the ammunition ourselves for lightweight accompanying artillery at that time, which allowed the frontline soldiers to "make it with ease".
There is a statistic that everyone may not have expected. During the positional warfare stage, the number of regimental and battalion-level light artillery of the Volunteer Army was even higher than that of the "United Nations Army".
At the beginning of the "cold gun and cold artillery" campaign, the "United Nations Army" was completely overwhelmed, because the Volunteer Army's mortar technology was extremely proficient.
Simple shooting without a gun mount and firing single guns at the same time are all "basic exercises". Extreme shooting at ultra-close range, delivering explosive packs and other fancy tasks have also been integrated into "artistic performances".
The Volunteer Army has even used mortars as sniper weapons. One person and one cannon are an army, killing hundreds of enemies in a battle. Movies dare not show this, which shows how strong the Volunteer Army artillery is. (Interested comrades can search for Mr. Tang Hongzhang)
At that time, gun position detection mainly relied on the intersection of forward visual observation and acoustic ranging, and the methods were extremely backward.
The most important thing is that the pyrotechnic characteristics of the mortar are not obvious and the sound is not loud. The beaten "United Nations Army" cannot find a target for revenge.
Basically, it was bombed in the morning. The United Nations troops called for long-range artillery fire and air support, and they continued to be bombed in the afternoon.
Therefore, Western countries, having learned from the painful experience, are determined to carry forward their technological advantages and develop "black technology" to prevent them from being educated again in the future.
First, the beautiful General Electric Company developed the AN/MPQ-4 short-range mortar detection and positioning radar in 1957, and then the British Thorn Electronics Company launched the "Green Arrow" radar in 1962.
Although we also built a 370 and 372 artillery reconnaissance radar, the response was too slow. By the time the opponent's position was determined, they had already fled, and the actual combat capability was too weak.
Therefore, this time Zhou Yang will research a super artillery reconnaissance radar that can defeat the Nanhou Artillery!
In Zhou Yang's mind, there are several types of artillery reconnaissance radars, both domestic and imported.
Some of the older foreign ones include the "Simbelin" short-range mortar reconnaissance radar produced by the British-German joint research, and the Thief Eagle's AN/TPQ-37 radar, AN/TPQ-48/49 artillery radar, etc.
As for domestic ones, there are even more, such as Xin Bolin’s domestic improved version 371, SLC-2 series, BL-904 series and YLC-48 series artillery reconnaissance radar systems, which completely cover long, medium and short range.
Zhou Yang had either conducted in-depth research on these radars in his previous life, or had directed imitations of them. He understood most of them quite well and knew the key technologies.
If you really want to do it, you can basically do it.
But which one to study must be carefully considered.
The more advanced the performance of radar, the better. National conditions must also be considered.
At the moment, Zhou Yang was lying on his desk, carefully thinking about the equipment of the domestic army and the production capacity of the military industry department.
At the same time, we also take into consideration the quality of domestic soldiers, national finances, etc.
Not only that, we also need to analyze the situation of our opponent, the Southern Monkey Country. After all, he studied this radar just to deal with these monkeys jumping up and down, and he had to prescribe the right medicine.
Soon, the manuscript paper in front of me was filled with various elements.
After analysis, Zhou Yang believes that what is urgently needed in China is a short-range artillery reconnaissance radar with superior performance, which mainly deals with artillery such as mortars and howitzers, rather than ballistic missiles.
Moreover, this radar must have the characteristics of simple operation, low cost, easy production, and rapid installation.
You must know that from now until the war breaks out, it will only take three years.
In such a short period of time, not only must the equipment be developed, but it must also be accepted by the military and installed into troops. More importantly, it must be used by frontline troops proficiently. This is not easy.
It doesn't work if it's too complicated. No one can operate it.
After all, there are not many soldiers in the army who are college students, and even those with a high school diploma will not join the army. If you have a complicated system, isn't it embarrassing?
After summarizing these requirements, Zhou Yang first thought of the Thief Eagle's AN/TPQ-37 radar and its domestically improved Type 373 ballistic positioning radar.
These two radars belong to the latter and imitate the former. On the surface, they look like genuine products from the National Bank and copycats, but in fact, in terms of performance, they are better than others.
In terms of performance, both radars can meet the needs of the battlefield and can completely defeat the shabby artillery of the Southern Monkey Kingdom.
But... both radars use a solid-state active phased array system, which is definitely the most cutting-edge technology at the moment.
If we really want to study these two radars, it is no small project. We must first lead the team to conquer solid-state active phased array technology.
This is not difficult, but the difficulty is that with the current level of technology in the country, even if he designs it, he may not be able to produce it.
After all, my country actually produced solid-state active phased array radars in the mid-1990s, which is more than 20 years behind now.
After thinking over and over again, Zhou Yang finally decided to build the domestic 371 radar first.
The reason why it is 371 is mainly because this radar is relatively simple in technology and uses the old "Foster" scanner, which is convenient for research and development and production.
The most important thing is that this thing is relatively simple to operate and has been tested on the battlefield in the counterattack against the Southern Monkey.
Of course, it was not 371 that was really put to the test, but his predecessor, Cymbolin Radar.
This artillery reconnaissance radar that we bought for US$960,000 directly destroyed the confidence of the artillery in the Southern Monkey Kingdom, leaving behind a series of battlefield myths.
Now if its improved model 371 is produced, then a war will really break out, and the South Monkeys will be looking for teeth if they don't fight!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang officially decided, the target - 371!
PS: Chapter 2 is delivered!
