What is the navy that Carlo is talking about doing now?
Admiral Gorek, currently the head of the Navy, is inspecting the Taranto Naval Arsenal with a group of people.
The Tabuto Naval Arsenal was newly built after the unification of Italy. Although it is not as good as the Genoa Naval Arsenal, as an arsenal that mainly develops new naval artillery technology, the Tabuto Naval Arsenal is still very capable. Every year, the Navy allocates thousands of dollars for this purpose.
Tens of thousands of liras are invested in technology research and development, and Tabuto receives millions in funding every year, which also shows its status in the eyes of the navy.
The Navy comes to inspect the factory every year, and this time Admiral Gorek and his team also have a mission.
Led by Mr. Gregor, the director of the arsenal, and Mr. Iori, the chief technical expert, the group came to an artillery testing site.
Here, a brand new cannon appeared in front of everyone.
"Please take a look, this is our newly developed 240mm naval gun."
Factory director Gregor pointed at this new artillery and introduced it to the navy personnel.
"This naval gun adopts new barrel retreat technology, which can not only increase the rate of fire, but also crush the old naval guns in terms of range and power."
Factory director Gregor's words made everyone in the Navy shine.
Someone asked impatiently, "What are the data of this gun?"
Faced with this question, Iori, who is a technical researcher, immediately replied. "The gun is 240/ 40l, the gun weighs 25.6 tons, the total length is 9.8 meters, the bore length is 8.91 meters, and the speed is 1.5 meters per minute.
Launched using a new smokeless propellant, the gun has a maximum elevation angle of 30 degrees and a maximum range of 16,900 meters. The muzzle velocity is 690 meters per second, the armor-piercing projectile weighs 140 kilograms, and the grenade weighs 148 kilograms."
After hearing Iori's introduction, everyone in the navy was very surprised. Although this is the data from the test site, and it is actually put on a battleship, the data will be much lower and it is impossible to have this effect, but it is still compared to the 256 currently equipped by the Italian navy.
The millimeter naval gun is much more powerful, and of course the weight is also much higher.
"Why is the rate of fire so fast? Is this just a retreat technique you are using?"
Everyone in the Navy present was more or less knowledgeable about technology. As soon as they heard Iori's introduction, someone raised this point.
"Your Excellency is right. Currently, all countries are moving closer to the technology of control and withdrawal. As the main supplier of naval guns to the navy, of course we cannot give up this advanced technology of control and withdrawal."
In fact, Iori still has something to say. The research and development of this naval gun is not easy. The Tabuto Naval Arsenal started the project in early 1988 and has only come up with a prototype gun today. The hard work of these four years has finally come to fruition.
Of course, the Tabuto factory also received technical support from Krupp and Skoda, and they did not suffer a loss. Italy also provided its own expertise in exchange.
"Take a shot first, let's see."
Following Admiral Gorek's words, the staff at the test site immediately distributed earplugs to everyone. After a lot of work, everyone took off their earplugs with a deafening sound of artillery.
Admiral Gorek, who could still feel the roar in his ears, looked at the prototype cannon being cleaned and praised with satisfaction. "You can tell from the sound that it is indeed much more powerful than the previous naval guns."
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Admiral Gorek's words were recognized by others. They had all been fighting naval guns for half their lives, and naturally they had developed the ability to distinguish naval guns by listening to their sounds.
The new naval gun is outstanding in every aspect, and one word of praise is not an exaggeration.
"Then our new armored cruiser should also use this gun as its main gun."
This sentence suddenly appeared, causing the scene to become silent.
Involving the construction plan of new armored cruisers, it is definitely a very important key issue for the navy.
It has entered its ninth year since the appearance of the Venetian class (the improved class in late 1885, which should be counted as a class). Although the Venetian class is very excellent, as a cruiser designed nine years ago, it should also be
It's time for an update.
Within the Ministry of the Navy, there are various debates about the new armor and patrol. Excluding other debates that do not occupy the mainstream, there are currently two main opinions. The more radical view is to integrate various emerging naval technologies into the new armor and patrol.
, both in terms of naval gun power and layout, the best are used. A warship built in this way will inevitably let Italian cruise ships lead the world trend again. Of course, this expenditure may also lead the trend and achieve greater success.
As for the conservatives, they believe that the Venice-class patrol ship is already very good. Although it does not appear to be the most advanced batch at present, it can be proved through the use of these years that the ship is still very good. We can use this as a template and add some
New technology upgrades to create the most optimized and most suitable patrol equipment for the Italian Navy.
Of course, the cost will be much lower this way.
The two views are debated endlessly in the Navy, and no one is convinced by the other. Fortunately, the Navy is a technical branch, and both sides are civilized people, both of whom use words but do not use hands.
Among them, the radical faction is dominated by cutting-edge officers in the navy and designers from major shipyards. They believe that since the navy is a technical service, new technologies are very important.
The conservatives, dominated by most military officers, believe that the navy also needs to consider costs and actual needs, and cannot blindly raise technical requirements.
So this is the reason why the scene is quiet, after all, this may trigger a new round of controversy.
"There is no urgency about the new armored patrol. I heard that Krupp is developing new armor steel. We can wait a little longer. In addition, we also need to implement communications and other aspects before starting construction. So there is no rush at the moment. Let those ships
Designers should keep track of new technologies first.”
Fortunately, Admiral Golek had rich experience and immediately dispelled everyone's thoughts.
"Now that a new 240mm naval gun has been developed, your factory should continue to work hard and continue to challenge larger calibers."
Although Gorek's words had no other intention, Gregor, as the director of the factory, could not help but think about it. Is it to prepare the main gun of the new battleship?
"Please rest assured that our factory will definitely step up research and development and will not let the new large-caliber main gun lag behind others." At this point, Director Gregor suddenly asked. "Admiral, can you ask what the next step of research and development is?
Is it mainly 280 mm or 305 mm?”
Faced with the inquiry from factory director Gregor, Admiral Gorek casually replied, "Let's mainly focus on 305 mm."
Okay, now many people feel confident.
And regardless of whether anyone thought twice about it, Admiral Golek didn't care about them because he was ready to retire.
That's right, Admiral Gorek, who has worked hard for the Navy all his life, wants to retire. Of course, he doesn't want to retire now. He will not leave until Admiral Yagir is familiar with the Navy Department.
Yes, Admiral Yagier was his chosen successor. In the competition to succeed the position of Minister of the Navy, Yagier, who was promoted to admiral, won.
Of course, this also shows that compared to General Golek, those army chiefs are really hateful.
