Chapter 369 Improved Warhead with Reduced Penetration

When she goes to school, just give it to her little by little in the name of helping her with her studies and finding information for her.

With Lou Xiao'e's intelligence, she would naturally realize the significance of it, and the compilation and classification and subsequent matters would come naturally.

Silly Gezi sometimes looks silly, but that is the result of her innocent and naivety. Plus, her parents and Gao Zhendong protect her well, so she is not really stupid at all.

Looking at Lou Xiao'e, who was completely unaware of this and whose eyes were smiling like crescent moons, Gao Zhendong thought to himself that people who love to laugh will never have bad luck.

For Gao Zhendong, this book is not his own luck, but that of his wife.

On Monday morning, Gao Zhendong, who had just arrived at the office, was called by the confidential office to answer a minutes call from Mr. Luo from Changjian Factory.

"Boss Gao, we have tested the new batch of cones and the results are very good!"

These days, Gao Zhendong feels relaxed whenever he hears the words "good results".

"Really? Haha, how many points?"

"What? How many points?" Gao Zhendong's answer was so far away that it completely confused Mr. Luo.

Gao Zhendong finally reacted and got down to business: "Ah, ah, nothing, nothing, I mean, what was the result?"

Why does it feel like Mr. Gao is acting weird, Mr. Luo thought, but he still took the test report in his hand and explained everything to Gao Zhendong.

"Boss Gao, your adjustments and changes to the propellant and rocket engine are very effective. At the same time, after the tail blades were increased from six to eight, the wind deviation was further reduced. Combined with other improvements, the effective range of the rocket has now reached 180 meters."

This result made Gao Zhendong very happy. The shooting range was increased by 20%, which was amazing. It meant that the distance that could take the enemy's life was increased by 30 meters. It also meant that the soldiers were 30 meters away from danger.

However, Gao Zhendong was not overwhelmed by the good news. Instead, he asked very calmly, "Is it an isolated phenomenon or an average distance? If it is an average distance, is the fluctuation range of the data large?"

Mr. Luo smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Mr. Gao, the minimum distance, hahaha, and the trajectory consistency is very good.”

For them, if the trajectory consistency is not good, even if the minimum distance is 180, it is not as good as the stable 150, because it is unpredictable and can't hit the target, so what's the point of being far away.

Gao Zhendong finally felt relieved: "Haha, that's good, that's good. How many rounds were fired?"

When the 89 barrel was finalized, more than 500 rounds were fired in various tests. Although we have not reached that stage yet, firing fewer rounds will not prove a problem.

From here, we can also see how cheap this thing is. When the missile is finalized, firing 10 or 15 rounds is considered rigorous. But with this, so many can be fired in one breath.

Mr. Luo was impressed by Mr. Gao's meticulousness and rigor. Fortunately, he also did a solid job. "Not a small amount. This is the data after firing 50 rounds."

50 rounds, that's fine, this number speaks volumes.

"What about other situations?" After firing so many rounds, it was obvious that the test data was more than this.

"All good. First of all, one of the key points of this test, the scope, is still quite accurate, but the windage correction reticle is useless. The main reason is that within the effective range, the windage is very small, and it does not affect the accuracy below level 4 wind."

This windage correction scale is copied from the 89mm barrel. However, because its effective range is smaller than that of the 89mm barrel, it is not very useful within its effective range.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Find a good opportunity to calibrate it and keep it. The soldiers don't have to use it, but we can't live without it. We still have to fight on windy days."

As for finding an opportunity to make corrections, it is because at this time, the correction of wind deviation depends on the weather. If God is not favorable and the wind is not strong enough, you will not be able to do this.

There is no way. We cannot afford to fight now to get the largest and most comprehensive group of wind tunnels in the future.

The 180-meter level 4 wind is prepared for ordinary soldiers, ensuring that they can hit accurately with a little training under this condition. The wind deviation correction area is prepared for elite soldiers, with which they can have a higher hit rate even under more severe conditions.

Mr. Luo agreed with a smile and continued talking about the test data.

"The steel cylinders have very good consistency, as you can probably guess from the data just now, but this time we also tried it with the few plastic cylinders we had."

"What's the situation?" Gao Zhendong was very concerned about this, after all, the plastic tube was the complete form.

"Very good. We took three to do experiments. The first shot of each plastic tube basically fell into the same data range as the steel tube, so they can be considered consistent. Mr. Gao, your plastic tube is well made. It is light and has good performance. The price will be cheap after mass production." Mr. Luo praised the plastic tube.

However, Gao Zhendong heard something different from his words: "First shooting? Did you reload?" General Luo smiled: "I knew General Gao would understand as soon as he heard it. That's right, after the first shooting, we thought the appearance of the tube was okay. Anyway, we made a lot of rockets, so we tried to reload each one and fired a few times."

Gao Zhendong could have anticipated this. The plastic tube of the 89mm barrel alone could withstand multiple shots. Rumor has it that it can withstand less than 10 shots.

The reason why it is made disposable is mainly because this thing is cheap, and it was determined to be disposable when its technical and tactical indicators were formulated. Reinstallation is very troublesome and unnecessary.

I didn't expect that the comrades from the Changjian Factory also conducted such a test.

"How's the situation?" Gao Zhendong was also very interested in the result. Although he was not planning to make it reinstallable, the relevant performance of the tube could be seen from this result.

Mr. Luo seemed very satisfied with this: "Very good, each barrel can withstand at least three reloading and firing without much change in ballistic performance. This barrel is really strong. After the test, the comrades also liked it very much. They took it back to the factory and sawed it into flower pots, haha."

Gao Zhendong was a little amused and helpless. Using shell casings to make vases, the romance of men across the country has been going on for decades, and it really hasn't changed at all.

"Don't fight over the remaining two complete items. They will be useful if you keep them." Gao Zhendong knew the total number and quickly reminded them.

Mr. Luo perked up on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Gao, what are you preparing for?"

"Collect all the test results, analyze them seriously, and make a report. Add the two plastic tubes to the test bullets, and send them to the capital for my signature. Then report to the National Defense Committee and tell them the good news."

When Mr. Luo heard this, he agreed. The anti-tank missile was still in development, so he decided to have a small one first to add some joy to the occasion.

In fact, his idea may not be correct. Judging from the production quantity and the role it can play, this thing is not small at all.

In this context where infantry combat is still close combat, this kind of direct-fire attack firepower with a range of more than 150 meters is of great significance, especially in mountain warfare and street fighting where blitzkrieg is impossible and artillery support firepower is severely limited.

No matter what, Mr. Luo thought this could be done, especially with Mr. Gao's endorsement: "Okay, I'll prepare for this right away. Everyone is very excited. Let's organize them to launch a surprise attack. The report should be ready soon."

At this point, Gao Zhendong remembered that he had made a small change: "By the way, how was the test of the warhead I modified?"

Mr. Luo was a little hesitant: "Well, the penetration has decreased, about 5% to 8%. The equivalent penetration of 550mm is no problem."

Although he was a little worried, Gao Zhendong was very happy when he heard it: "Great! You should also write the situation of this improved warhead into the report, and let the Defense Work Committee and the user representatives choose which warhead to use."

"Mr. Gao, the penetration of this warhead has been reduced. Will they still choose this?" The more this thing is modified, the smaller its penetration becomes. He is embarrassed to call it an improved warhead.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Just put it in, maybe they will really choose it, haha."

Mr. Luo, who was confused by Gao Zhendong, had no choice but to agree after hearing what he said.

Chief Engineer Gao always thinks of things that most people can't think of. In this regard, just do as he says.

In fact, the improvement was not that big. It mainly added some prefabricated fragments to some areas of the warhead for anti-personnel purposes.

However, for the anti-tank shaped-charge warhead, there are generally no fragments.

The armor-piercing mechanism of a shaped-charge warhead is very complex. This seemingly inconspicuous prefabricated fragment may greatly reduce the penetration of the warhead. In the worst case, the reduction can be as high as 50%. For an anti-tank warhead, it is completely not worth the loss.

Coincidentally, Gao Zhendong had been very interested in this question in his previous life, and I believe many military fans also have this confusion: Why not add a fragmentation set to the armor-piercing warhead to enhance the anti-personnel capability?
So he went to look for the answer. The answer was not easy to find, but thanks to the Internet, he was able to find it. He still remembers the answer very clearly.

Therefore, Gao Zhendong knows how to make trade-offs and seek balance on this issue. It is very important to know where to add these fragments to minimize the impact on armor-piercing ability.

Taking into account that the penetration of 600 is really excessive for current tanks, Gao Zhendong decided to make an improved warhead to appropriately reduce the excess penetration in exchange for stronger anti-personnel lethality.

That's why he laughed so happily when he heard that the armor-piercing ability was only reduced by 5% to 8%.

After obtaining fragments, the 550mm static armor-piercing capability is still unique in this era, and there is no can that it cannot open.

It has all the capabilities of armor-piercing, shock waves, high temperature and fragments. It's worth it!

　There is still one chapter to be completed today, but I have to review a project today, so it might be a little late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)