Chapter 847: 847’s backward chassis
Chapter 847 847 backward chassis
Such cheers continued until an Ork 130 mm caliber howitzer shell fell, stirring up a cloud of gravel and then stopped.
The brief excitement made the soldiers of the Qin army forget that they were still on the battlefield - now, the orcs' artillery fire reminded them and made them aware of the danger that was close at hand.
The Qin Army and the Orcs have recently replaced a lot of good things, and the combat power of both sides has also increased alternately, which makes people feel frightened.
Cyric sold a lot of 130 mm caliber howitzers to the Orcs: these artillery pieces were old models that other countries did not want. The production lines were scrapped and sold directly to the Orcs.
At the same time, the Maxim heavy machine guns that had been eliminated by various countries, as well as a large number of Cyric Type 1 bolt-action rifles that could not be traced out at all, and 70 mm caliber mountain cannons, all appeared in the Orc army.
As long as you are interested in investigating this matter, you can easily know that countless rifles, bullets, artillery shells, artillery, and even tents, gauze, underwear and socks, all landed at Nanshan Port in the southern part of Chu State, across Chu State and Shu State. , shipped to the orcs.
It is a pity that Qin’s intelligence department, which is relatively conscientious, has been keeping secret on this matter. They never investigated Nanshan Port in Chu State, as if nothing happened there.
The orcs have obtained various weapons and equipment they urgently need from this smuggling route: without the strong support of the Cyric Consortium, they might still be using flintlock guns and muzzleloader cannons.
In just one year, the Orcs obtained bolt-action rifles and new artillery that they had never thought of in the past, and even purchased the astonishingly powerful Maxim heavy machine gun.
At least the orc troops on the front line were strengthened with new weapons. They also began to learn to dig trenches and build defense lines, quickly improving their combat effectiveness.
Even the orcs formed their own air force and invited some human pilots to serve as instructors to learn how to fly planes.
Cyric sold all the biplanes he made that could no longer be sold to the orcs. This business made Cyric earn an astonishing amount of wealth.
This is why Orc planes appeared near the Western Wall defense line and started an air battle with the Qin Air Force.
After having their own aircraft, the Orcs also began to learn aerial reconnaissance, making it no longer so easy for Qin to launch surprise attacks.
The Orcs, who have tasted the sweetness, are actively seeking sellers of bombers. Once they successfully buy bombers, the air battle near the Western Wall defense line will become even more **** and tragic.
Of course, the Qin soldiers also got what they wanted: Tang’s Thompson submachine guns, sufficient ammunition, and various Tang army standard weapons and equipment.
For example, 75mm caliber infantry guns, 105mm caliber howitzers, and even 155mm caliber towed howitzers.
What’s even more exaggerated is that in order to recover some costs, Tang State also sold a self-propelled howitzer modified from the No. 2 tank chassis to Qin State. These outdated weapons and equipment are of little use in the hands of the Tang army, and leaving them behind will only cause trouble for the logistics troops.
The chassis of the No. 2 tank is actually completely outdated. The Tang Army now has a better and more comprehensive 113 armored car chassis, and the chassis of the No. 4 tank is also outdated. There is no need for small beans like the No. 2 tank at all.
But these modified self-propelled artillery are completely different in the hands of the Qin army. They are in urgent need of such weapons and equipment, which can allow them to explore their own experience in using self-propelled artillery.
New weapons provide new concepts. If you don’t try them out yourself and accumulate experience in using them, you won’t know the key to them and you won’t be able to accurately master the know-how.
The Tang army had Tang Mo as a guiding light, but the Qin army did not - they could only experiment on their own or learn from Tang's military advisers.
It costs money to hire a military adviser from the Tang Army, and the other party may not really be able to teach you all the tactics of undermining the enemy, so the Qin Army felt that it would be more appropriate to explore on their own.
Of course, in addition to dumping these outdated rags, the Tang army also provided the Qin army with some truly good things.
Take the Type 113 armored vehicle for example: before the Orcs bought tanks, this armored vehicle was enough to provide armor protection for the Qin army and establish sufficient armor advantages.
If the Qin Army needs it, Tang Mo can also provide the Tang Army’s second-hand No. 4 tanks—these tanks equipped with short-barreled 75mm guns, which are sometimes very useful.
Even though they are actually outdated, many people are still willing to pay for them because of the aura of invincibility of the Tang Army.
The Tang Army is gradually phasing out the No. 4 tanks in their hands. They really have no way to continue to use them.
In terms of protection, these early World War II tanks with hatches everywhere and openings on all sides and insufficient armor thickness no matter how thick they were were no longer able to meet the needs of the Tang Army's armored forces. They have no way of attacking a city and can barely fight enemy tanks.
Speaking of firepower, the Tang Army's heavily equipped No. 4 tanks all use short-barreled 75mm caliber low-bore pressure artillery. Not only do they not have enough armor-piercing capabilities, the upgrade path is not smooth either: the long-barreled 75mm Tang Jun also looked down upon the cannon. Coupled with the not-so-outstanding power, Tank No. 4 has now completely become a cow lady, a pitiful person who no one cares about and no one loves.
After the Panther tank entered service, a large number of No. 4 tank chassis were converted into assault guns and self-propelled artillery. In fact, various armored forces also used No. 4 tanks as assault guns.
The No. 4 tanks that were eliminated by the tank force were either thrown directly to the infantry to fill the vacancy of the No. 4 assault gun, or they were placed in the newly established second-line armored forces as training vehicles.
Although it has not been completely eliminated, there is indeed no need for development and upgrade of the No. 4 tank.
This thing is not considered advanced to begin with. At a time when technology in various countries is developing, its performance indicators can no longer allow Tang Jun to maintain its technological advantage.
It will be replaced by the Type 59 main battle tank, which is being prepared for mass production. This new medium tank, or main battle tank, will completely replace the Panther tank and the No. 4 tank in the future.
The only problem is that the Type 59 main battle tank does not have much room for land transformation. It cannot develop a self-propelled artillery, nor can it be converted into an assault gun.
Assault guns and self-propelled artillery are still very important to the Tang Army, and they are weapons and equipment that cannot be eliminated easily.
In the sequence of Soviet weapons, the work of assault guns was divided between infantry fighting vehicles and tanks. This is one of the reasons why a low-pressure 100mm gun is forced onto the weak BMP series infantry fighting vehicles. .
So the firepower of Soviet infantry fighting vehicles generally looks very fierce, giving the illusion that they can compete head-on with tanks.
The function of armored personnel carriers in Europe and the United States is to replace "half-track vehicles". They prefer to hand over the functions of assault guns to tank bombers and artillery.
The alternatives for both sides are different, so the weapons they produce are also completely different in focus. It's just that nothing they have produced can actually replace a real assault gun.
With the development of technology, the assault gun will indeed be replaced by these new weapons and equipment, but its existence is still meaningful to the current Tang Army.
The most critical problem is that the Tang Army is equipped with too many No. 4 assault guns and No. 4 self-propelled artillery, and it is really impossible to replace so much old equipment in a short while.
Using a Panther tank chassis to replace the No. 4 is simply a joke, and the subsequent No. 59 tank chassis is also not suitable.
This has led to a very serious problem: the Tang Army lacks a chassis to develop a new type of self-propelled howitzer...
Either we can continue to use the outdated and outdated No. 4 tank chassis, or we can only develop a new chassis specifically for howitzers.
For the subsequent development of the army, Tang Mo could only honestly choose the second solution: after all his choices, he only had the M109 as a single seedling.
The caliber of the self-propelled artillery in the Soviet era is different from the caliber of the artillery used by the Tang Dynasty. If the artillery is changed, the vehicle body will need to be re-modified, and the modification work is really too big.
With Tang Guo’s technical capabilities, the only option is to directly use the M109 self-propelled howitzer. At least this thing has no outstanding shortcomings and can be used for more than ten years.
In addition, its technical difficulty is not too high, there are not many thresholds, and the caliber of the artillery is just right. There is no need to replace the subsequent development of more advanced self-propelled artillery.
The only embarrassment is that the aircraft and tanks are all of the Soviet type, and the self-propelled artillery is of the American type, which makes Tang Mo a little...confused.
It is a pity that there is no other way. The final research result is that the Tang Army will equip the Type 59 main battle tank, M-109 self-propelled artillery, and J-6 jet fighter in the future.
In order to speed up the elimination of the No. 4 tanks in hand, the Tang State began to consider aiding part of the No. 4 tanks to the Chu State, and selling some of the No. 4 tanks to free up space and begin large-scale replacement.
The plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and the tank version of the night vision system, which had not yet been officially installed, directly became the standard equipment of the Type 59 tank.
The Panther tanks that were originally going to be equipped with night vision goggles were directly abandoned: when the Tang Army equipped the new 59 main battle tanks in sufficient numbers, these Panther tanks will be sold to the buyer who paid the most.
Both Qin and Shu expressed their intention to purchase the No. 4 tank, which is good news for Tang. But the bad news is that in a short period of time, Tang State will not be able to produce so many new weapons and equipment to replace these No. 4 tanks.
Copper City's factories are operating at full capacity again in non-war conditions. All workers work in two shifts, and everyone works 12 hours a day to produce new weapons and equipment that are urgently needed for the army...
(End of this chapter)