Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 42 Successfully Modified Anti-tank Grenade

But it is easier said than done. Before Wang Gensheng traveled through time, only seven or eight of the more than 200 countries in the world were able to independently manufacture nuclear weapons.

The same goes for Wang Gensheng’s modification of the anti-tank grenade.

For example, how to make a conical shaped charge shell made of brass under simple conditions.

And how to ensure that the grenade maintains the correct direction in the air while flying, and ensure that the impact fuse can correctly hit the tank armor to detonate the anti-tank grenade.

These are the difficulties in converting the Type 97 grenade into an anti-tank grenade.

However, Wang Gensheng has two ways to control the posture of the grenade flying in the air.

The first method is to use the knife control technique when throwing a throwing knife to throw a grenade. This way, you can ensure that the grenade does not turn over in the air and always keeps the collision fuse forward.

Of course, not everyone can master this knife-controlling technique. It will take at least two or three months for an ordinary person to master it.

So this first method was naturally cancelled by Wang Gensheng. After all, not every soldier has very good control skills like Wang Gensheng.

The second method is to tie a piece of cloth to the tail of the grenade to act as a tail fin, just like tying a piece of cloth to the tail of a throwing knife.

In fact, the anti-tank grenades produced by Su Liang are the same. In order to ensure that the posture remains unchanged during flight, a small parachute is installed at the tail to ensure the correct flying posture.

However, this brass charge shield is a problem.

In the end, Wang Gensheng came up with a solution that was not a solution, which was to use brass bullet shells to make brass powder covers.

First, heat the brass bullet casing in charcoal fire, then put it on the tip of the pick and hammer it into a cone shape.

The pickaxe with a pointed tip is the kind used for digging soil. It has a conical tip on one end and a flat shape like a hoe on the other end.

With just a hammer, a pickaxe, and a charcoal stove, Wang Gensheng successfully made a conical energy-piercing charge shield.

After making this conical charge cover, Wang Gensheng couldn't wait to put it into the Type 97 grenade. Of course, in order to leave space for the conical charge cover, Wang Gensheng had to pour out one-third of the TNT in the grenade so that there would be room for the shaped charge cover.

Thus, an anti-tank grenade modified based on the Type 97 grenade appeared.

Of course, this is the limit of what Wang Gensheng can do as a low-educated time traveler. As for making anti-tank rocket launchers such as RPG or bazooka, it is beyond Wang Gensheng's ability and knowledge.

There is no way that all time travelers have PhDs or Masters in science and can build any airplane or missile at will.

Of course, after the transformation is completed, it is necessary to test it. Without testing, how can Wang Gensheng be sure whether his transformation is successful or failed!
Of course, in Wangjia Village, Wang Gensheng naturally couldn't get a steel plate one or two centimeters thick for experiments.

Fortunately, the thickness of the flat head of the pickaxe is only about one centimeter.

So they took the modified anti-tank grenade and a pickaxe and went outside the village to conduct experiments.

Ignoring the curious looks of a group of recruits who were training outside the village, Wang Gensheng found an open place, stuck the tip of the pickaxe into the ground, with the flat end of the pickaxe facing upwards, and then retreated twenty meters to pull out the pickaxe and write it off.

Of course, this time Wang Gensheng didn't pull out the safety pin and hit it on his head to start the fire.

After all, this anti-tank grenade has no delay function, so if Wang Gensheng hits it, it will explode immediately on Wang Gensheng's head. If he is lucky, Wang Gensheng will be sent through time and space on the spot.

Of course, this also shows that this modified anti-tank grenade is dangerous. After all, people usually use the Type 97 grenade by pulling out the safety pin and then hitting it and throwing it.

Therefore, once this habitual muscle memory is formed, when using this grenade, if you are not careful, it will cause a major operational error, which will not only hurt yourself but also affect your comrades nearby.

Wang Gensheng threw very accurately. Although the flat head of the pickaxe was less than ten centimeters wide, Wang Gensheng still hit the middle.

With an explosion, the pickaxe was successfully blown over. After the grenade exploded, Wang Gensheng immediately ran over to check it out.

Wang Gensheng smiled happily when he saw that the one-centimeter-thick iron on the flat head of the pickaxe was blasted through with a hole as thick as a thumb.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Just as Wang Gensheng was checking the pickaxe, Kong Jie, who heard the explosion in the village, ran out of the village in a panic and asked Wang Gensheng.

After all, there won’t be any explosions during normal recruit training. You should know that there is only one live-fire shooting during the entire recruit training period of the New Second Regiment.

And there is only one shot. Normally, we train the posture of raising the gun and aiming, as well as the process of loading the bullet by pulling the bolt empty.

Wang Gensheng handed the pickaxe that was blown through to Kong Jie. Kong Jie took the pickaxe from Wang Gensheng and asked in confusion:
"Wang Gensheng, what are you doing?"

In response to Kong Jie's confusion, Wang Gensheng said:

"Commander, this is how to deal with the Japanese tanks!"

After saying this, Wang Gensheng glanced at the new recruits who were watching, and then continued:
"Captain, return to the headquarters and I will explain it to you in detail!"

Kong Jie naturally understood what Wang Gensheng meant. There were too many people here and it was not a good place to talk.

After returning to the regiment headquarters with the pickaxe, Wang Gensheng recounted the process of how he converted the Japanese Type 97 grenade into an anti-tank grenade, and even disassembled a Type 97 grenade to demonstrate to Kong Jie.

"I never thought you, Wang Gensheng, a shepherd boy who can barely read, could come up with such a powerful weapon! You've really grown in skill!"

Wang Gensheng was unhappy about this and said:
"Captain, look at what you said. I, Wang Gensheng, can also read. When I was a child, the village teacher also taught me to recognize some words. As for this method, I figured it out when I was setting off firecrackers."

What Wang Gensheng said was true. According to Wang Gensheng's memory, there was a Mengxue school in Wangjia Village. The so-called Mengxue school was to let the old people in the village who could read teach the children of a certain age who were still unable to work to read. As for how much they could recognize, it depended on their talents.

As for the idea of ​​setting off firecrackers later, Wang Gensheng was just talking nonsense. After all, Wang Gensheng couldn't say that it was based on the Romen effect!

"Okay! Okay! You're smart, kid. Let's do this! I'll give you a hundred grenades. Once you make them, wait for the Japanese tanks to arrive and test their effects. If they really work, I'll report it to the higher-ups and have them spread throughout the Eighth Route Army to reduce our casualties. Just like this tunnel warfare."

Wang Gensheng was very happy about the support of the group leader Kong Jie. If he encountered those self-righteous leaders who said nonsense, Wang Gensheng would be at a loss.

Next, Wang Gensheng conducted some experiments, especially experiments on armor-piercing ability.

It was discovered that the armor-piercing capability of anti-tank grenades could reach five centimeters, easily surpassing the armor-piercing capability of the strongest anti-tank rifles.

Of course, five centimeters is not enough for Dejiao's Tiger tank, but it is more than enough to deal with the Japanese's thin-skinned tanks.

(End of this chapter)