Chapter four hundred and fortieth tail stabilized shelling armor-piercing projectile
Of course Shulka can do it. Not only can he do it, Shulka is also very sure that it is correct.
"If we can't improve the smoothbore cannon, why not improve the shell?" Shulka said.
"Shells? What cannonballs?" Kalashnikov was a little confused.
"A smoothbore cannon shell!" Shulka said: "It flies unstable because it has no rifling. Why don't we improve the shell so that it can fly stably in the air?"
If it can fly stably in the air without losing energy, it will combine the advantages of smooth bore and rifled, which means it can shoot accurately and deeply.
"But... how can we do it?" Kalashnikov said: "The problem is that it cannot fly stably!"
"Think of the mortar!" Shulka said deliberately: "Its shells can fly more stably in the air!"
"You mean adding tail fins to the cannon?"
"That's almost it!" Shulka stopped talking nonsense. He took a stone from the side and drew on the ground while saying: "Actually, my idea is that it should be more like an arrow. You know, arrows are because
It has a tail fin so it can fly stably in the air. On the other hand, all the energy is concentrated on a flechette shell, and its contact area with the target tank is very small, which will maximize its penetration!"
Kalashnikov looked at Shulka blankly, and after a while he replied: "You scared me, Shulka! This sounds indeed right, it can indeed increase the penetration exponentially.
, that is to say... even with a small-caliber artillery, we can easily penetrate hundreds of millimeters of armor from a long distance. But the question is, how can we launch such a long arrow-shaped artillery shell? And it also uses
Artillery of the existing caliber!”
"It's very simple!" Shurka added a few more strokes next to it: "We can install a shell on it. This shell does not need to be charged. It is just to adapt to the caliber of the artillery, and it is in two halves.
...When the cannon is ejected from the chamber, the two halves of the shell will fall off on their own due to air resistance, and the arrow-shaped shell in the middle will continue to fly to the target!"
Kalashnikov was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.
This is simply nonsense to him and even to this era, but it is theoretically feasible, and even theoretically very simple, because it does not require much knowledge to prove that it is effective.
No one thought that this could be done, no one except Shulka.
"Any ideas?" Shulka asked.
"I, I don't know, Shulka!" Kalashnikov stuttered a little: "I think, I think Sisoy should listen to your idea.
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Sisoy was quickly called over by Kalashnikov. He was the only one, and everyone else was ordered by Sisoy to stay away until no sound could be heard.
After listening to Kalashnikov's explanation, Sisoy also looked at Shulka in shock.
"Unbelievable, Comrade Shulka!" Sisoy said: "You have indeed solved this problem!"
"Are you sure it's feasible?" Shulka asked knowingly.
"Yes, I'm sure!" Sisoy said: "Although we can't build it in a short time, the research and development process may encounter some unexpected difficulties. But... it is indeed feasible. If it is not feasible,
That means we are not capable enough to create it!”
"That's good!" Shulka said.
"From your tone, it seems that you have thought of this kind of artillery shell for a long time?" Kalashnikov asked.
"So to speak!" Shulka replied, "For a while, I just... wasn't sure if it would work!"
"Useful, very useful!" Sisoy said: "Do you know what this means? As long as this kind of shell is produced, we don't even need to replace the tank gun, and we can use T34 to penetrate the Germans at the same distance.
New type of tank... Our artillery is invincible, Shulka. No matter how thick the armor is, it will be penetrated by this shell. The enemy's armor is like a decoration to us!"
As he spoke, Sisoy couldn't help but hugged Shulka and laughed excitedly, then jumped up like a child and shouted: "We are going to change the world, the Germans are going to be finished!"
This scene only made the scientists and soldiers on the other side puzzled, but seeing Sisoy like this, it must be a good thing that they could guess.
That night, Sisoy and his team of scientists left Anapa and returned to Stalingrad.
Along with them were the remains of the "Tiger" tank.
After Sisoy returns, he will carry out research and development in two directions at the same time... to be precise, there should be three directions.
The first is KV14.
It is necessary, but as an emergency self-propelled artillery, it does not have much technical content, so it is not the focus.
Secondly, as Kalashnikov said, develop a tank that can compete with the new German tanks... using the traditional model, that is, still piling up armor and artillery.
This should have been the focus of the focus, because only when it is produced and put into the battlefield can it truly fight against the German "Tiger".
But now it has become an alternative.
The focus is of course the new artillery shell proposed by Shulka.
As Sisoy said: "Comrade Shulka, in fact, you don't need to risk your lives to capture and transport the enemy's new tank here, because it is nothing compared to the artillery shells you mentioned.
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This does make sense, because as long as the tail-stabilized sabot armor-piercing projectile is developed, the "Tiger", "Leopard" and even the "Maus" will be nothing but clouds...if the "Maus" can be used on the battlefield.
The problem is that no one has ever produced this kind of shell.
There are many uncertain risks in developing a new type of equipment. No one knows what difficulties or accidents may be encountered during the research and development process, and of course, no one knows how long it will take to develop it.
Therefore, the second item, the traditional research and development of tanks, must also be carried out at the same time.
In fact, what Sisoy and others did not know was that during this period, the only option was the tail-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile.
The reason is that the traditional direction of developing tanks is unworkable, at least for now... There is a reason why the Stalin tank did not appear until 1943.
As mentioned before, the traditional direction of tank research and development is to pile up armor and pile up artillery, and the foundation of pile up armor and pile up artillery is to have an excellent engine.
The improved 600-horsepower V-2JS engine used in Stalin's tanks did not appear until 1943.
Otherwise, before the "Tiger" appeared, the Soviet Union would have piled armor and artillery on the tanks.