Chapter 922: Firearms without the sense of firearms
For Xu Chuan, these flaws and problems mentioned by Academician Wang Yong are nothing at this time.
The electromagnetic sniper rifle in front of him is now ready for use, which is what he is most interested in right now.
Looking at Wang Yong, he asked with interest on his face: "Shall I try it? This electromagnetic sniper rifle."
Academician Wang Yong nodded and said: "This is no problem, but it does have a lot of flaws at present, and its power may not be as strong as you think."
"It's okay, none of this matters."
Xu Chuan waved his hand and walked towards the white ceramic experimental table with a hint of excitement on his face.
This is an electromagnetic sniper rifle, a real one!
A few years ago, when he went to St. Petersburg, Russia to attend the last International Congress of Mathematicians, he went to the army to train for a period of time and learned how to shoot, use conventional weapons and other knowledge.
Although he has never touched a gun since then, it does not hinder his interest in electromagnetic sniper rifles.
Xu Chuan's expression changed slightly as he 'lifted' the electromagnetic sniper rifle from the experimental table.
Although the weight of more than sixty kilograms, or thirty kilograms, is nothing to a normal adult man, most people can lift it normally.
But this weight is indeed not light anymore.
Especially for a weapon that defines its own domain as individual combat equipment, this weight is indeed a bit heavy.
And more importantly, the length of this electromagnetic sniper rifle reaches a full two and a half meters, which is also excessive for an individual weapon.
Taking the same traditional sniper rifle as an example, the world's most famous Barrett M95 anti-materiel rifle has a length of 1.143 meters.
Even the longest sniper rifle, the ‘SOP Super Long Range Sniper Rifle’, has a total length of only 2.3 meters.
For an individual weapon, the larger it is, the more inconvenient it is to carry and transfer, and its battlefield survivability is not strong.
"Do you need my help? Professor."
In the laboratory, Zheng Hai walked over quickly, looked at Xu Chuan and asked.
"Okay. Then help me move it over." Xu Chuan smoothly handed over the electromagnetic sniper rifle he was carrying.
Zheng Hai nodded, stretched out a hand, grabbed the electromagnetic sniper rifle, and then carried it away like a stick.
Xu Chuan: "????"
The electromagnetic sniper rifle weighing more than 60 kilograms was a bit difficult for him to hold with both hands, but this guy could easily carry it away with one hand?
What Stallone? He doesn’t look strong?
Following the laboratory staff to the testing site, Zheng Hai had already placed the electromagnetic sniper rifle in his hand on the testing platform.
Xu Chuan followed him and looked him over, with strangeness and curiosity in his eyes.
"What's wrong? Professor?"
Being stared at by Xu Chuan with curious and strange eyes, Zheng Hai couldn't help but ask.
Xu Chuan asked: "Have you tested your arm strength? How heavy can you lift?"
Hearing this question, Zheng Hai was slightly stunned.
"Why are you asking this question all of a sudden?"
"No, I'm just a little curious." Xu Chuan shook his head.
Zheng Hai thought for a while and replied: "I haven't tested these things, but it shouldn't be a problem to lift something weighing three to four hundred kilograms, right?"
It is true that he has not specifically tested the things Xu Chuan asked. After all, these data do not mean much to him.
The amount of three to four hundred kilograms is almost based on some data from when I was still training in the army.
For them, carrying tens of kilograms of weight for cross-country training is commonplace.
One of the standards for domestic special forces training is: "Carrying a weight of up to 60 kilograms for a five-kilometer cross-country trip, and the qualifying time for the event is 20 minutes."
20 minutes is enough time for soldiers from most modern countries to complete a 5-kilometer cross-country trip with light equipment, but they also have to carry a load of 60 pounds. It is obvious that it is impossible to complete the task by walking on foot.
But for the team from which he was born, this data needs to be mentioned higher.
"Tsk, tsk, humanoid tyrannosaurus."
Xu Chuan sighed twice and looked at Zheng Hai twice. Suddenly he remembered another thing and asked curiously: "Then what you said last time that you beat me ten times by yourself is true?"
Zheng Hai coughed lightly and didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Speaking of which, why are you suddenly curious about these things?"
Xu Chuan shook his head and said: "Nothing, just asking."
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In the test site, staff from the National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Energy Technology have placed targets at different distances and prepared bullets for the electromagnetic sniper rifle for Xu Chuan.
"Academician Xu, there are two types of bullets. One is an ordinary steel bullet, and the other is a bullet made of active damage element material. Which one do you test first?"
In front of the test bench, a young staff member ran over, holding two magazines in his arms, and asked with a hint of admiration and nervousness.
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "Try it with ordinary steel bullets first. Sorry to bother you."
"No trouble, no trouble."
The young staff member chuckled and quickly helped install the magazine for ordinary steel bullets.
"That's enough, Academician Xu."
After handling the work at hand, the youth staff gave a quick and concise introduction.
"The way it is used is not much different from an ordinary firearm. Just aim at the target and pull the trigger. The only difference is that you need to wait for the indicator light to judge the intensity of the orbital magnetic field to change from red to green."
"In addition, this button corresponds to the electric energy output, which is the adjustment of magnetic field strength. Pushing it forward increases the magnetic field strength, and pushing it backward decreases the magnetic field strength of the orbit."
After patiently listening to the staff member's introduction, Xu Chuan nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you, I understand."
"Please be sure to use it safely."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have used many types of firearms, including sniper rifles. There will be no problems."
On the test bench, the staff gave a few instructions and then stepped aside.
According to the experience in his memory, Xu Chuan set up the electromagnetic sniper rifle on the platform just like he used a sniper rifle.
Immediately, he turned on the switch on the tail of the gun according to the instructions taught before.
This is the key switch connecting the tail battery and the entire gun body. After pressing this, the electric energy in the lithium-sulfur battery can be input into the small booster in the electromagnetic sniper rifle, and then supplied to the electromagnetic acceleration track.
When the electric energy in the large-capacity lithium-sulfur battery quickly flows to the track made of room-temperature superconducting material, the indicator light at the tail lights up and quickly changes from light red to light green.
Aiming at the target a hundred meters away through the scope, Xu Chuan pulled the trigger.
Unlike traditional firearms, the electromagnetic sniper rifle does not require a lot of force to pull the trigger. It is as simple and casual as pressing a light switch.
When the switch was pressed, the high-speed rotating bullet came out of the chamber. In less than a blink of an eye, the target made of alloy material on the opposite side of the playground was directly penetrated.
The target made of steel seemed to have suffered a huge impact, and a hole larger than a fist appeared directly.
What made Xu Chuan curious was that during the firing process, there was no loud sound, and there was no flame at the muzzle like the Thor electromagnetic sniper cannon.
It seems that this electromagnetic sniper rifle has a special silencer and flame suppression treatment.
But compared to these, what he was more curious about was the power of this electromagnetic sniper rifle.
Of course, the more important thing now is to have fun first.
There were twenty bullets in one magazine, and Xu Chuan shot them all.
After replacing the bullets made of active destructive element materials, the electromagnetic sniper rifle in hand showed a different power.
When the first active damage bomb hit the target a hundred meters away, a flash of sparks from the explosion caught everyone's eyes.
This is a completely different phenomenon from ordinary steel bullets. Just like a time bomb was launched, the entire target was torn apart by the impact of the explosion again after withstanding the first round of impact.
Zheng Hai, who was standing behind Xu Chuan and always paying attention to the situation here, also moved his eyes with a hint of surprise.
I am not surprised by the power of this electromagnetic sniper rifle, but I am surprised that the second type of bullet can also achieve the effect of secondary explosion damage.
Obviously, he was also a little surprised by the damage caused by the bullet made of the second active damage element material.
After all, he has been with Xu Chuan for several years and has experienced too many technological changes.
The new technology of the electromagnetic sniper rifle is indeed shocking, but compared to the darker black technologies in the past, it may not be enough.
However, this kind of two-stage explosion bullet material, coupled with the ultra-high rate of fire of the electromagnetic sniper rifle, if it is truly applied to military equipment, it can be said that this firearm will directly break the upper limit of existing anti-material sniper rifles.
Not to mention conventional military equipment such as cars, armored vehicles, and logistics vehicles. Even tanks and helicopters are probably within its lethality range.
Of course, the premise is that the speed of the bullet is fast enough, at least 1500 meters per second.
In addition to the secondary explosion of the active damage unit, there was another situation that also surprised him.
That is, this electromagnetic sniper rifle can be said to have almost no high-pitched sound when it is fired.
You know, the sound of a conventional sniper rifle when fired can reach 100-120 decibels, which is equivalent to the sound of an airplane taking off.
Although the silencer can attenuate the blast sound when the bullet exits the muzzle, it can reduce the intensity by about 30 decibels.
But this is only part of the source of the sound produced by sniper rifle bullets.
In addition, there is the sound of ammunition being fired and the blast sound produced by bullets exceeding the speed of sound. The decibels of these two sounds are also quite high.
Therefore, even when silenced, the sound produced by conventional sniper rifles is still very loud when shooting, and the decibels are enough to cause damage to human hearing.
Maybe Xu Chuan, who was doing the test, didn't feel much because he was wearing noise-cancelling earmuffs, but standing aside, he could clearly feel that the sound when the bullet was fired was only about sixty or seventy decibels.
At this level, the sound may be about the same as that of an ordinary car horn, or even a little weaker.
For a sniper rifle, this is simply unscientific.
Even though this electromagnetic sniper rifle does not have the excitation sound of a bullet, the blast sound when the bullet rushes out of the muzzle and the sonic boom sound that exceeds the speed of sound, where do these sounds go?
Even if it is a silencer device, it is theoretically difficult to achieve this level, right?
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In the test site, although Xu Chuan also noticed these things, he was not too surprised.
After all, he doesn't know much about weapons such as firearms. In his opinion, the sound and power of an electromagnetic sniper rifle are what they should be.
After finishing the bullets in the magazine and having a good time, Xu Chuan put down the electromagnetic sniper rifle in his hand and took off his earmuffs.
"How does it feel?"
In the testing site, Academician Wang Yong asked with a smile.
Xu Chuan nodded, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "It's great, but it lacks the excitement of shooting."
"Exciting?" Academician Wang Yong looked over in surprise.
Xu Chuan said with a smile: "It's just the sound, vibration, recoil and other things when shooting. Without these, you won't feel anything when you pull the trigger."
"If it weren't for the secondary explosion caused by the active damage element bullet, I wouldn't even feel like I was shooting."
Compared with conventional firearms, this electromagnetic sniper rifle does not have the feeling of using a firearm.
It can be said that the almost completely imperceptible recoil, the relatively soft firing sound, and the light trigger pull are all very different from conventional firearms.
At least in terms of user experience, there is a very big gap.
Hearing this, Academician Wang Yong laughed and said, "Although the feeling of using it is different from that of conventional firearms, these are its advantages, aren't they?"
Xu Chuan thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "That's true."
Although it lacks the experience of some conventional firearms, this kind of firearm should be very good when used in special operations or special situations.
On the side, after hearing Xu Chuan describe his experience of using it, the look on Zheng Hai's face moved and he spoke.
"Professor, Academician Wang, can I try this firearm?"
Upon hearing this request, Wang Yong glanced at Xu Chuan, who smiled and said: "He is professional."
Taking the electromagnetic sniper rifle from the staff, Zheng Hai held it in his hand as if he was carrying a cannon.
The targets in the distance fell one after another. After experiencing the firearm, Zheng Hai reluctantly returned it to the staff.
"How do you feel?" Xu Chuan asked curiously.
Zheng Hai thought for a while and said: "It's a different feeling than using a traditional sniper rifle. If it is powerful enough, it may be suitable for more combat scenarios than traditional sniper rifles."
"However, its weight and length are both flaws. It may be difficult to fully apply it to individual equipment. It is probably only suitable for special operations. After all, not everyone can use this weapon."