The Rise of the Empire
Chapter 546： Bavaria's first hammer
The Bavarian 105mm artillery decided to take the long-range heavy weight idea, and the 150mm heavy howitzer also decided to go this way. After all, the production of heavy artillery is more difficult to deploy in a safer place. And adhering to this principle, in order to allow the artillery to have a longer range, the German sfh13 series heavy howitzer was also thrown into the historical garbage dump by the prince in history. There is no way, this thing has worse performance.
; The sfh13 gun is very light, only 2250kg, which is the same level as the French m1913 105mm howitzer, but it is definitely not as good as the latter in suppression. The reason is simple, the range is too close! This artillery has a range of only 8,600 meters! There is a 42kg cannonball that is so powerful that it can't reach the opponent. What a silly thing!
In the end, the prince chose the French m1917 155mm artillery as a prototype. This artillery is not only an ultra-light weight of 3300kg, but also that it achieves a range of 11,300 meters with a barrel length of only 15 times. ! You know, the length of the gun barrel of the German sfh13 is 17l. So continue to adhere to the French drug use, coupled with the German long-term management. The prince directly relaxed the weight positioning of the division's 150mm artillery to about 4000kg, that is to say, as long as it can be below this weight, the farther the range is, the better! Of course, in order to obtain a better range of fire, the gun mount must be replaced with a bipod mount.
; So in the end, the quota for the number of barrel artillery in a German division was determined in this way, the number of 14 artillery companies in a division remained unchanged, 4 companies of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, and 3 to 4 companies of 150mm large-caliber howitzers. The rest are 105mm light howitzers. Among them, the number of 150mm large-caliber howitzers in a company is between 4 and 6, and the other artillery is 6-gun.
; And if you count all kinds of mortars, the regiments and battalions in Bavaria have their own mortars, and the company mortars are 60mm light mortars. The shell weighs about 2kg and has a range of 1,200 meters. Battalion level 1 has 82mm mortars, the weight of the grenade is about 5kg, and the effective range is km. Starting with the battalion-level mortar, the rifling has already been carved into the mortar barrel. The regiment-level mortar is a 120mm mortar. Although the range is not improved much, at most 4.5km, the weight of the projectile is increased to about 15kg. And because of the rifling, the accuracy has been greatly improved.
;The prince has been wondering whether it is necessary to get a 160mm mortar, such as the Soviet mt13 heavy mortar. This mortar is indeed very powerful. For example, the Soviet Union’s mt13 mortar can be used in World War II. A heavy high-explosive bomb weighing 40.8kg was shot out 5100 meters. But the weight of this weapon is also not small, the total combat weight is 1170kg! It is almost the same as a small artillery, with a short range. The most important thing is that this heavy mortar has lost the biggest advantage of light mortars-high rate of fire.
; Generally, for mortars below 120mm, you can load them directly from the muzzle, and then rely on the weight of the artillery to excite the firing pin and then launch. But the 160mm mortar doesn't work, this thing is 3.3 meters long. Even if it is placed diagonally, there is still a person as high as it is. Think about it. You raise a 40.8kg cannonball to this height and put it in the barrel. Not to mention how dangerous and laborious this process is, more than 40. The kg shell directly hits the firing pin. Are you sure that this artillery will not cause problems? After all, the shell weight is nearly 3 times heavier than the 120mm gun!
; So in history, the Russians used this artillery in this way. After each shot, the artillery had to be leveled from 40 degrees to 80 degrees, and then from the rear of the gun... In this way, it is more troublesome than barrel artillery. After all, it takes time to shake the mortar. At the same time, when the mortar is used, the number of cartridges is adjusted according to the range of the light gun. A medicine cartridge is completely different. Therefore, this artillery has a very low rate of fire, 3 rounds per minute...
; The accuracy is not good, the range is not good, and the rate of fire is not good at the end. This is very tasteless. Of course, the biggest advantage is that it is cheap and relatively light. It is good for defensive operations or stack fire density. Therefore, the prince is very entangled, and can only give this to Prince Leopold and others for consideration in advance, after all, they are indeed rich in front-line experience. Their military age is older than their own!
; The basic firepower deployment has been finalized. As a result, at this time, Viscount Schmidt came again. He actually made such an opinion to the prince: "Recently, it was found in the Iron Fort experiment that the power of the 75mml24 gun was not enough. Hope Can be replaced with a larger caliber gun."
"Hat? You actually said that the 75mml24 artillery is not powerful enough? What do you think? On the power of the high-explosive shells, this thing is the same level as the French San Mengsha tank in World War I. In terms of penetration, except for the San Mengsha 75mml36 rapid-fire gun Other than the British 57mm naval gun, who is better than it? You told me that the firepower is not enough? The No. 4 tank at the beginning of the 2nd war, and the No. 3 tank category. The mustache said that he used this level at the beginning of the 2nd war. Artillery, tell me that I said that the 75mml24 artillery was not powerful enough during World War I? What do you think?" The prince spit in his heart frantically. (Of course, because of technological advancement, the actual armor penetration power of the No. 4 75mm short gun and the No. 3 50 gun must exceed the current artillery, but the barrel and caliber are close.)
; "Think about our Prussian colleagues, they don't even use the 50mm short gun now.... It's pretty good that you can have the 75mml24 gun." The Prince said earnestly.
; "I found a gun, which has been developed ~www.novelhall.com~ and it is very cheap, because the navy has planned to install a new type of artillery. The gun weighs more than 600 kilograms, but the muzzle velocity of the shell is 600 per second. Above meters, the weight of the artillery grenade is as high as 10kg!" Major General Schmidt said.
"Maybe the weight and the rear seat are still large, but we can appropriately reduce the charge to reduce the distance between the rear seats, and the length of the barrel appropriately, but in any case, it is much easier to use than the current 75mml24 artillery." Major General Schmidt added. "
"I seem to remember that the Navy equipped a 88mml30 gun in 1892, which seems to be the data." said the prince.
; "Yes, it is this artillery, but now the Navy plans to replace with a new 88mml45 artillery. The large number of eliminated old artillery is actually useless at all. Many artillery has not even reached half life. If we buy it now at a low price , It can save a lot of money and improve our equipment level!" Major General Schmidt bit the word money very heavily, he knows the prince very well.
"Well, then you can buy a few and try them first. If possible, we can eat all of these artillery pieces." The prince thought for a while and said. There is no need to study new artillery, and it is cheap. Why not?
"His Royal Highness, the chief wood engineer of the Bavarian Aircraft Design Bureau has called." Just after the prince had just solved the problem of the future artillery of the Bavarian army, a telegram took the prince to the Bavarian aircraft test site.
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; The sfh13 gun is very light, only 2250kg, which is the same level as the French m1913 105mm howitzer, but it is definitely not as good as the latter in suppression. The reason is simple, the range is too close! This artillery has a range of only 8,600 meters! There is a 42kg cannonball that is so powerful that it can't reach the opponent. What a silly thing!
In the end, the prince chose the French m1917 155mm artillery as a prototype. This artillery is not only an ultra-light weight of 3300kg, but also that it achieves a range of 11,300 meters with a barrel length of only 15 times. ! You know, the length of the gun barrel of the German sfh13 is 17l. So continue to adhere to the French drug use, coupled with the German long-term management. The prince directly relaxed the weight positioning of the division's 150mm artillery to about 4000kg, that is to say, as long as it can be below this weight, the farther the range is, the better! Of course, in order to obtain a better range of fire, the gun mount must be replaced with a bipod mount.
; So in the end, the quota for the number of barrel artillery in a German division was determined in this way, the number of 14 artillery companies in a division remained unchanged, 4 companies of medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, and 3 to 4 companies of 150mm large-caliber howitzers. The rest are 105mm light howitzers. Among them, the number of 150mm large-caliber howitzers in a company is between 4 and 6, and the other artillery is 6-gun.
; And if you count all kinds of mortars, the regiments and battalions in Bavaria have their own mortars, and the company mortars are 60mm light mortars. The shell weighs about 2kg and has a range of 1,200 meters. Battalion level 1 has 82mm mortars, the weight of the grenade is about 5kg, and the effective range is km. Starting with the battalion-level mortar, the rifling has already been carved into the mortar barrel. The regiment-level mortar is a 120mm mortar. Although the range is not improved much, at most 4.5km, the weight of the projectile is increased to about 15kg. And because of the rifling, the accuracy has been greatly improved.
;The prince has been wondering whether it is necessary to get a 160mm mortar, such as the Soviet mt13 heavy mortar. This mortar is indeed very powerful. For example, the Soviet Union’s mt13 mortar can be used in World War II. A heavy high-explosive bomb weighing 40.8kg was shot out 5100 meters. But the weight of this weapon is also not small, the total combat weight is 1170kg! It is almost the same as a small artillery, with a short range. The most important thing is that this heavy mortar has lost the biggest advantage of light mortars-high rate of fire.
; Generally, for mortars below 120mm, you can load them directly from the muzzle, and then rely on the weight of the artillery to excite the firing pin and then launch. But the 160mm mortar doesn't work, this thing is 3.3 meters long. Even if it is placed diagonally, there is still a person as high as it is. Think about it. You raise a 40.8kg cannonball to this height and put it in the barrel. Not to mention how dangerous and laborious this process is, more than 40. The kg shell directly hits the firing pin. Are you sure that this artillery will not cause problems? After all, the shell weight is nearly 3 times heavier than the 120mm gun!
; So in history, the Russians used this artillery in this way. After each shot, the artillery had to be leveled from 40 degrees to 80 degrees, and then from the rear of the gun... In this way, it is more troublesome than barrel artillery. After all, it takes time to shake the mortar. At the same time, when the mortar is used, the number of cartridges is adjusted according to the range of the light gun. A medicine cartridge is completely different. Therefore, this artillery has a very low rate of fire, 3 rounds per minute...
; The accuracy is not good, the range is not good, and the rate of fire is not good at the end. This is very tasteless. Of course, the biggest advantage is that it is cheap and relatively light. It is good for defensive operations or stack fire density. Therefore, the prince is very entangled, and can only give this to Prince Leopold and others for consideration in advance, after all, they are indeed rich in front-line experience. Their military age is older than their own!
; The basic firepower deployment has been finalized. As a result, at this time, Viscount Schmidt came again. He actually made such an opinion to the prince: "Recently, it was found in the Iron Fort experiment that the power of the 75mml24 gun was not enough. Hope Can be replaced with a larger caliber gun."
"Hat? You actually said that the 75mml24 artillery is not powerful enough? What do you think? On the power of the high-explosive shells, this thing is the same level as the French San Mengsha tank in World War I. In terms of penetration, except for the San Mengsha 75mml36 rapid-fire gun Other than the British 57mm naval gun, who is better than it? You told me that the firepower is not enough? The No. 4 tank at the beginning of the 2nd war, and the No. 3 tank category. The mustache said that he used this level at the beginning of the 2nd war. Artillery, tell me that I said that the 75mml24 artillery was not powerful enough during World War I? What do you think?" The prince spit in his heart frantically. (Of course, because of technological advancement, the actual armor penetration power of the No. 4 75mm short gun and the No. 3 50 gun must exceed the current artillery, but the barrel and caliber are close.)
; "Think about our Prussian colleagues, they don't even use the 50mm short gun now.... It's pretty good that you can have the 75mml24 gun." The Prince said earnestly.
; "I found a gun, which has been developed ~www.novelhall.com~ and it is very cheap, because the navy has planned to install a new type of artillery. The gun weighs more than 600 kilograms, but the muzzle velocity of the shell is 600 per second. Above meters, the weight of the artillery grenade is as high as 10kg!" Major General Schmidt said.
"Maybe the weight and the rear seat are still large, but we can appropriately reduce the charge to reduce the distance between the rear seats, and the length of the barrel appropriately, but in any case, it is much easier to use than the current 75mml24 artillery." Major General Schmidt added. "
"I seem to remember that the Navy equipped a 88mml30 gun in 1892, which seems to be the data." said the prince.
; "Yes, it is this artillery, but now the Navy plans to replace with a new 88mml45 artillery. The large number of eliminated old artillery is actually useless at all. Many artillery has not even reached half life. If we buy it now at a low price , It can save a lot of money and improve our equipment level!" Major General Schmidt bit the word money very heavily, he knows the prince very well.
"Well, then you can buy a few and try them first. If possible, we can eat all of these artillery pieces." The prince thought for a while and said. There is no need to study new artillery, and it is cheap. Why not?
"His Royal Highness, the chief wood engineer of the Bavarian Aircraft Design Bureau has called." Just after the prince had just solved the problem of the future artillery of the Bavarian army, a telegram took the prince to the Bavarian aircraft test site.
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