Steel Soviet Union

100 guns?

Let me go, why did you Ke Jing think of retreating the caliber and loading the 100-caliber gun on the car?

No, no, this is fucking prepared for Morozov. What does it mean to have 100 guns on a heavy tank? That's not what I meant.

After hearing Kogin's suggestion, Malashenko immediately rejected the plan. Improving armor-piercing firepower does not necessarily have to start with changing guns. Moreover, although the 100 gun is indeed powerful and has excellent performance, it can be said to be the most balanced performance among the Red Army tank guns in World War II.

However, this 15% increase in armor penetration depth compared to the 122 gun is still insufficient. Malashenko knows that the Germans will launch steel monsters with thicker armor in the future. This 15% armor penetration firepower When the time comes to improve, it will not be enough.

Instead of procrastinating and then thinking about increasing the firepower, Malashenko really felt that it would be better to do it in one step, and blurted out the idea that had been brewed for a long time without hesitation.

"You may be mistaken, brother, that's not what I mean by increased firepower."

Holding the cup in his hand, he drank a large sip of water, pushed down the food, and felt much better from the choking in his throat before he continued to speak.

"Changing cannons can only solve a temporary problem, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Just imagine what if the Germans introduced a tank with thicker armor? It's not impossible. The Germans are now working like crazy to build steel monsters. The tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, and the armor is getting thicker and thicker. This 15% increase in armor-piercing firepower will not be enough by then. "

"Besides, even if a 100-gun gun is used against the King Tiger, it can only penetrate the weak area of ​​the armor on the front of the turret. Compared with the 122-gun gun, it just brings the penetrability range back to the normal firefighting range. In essence, there is not much difference. In actual combat, our tank soldiers still have to work hard to aim at the small heads of enemy tanks, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness. "

Malashenko's comments indeed exceeded Kotin's prior expectations. According to Kotin's prior considerations, 100 guns can at least restore the ability of Red Army tanks to penetrate enemy tank armor head-on within normal firefighting distances.

In principle, this can meet the actual combat needs at a minimum. From the perspective of keeping everything simple and seizing the time during wartime, this is enough. It can be implemented immediately and the replacement production work can be started.

Could it be that Malashenko has a better way?

Kojin subconsciously thought of this, but for a while it could only be a guess and could not be determined. The only way was to let Malashenko speak in person.

"My idea is that we can design a new type of armor-piercing bullet that is different from the beginning of the design concept. This new type of armor-piercing bullet will be epoch-making and can increase at least half of the armor-piercing firepower based on the existing armor-piercing firepower. The depth is enough to play a qualitative role in armor confrontation, and I already have preliminary concepts and ideas for this armor-piercing projectile.”

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If there is any way to accurately describe Ke Jing's expression at the moment, then probably only words like "as if being electrocuted" can do it.

After hearing what Malashenko said, Kogin trembled all over and opened his eyes wide and blinked several times, as if to confirm again whether Malashenko was joking.

But obviously, Malashenko did not joke with Kotin on such a critical issue. His serious expression remained unchanged at all, and he remained calm while sitting opposite Kotin and looking at each other.

"Tell me about it, tell me about it! My brother! What kind of new armor-piercing bullet is it? It can actually increase the armor-piercing firepower by more than 50% on the existing basis! This just sounds amazing. People find it unbelievable!”

This was what Malashenko wanted, a "shocked" expression like Kotin's.

Because if we look at what he said just now, not from the perspective of a time traveler, but from the perspective of an indigenous person of this era, the 50% improvement in armor penetration depth is indeed of "epoch-making" significance. It's only normal for Ke Jing to have such a violent reaction.

There was a lot to say, but Malashenko really had to think carefully about how to express this brand-new concept to Kotin so that Kotin would not go astray in terms of practical understanding. It would be the biggest tragedy if in the end something strange and strange was created due to a wrong understanding.

So it takes some time to filter your thoughts and organize your language.

When Ke Jing was so impatient that he was about to speak and urge us, Comrade Ma finally figured out what to say and how to express the concept, and finally spoke slowly again.

"First of all, I have a question, Comrade Kogin."

"Assuming that your strength remains unchanged, we do not consider the change in strength between the two times, just assume it is the same, and let you throw the stone with your hands twice. Do you think the light stone throws farther, or the heavier stone throws farther? Far? Think carefully before answering, although it is very simple, but it involves the content of our next conversation. "

Although Malashenko's question seemed very senseless at first, Kotin could also imagine that Malashenko would not ask a question without any reason. I'm afraid all this is to help you understand better, so you'd better think about it carefully and answer it seriously.

Indeed, as Malashenko asked, he narrowed his eyes and thought carefully. The answer to this question that didn't take much thought soon came to Kojin's mind.

"It's simple, of course it's light stone."

Malashenko didn't think much about it. Such an answer was completely expected, and he continued to speak along with Kotin's answer.

"Then the question is, why are light stones thrown far?"

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Kogin felt that Malashenko's questions were getting more and more outrageous, just like the questions asked by elementary school students.

But this time, Malashenko did not give Kotin a chance to answer, but continued to ask questions and answers by himself.

"Because the light stone itself has a lighter mass, after being thrown out with the same force, compared with a heavy stone, the kinetic energy attenuation when flying in the air is less affected by its own weight, and there is more energy left."

"There is also a very important point. Because of the smaller size of the light stone, the wind resistance surface in contact with the air during flight is smaller, and the loss of kinetic energy is less. It will naturally be thrown farther under the same force. But in short, this small stone Small stones retain more energy during continuous flight than larger stones. This is the core principle. "

Listening to Malashenko's somewhat convoluted reasoning, Kogin was a little confused for a while.

Just like Malashenko's thinking just now, Kotin also needs some time to understand the twists and turns of this.

??Additional update, one more update, will be posted later

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