"How is the development of the next generation armored unit going?" Tang Yu continued to ask.
"The chassis is still in the design and finalization process, but the replacement module has been completed," Remi said.
"Is there any problem with the chassis?" Tang Yu asked.
"One of the most fatal weaknesses of the Horned Dragon tank is that the tank's firepower is too weak. Although we have improved the technology of the electromagnetic levitation engine through learning and exchanges with Country 01, it still has a load of 50 tons.
The weight, the cost of a unit on the ground and a unit suspended in the air is completely different," said Remy.
Tang Yu nodded. In fact, with the spread of the entire empire, the design of many equipment is no longer handled by him. For example, the next generation tank of the Horned Dragon tank, he said: "So the next generation tank
Is the chassis prepared to be tracked? Or wheeled? Or walking?"
"There are three designs. The wheeled chassis is faster, easier to maintain, and has the lowest cost. However, the load-bearing capacity is greatly inferior. Moreover, although the design is a solid tire, the impact resistance is still a problem.
The crawler type has a heavy load and is strong enough, but once damaged, it is difficult to repair on the battlefield, and the speed is not ideal. The walking type is too slow, and if it is designed to be able to form crawlers, the cost is too high.
It doesn't meet our needs," Remy said.
Tang Yu touched his chin and said: "Then let the scientific research team solve this problem by themselves. I will not interfere. I did not participate in the two wars in the world of "Alien vs. Predator" and the world of "Dragon Age".
More, let them design it according to the needs of the battlefield."
"Then let's take a look at the weapons designed for the new generation of tanks." Remy said.
Tang Yu drove directly to the laboratory on the other side, which was already ready for experiments. Special trucks loaded with several weapon modules manufactured for the new generation of tanks were being tested on the test site.
"Although there are still many differences in the design of a new generation of tanks, the basic concept is the same, which is to achieve multiple functions through modularization and maximize the use of the production capacity of the industrial assembly line. So on this basis, we give priority to weapons
The module is manufactured." Remy said.
Tang Yu saw that one of the modules was shaped like a diamond, which looked like a carriage, and more than a dozen soldiers were opening the hatch and entering and exiting, constantly giving feedback on the comfort of the seats inside and whether there were any obstacles to entry or exit. Then,
They sat in again and tested the situation when bumps, vibrations and even attacks were made.
"Is this the troop transport module?" Tang Yu said.
"Yes, a maximum of 20 soldiers can be transported, as well as the weapons and ammunition carried by these soldiers. If these soldiers are equipped with mechanized exoskeletons, the number will be reduced to 10. This module is also equipped with a high-level dual-use double
Equipped with a six-tube electromagnetic machine gun, it can provide a certain amount of support firepower. Depending on the situation, the machine gun can also be replaced with a shield generator." Remy answered.
Tang Yu looked in another direction. The truck in this direction was equipped with a heavy artillery turret. The barrel was square, and segments of energy were flashing inside. Then, the heavy artillery opened fire! A beam was shot from the muzzle.
There was a dazzling electric light, and then a shell shot out, almost at the same time as the gun was fired, it hit the M1A1 tank that was serving as a target vehicle 500 meters away!
"This is our latest electromagnetic gun, with a caliber of 150 mm, a barrel of 75 times the barrel, and a maximum rate of fire of 12 rounds per minute. It uses 35 kilograms of heavy-duty caseless armor-piercing projectiles. The muzzle velocity of the projectiles is 4,500 meters per second, and the maximum range is 8,000 meters. It is effective
The range is 6,000 meters. In other words, the artillery shell can hit all targets within the range within 1.5 seconds. By the way, the M1A1 tank target vehicle we use is filled with steel, which means it is solid.
"Remy said.
The tow truck quickly pulled the target vehicle over. Tang Yu was shocked to see that the front of the M1A1 tank filled with steel had been opened. A large hole with a diameter of more than 1 meter appeared on the front of the tank. Moreover, the tank had been
A hit! The external reactive armor and ceramic composite armor could not stop the bombardment at all. They were penetrated like pieces of paper, revealing the solid steel inside the tank that had been burned red by the violent friction.
"Contact Fran and send over a captured Apocalypse tank. Use this electromagnetic gun to conduct experiments on the Apocalypse tank to see if it can penetrate the frontal armor of the Apocalypse tank." Tang Yu ordered.
"OK."
Next, Tang Yu also saw the experiments on the anti-air module, maintenance module, battlefield support module, bridging module, etc., but he felt that something was missing. So he turned around and asked: "Why is there no long-range fire support?"
weapons?"
"Because of the new generation of long-range fire support weapons, our main reform is in the artillery shells. According to the speculation of the scientific research team, the Xuanwu self-propelled artillery is still a very efficient artillery, and its potential has not been fully developed. Therefore, after we decided
Until gunpowder artillery is completely replaced by plasma artillery shells, the Xuanwu self-propelled artillery can continue to be used," Remy said.
"New artillery shells?"
"Yes, three types of artillery shells. One is a artillery shell used to kill soldiers behind bunkers. It is a type of white phosphorus shell. After the artillery shell is launched over the target, it will lock on up to 80 infrared targets below in a short period of time, and then launch submunitions
, the hit rate is more than 70%. The submunitions are white phosphorus incendiary bombs. Basically, if one hit, the person is dead. In the previous experiment, five Xuanwu self-propelled artillery fired 10 such white phosphorus submunitions in one salvo.
It can clear out all human targets in a 500-meter-long bunker. In addition, I think that in the war we are facing, the United Nations will not condemn us for using weapons like white phosphorus bombs, right?" Remi said expressionlessly.
"The second type is high-explosive artillery shells. These shells use terminal guidance technology and can adjust their landing point during the descent stage to hit higher-value targets. In addition, the charge uses the latest CL-20 explosive.
A 155 mm caliber high-explosive artillery shell has a killing radius of 150 to 200 meters, which is five times that of ordinary high-explosive artillery shells. To use an inappropriate metaphor, this kind of artillery shell can destroy targets like the World Trade Center in one shot.
Its plows make the ground level.”
"The last one you should be interested in is a tactical nuclear bomb." Remy said.
"Nuclear artillery shells?" Tang Yu seemed a little uninterested, "What our army is most in need of right now is not the damage capability, right?"
"Actually, the yield of this shell is not large. It mainly generates electromagnetic pulse through controllable nuclear fusion. Therefore, it is actually the first generation of electromagnetic pulse bomb! The electromagnetic pulse radiation range generated by each shell can reach 400
To 600 meters! In other words, within this range, if the enemy's electronic equipment is not protected, it will all be burned down." Remy said.
"If so, that would be very interesting!" Tang Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, "In the war with Izumo, this kind of bomb will definitely play a key role!!"
"It's better to treat it with caution." Remi said: "With Izumo's level of technology, it is impossible not to consider the attack of electromagnetic pulse weapons."