With the influence of the missile omnipotence theory at that time, the Soviet Union first put forward the concept of the first generation of tank-launched missiles in 1957. The United States began to develop tank artillery missiles in 1958; After entering the sixties, there was already the first product.

For example, the Soviet Union had the "Ruby" tank-launched missiles. France has the "Accra" missile, and the US military has equipped the M551 "Sheridan" tank with the MGM-51A "Oak Stick" missile.

All this seems to indicate that the prospects for artillery missiles are getting brighter and brighter, but in fact this is not the case, after entering the eighties, artillery missiles gradually declined, except for the Soviets, even the Americans gave up, except for the oak stick, there is nothing else.

Why?

The reasons are manifold.

"As far as our current strength is concerned, we have only developed the Red Arrow 73 anti-tank missile, and it is still manually controlled, and it is very difficult to study artillery-launched missiles. In particular, it is difficult to solve the overload that it is necessary to fire from the inside of the barrel. Sure enough, just after Zhu Lao threw out this plan, some people expressed doubts.

This question is for sure, not to find fault, but to be real.

The technical requirements for this kind of artillery-launched missile are very high, and first of all, it is a question of how to guide it.

The Red Arrow 73 is manually controlled, and when the missile flies out, two wires are dragged in the tail, so a special pay-off device is required, and in the barrel, this thing is definitely not usable.

If you don't use this kind of control, you have to use radio control, and the early Soviets used radio control for their artillery missiles, but in this case, they are easily interfered with in complex battlefields.

On the other hand, it is the overload that the missile has to bear when it is launched, the missile launches autonomously, and the acceleration will not be particularly fast by relying on the engine ignition to push the missile forward, but if it is in the barrel, with a tom, the missile will accelerate from zero speed to several hundred meters per second, which is too powerful.

I have sat in a sports car to know the feeling of pushing back, and if it is in the barrel, it is not only the feeling of pushing back, but also directly pressing people into meatloaf under this acceleration, and the current artillery missile, to withstand such a large acceleration, also poses a great challenge to the electronic system inside.

In short, the difficulty is great.

"Yes, it's difficult, but we also have to see the prospects for the use of this weapon." Zhu Lao said: "First of all, it can increase the range, our tank guns, limited by the fire control system, can hit the target at a distance of two thousand meters, which is already very good, and artillery missiles, can extend this distance to three thousand meters, four thousand meters, or even further, at this distance, we can obtain the ability to fire the enemy first." ”

Artillery missiles are sent out by the barrel, and then their own engines are ignited, so the range has been greatly increased, and the range of the tank can be increased!

"Secondly, it is accuracy, our shells, the farther the distance, the worse the accuracy, and the artillery missiles, will not be affected by this, at a long distance, they can also attack accurately."

"Artillery missiles can deal with many targets, not only against enemy ground targets, but even against helicopter gunships in the air." I wish the veteran a list of all kinds of advantages.

"As for the technology, we have to base ourselves on a higher level and engage in laser beam guidance, these technologies will take time, and after the breakthrough, it will not only be used in our artillery-launched missiles, but also transplanted to other anti-tank missiles, after all, our own anti-tank missile technology also needs to be improved."

"That's right." President Wang Limin stood up, as a person who single-handedly developed the Red Arrow 73 anti-tank missile, he knew very well that this kind of anti-tank missile only solved the problem of whether it existed or not, and it was not enough to reach the world's advanced level at all, and it was necessary to continue to improve and improve it.

"Our design team is willing to accept this task and continue to improve our missile technology." Wang Limin made a statement here.

The Red Arrow 73 has been completed, and the next Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missile has also entered the stage of finalization, crossing the existence or not, and then achieving technological progress, which is all planned, and they are also looking forward to being able to study various new technologies, laser guidance is one of them! Artillery missile launch, this kind of challenging task, Wang Limin is also very interested.

The 122 tank of that year was intended to be equipped with the Red Arrow 73 missile, but it was abandoned due to technical problems, and now, there is finally a new project, which must be taken down!

The laser beam guidance scheme is quite advanced, you launch a laser, aim at the opponent's target, and then, fire a shell, after the shell flies out, it will fly along the laser, as if riding on this laser, so this is also called laser beam guidance.

Under this guidance method, the shooter does not need to do any other actions, as long as it is enough to ensure that the target is aimed, the missile itself can ride on the laser, fly to the target, no matter what maneuver the target does, accelerate, brake, steer, it can hit the target!

This principle is very advanced, and it is difficult to implement, but the Capital Institute of Technology has this ability! As a university under the ministry, of course it has to carry out these scientific research projects for the military.

Besides, they still have an advantage in optics.

If you want to launch a missile, you must have this kind of guidance, the challenge is great, the task is arduous, but it is precisely because of this that there is the meaning to do, and strive to catch up and surpass!

"This project can be pre-researched first, and later, our funds will be more abundant, and it can be transferred to normal development." He Lao said.

This project must have a lot of money to invest, so you can't start it immediately as soon as your mind is hot, you must have a safe plan.

"Yes, and moreover, we also plan to purchase such weapons systems from abroad." Zhu Lao said.

Developing from scratch, it is not easy, after all, it has never been involved before, if you can introduce a few sets back from abroad, it will undoubtedly have a great role in promoting, after all, what you are best at is always surveying and mapping imitation.

In fact, when we introduced the T-72 tank, this tank should be equipped with artillery missiles, but unfortunately, this thing is currently said to be only available in the Soviet army.

Back then, when the 125-mm tank gun was chosen as the standard, in fact, the matter of artillery missiles was discussed, and it was just a discussion at that time, but now, it is already a real decision.

We're going to do it! Our tank guns have weapons with a longer range! As a sub-system, it can enter the stage of pre-research!