Super military empire

Liu Yijiu, who is not clear about the development history of artillery, is also a researcher of artillery, but he does not know whether it is the Chinese ah-4 ultralight 155mm howitzer or the American m777 ultralight 155mm howitzer. In fact, they are all barrels made of conventional super-hard gun steel.

Although titanium alloy is advanced enough, its material properties determine that this material cannot withstand ultra-high pressure at all.

The farther the cannon's range, the higher the chamber pressure required.

Only a higher chamber pressure can increase a higher initial velocity, thus allowing the shell to fly in the air longer.

This is also a question of no solution. He does not know the specific design plan of the cannon that is considered to be antique to him. Otherwise, as long as the structure of the gun frame is solved, there will be no problem. The weight of more than three tons is relatively speaking. It is very light weight.

This is not an electromagnetic gun, but a gun that uses conventional explosives as a weapon.

The principle of the electromagnetic gun is completely different from that of the conventional artillery, and the shells of the electromagnetic gun and the artillery have different modes of action.

"Director Liu, do we have to get on this project? I don't think it is necessary at all in the current environment. The cost is really high. Unless our troops are equipped with a large number of helicopters... the cost is too high, even our 203 guns. At present, the military has only purchased a small amount of self-propelled artillery, not to mention the higher cost of self-propelled artillery. Our research on the self-propelled artillery of the 203 heavy artillery has also slowed down.” After the number of people was reduced, Lu Ruixiang asked Liu Yi nine.

According to their ideas, if possible, they don't need to do these items for now.

The lightweight design of the artillery really requires research.However, the more lightweight, the better the materials needed.

Ordinary gun steel is only tens of dollars a kilogram, and tens of thousands of dollars a ton. The quality of the produced guns is not bad, but the cost is absolutely cheap. At most, it is not so flexible to move and cannot be deployed quickly.

"Have you forgotten the purpose of our Ninth Academy? It is not only to explore the development direction of weapons and equipment, but also to take future war situations as the research and development direction of our weapons and equipment. We are not for the current army building, but for the future. Your thoughts on studying this medium and ultralight gun are very correct." Liu Yijiu doesn't think that the current domestic economic level should be considered when designing weapons.

After all, there are two systems in the domestic military industry system.

One is for the development of active equipment, and what they are doing is forward-looking exploratory research.

Only the projects needed by the country will be allocated.

The current funding is too small to take into account all aspects.

The domestic research principle is to produce one generation, research one generation, and pre-research one generation.

The main work of the Ninth Institute is to research the first generation, pre-research the first generation, and conduct production while researching, mainly for the production of samples.

When they succeed in their research, they will transfer production out, and they will not be equipped with domestic equipment, but they will be exported or used for technical reserves, and then continue to invest money in the direction of the next generation to explore, research and experiment.Use the research results of these projects to improve the performance of the previous generation, and use the stimulating effect of the project on the surrounding fields to stimulate the rapid development of related fields.

When the development of related fields has not been resolved, we can only stop, and then conduct horizontal extension research.

"So, in many cases, we can't just consider the immediate situation! Although, in the current development of the war, the role of artillery will become worse and worse due to problems such as mobility and accuracy, and will gradually be eliminated, but you You have to consider how much the current cost of a missile is!" Liu Yijiu himself doesn't like guns for this reason.

As the first thermal weapon in the world, the development of artillery has always occupied a very large proportion in the military industry.

Even when we are about to enter the 22nd century, electromagnetic guns are still working.

This is no different from the solid shells fired in ancient times, and they all rely on the kinetic energy carried by the shells to produce their effects.

Of course, the use of shells to destroy armor is also the research direction of electromagnetic guns.

"According to the current military development situation, in combat, the first wave is a long-range strike. This is mainly a long-range missile attack on the enemy’s air defense system and command system. The second wave is after the enemy’s air defense capability is eliminated. Bombing. Until the third wave, the helicopter unit will cooperate with the armored force to make a surprise attack, and then the artillery will cooperate with the infantry to advance..."

Liu Yijiu knew very well about the combat mode of future wars.

Of course, in fact, the role of artillery is already a bit tasteless.

For artillery to provide long-range fire support, generally saturation bombing is required.But with the advancement of science and technology, cluster assaults and large-scale battles of positions have become fewer and even disappeared.Urban street fighting is the mainstream, and fire support is to rely on long-range missiles, individual missiles, or nearby tanks and armored vehicles for reinforcement operations.

This makes the position of the artillery a bit awkward.

Drag it, you have not reached the designated position, the war ahead is over, or the two sides are stuck together, you can't even kill your own!

Only self-propelled guns can keep up with the rhythm.

Cannons are mainly used for fighting fortified battles.

"Under the current circumstances, the role of artillery is very embarrassing. Although we engaged Vietnam ten years ago and our heavy artillery pressure made them unable to raise their heads, it has already been demonstrated in the Iran-Iraq War. The clues of modern warfare. Missile attacks hundreds of kilometers away, the precision strikes of warplanes against tank clusters, the bombing of key targets..."

Although the Iran-Iraq War was two junk battlefields that used old tactics to fight high-tech wars, it can be seen from this that the war situation has completely changed.

China's self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is also very backward in tactics.

Vietnam is not a military power in the first place, and its ability to mobilize war is not as strong as that of China. It is simply to give China experience.

Unfortunately, China didn't have much high-tech equipment at that time.

The J-8 ii has not yet been made, and the J-10 and J-11 have no chance to show their faces. Even the Zhi-91 has not found a chance to fire.

Only, that is, the 336 rocket launcher and the cloud burst bomb scrapped an elite division in Vietnam hundreds of kilometers away.

"So, what about the future development prospects of our artillery factory..." Lu Ruixiang couldn't help but feel a little tangled.

In this case, the artillery is indeed very embarrassing.

"So we must study and improve the maneuverability of artillery. Missiles have a long range, high accuracy, and great power, but they have a fatal shortcoming, that is, they are expensive! Such consumption is not something that all countries can afford. At present, all countries are in missiles. There has been a lot of input, but the research on long-range artillery has not been cancelled. It is for this reason. Tanks, self-propelled artillery, armored vehicles are all movable artillery, and have strong defensive capabilities...but towed Once the artillery is deployed, it is very difficult to transfer. Our artillery radar is an obvious example. Once the enemy’s artillery position is found, we call for long-range artillery to strike..." Liu Yijiu explained.

"So, you ask us to study heavy artillery that is lighter in weight, capable of rapid maneuvering, and even for mountain operations, just for long-term development?" Lu Ruixiang asked Liu Yijiu.

Liu Yijiu nodded.

As long as the cost of missiles cannot be lowered, artillery is necessary.

Even artillery is an important reserve force.

"The cost of artillery is much lower than that of missiles. If we can make these artillery hit accuracy comparable to missiles, move even faster than self-propelled artillery and tanks, the helicopter is hoisted to a certain area, and then the artillery inside the helicopter And after the ammunition is dropped, an artillery position can be arranged within a few minutes, and the opponent can provide precise heavy fire support within a combat radius of tens of kilometers..."

This is even more useful than missiles.

This is the prospect and direction of the future development of heavy artillery.

Tian Deming couldn't help but fell into thought.

As the core backbone of domestic heavy artillery research, it is naturally clear.

Although the country is still vigorously developing artillery, the status of artillery is indeed very embarrassing.

Although they didn't say anything, they also understood, otherwise, they wouldn't have started the research on the ultralight cannon without any requirements above.Only such a cannon can move quickly and make the design of the self-propelled artillery more advanced.

"So, the artillery is not without a future, right?" Tian Deming was very lonely.

"The cost of artillery is the biggest reason for survival." Liu Yijiu nodded."With the rapid development of missiles, as long as the cost is not reduced to the cost of shells, it is basically impossible to completely eliminate artillery. You don't have to worry about this."

The U.S. military suffered a loss in the Gulf War. The cost was too high. Soldiers encountered resistance from a few militants and called for support from the rear. When there were no tanks or armored vehicles around, they either used missiles for long-range support or dispatched fighters. No matter what kind of support, the cost is too high.

Finally, the emergence of the m777 ultralight 155mm howitzer.

Because of its light weight, strong power, stable performance, high precision, strategic deployment ability, tactical mobility, and strong survivability, it is used to eliminate their domestically equipped m198 howitzer.

China only began such research when it entered the 21st century, and after the first ten years passed, and the second decade was almost the same, it began to deploy in the country.

You know, in that era, China had the largest artillery in the world!

none of them.