Super military empire

"Developing ultra-light large-caliber guns?" When Liu Yijiu raised this to relevant experts in the five districts, Chen Yang, who was originally responsible for the design of the tank gun, couldn't help but wonder.

Need ultra-light large-caliber artillery on the tank?

Even Qian Dayong and Jiang Ming are lacking in this project.

"Director Liu, this should be something about the 2983 factory? They are a unit that specializes in the production of cannons, and they are also our sequence. In recent years, they have made a lot of achievements in the research of cannons. Even our tank guns have begun to work towards them. Technology transfer over there." Qian Dayong reminded Liu Yijiu.

Designing ultra-light guns should be a matter of the gun factory.

Liu Yijiu was a little speechless and could only go to the 2983 factory.

The 2983 factory has expanded a lot in recent years. After producing mortars in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and then to heavy artillery, Liu Yijiu has injected a lot of funds, equipment, and pests in other artillery factories. Get a lot of technical designers.

Therefore, this artillery factory can be said to be the domestic artillery design and production unit with the strongest technical force.

If it does not dig people, it has not been integrated by the Ninth Academy. It mainly produces Longwei tank guns. Incidentally, it produces 155 heavy grenade cannons. It also studies a series of new guns such as near-defense rapid artillery for missile battleships, and even produces it. A 203 mm heavy artillery.

However, Liu Yijiu didn't pay much attention to cannons.

Therefore, for him, Factory 2983 is not a unit of concern.

This time he personally went to the artillery factory and made Lu Ruixiang and other leaders attach great importance to it. Director Liu would definitely not enter their factory because of nothing.

Before receiving news that Liu Yijiu was coming, Lu Ruixiang personally asked whether there was something wrong with the artillery produced by their factory, or if there was a problem with the previous production, or else the people in their factory did something else. Director Liu was upset by the incident and prepared to rectify the factory.

Director Liu doesn't pay too much attention to artillery, everyone knows him, he prefers precision strike missiles.If it is not for cost reasons, it is estimated that all the domestic army will be equipped with various types of missiles, and artillery will become history.

You know, there are too many things in the former 2983 factory.

A thorough investigation showed that there were no problems, and there was no production quality accident. The people in the entire factory, even the children of cadres, were restrained. There were young people who were going against the sky, and even their parents were expelled. No one makes a fuss, and there is no such thing as shit in the place.

A large number of orders for Longwei tank guns and orders for the production of other military guns have left this factory without any civilian products and no chance of making mistakes.

Since there is no problem, Director Liu comes, it means that they may have a new task.

Knowing that Liu Yijiu didn’t like big platoons, Lu Ruixiang did not arrange for someone to greet him at the door. Only he and chief engineer Tian Deming were waiting for Liu Yijiu’s car at the entrance of the factory. After greetings, he took Liu Yijiu to the meeting. In the room, there is no imaginary thing, just report the work directly.

"Director Liu, our 2983 plant has a good momentum of development. After receiving the production of increased tank guns some time ago, other production tasks such as the 155mm howitzer cannon and the 203 heavy gun have delayed the progress. The current 57mm high level The work of dual-use fast artillery is intensified..." Lu Ruixiang reported to Liu Yijiu.

Liu Yijiu didn't listen to this, and directly interrupted their work report with a wave.

"You have done a good job in these years, and the development momentum of the artillery factory is also good. However, you cannot blindly expand the production scale because of the order issue. Once there is no order, the entire artillery factory’s business will shrink, which will cause a series of serious problems. Consequences..." Liu Yijiu is not very concerned about the 2983 factory at all.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the high cost of missiles, he really didn't like guns.

After all, in modern warfare, although the power of artillery is still fierce, it cannot be compared with missiles.

This thing requires large-scale group shelling, and saturation bombing can be effective, and it is best to use it in large-scale wars.

With the development of human science and technology, the state of war is constantly changing.

Long-range precision strikes are the main means of development, and then use tanks and armored vehicles for precise fire support.

The artillery used by the cluster is assisted by satellite systems in modern warfare. Various reconnaissance methods are emerging one after another. Even the artillery radar can infer the position of the local artillery position based on the movement rules of the artillery. A single missile can destroy the entire artillery position.

Therefore, Director Liu does not appreciate cannons.

The accuracy and maneuverability of the artillery are not too powerful. In order to improve the maneuverability, self-propelled artillery appeared in the end, and even each gun is equipped with radar and automatic fire control system, which is nothing like tanks. It's a big difference.

However, if the artillery can be deployed with faster deployment capabilities, super mobile capabilities, and used for fire support in airborne and mountain operations, and withdraw after the attack, the cost is much lower than that of short-range missiles. too much.

Compared with long-range supported tactical missiles, the cost of this thing is basically negligible.

Similarly, if the weight of the gun is reduced, the weight saved on the tank can also be added to the armor, or used to reduce the burden on the power system, with a stronger power system, faster speed, and longer endurance. It is also very good.

The technology required by Liu Yijiu’s automatic firepower platform has gradually become possible in the Ninth Academy and the development of domestic science and technology over the years. Large-caliber guns can have a range of more than 20 kilometers. The use of rockets can increase the range. To more than thirty kilometers.

If the artillery of the 2983 factory is mounted, the range is nearly 50 kilometers!

This thing can be used on the automatic firepower platform, and as the main long-range support weapon.Definitely more cost-effective than missiles, or turned into guided shells...

"The purpose of this visit is mainly for the artillery. I need a cannon that can fly, a cannon that can be used for airborne, mountain combat, etc., can be used for rapid deployment, is light in weight, but has undiminished power! The caliber cannot be smaller than 152 mm, the weight cannot be higher than 4000 kg, and the range cannot be lower than 30 kilometers..." Liu Yijiu went directly to the topic.

He came for this.

Liu Yijiu's request immediately made everyone dumbfounded.

Is this a joke?

Such a heavy gun cannot weigh more than 4 tons. Is this possible?The current 155 guns are more than 13 tons.

Even if you want to install this on the destroyer tank, there is no way to reduce the weight.

Especially under such weight, such high performance is required!

There is no such possibility.

"Director Liu, this is impossible. We have been working hard to reduce weight. It is true that in the current environment, heavy artillery is not very mobile for rapid deployment. Although Zhijiuyi has a strong carrying capacity, it is not equipped with too much domestic equipment. Many. If you want to quickly transport guns, shells, and even artillery at one time, there is basically not much possibility... Therefore, we can only reduce the weight. At present, if we want to achieve such a power under such a weight situation , Basically there is not much possibility..." As the chief designer of the artillery factory, Tian Deming said to Liu Yijiu while biting.

He wanted to refute Liu Yijiu's unrealistic demands.

If this kind of gun is developed, it is definitely beneficial, and it can even make the performance of the self-propelled gun more prominent.

The problem is that this requires very advanced super materials for support.

Titanium alloys and aluminum alloys are the most probable situations under the current circumstances. The problem is that after numerous theoretical verifications, they are not likely to reach the power of the 155 grenade cannon, and there is even the danger of bombing.

As a result, this project basically fell into a standstill.

They hope to develop a super long-range cannon with a larger caliber and longer barrel.

"If you don't do it, how can you know that it is impossible? Ten years ago, can you believe that the 2983 factory can reach the scale it is now? Can you believe that these heavy artillery can be born in your hands?" Liu Yijiu was full of contempt."Technology is developing and technology is advancing."

"Director Liu, we have studied this ultra-light cannon before. But there has been no breakthrough in these years. I know you want to talk about titanium alloy and aluminum alloy, because our tanks use super The duralumin alloy is strong enough, and its weight is less than one-third of that of steel, but these materials will affect the quality of the entire gun after continuous shelling..." Lu Ruixiang saw Liu Yijiu about to get angry. He could only take a deep breath, and then explained to him.

Liu Yijiu really did not expect that the 2983 factory had already explored this aspect.

The xm777 combined light 155mm howitzer is the world’s first ultra-light heavy artillery. It is a joint project between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Army. This light cannon has only half the combat weight of m198 or less, and has more auxiliary equipment, but it is powerful. It is not inferior to the m198 howitzer, and its various performances are stronger, and even the number of soldiers is reduced to 5.

You know, this gun is made of titanium alloy and aluminum alloy, and the delivery time is in 2004!

Now, the US military does not even have such an idea.

After all, missiles are the mainstream.

The role of artillery has basically gradually become less and less obvious.

Unexpectedly, China had already begun exploration in this area in the 1980s. There was no reminder from him.