Digging grass, yes!
The inside of the barrel is not straight, so how can the bullet fly in a straight line?
Her Majesty's Attendant: There is also the problem of bullets. The spherical lead bullets you used are difficult to make into an absolutely spherical shape. In that era, the lead cast projectiles produced in large quantities in factories and workshops were three-flat and four-round, so they must be
It must be smaller than the diameter of the muzzle to fit it in. The actual state of the lead bullet when fired is that it rolls and jumps forward in the barrel. If it is not absolutely circular, its trajectory is unpredictable. It is impossible to go in a straight line.
The ballistics inside the barrel is called internal ballistics, and the ballistics after exiting the barrel is called external ballistics. What's even more terrible is that not only is the internal ballistics not straight, but the thickness of the entire internal ballistics before and after is also different. If you use today's microscope
When magnified, the cross section is almost zigzag. It is a cavity with fluctuating thickness. This intensifies the beating of the lead bullet.
This kind of gun can only be fired horizontally or upward. If it is fired downward, the lead pellets and gunpowder may leak directly from the muzzle.
So there is a saying that what you hit above 70 meters will never be the target you are aiming at. Of course, the accuracy of the matchlock gun in the later period has been greatly improved. At the end of the 19th century, the hit rate at 150 meters was 45%. This is
It is directly related to industrial technological advances such as cylindrical bullets and boring machines.
Chinese style beautiful girl: Let me add something that most of you have not said. I think the biggest problem with matchlock guns is the problem of open flames.
Although the advancement of gunpowder and the lengthening of gun barrels greatly increased the shooting range, the technical flaws at the time meant that the accuracy could not be guaranteed at a slightly longer range. At this time, tactics had to be used to make up for it.
An effective solution is to shoot in a tight formation, which is commonly known as the tactic of lining up and shooting. When facing each other, use lead bullets in the face.
At that time, the enemies on the battlefield, whether they had cold weapons or hot weapons, were swarming forward in dense formations. Increase the density of shooting, thereby increasing the damage. The dense bullets can always hit a few.
Then the question arises. You are carrying a burning match rope and an open flame. How dare you get close to your teammates? All musketeers carry a lot of gunpowder on their bodies and have several meters of match ropes wrapped around their waists.
When you pull the trigger, what if sparks fly and ignite the gunpowder on yourself or your teammates?
As long as you use a matchlock gun, you must keep a safe distance from the people next to you, and at this distance, there is no talking about the density of shooting. In this way, the distance between queuing up and shooting must be very close, which is a compromise on accuracy. It is not easy.
The long range evolved from the fire portal gun has been brought back.
In the movie, the British lobster soldiers only need to ensure that the hit rate of one shot from 50 meters is close to 100%. The most elite infantrymen at that time were all close to hit, and it was done in one go. The rest was just stabbing, and the struggle was courage. Otherwise, how can we call it queuing to shoot?
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Yang Shiyilang: In that case, the replacement of the matchlock gun by the flintlock gun mainly solves the problem of open flames. After all, it only fires when the flint strikes the moment of firing, so a dense formation can be adopted. The formation makes up for the accuracy.
shortcomings.
Emperor Sauron: Yes, matchlocks and flintlock guns are exactly the same except for the firing device. The only difference is here. If the problem of the flintlock engine is solved, there will be no need to use a matchlock gun.
Pharaoh's Slipper Officer: The more important reason why the flintlock gun can replace the matchlock gun is that the rate of fire has increased. It takes 25 steps to fire a matchlock gun. If you make a mistake, the gun will not fire. After long training,
The veteran only fired two or three rounds per minute. Time was wasted on handling the match rope.
The removal of the matchlock from the flintlock gun directly reduces the number of firing steps by nearly half. A well-trained veteran can shoot at a rate of four rounds per minute, and an excellent shooter can reach five rounds. The extra one or two rounds can determine a battle.
Victory or failure. Especially when dealing with cavalry, there is still a chance to fire another shot from a distance of 20 meters.
You can travel a thousand miles by holding your urine, but you can't walk an inch by holding your urine: Everyone, let me add a word. In fact, the accuracy of the flintlock gun is lower than that of the matchlock gun. The specific reason is unknown, but you can check it. There are a lot of historical records. Why did the Qing Dynasty delay?
Are you willing to be equipped with flintlock muskets? This thing was available in the late Ming Dynasty, just because the accuracy has dropped. The Qing army was defeated so miserably during the Yiwu War. It was not that matchlocks were really incompetent against flintlock muskets, but that the Eight Banners Green Camp
Completely rotten to the core.
The beautiful girl of the Medici family: In the world of martial arts, only fast speed is the last word. Fast shooting speed is the last word, so matchlock guns have been eliminated, and machine guns are also not as accurate as rifles. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty attacked the Burmese, and the Burmese army always had no discipline.
They were famous for their extremely poor training. However, during the Qing-Burmese War, the Burmese fusiliers still used their high rate of fire to inflict great damage on the Qing army's matchlock gunners.
You can travel a thousand miles by holding your pee, but you can't move even by urinating: In the early days of the flintlock gun, there was still a problem with the firing rate. Because the flintlock gun used mechanical ignition, the firing efficiency was not high. Although it was gradually improved later, it could basically only reduce the misfire rate to
3%~5%. The matchlock gun fires basically 100%.
There are two types of flintlock muskets: revolving muskets and flint-fired muskets. The early firing rate is only half. The firing rate of flintlock muskets is a big problem. When soldiers use flintlock muskets to shoot on the battlefield, they can only guarantee a maximum of 80%.
% firing rate. Firing often fails due to wind, rain, moisture in the gunpowder, insufficient firing powder, forgotten bullets, broken flints, blocked fire doors, and nervousness of soldiers.
When Yang Fan saw this, he basically understood how the matchlock gun evolved into the flintlock gun. There were two points. The first was to simplify the cumbersome operating steps. The second was to greatly increase the rate of fire.
He has actually made a choice in his mind. He now has spring steel sheets for truck shock absorbers. They were obtained by idiots who collected scraps, and the quantity is large. These modern spring steels are used to make the hammer spring mechanism, which can ensure
Greatly improve mechanical performance and minimize misfire problems.
In this case, there is really no need to step from the matchlock gun to the flintlock gun. Yang Fan decided to start directly from the flintlock gun.
During this period, craftsmen were identified among the large number of refugees recruited. The blacksmith camp already had more than 1,500 people. So many people made gun barrels and flintlock engines, which greatly increased production.
During this period, one thousand flintlock rifles and 500 flintlock muskets were successfully produced.
This batch of handguns is equipped with regimental training officers.
The rifles with bayonets are equipped with veterans retained from regiment training.
At this time, Zhang Gedao felt confident when he saw that each team had a group of veterans, holding flintlock rifles with bayonets.
The first row of each team is covered with iron shields, which can block the enemy's crossbows and musket fire. The second row is veterans who use flintlock guns. They can attack enemies within meters.
This range and accuracy are enough to suppress crossbows. When the enemy rushes within 30 meters, the militiamen in the third row use nine consecutive rounds of fire portal rifles to hit their faces. Then the flintlock can fire another shot.
Finally, everyone charged forward with bayonets and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Perfect.
Although there were only 1,800 people, he felt that he would not be timid even if he faced the entire Jiala slaves.
Seeing that the troops had been assembled, Zhang Goda yelled: "Let's go!"
This chapter has been completed!