Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1791 1792 Technology is improving

For a commander, having an anti-aircraft gun on a position and not having one are two different things. As for whether the anti-aircraft gun is easy to use and how easy it is to use, those are things that need to be considered after the gun is available.

The coalition forces did lack a large number of anti-aircraft artillery weapons, especially those that could threaten the Tang army's fixed-wing aircraft.

If the play is insidious enough, the quadruple or twin anti-aircraft guns can actually cause trouble for the Tang army's armed helicopters if they are concealed. This can be easily seen from the battle damage figures: the Tang army's most lost aircraft is the Gazelle armed helicopter, followed by the ground attack aircraft Thunder.

Both types of aircraft emphasize close-range support, especially the armed helicopters, which often break into enemy positions and deliver direct damage, so the probability of being shot down is also quite high.

You have to know that in World War II there were actually many things that could form dense barrages at low altitudes, such as small-caliber artillery and heavy machine guns.

It is impossible to suppress so many weapons, so the Tang army has recently adjusted the rules for the use of its armed helicopters, trying to avoid letting its armed helicopters go deep into the enemy's territory alone.

On the other hand, the Tang army was constantly transporting more advanced weapons to the front line, of which air-to-ground missiles accounted for a large proportion. Whether it was the Tang army's Thunder attack aircraft or the Hind helicopter, they were actually big consumers of air-to-ground missiles.

In the past, because the number of such missiles was relatively scarce, everyone was reluctant to use them, so when performing simple tasks, they often chose cheaper and more abundant rockets.

However, as the war progressed, the weapons production capacity in the rear of the Tang State was constantly increasing. The missiles, which were originally expensive and difficult to produce, gradually became cheaper because of the large production quantities.

Therefore, the Tang army can now often have its armed helicopters carry four air-to-ground missiles to perform strike missions. With these missiles, the armed helicopters can complete their suppression missions in a relatively safe place several kilometers away.

Likewise, Thunder attack aircraft no longer need to frequently risk dives and strafing to take out targets on the ground. Although such technical maneuvers look very majestic and impressive, they are actually very dangerous.

It is common for planes to return with their fuselages covered with bullet holes of varying sizes. Such damage has seriously affected the attendance rate of the Thunder attack aircraft unit.

Now, the Thunder attack aircraft can carry multiple anti-tank missiles like the Intruder attack aircraft and attack the enemy's armored clusters.

These missiles have a longer range, higher accuracy, and greater power. A Thunderbolt can carry ten missiles on a single sortie, capable of destroying an entire deployed tank platoon with ease. This is no joke; if four Thunderbolts are lingering on the battlefield, a tank battalion's attack is almost certain to fail.

Completely different from the coalition forces that tried to use strange methods to improve the technical level of their troops' weapons and equipment, the Tang Empire, under the guidance of their emperor, took the smooth path that was proven to be without any problems.

They are testing several small-caliber assault rifles on the battlefield at the same time, and are also experimenting with more advanced individual cruise missiles. These weapons seem very avant-garde now, but their value will soon be proven in future wars.

Tang Jun is also testing the application of remote-controlled aircraft on the battlefield. This thing was originally a toy for children, but now it is also taken directly to the battlefield for experimentation. Although it is still quite different from a drone, it can indeed complete many dangerous assault tasks in some places: even if it is controlled by visual and remote control, sending a grenade into the enemy trench is much safer than rushing over to throw it.

The coalition forces are not completely without development. They are indeed strengthening the thickness of their tank armor and trying to reduce the threat posed by the Tang army's individual rockets to tanks.

There is no way around it: if our tanks can't even defeat the enemy's infantry, then there is no point in the existence of armored forces, right?

At least, we should make it impossible for the Tang army's individual anti-tank rockets to penetrate the frontal armor of their own tanks, right? This will increase the difficulty of the Tang army's anti-tank attack and increase their anti-tank cost.

It goes without saying that the number of anti-tank rocket launchers in a unit must be many times greater than the number of anti-tank missiles. As long as the anti-tank rockets are ineffective, the opponent's anti-tank capability will naturally drop a level.

Of course, the coalition engineers no longer considered that their tanks could compete with the Tang army's tanks: the two sides were simply not in the same era in terms of fire control systems and main gun power, and they had lost confidence in competing with the Tang army.

In order to penetrate the main armor of the Tang army tanks, it is necessary to be able to penetrate homogeneous steel with a thickness of at least 800 mm - this data is a conservative data they have estimated, which means that there is only a slight hope if this level is achieved.

However, it is impossible to achieve this with the coalition's current 75mm and 90mm caliber tank guns.

So everyone began to consider increasing the caliber of tank guns to 100 mm or even 110 mm to cope with the armor advantage of the Tang army.

Regrettably, after a series of experiments, the 100mm caliber tank gun still could not penetrate the front armor of the Tang army's tanks. The 110mm caliber could barely do it, but its weight and recoil were seriously exceeded.

In order to bear the increased volume and recoil, the tank must be heavier and the turret must be larger, which inevitably increases the defense area and adds more weight.

The weight contradiction is piled on the engine power, so the new tank needs a stronger engine to provide power. The higher the engine power, the higher the fuel consumption, so the fuel tank can only be larger.

Therefore, a series of modifications have become a game of adding more water and more surfaces. Better engines, larger bodies, stronger protection, higher firepower... all of these together will inevitably equal more manufacturing costs.

The time it took to make one or two tanks was now enough to produce only one turret. The technicians of the coalition forces had no choice but to embark on a road of no return similar to that of the Germans in World War II.

They are trying to create an alien version of the Tiger tank... or to be more exaggerated, they are going to create an alien version of the Tiger King Rat at any cost!