Chapter 903: How to choose 904
Chapter 903 How to choose 904?
“Gentlemen! It’s time to test us!” As soon as the factory director came back from the meeting, he shouted to the engineers waiting for him.
Their factory was an artillery factory in the Tang Empire, and its main product was a 75mm long-barreled tank gun.
That is, the 75 mm caliber tank gun equipped on the Panther tank is now also used on a large scale on the No. 4 assault gun.
It is a pity that the latest Type 59 tank uses a 105 mm caliber tank gun. This new type of tank gun is manufactured by a specialized factory and has little to do with their factory.
The factory system of the Tang Empire is a little different from the factory system in the normal world: a certain heavy industry factory in the normal world is inherited all the way, and the equipment is upgraded and transformed from the production of old products to the production of brand-new products. market demand.
The Tang Empire's industrial upgrading took a completely different path: the Datang Empire allowed old factories to develop on their own, and then built a brand new factory next to them to upgrade technology.
In turn, when all the old technologies are eliminated, the entire factory will be disposed of to other countries that want it, and then the space will be moved to build higher-end factories—and the cycle repeats.
As for the workers in the factory, half of them are transferred to the new factory to learn, and the remaining half are sent back to the new factory to learn, one link after another, and so on.
The biggest advantage of doing this is that the upgrade speed is fast, and there is no need to waste time on old production capacity. Of course, the disadvantages are not without, that is, many new technologies need to be invested at the same time to support the technical advantages of the new factory.
Anyway, Tang Mo, a time-traveling boss with a golden finger, can play like this. If others do this, they will easily be ruined.
The factory director said excitedly: "Now we need to immediately put into production an anti-tank gun to support the Fengjiang defenders who are defending freedom!"
He thought that his factory would soon be eliminated, because after all, the 75-gun has been around since the Bunas era, and now it has become one of the oldest artillery lineages.
When the Tang Empire was still in Bunas, it began to mass-produce 75 short-barreled infantry guns. Later, the improved long-barreled version of this artillery was also equipped with the navy. The short-barreled guns were later equipped with army tanks, and Assault gun No. 4…
As the factory director spoke, he scattered the information sent to him at the meeting and some other documents on the table, and introduced to his most capable engineers: "The above means that the new artillery must have more powerful penetration capabilities. It is highly permeable and can penetrate the frontal armor of Type 3 tanks at greater distances.”
The 76mm-caliber anti-aircraft gun currently equipped by the Fengjiang defenders is an anti-tank gun that has been converted into an anti-tank gun. It seems to have good performance, but in fact it is not very good.
First of all, this anti-tank gun modified from an anti-aircraft gun has no shield, and secondly, it is not flexible enough. It's bulky and has a mediocre rate of fire.
In fact, it would be most appropriate if the Tang Empire was willing to use its own 88mm anti-all-power cannon for the Fengjiang defenders to use. However, the Datang Empire was unwilling to use such a powerful weapon and it was a waste of money for the Fengjiang defenders.
After all, it is still unclear whether we will be enemies or friends in the future, so it is still necessary to be cautious in everything. So what the military meant was to try its best to take out a weapon whose potential was about to be exhausted and throw it to the Fengjiang defenders so that they could make do with it first.
An engineer heard what the factory director said and immediately said: "The front armor of the Type 3 tank is about 80 mm. The actual protection level is not as good as our Type 4 tank. It is not difficult to penetrate the front armor of this tank. The above What I mean is that a long-barreled gun with a caliber of 50 mm or 75 mm is enough.”
The direction he has been researching is armor penetration, so he is very familiar with this type of weapon. Their factory has previously developed a 50mm high-caliber anti-tank gun. It has experience and technical reserves. It can be used directly as long as needed. .
After talking about his choice, he also gave his own reasons: "I personally prefer the 50mm long-barreled artillery. The high magnification can make up for the lack of caliber, and the armor-piercing capability is actually guaranteed."
The engineer in charge of production on the side was a little worried and asked his own question: "With such a long barrel and such a high diameter... won't it affect the cost?"
Because he is responsible for production, he needs to control product costs—after all, whether the weapon is easy to use or not is completely linked to the price. Except for the wealthy Tang Empire's weapons and equipment procurement, other countries still care more or less about cost-effectiveness.
The engineer who first proposed the use of the 50mm long barrel artillery nodded and frankly admitted the most serious shortcomings of the 50mm gun: "It will definitely have an impact on the cost. It is definitely not cheap to ensure such a long barrel."
This kind of ultra-long barrel artillery has a very high bore pressure, and the steel required to be used must be expensive. Moreover, making rifling on this kind of artillery is also a difficult technical task. This means that Tang State has strong technical capital and cannot be manufactured in other countries. The cost of building an artillery piece is about the same as that of a tank. So this artillery piece is a failure no matter how you look at it. Even if its performance is higher than other competitors of the same era, it will be eliminated.
Sometimes things are so heartbreaking: senior officials are often unable to provide the best weapons to the soldiers fighting on the front line. They can only make do with second-class weapons, or even weapons that are several grades inferior to fighting the enemy.
In fact, the cost of procurement is only part of the reason. The more important reason is that if you choose to manufacture more sophisticated weapons, the front line may not be able to obtain a sufficient amount of weapons and equipment.
Ten people with ten broken guns may be able to make do with fighting, but if ten people have one good gun, the remaining nine may have to hang the commander on a street lamp.
“Can the production capacity keep up? Don’t delay things.” Soon, someone started to consider the issue of quantity. Fengjiang is waiting to use equipment. If the output does not increase, it may delay things.
"No, it's just a matter of transforming a few more production lines. We will first provide Fengjiang with 50 experiments. If it works well, more factories will definitely be willing to join in and produce with us." The factory director didn't care. This is said very easily.
Another person raised the issue of cost: "Is it really cost-effective to provide such expensive artillery to the Fengjiang defenders?"
“We don’t pay the cost, it’s Fengjiang who pays for it anyway. What are you afraid of?” The factory director is still very disdainful of this issue.
Someone thought of the famous brand product produced by his factory, which is still the main force of medium-caliber artillery in the Tang Empire: "What about using 75 guns? Will it cause unnecessary trouble?"
"This is indeed a problem. The 75 gun itself is our own artillery. Currently, the No. 4 assault gun and the Panther tank are in use. If it appears on the battlefield, it is likely to be protested by the Dahua Empire." Someone followed immediately said.
Although the military has not made it clear that active weapons cannot be used, everyone knows that the Tang Empire has not provided any active weapons and equipment to Fengjiang so far.
“If you protest, just protest. Are we afraid of them?” But soon someone shouted again. His words also have supporters. Indeed, they have the backing of a powerful country, so what else do they have to fear?
The factory director thought for a few seconds and then said: "It's not that we are afraid, but it will cause unnecessary trouble. We should avoid it as much as possible."
The engineer expressed his concerns: "I don't think there is a problem that the 75-gun can easily cause disputes. On the contrary, the 75-gun has greater potential and should probably attract our attention."
"Yes, this is another point I want to say." The factory director nodded, took over the conversation and continued: "Comparatively speaking, there is basically nothing to explore in the potential of 50 guns. If you take it out, you will take it out. If it goes, it will not cause more trouble to our armored vehicles, but if it is a 75-mm gun with a larger caliber, will it pose a threat to our own armored targets if it is further developed?"
They now need to discuss a suitable plan and submit it. The military will review and approve it. Only if it meets the requirements will they agree to their plan and let them organize production.
The engineer in charge of production laughed at himself at this time and expressed his opinion: "I think you are overthinking. The potential of the 75-gun is just that, a little bit, but not much."
What he said does make some sense, because it was precisely because the potential of the 75mm gun was not much that the Tang Empire developed a more powerful 105mm caliber tank gun.
Because the calibers of the 75 cannon and the 88 cannon are similar, even the Tang Empire directly ignored and did not consider the 88 cannon, which performed well in actual combat.
Therefore, in the tank gun sequence of the Datang Empire, there was no wonder of parallel 75-gun and 88-gun guns. It was from here that the development of tanks in the Tang Empire officially got rid of the influence of San Dezi and embarked on the path of the Soviet Union. Tie the tank to the road.
No one in this world will know that in the future, Soviet tanks will be influenced by tanks of other factions. Eventually, in the hands of a certain country, they will take a compatible path and learn from the strengths of others, and develop a unique one of their own. system.
And the path Tang Mo plans to let the Tang State's tank troops take is this path - the most powerful 99A main battle tank on the surface.
So Tang Mo would rather grit his teeth and get a 105 tank gun, and insist on not using the Soviet 100 caliber tank gun. On the other hand, he would rather use the Soviet 125 caliber slide than the European and American 120 caliber!
There is no special reason, because in the time and space he is familiar with, a certain country chose this way! He just prefers it, he just likes it, and he just wants to match it like this!
Compared to his favorite 99A, M1 and Leopard 2 are all cults, cults!
(End of this chapter)