Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 867 The Experiment of the Dwarves
In a world of ice and snow, a group of dwarves stood in the middle of the ice and snow, looking through binoculars at a target set in front of a low slope in the distance.

That target is very weird, with a huge area, but it has a very weird shape.

If viewed from the pure side, the target is in the shape of a Z, and its front is a slope.There is also a horizontal steel plate pressing the slope just above the slope.

"Fire!" The leading dwarf engineer gave an order, and a dwarf officer beside him looked at the soldiers next to him.

In the anticipation of everyone, a group of soldiers pulled the firing rope of a cannon, and this 76mm caliber cannon fired a shell.

Most of the anti-aircraft guns of the dwarves are 76 mm caliber. They increased the volume of the gun chamber, lengthened the length of the gun barrel, and increased the chamber pressure. Therefore, the initial velocity of the muzzle was strengthened, and the weight of the gun was increased. The price increases the power of this anti-aircraft artillery.

In the absence of better anti-tank artillery, although it is helpless to use this anti-aircraft gun to anti-armor, it is actually the right medicine.

Experimental results have proved that the anti-aircraft gun of this temporary cameo anti-tank gun has excellent armor-piercing effect, and can easily penetrate steel plates of more than 500 mm at a distance of more than 80 meters.

This is equivalent to saying that at a normal combat distance of about 700 meters, this kind of artillery can threaten the frontal armor of the No. 4 tank, and it can indeed be said to be a qualified anti-tank gun.

The only disadvantage is that the weight of this kind of artillery is a bit beyond the standard: the metallurgical technology of the Dwarf Empire is not as advanced as that of the Tang Dynasty, so in desperation they can only increase the weight of the artillery, which is also a compromise.

The huge impact of the artillery blows away the snow around the artillery position, and when everything is silent, everyone is looking at the target in the distance.

"There is no breakdown..." Everyone saw that there was only a scary bullet mark on the inclined steel plate, and there was no hole after the breakdown.

"Still not penetrated?" The dwarf officer heard the news and looked at the engineer beside him in surprise: "Isn't it only 70mm thick?"

"It's probably similar to the theory I calculated before." The leading engineer raised his arm: "Let's go! Go and have a look! If I'm not wrong, the shell was bounced off."

Everyone stepped on the snow and walked to the place where the target stood 500 meters away. They saw the scorched bullet marks on the inclined armor.

"It's deformed, but it's true that it hasn't been penetrated." An engineer looked at the slightly sunken bullet marks and said with some regret.

"The trajectory of the shell was bounced off." Looking at the horizontal steel plate above the sloping armor and seeing the hole above, an engineer following behind said in surprise.

"As I predicted, this slanted design is deliberately designed to deflect the shells." The chief engineer at the head came to the conclusion: "Tang Guo's engineers must have found this genius method after calculation."

"In other words, is this a good way?" The military representative on the side, the dwarf officer, asked curiously.

"It's definitely a good way. Haven't we calculated it? If it is tilted to a certain angle, the defense effect of a 70mm thick steel plate can be close to that of a 100mm thick steel plate." The dwarf engineer pointed to the target in the distance. A few scrapped targets spoke.

They have done a series of experiments before, as long as the angle of inclination is enough, even 80 mm thick armor can easily resist the bombardment of 300 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns at a distance of 76 meters.

"Can we use it?" The chief concern of the dwarven officers was this: if their Ice Empire could also use this technology, then they could take a big step forward in tank technology.

Recently, they are trying to find a way to introduce a special steel from Tang State. As long as the introduction is successful, they can reduce the weight of the 76 guns.

Coupled with the design of the sloped armor, the tanks of the Ice Empire can make great progress in armor and firepower.Coupled with radio technology...the tank performance of the Frozen Empire may not lose to Tang Guo!

"Yes, recently I've been thinking about how to apply this technology to the design of new tanks. I have to say that Tang Guo's weapon designer's head is really amazing." The chief engineer nodded, admiring the big The weapon designer of the Tang Empire.

Ever since seeing the victory parade of the Great Tang Empire, the Frozen Empire has always attached great importance to the study of the Great Tang Empire's Leopard tanks.

On the contrary, the dwarves were not very interested in the No. 4 tank of the Tang Empire, because they felt that that kind of tank had been used from the Tang Qi War to the Tang Hua War, and it was actually seriously behind.

The double-layer armor plate of the No. 4 tank is a good proof: most of the No. 4 tanks currently equipped by the Tang Empire have double-layer armor in the front, and a layer of steel plates is temporarily installed outside the main armor, so The protective force cannot reach the thickness of 80 mm.

Because it has participated in two wars, it is no secret that the armor thickness and installation form of Tang's No. 4 tanks are actually.

Cyric had obtained the wreckage of the No. 4 tank. Later, with the development of the war, after the war broke out between the Dahua Empire and the Tang Kingdom, the wreckage of the No. 4 tank also increased.

Even due to mechanical failure, the Dahua Empire also seized the No. 4 tank that was relatively intact as a whole, and it was a later model of the No. 4 tank with steel plates installed on the front and skirts on both sides.

Later, the Dahua Empire itself and the Cyric Consortium conducted shooting experiments on the No. 4 tank with various artillery guns, and the conclusions were similar: the frontal armor of the No. 4 tank was about 80 mm, which was about 90 mm above that of other countries. armor.

The reason why the protection level of the two-layer armor in Tang country is still so high is not that the performance of the one-piece armor is better than that of other countries' steel armor. Much better performance.

After experimenting with the protection of the No. 4 tank, all countries have new requirements for their new tanks: they generally increase the frontal protection of their tanks to a level of about 80 mm, and some extreme ones even install 90 mm thick armor .

This directly caused the weight of tanks in various countries to seriously exceed the standard, their mobility was low, and their passing performance was extremely poor.But in order to fight against Tang, all countries have to endure such defects.

The technicians of the Frozen Empire took a different approach. They began to study the Leopard tank that appeared in the military parade of the Tang Empire.

As a result, they really learned something: at least from the surface, the slanted upper armor, they figured out some meaning through reverse engineering.

The results of this experiment can be reversely used in the development of their own tanks, saving part of the weight wasted on protection, and in turn improving the mobility of the tank.

When the weight is reduced, the pressure on the running mechanism will also be reduced, and the failure rate will naturally be lower at that time, which is an extremely important indicator on the battlefield.

Conversely, the tank is lighter, the power remains the same, the spare parts needed to reduce the failure rate can naturally be reduced, and the logistics personnel can also be reduced accordingly.

These benefits alone may not seem obvious, but they are commendable as a whole: the fuel consumption of an entire tank unit will be greatly reduced, which means that the tank unit with the same fuel consumption can go farther!

As long as you think about it, you will know the advantages hidden in it. It was only at this moment that the relevant personnel realized that the design ideas of the Tang Empire's weapons and equipment were so profound.

"Experiments have shown that those boxes installed around the turret of the Panzer IV can also increase the protection..." Before leaving, the chief engineer mentioned their accumulated experience from the Panzer IV.

"Then install a similar design on our tanks! Plagiarism is not shameful, right?" A representative of the military expressed his opinion.

"That's right." The chief engineer nodded and agreed with the military representative: "Even if we can't build a tank that is more powerful than the Tang Army Leopard tank, as long as it is stronger than the tanks of other countries, it will be fine." .”

In the next step, as long as good steel is imported, their plans can start.Soon, the new generation of tanks of the Frozen Empire can be put into experiments.

Not only the engineers of the Ice Empire are busy, just like the great era in the history of the earth, engineers and scientists from all over the world are practicing their madness in a whimsical way.

The Kingdom of Goblin used two gasoline engines in the development of the tank to increase the power of the tank.They have gone to another extreme: simply enhancing the performance of their tanks without considering fuel consumption.It's just that whether this kind of oil tiger is good or not needs to be tested on the battlefield.

As a naval power in the south, the Dorne Empire is trying its best to enlarge diesel engines and use them on their warships.I don't know what they think. In short, they think that the power of oil extraction engines is the development direction of future warship power.

The Lions Empire showed great wisdom in this aspect. Because they had the background of Bunas, they did not take such a detour, but chose a path of the mean.Their designs are quite satisfactory, there is nothing to jump out of.

In short, everyone is exploring the future, and started the competition in a state of half-knowledge: Although it seems clumsy and ridiculous, it is indeed the aborigines in this world who, inspired by the technology of the Tang Dynasty, took their immature steps towards the future. the future they see.

As for whether the future is what they imagined, no one knows yet—or, the only person who knows what the future will be like is currently in the Tang Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)