Chapter 446: Some Suggestions

Although they knew things were not that simple, everyone still burst into laughter.

At first glance, it is indeed the case. Of the three core components, the infrared has been figured out, and the warhead has also been verified, the only thing left is the parachute.

The army comrades said without hesitation: "Do it! If this thing can achieve half of what Comrade Zhendong described, it will be an important equipment that can greatly change the tactical environment. If you don't do this, then there is nothing worth doing."

The armored soldier smiled and said, "Go ahead, make it. Show it to us first. If it's really as you said, we have to prepare for it early."

He felt both happy and embarrassed at this meeting, because the only goal of this thing was to attack armored forces.

The artillery had more thoughts: "Let's do it, the sooner the better. If this thing works well, we might have to get another rocket launcher. The one we are developing now is a 130mm one, which just can't fit in."

Now it's okay that this rocket launcher is a little shorter, at most it can just load a few less ammunition, but the caliber of 130mm and the range of 10km make it difficult for them to hold on.

It seems that tube artillery is not unusable, but to achieve the same firepower density and suddenness of the attack, it is undoubtedly inferior to rocket launchers. One shot fires two missiles at a time, and an artillery battalion has to work hard to fire many artillery to achieve the effect of a multiple-barrel rocket launcher firing all the missiles at once.

Why do all the armies of continentalism try their best to develop various rocket launchers? It's because they are really useful.

As for the nonsense that "extreme poverty" can make rocket launchers useless, just listen to it. That thing has never encountered any serious rocket launcher attack.

Gao Zhendong thought about it and took the initiative to offer a suggestion.

"Leaders, if the artillery is to be used, we can consider reducing the caliber to 110mm. Although this will cause a certain degree of decrease in power, overall, it will not make a big difference to the existing combat targets."

For the tank top armor and engine cover at this time, there is no difference between the armor penetration depth of 150mm and 250mm, both can hit the target with one shot.

"Since you want to install a 130mm rocket launcher, why don't you just reduce it to 120mm?" The army comrades were not happy. The power is going to be reduced? This is too annoying! It's hard to accept.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "It's mainly because of the existence of 122mm and 130mm howitzers, especially the 122. This caliber cannot accommodate 120mm terminal-sensitive bullets, so 110mm is enough. This can effectively further delegate the use of this ammunition and improve tactical flexibility. Although it is estimated that the 122 can only be equipped with one terminal-sensitive bullet, the fact that it can be loaded has a different meaning."

The 122mm round is shorter than the 152mm round, so it can only hold one terminal-sensitive round. The caliber of the terminal-sensitive round has been reduced, but the length cannot be reduced much. Within the range of about 3 times the caliber, the length of the charge can affect the armor penetration depth, but it is meaningless if it is longer than that.

The 152mm heavy artillery was assigned to the army level at that time. This level was too high, the reaction speed was too slow, and the flexibility was not enough.

Gao Zhendong just remembered this problem when he heard the artillery comrades talking about rocket launchers. In his previous life, 155 and 122 were both deployed downwards, roughly 155 for brigade artillery and 122 for battalion artillery.

Oh, can we have more guns to fire? That's all right. The comrades in the army are very satisfied with this.

“Quantity is also a quality” - Vladimir Ilyich.

The matter was basically settled like this, and everyone was happy.

Professor Luo was so happy that he just came and sat for half a day and got the project. It was a heavyweight project at that. How heavyweight it was could be seen from the rank of the military representatives who came.

After the meeting, several comrades from the army did not leave, but gathered with the leaders of the Defense Working Committee to chat. Actually, it is not appropriate to call it a chat, because the things they needed to discuss were far more than just the terminal-sensitive bomb today.

Now that I'm here, let me talk about something else.

Gao Zhendong was packing up and preparing to leave when the leader of the Defense Work Committee, who was talking in a group, suddenly raised his hand and called him, "Come on, Zhendong, come over here and listen together."

Hmm? Do you think I can listen to you? Gao Zhendong put down the materials he was packing and walked over.

As soon as he left, a soldier walked up to the documents he had thrown away and stood there. He did not help to clean them up, but just stood there.

Gao Zhendong walked to a group of big men who could be considered old men, and said without saying anything, "You asked me to come and listen, so I'm just listening."

At this time, the army comrades were mocking the artillery. They were mainly responsible for different equipment. The army and artillery were not separated. The artillery was part of the army. It was just that artillery equipment was too important and was singled out. The same was true for the armored troops. "Why are you so petty? If you want to make new artillery, you should make it more impressive. Now, it can't shoot as far as a barreled artillery, and the caliber is so small. If Xiao Gao hadn't taken care of you and reduced the caliber, you would have been staring at this new ammunition."

The army's complaint is not without reason. Unlike the rocket launchers in Gao Zhendong's previous life whose range was comparable to that of tactical missiles, the current rocket launchers, even those currently being developed, have a very limited range.

One of the rocket launchers under development has the largest caliber in the current plan, but its caliber is only 130mm, and its range is not even as good as the 54mm howitzer imitated in 122, which at least has 11.8km.

The artillery comrade looked constipated: "Do you think we don't want to go farther? There is really no other way. Let's put it this way. The vehicle's load capacity is limited, and the total weight of the rocket is limited. In this case, the propellant technology is not good, the range cannot be reached, and the long-range accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The most important thing is that the observation and intelligence support capabilities are limited, so it is useless to go far."

The last sentence has a bit of a counter-complaint meaning. Even if I can hit that far, your intelligence capabilities can't keep up.

The army comrades were a little dumbfounded. Good guy, the rocket launcher is not good, but the counterattack ability is quite strong: "But yours is too close, so I can't reach it if I want to use it to counterattack the enemy artillery group. I can only take the threat."

This complaint is very accurate. At least you can shoot a little farther than artillery of the same level.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee saw Gao Zhendong listening with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, Zhendong, tell me, I just want to increase the range a little bit, is there any way?"

The other comrades all turned their heads. They didn't expect that the Defense Work Committee would ask this question. You also know this? Aren't we in the ammunition business? Whether it's a disposable rocket launcher, a gun-mounted grenade, or a terminal-sensitive bomb, they are all ammunition and related to rockets. However, if we want to solve the range of rockets, our major is not so suitable.

Seeing their expressions, the leader of the Defense Work Committee explained: "Comrade Zhendong's main job is to deal with materials. He has researched many new types of solid rocket propellants for many new weapons. He also designed the rocket engine for the disposable rocket launcher himself."

As for other related equipment, it is difficult to say the specific models for now, but we can say there are disposable rocket launchers.

"Wow, your job is so far away from the work you reported today. Hahaha, you are multi-talented. So tell me, is there any solution?"

Gao Zhendong cannot get involved in the rocket launcher business, but he can still give some advice. He is responsible for killing but not burying. It depends on luck whether it works or not.

"If you just want to increase the range a little, there may be a way, but I can't guarantee it, leaders. Maybe the method I'm thinking of has been used by our comrades who are working on rocket launchers." Gao Zhendong said the ugly words first.

"It's okay, just say it." The comrade from the artillery was quite generous. He would give it a try before talking about anything else. Since Comrade Gao Zhendong had so many achievements in different professions, his suggestions might provide some inspiration even if they were not used.

"Well, OK. First of all, it's the propellant. I don't know what propellant they are using now, but I can write down the parameter table of the propellant with the highest burning rate, the best overall performance and the cheapest price. The comrades over there can see if they can use it."

The bunch of adjectives Gao Zhendong added before the propellant attracted the attention of the leaders: "Wait, why does the burning rate have to be high?"

There is no need to say much about the two points of good overall performance and low price. Rockets are consumables, and if they are not cheap, they will not be affordable.

Why is the burning rate high?
"Rockets require a high firing density while also ensuring accuracy. This requires a high speed out of the tube. If the speed out of the tube is high, the burning rate must be high and the thrust must be large."

When it comes to specific techniques, these comrades are definitely not as familiar with them as Gao Zhendong. However, even if they are not familiar with them, they can still tell from what Gao Zhendong said that Comrade Gao is indeed very familiar with these.

"Comrades who work on rockets should be familiar with this, but it is not certain whether they can find a propellant with such a high burning rate and suitable specific impulse and thrust. Overall, the propellant I developed has relatively high indicators, which should be of some help."

Although Gao Zhendong spoke modestly, everyone could hear the confidence in his words. This thing must be better than what they are using now.

"Okay, we'll ask them to come to the Defense Work Committee to get the data later!"

In theory, there must be relevant information in the scientific and technological intelligence bulletin, but it certainly does not have the details provided by the Defense Working Committee. Just by looking at the bulletin, you may not be able to judge whether you can use it.

"Another one is the form of charge. I suggest using a multi-tube charge column, burning inside and outside, and free loading. This can further increase the actual burning rate on the basis of the same propellant, which is good for accuracy, and the charge cost is low. If the current bullet is not of this form, you can consider leaning towards this form of charge. Theoretically, the greater the ratio of the burning time in the directional tube to the total burning time, the better the improvement in accuracy."

Gao Zhendong could roughly guess that the current rocket propellant was most likely end-combustion or internal combustion. If this was the case, then it would be beneficial to adopt the propellant he mentioned.

(End of this chapter)