Chapter 569: I didn't pretend this time

How the comrades with the photoelectric encoder will use it is a matter for the future, and what Gao Zhendong is more concerned about now is the task at hand.

At this moment, he was at the finalization and appraisal meeting of the Type 61 individual anti-tank missile.

This is the last of his three treasures of Infantry 61.

He came here just to be a mascot. To be honest, the indicators of the 61 anti-tank bomb have reached the level where no one needs to report to it. All they need to do is put the materials on the table and everyone will happily sign after looking at them.

Of course, that’s what they said, but the necessary procedures still had to be followed, so a group of experts and reporters happily chatted about their daily lives in the meeting room.

The leaders of the Defense Work Committee and the chief engineer looked at the people chatting in the meeting room, their expressions changing, but they seemed unable to find anything wrong.

After all, the serious work had already been done by Gao Zhendong and his comrades from the Changjian Factory. It was rare for an equipment finalization and appraisal meeting to be held in such a harmonious manner, so let the comrades relax.

Looking at the extremely exaggerated indicators of the Type 61 anti-tank missile compared to its size, except for the personnel involved in the development, all other comrades were dumbfounded.

Comrades from the Army are already very familiar with Gao Zhendong. Those who came to this meeting as appraisers are not those who are permanently stationed at the Changjian Factory. Those comrades today are members of the research team and also have to accept appraisal.

"Chief Engineer Gao, you've given us a big surprise this time. Is this a heavy bullet? I remember you guys were using a light individual bullet."

In fact, at that time, missiles had not yet been miniaturized. The SS.11 was a light missile, and a missile of the size of 61 could only be considered a micro missile at most.

The person who made the speech was not stationed at the factory. After all, given his position, going there would delay his job. So although he was in charge of army equipment, it was the first time for him to see the full picture of the Type 61 anti-tank equipment.

He couldn't believe his eyes. You guys are here with the heavy bullet indicators, right? Did you copy and paste it wrong when you were making the information?
He knew that there was a kind of software on computers that could be used to edit report data, and that there was a very common operation in the software called copy and paste, which was convenient, but sometimes it would lead to jokes about misattributing information.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Commander, this is the indicator of our individual ammunition. The report in your hand is the original one from the Snow City Test Center, not made by us."

Well, now I feel relieved. Even if the document in my hand is not from the Syracuse Shooting Range, Gao Zhendong cannot forge a false document. The chief of the army in charge of equipment looked at the document in his hand happily.

Other comrades were also communicating with General Luo and his team, "Penetration 650mm, flight speed 230m/s, General Luo, your bullet is really, tsk~~~~~"

This comrade knew that Gao Zhendong was still the main figure of this bomb, but he was not in a position to evaluate Gao Zhendong in this tone, so he had to tell General Luo.

Mr. Luo said with a smile: "First, the warhead structure and charge design are good, and second, the rocket propellant is good."

These three things were all given by Chief Engineer Gao. There was nothing we could do about it. He gave too much. Mr. Luo said this to explain the reason for the indicators and to pay tribute to Gao Zhendong.

相比于61火箭筒80mm口径550mm的静破甲，61反坦克弹120mm口径650mm的静破甲好像略有倒退，但是各方对此都极为满意。

This penetration is completely sufficient. From the army's point of view, this penetration is enough to hit the sky and the ground, as well as the air in between.

Moreover, the penetration of the 61 fire is achieved with the help of a relatively long warhead charge length, which is not a problem for the 61 fire. The slightly longer rear half of the warhead is also conducive to the placement of lethal fragments.

In fact, the finalized 61 fire also sacrificed anti-armor power in exchange for anti-personnel versatility. It probably used 50mm static armor penetration depth in exchange for the fragmentation killing capability against soft targets within 10 meters. These tricks were all played by Gao Zhendong.

The warhead length-to-diameter ratio of the Type 61 anti-tank projectile is much smaller, and here power is traded for size.

The Army has no problem with these trade-offs; the power of these two weapons is even a bit excessive.

The army representative at this time looked at everyone with a happy face. 61 Fire and 61 Counter, these two even made them feel a little confused as if they had to draw their swords and look around.

"80% hit rate, is that for the full range? We have tried the Gallic SS.11 and the Russian 3M6 vehicle-mounted heavy shells, and the hit rates are worse than this. The hit rates below 1000 meters are even worse, and above 2000 meters are even worse."

The reason is simple. It is too far away and the shooter cannot see it and cannot operate accurately.

In fact, the hit rate of the old Russian 3M6 "Bumblebee" is not bad. This is a vehicle-mounted heavy bomb, but its actual combat hit rate is only 25%. Although it is normal for the actual combat hit rate to decrease compared to the shooting range hit rate, this hit rate is really too abstract.

Speaking of this, General Luo was even more proud: "Comrade, you are very experienced. Originally, our accuracy below 1000 meters was also quite poor, but after targeted technical improvements, the control accuracy below 1000 meters has been effectively improved. This hit rate is for the entire range."

The expert who proposed this was overjoyed, yet a little unbelievable. Has our technology developed to surpass these two?
Although the SS.11 may not look very good in the future, it is an absolutely advanced weapon at present, the kind that can blind people. Otherwise, the army would not have stopped the imitation work even after Gao Zhendong pointed out that this thing was not good. Thinking of this, the head of the army looked at the indicators of the Type 61 individual anti-tank missile and looked constipated.

Although when the three parties jointly decided to use the funds of the Changjian Factory and Gao Zhendong's technology to quietly research an individual anti-tank projectile in a "guerrilla" manner, the army had a hunch that the work of imitating the SS.11 might be embarrassing.

But what no one expected was that with Comrade Gao Zhendong's technology and the efforts of the Changjian Factory, the result was no longer just an embarrassing problem of imitating heavy bullets, but a complete loss of face.

The imitation work has not been completed halfway yet. I heard that the problem of missile disconnection was not tolerated by the Defense Working Committee, so they sent a technical solution to Gao Zhendong to solve it.

Since the imitation work has not been completed, it is naturally impossible to talk about the parameter indicators of the imitation heavy bullet. Therefore, we can only compare the imitation prototype SS.11 and Type 61.

He cleared his throat and took the initiative to bring up the matter. If he didn't mention it, probably no one else at the meeting would say anything, including Gao Zhendong and others.

"Comrades, now there is a new problem. How to imitate the heavy bullet of SS.11? This heavy bullet is inferior to this individual bullet in every way except the 'three highs'."

The scene suddenly fell silent. It wasn't that no one was aware of this problem, but that no one wanted to talk about it as it would offend others.

"Mr. X, were you the one who killed my research project in another meeting?" I can't bear to hear such words.

Let me put it this way, except for the weight, length and volume which are much higher than the Type 61, other indicators are all weaker than the Type 61, and at most are on par.

These three things are high? Then it means it is backward in all aspects.

The Type 61 missile weighs 10kg. The packaging box and launching bracket is only 61kg because it uses the same ABS plastic as the Type 4.8 launch tube made by Mr. Xiang and his team. The guidance device weighs 15kg, which is a bit heavier because it is an automated guidance device and also retains a manual backup, so it is normal that it is a bit heavier.

The total weight of the missile system does not exceed 30kg, which is even heavier than a single SS.11 missile!

Not only is it light, it's also small, with a total length of only 0.8 meters and a wingspan of 0.3 meters. It also has an incredibly powerful split-assembly design + folding tail, so it can be placed anywhere.

If a two-person individual anti-tank team can carry a complete Type 61 system plus three ready-to-fire ammunition, then the SS.3 will not have this worry, as there is no such thing as individual anti-tank warfare.

But the most embarrassing thing is that although the Type 61 is light and small, its range is the same as that of the SS.11, its flight speed is slightly superior, its armor-piercing power is higher, and its hit rate is higher.

If we have to say what the SS.11 has an advantage, then maybe the fact that it's heavier and can't be blown away by strong winds is one of them?
Ugh, that's not even a hairy advantage.

So everyone knows the future of the SS.11 replica model, and it is probably very bleak.

"This...is not the topic of this meeting, right?" An expert attending the meeting laughed and said, "Well, I won't be a bad guy."

"Yes, yes, yes. The situation of copying SS.11 is not clear right now, so it is too early to discuss it now." The tactic is to delay, and it will be fine as long as it gets past today.

"The SS.11 has a large missile body and great potential, and its potential can still be tapped." The reason can still be found and it seems reliable.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee also knew that although everything was going smoothly, now was not the most appropriate time to decide the fate of the SS.11, so he spoke up to smooth things over: "Well, let's put the matter of imitating the SS.11 off to a special meeting later. Let's talk about the Type 61 today."

After saying that, he turned to look at Gao Zhendong and said, "Comrade Zhendong, it seems that there is no suspense about the finalization of this missile. As the chief designer of the model, do you have any ideas on its development and use? Put them forward for the reference of the comrades in the army."

——Gao Zhendong is always indecisive.

This time, because it went too smoothly, Gao Zhendong failed to show off. There was no other way. How could he be satisfied every time? Using performance to suppress all doubts was actually a kind of showing off.

He didn't say much before, so there was no need for him to say anything.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee directly pointed out the direction. Gao Zhendong did not mention the imitation of the heavy bullet, but followed the leader's words and said: "There is no need to use this bullet in the short term. This power is enough for the next 20 years."

In fact, there is still a little bit that can be improved on the main body, that is to add tandem armor-piercing and explosive counter, but these days, only we have explosive counter, so we won't use it for the time being to make things difficult for ourselves. Moreover, many of you here are not yet familiar with this new thing called explosive counter because it crosses disciplines.

(End of this chapter)