African Nationhood

Chapter 438 Armored Vehicle

The gendarmerie station on the outskirts of Handu (Bulawayo).

Qi Lin, Director of the General Armament Department, Ding He, Commander of the Gendarmerie, Qu Sangqian, Commander of the Army, and a group of army officers walked towards the two armored vehicles with unique styles and full of rivets placed in the center of the playground.

"These are two new armored vehicles we designed, one is light and the other is heavy, for your two arms to use respectively."

Hearing what Qi Lin said, Ding He and Qu Sangqian claimed their armored vehicles respectively.

The gendarmerie mainly focuses on maintaining internal order and controlling the three armed forces, so it is enough to use light armored vehicles.

The army serves as the main force in the war, so it is more appropriate to use heavy armored vehicles.

"Director Qi, please introduce these two armored vehicles."

Qi Lin nodded, "Let me talk about this light armored vehicle first.

This vehicle has a total weight of 3 tons and uses the latest in-line 6-cylinder gasoline engine with a total horsepower of 44 kilowatts. The front and body of this tank are equipped with 6 mm armor, allowing the body to perfectly withstand bullets.

Ding He didn't feel much when he heard such new ideas, but he knew that most of Chairman Shi's military requirements were very foreseeable. Since what Chairman Shi put forward must be reasonable.

Anyway, this kind of gun has no recoil. Wouldn't it be more powerful if it was larger? "

It is equipped with a new general-purpose machine gun and a 45mm caliber recoilless artillery. "

In addition, this armored vehicle uses rubber tires. The vehicle is about 1.85 meters wide, 3.8 meters long, and 1.62 meters high. The vehicle weighs 1109kg.

This vehicle adopts a 3-speed transmission and has a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour. It can also be used to transport light weapons equipped by infantry battalions, and can be used as a communication, reconnaissance and command vehicle. "

Ding He nodded, then walked over and stepped onto the new armored vehicle.

"Then what does 'universal machine gun' mean?"

Ding He got off the armored vehicle, and then two military policemen in gray uniforms boarded the light armored vehicle.

“To save unnecessary weight, the car is not equipped with doors and even the hood is optional.

Hearing this, Ding He nodded helplessly.

Qi Lin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I know, but the shells of this kind of cannon are heavy.

After they quickly started the car with the crank, they quickly jumped on the car and started driving. The driver quickly increased the speed of the car to the top speed.

Then he set up the general-purpose machine gun and began to fire continuously at the exempted target.

"Well, let the soldiers experiment first."

After driving more than ten kilometers, they drove the car 2000 meters away from the target on the playground and stopped the car.

"The 'universal machine gun' was proposed by Chairman Shi. He felt that although the water-cooling type of the Maxim heavy machine gun could ensure suppression on the battlefield, its weight limited the convenience of this machine gun.

This vehicle has made many compromises in order to increase its armor. It already weighs a lot, and transporting bullets and artillery shells also requires additional engine power. "

"can."

The light armored vehicle in everyone's eyes is an armed jeep. This armed jeep has no front glass, a machine gun on the passenger seat, and a recoilless cannon between the front and rear seats.

Ding He nodded as he heard this, "I think this vehicle can change the caliber of the non-action cannon to a 75mm one.

Therefore, he felt that it would be more convenient and practical to replace the water-cooling method of the heavy machine gun with natural air cooling, and at the same time, a machine gun that could freely change the barrel style. "

"Da da~~"

The target in the distance quickly shattered into pieces.

The two military policemen then lowered their machine guns and began to operate the recoilless cannon.

They loaded the artillery shells skillfully, and "bang bang~~~" Soon the target in the distance was blown up by the shells, causing mud and rocks to fly.

After the experiment was completed, it was time to experiment with the armor of the armored vehicle. A soldier held a J-96 light machine gun and fired for a while at the front and body of the new light armored vehicle.

Amidst the muffled sound of "Bang bang~~", bullets were flying. After some verification, it was confirmed that it was bulletproof.

Ding He and Qu Sangqian looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Ding He said to Qi Lin: "In my opinion, this bulletproof steel plate is not necessary at all.

It's better to give up these steel plates and save precious transportation capacity to transport more shells and bullets.

Moreover, this vehicle can only seat 2 soldiers, which is too busy at all. It is better to replace the recoilless force cannon and directly use heavy machine guns as firepower. "

Qi Lin nodded, "We will record your feedback and make modifications."

After talking about light armored vehicles, next is heavy armored vehicles.

"This heavy-duty armored vehicle weighs 10 tons. It uses a new V-type diesel engine with a total power of 89 kilowatts. It is made of 8mm steel plates. It is 5m long, 1.8m wide and 2.3m high.

At the same time, a 45mm short-barreled gun and a Maxim heavy machine gun were used on it.

The whole vehicle adopts a two-person layout: a seated driver at the front of the vehicle is responsible for controlling the speed and direction of travel;

A standing machine gunner (gunner) in the middle of the vehicle is responsible for operating the tank's main weapon, the 45mm artillery or heavy machine gun.

Behind the two passenger positions, the engine, transmission and transmission are closely connected without wasting any space.

The short chassis and the wide tracks that extend out of the chassis provide good off-road and obstacle-crossing capabilities.

The speed of 22 kilometers per hour is far higher than the walking speed of ordinary infantry, and can be well matched with infantry marching. "

After listening to Qi Lin's introduction, Qu Sangqian nodded, "Let the soldiers activate and let's see the effect."

Qi Lin called two other military policemen to activate the heavy armored vehicles.

The two military policemen boarded the armored vehicle very quickly. After they opened the door and closed the hatch cover, it took a while before everyone heard the sound of the diesel engine starting.

After waiting for almost ten minutes, the noise of the diesel engine became louder and louder, and the body shook more and more violently. Finally, the steel monster finally started.

"Rumble" is like a giant beast running, and with the roar, the armored monster moves forward quickly.

Facing the 1-meter-wide trench with barbed wire, it didn't matter at all, it just rolled through. As the black smoke spewed out, the entire armored monster became even more violent.

Then there was the "click-click" sound of the machine gun, and then there was a "bang" sound, and debris exploded 3 kilometers away.

When the cannonball was fired, the entire armored vehicle did not shake at all, not even its hind legs.

It can be seen that the strong weight of this armored vehicle can well offset the rear force of the short-barreled gun.

Qu Sangqian nodded with satisfaction, "This tank is indeed very good. For now, our army is very satisfied.

However, the speed of this car is a bit slow, and the body is still a bit small. I think it can be made larger.

At the same time, the vehicle-mounted artillery should be larger, and it is best to be able to carry one or two more soldiers, because two soldiers cannot take into account loading and driving at the same time, which is not conducive to overall mobility. "

Qi Lin nodded, "Okay, we will continue to improve. At present, the heavy armored vehicle can be finalized. We recommend naming this vehicle the 1905 armored vehicle."

Qu Sangqian looked at the small body like a water rat and said with a smile: "As an armored vehicle, it is better to call it Type A-1905, it is simple and easy to remember.

If the modification is successful in the future, it can continue to be called "Type A-1906" or "Type A-1907". "

Qi Lin thought it was okay and nodded, "Okay then, let's name it after this."

(End of this chapter)