Chapter 269 Pulse Bolter
Goliath-class factory ship.
Fu Qinghai stood in front of the experimental table, with the space ape Shi Lan sitting on his shoulders. Fu Qinghai pointed at the row of firearms of different shapes on the table and introduced them one by one:
"AR2 pulse rifle, from the Half-Life universe."
"M41A2 pulse rifle, from the AVP universe."
"SWS electric pulse rifle, from the Dead Space universe."
"Kusal Klaw pulse rifle, from the Elysium universe."
The first two were obtained from transactions with the reincarnations in the tavern in Jacob's Town. The latter two were found in the weapon arsenal of the Ishimura, and the other was captured in Lin Yu's last reincarnation world.
Shi Lan jumped off Fu Qinghai's shoulders, stood on the experimental table, picked up a pulse rifle and looked at it carefully.
Although he didn't understand these universes, he knew that none of these guns belonged to the Human Empire.
"The pulse rifle, as far as I know, is an advanced firearm that uses a dual compound propulsion method. It is propelled by the combustion and expansion of the propellant and accelerated by the electromagnetic coil."
"According to my tests, these guns are more powerful than laser guns and automatic guns, but not as powerful as bolt guns. They are mainly limited by the ammunition caliber and coil power."
Fu Qinghai said to Shi Lan.
The so-called "power" here is just a vague and general concept, because the lethality of live ammunition weapons comes from kinetic energy, while the lethality of laser weapons comes from high temperature, so the damage effects caused to different targets are different.
The biggest difference between pulse weapons in science fiction concepts and ordinary electromagnetic coil acceleration weapons, generally known as "Gauss weapons" - it does not give up the traditional launch mode.
This pulse emission mode is aimed at the problem of slow firing rate of most electromagnetic coil acceleration weapons. "Gaussian weapons" have long range, high accuracy and high power, but the firing rate is often not good.
An encounter with the young Caul some time ago reminded Fu Qinghai that the great sage Caul did more than just create the Primaris Space Marines. He also equipped the Primaris Space Marines with a brand new weapon: MK10 power armor, improved Later bolters and plasma guns, as well as innovative anti-gravity armored vehicles.
Therefore, if Fu Qinghai wanted to compete with Caul, he had to design special weapons and equipment for the brand new alien space warriors he developed. The MK8 chaos-fighting power armor was already available, so he could also start to consider bolters and plasma guns.
Without the use of special warheads, the power of ordinary explosive shells is not enough to penetrate the frontal defense of powered armor, but it can penetrate weak parts such as helmets, joints, and gaps.
That's why the Alpha Legion specifically developed lethal strike bombs for use in civil wars between Space Marines.
With the feather gun's technical reserves at the forefront, Fu Qinghai gradually came up with some of his own ideas about further improving the power of explosive weapons, which required the cooperation of space apes to realize.
The new weapons research and development plan is officially established:
"Pulse Bolter".
"My initial thoughts on the pulse bolt gun are as follows: use the traditional two-stage propulsion mode of the bolt weapon as the mainstay, supplemented by the electromagnetic coil acceleration mode, add a battery to the magazine, and see if the bullet can Designed as a caseless bullet, let’s see if rifling can be carved on the inner wall of the barrel.”
Fu Qinghai made a request to Shi Lan.
The space ape thought for a moment and said:
“Not only does it require an additional battery, but it also requires increasing the barrel length.”
"Yes."
Fu Qinghai had already expected this.
The traditional bolter is a very compact and short weapon for the Space Marine, which has its pros and cons.
In the real world, many countries have gone to great lengths to improve individual weapons in order to shorten their length to facilitate the transportation and deployment of mechanized troops.
However, a barrel that is too short also means ballistic instability and poor accuracy. The MK2 Caul bolt rifle is much longer than a traditional bolt gun.
Regardless of coils or magnetic rails, if you want to use electromagnetic acceleration technology, the barrel cannot be shorter because it needs to provide a certain stroke for the bullet to accelerate.
"The structure of the pulse bolter designed in this way will be a bit complicated."
Slan reminded.
"It doesn't matter. This is a weapon of the Space Marines, not the Imperial Guard. If it's complicated, it's a little more complicated. It's acceptable."
Fu Qinghai said.
Are the later generations of bolters with genetic locks on the handles, sights on the back, and built-in ammunition counters simple in structure?
While Shi Lan was talking to Fu Qinghai, he had already dismantled a table of firearms into parts. After careful study, he raised his head and said to Fu Qinghai:
"Within three weeks, I had a prototype gun built."
"very good."
Fu Qinghai nodded in approval.
First have a prototype gun, then slowly improve the shape, and then consider scale manufacturing and cost reduction for mass production, follow scientific research and development rules, and do it step by step.
The verbal cooperation agreement between Fu Qinghai and Shi Lan is very loose and free. "Fun" is the biggest pursuit of Space Monkey. If one day Shi Lan feels that following Fu Qinghai is no longer interesting, he can leave on his own at any time, and Fu Qinghai will not stop him.
But with the constant flow of new technologies from other universes, it may be difficult for space apes to feel bored.
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Fu Qinghai has wanted to study electromagnetic acceleration technology for a long time.
Because traditional propellant propulsion technology has its limits after all.
It is only the Mechanicum, a religious scientific research organization with a single-minded mentality, that clings to the traditional shooting method.
The lower technological limit of the human empire's individual weapons is not the laser weapons installed by the Imperial Guard, but automatic weapons. Laser weapons are actually quite technologically advanced, while automatic weapons are really simple and crude.
The automatic weapons of the Human Empire are exactly the same as the gunpowder firearms of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the real world. Simply put, they are weapons that use propellant to accelerate the continuous firing of metal bullets.
Timber guns, automatic cannons, assault guns, and even ship-based and land-based macro cannons all fall into the category of automatic weapons.
Many people will wonder, the human empire is already in the interstellar age, why are they still using such firearms with backward principles?
Three reasons:
First of all, the enemies that the Human Empire faced during the Great Crusade were not all technologically advanced aliens and heretics. There were also many barbaric and feudal worlds whose technological level was still in the cold weapon age or even earlier. Recover these places and use explosive bombs. And plasma is a bit too powerful and too expensive, automatic weapons are just right.
Secondly, the principle of automatic weapons is simple and the technical foundation is simple. Many worlds with less advanced technology can also produce them. They can be installed in large numbers for low-end garrison units such as the Planetary Defense Force (PDF) and quickly form the most basic combat effectiveness.
Finally, although the technical principles of automatic weapons are not complicated, the propellants in bullets are not ordinary yellow powder and black powder. High-performance propellants bring greater chamber pressure and require stronger barrel materials. , other science fiction universes have begun to think about coils and magnetic tracks, but the human empire does not have enough technology to make up materials. It uses science fiction materials to increase the power of traditional weapons. For example, the propellant produced by the Huangquan No. 8 forging world is of the best quality.
In addition, it is also a weapon that uses electromagnetic force (Lorentz force) to push projectiles. The electromagnetic coil and the electromagnetic track are actually different. The main differences between the two are:
Electromagnetic rail weapon: The projectile is sandwiched between two parallel guide rails. The two rails are connected to the power supply. The current flows through one guide rail to the projectile and then to the other guide rail to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field interacts with the current to generate a strong Lorentz force to push the projectile. Moving forward, reaching very high speeds - theoretically reaching sub-light speeds.
Electromagnetic coil weapon: The barrel or gun barrel is composed of many coaxial coils of the same caliber, and the bullets or shells are also embedded with coils. A current is sent to the first coil of the barrel to form a magnetic field. The coil on the projectile induces a current. The magnetic field interacts with the induced current to push the projectile forward. When the projectile reaches the second coil, this process is repeated continuously. Four or five coils... until the last coil accelerates the projectile to a very high speed step by step.
Compared with the track, the friction between the projectile and the gun bore is smaller in the coil, and the projectile can have greater mass and faster speed. However, the power supply complexity of the coil is far more complicated than that of the track. Therefore, although the electromagnetic coil is a more advanced technology in theory, the electromagnetic Orbital is a more mature case in application.
Everyone knows the principles of these two electromagnetic acceleration methods. They are basic physical principles that are known in the real world, not to mention the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40K.
But when it comes to practical applications, especially weaponized applications, it's not that simple.
In the real world, privately made electromagnetic coil weapons can make an iron stick fly twenty meters away, and there is no lethality at all. The U.S. Navy invested in the development of electromagnetic orbital weapons many years ago, but so far there has been no results.
In the Warhammer 40K universe, the physical principles of electromagnetic acceleration are of course well known to everyone in the Adeptus Mechanicus, but the Human Empire has not been able to fully apply this technology because this type of weapon will face many problems in actual operation. This technology Limitations include the incredible amount of energy required to propel a projectile along a track or coil, as well as the enormous heat dissipation in the process.
From understanding the principles to military applications, there is a huge gap like a natural chasm.
In the Warhammer 40K universe, Fu Qinghai is very certain that among the major factions that can apply the two electromagnetic acceleration technologies to weapon-level applications, the Tau Empire is the only one.
The Tau Empire's research on magnetic rail weapons was not accomplished overnight. The early rail weapons were too large and could only be mounted on battle suits or hammerhead sharks. They were not considered individual weapons at all, but serious vehicle-mounted weapons. Until the During the Second Dome's expansion, scientists from the Earth clan of the Tau Empire, who were stimulated by the power of the Human Empire, worked hard and studied hard, and finally miniaturized the rail weapons and turned them into individual soldiers.
Only then did he take out something like a rail rifle.
From Fu Qinghai's point of view, the Tau Empire's rail rifle has very obvious flaws. One pack of batteries can only support three to four shots, which means that the magazine must be replaced every three shots. The firepower density is very low. , the logistics requirements are very high.
But what's the result?
Terrifying power.
The Astartes Chapter hates weapons like rail rifles and even hates them extremely much, because a Space Marine hit by a heavy rail rifle will be directly smashed into pieces with his body and armor - even the gene seeds cannot be recovered!
In the original novel about the Skitarii, it is clearly mentioned: Belisarius Caul specially drove his Mechanical Ark to the front line of the Damocles Gulf theater, where the Tau Empire and the Human Empire fought. area, just to understand how the Tau Empire overcame the technical problems of these two electromagnetic acceleration weapons.
Judging from the latest official novel, Sage Caul should be in a state of vague understanding - the railgun has been created, but the railgun has not yet appeared.
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"Khan, I have heard a lot of mentions about the 'Goliath-class factory ship' in the Star Language communication recently."
In the captain's room, Xia Lu was reporting to Fu Qinghai.
"Hmph, as expected."
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly and said.
The Goliath-class factory ship is slow-moving and thin-skinned. It is the best fat in the eyes of the Chaos forces. Those poor traitors who fled into the Eye of Terror only dream of owning a large forged ship of this level.
A Goliath-class factory ship has left Mars and the solar system. Such a huge thing is naturally very conspicuous and cannot be hidden from the eyes of interested people. Fu Qinghai suspects that many people have already set their sights on this ship.
"Let them come."
Fu Qinghai smiled and said.
"Other than that?"
"A distress signal. He claims to be a Rogue Trader from the Extreme Star Territory. He is currently besieged by Orc pirates and is requesting support from the nearby Imperial fleet."
Xia Long paused and then said:
"I asked for follow-up and got no response."
"Where is the location?"
"The Calixis sector, the Josian border area, the Ekrich galaxy, the space coordinates are..."
The location coordinates on Xia Lu Bao are very clear from the star area to the sub-star area to the galaxy and space coordinates.
"Um...tsk."
Fu Qinghai smacked his lips and fell into thinking.
Then he casually turned on the holographic projection in front of his desk and adjusted it to the three-dimensional map of the entire star area. The blue projection slowly rotated in front of him. Fu Qinghai glanced around, then turned on the communicator and said to it:
"Tracy, come to the captain's room."
Fu Qinghai reported the coordinates confirmed by the Astropath to the Navigator and asked:
"How long will it take to modify the voyage now and go to this location?"
Tracy made some mental calculations and replied:
"Expect it to take an extra week."
Fu Qinghai nodded:
"Okay, let's go take a look."
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The content of this chapter is a bit more sci-fi, less space opera. First of all, I apologize to book friends who find it boring. As for the electromagnetic acceleration technology, I actually plan to open the dungeon world of Warhammer 41K later and encounter the Tau Empire. Let me tell you slowly, and tell it in conjunction with the plot. However, some time ago, a book friend insisted on reading some vague terms such as "linear acceleration" from the original novel, and based on this, he insisted on talking about me. I wrote it wrong, saying that the Mechanicum has electromagnetic coil weapons... I didn't plan to pay attention to him at first, but he went to Station B and said that I had written it wrong. I couldn't bear it, so I had to release these lectures in advance. .
The core logic of these people is still the same: because the Human Empire rules the galaxy, the Human Empire must master some kind of technology, because the Mechanicum has all kinds of technologies, so it is impossible to even have "basic" technologies such as electromagnetic acceleration. No - these are very stupid logics, which reflect that the view of the world is too simple, which is often called "three incomplete views". Later I will slowly tell you why this kind of logic is wrong, and I hope that everyone Find some small gains in an online novel.
I have always said in previous chapters: bolt guns are not the solution to sniper rifles. After reading today’s chapter, many book friends should have guessed what the sniper rifles installed by the protagonist’s battle group are.