Shulka can certainly do it, and not only can he do it, but Shulka is pretty sure it's the right thing to do.

"If we can't improve the smoothbore gun, why not improve the shells?" Shulka said.

"Cannonballs? What shells? Kalashnikov was somewhat puzzled.

"Shells for smoothbore guns!" Shulka said: "It is unstable in flight because it is not rifling, why don't we improve the shell to make it stable in the air?" Shulka said. ”

If you can fly stably in the air without losing energy, it is a combination of smoothbore and rifle, that is, you can hit accurately and deeply.

"But...... How can we do that? Kalashnikov said: "The problem is that it does not fly reliably!" ”

"Think mortars!" Shulka deliberately said about it: "Its shells can fly more steadily in the air!" ”

"You mean adding a tail to the shell?"

"That's pretty much it!" Shulka stopped talking nonsense, he took a stone from the side, and said while drawing on the ground: "Actually, in my opinion, it should be more like an arrow." You know, arrows have tails so they can fly steadily in the air. On the other hand, all the energy is concentrated on an arrow-shaped shell, which has a small contact area with the target tank, which will maximize its penetration! ”

Kalashnikov looked at Shulka in a daze, and after a long time replied: "You scared me, Shulka!" This does sound right, and it does increase the penetration depth in progression, that is...... Even with small-caliber guns, we can easily penetrate armor hundreds of millimeters thick from a distance. But the question is, how can we launch such a long-roded arrow shell? And also with artillery of existing calibers! ”

"It's easy!" Shulka added a few more strokes next to it: "We can put a shell on it, this shell does not need a charge, it is only for the caliber of the gun, and it is in half...... When the cannon is discharged, the two halves will fall off on their own due to the resistance of the air, and the arrow-shaped shell in the middle will continue to fly to the target! ”

Kalashnikov was so stunned that he was speechless for a long time.

It was a fantasy for him and even for this era, but it was theoretically feasible, and even theoretically simple, because it didn't take much knowledge to prove that it worked, but no one thought of it, no one thought of it, except Shulka.

"Any ideas?" Shulka asked.

"I, I don't know, Shulka!" Kalashnikov stammered a little: "I think, I think Sisoy should be asked to listen to your idea."

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Sisoi was soon called by Kalashnikov, and he was the only one, and the others were ordered by Sisoi to stay away from the place until no sound was heard.

After listening to Kalashnikov's explanation, Sisoy also looked at Shulka with a shocked expression.

"Unbelievable, Comrade Shulka!" Sisoi said, "You have solved this problem!" ”

"Are you sure it works?" Shulka asked knowingly.

"Yes, I'm sure!" "Although we can't build it in a short period of time, the development process may encounter some unexpected difficulties," Sisoy said. But...... It is indeed possible, and if it is not feasible, then we are not strong enough to make it! ”

"That's good!" Shulka said.

"Listening to your tone, you seem to have thought of this kind of shell a long time ago?" Kalashnikov asked.

"So to speak!" Shulka replied: "It's been a while, I'm just ...... Not sure if it's useful! ”

"Useful, very useful!" Sisoi said: "Do you know what that means? As long as such shells are produced, we will not even need to replace the tank gun, and the new tank of the Germans can penetrate the new tank of the Germans with the T34 at the same distance...... Our artillery is invincible, Shulka, no matter how thick the armor is, it will be pierced by such shells, and the enemy's armor is like a decoration for us! ”

Saying that, Sisoy couldn't help but hug Shulka and laughed excitedly, and then jumped up like a child and shouted: "We're going to change the world, the Germans are going to be finished!" ”

This scene only baffled the scientists and soldiers on the other side, but they could guess that it must be a good thing when they saw Sisoy like this.

That night, Sisoy and his team of scientists left Anapa and returned to Stalingrad.

They were accompanied by the wreckage of the Tiger tank.

After Sisoi returns, he will carry out research and development in both directions at the same time...... To be exact, it should be in three directions.

The first is the KV14.

It's a must, but as an emergency self-propelled gun, it doesn't have much technical content, so it's not the point.

Secondly, as Kalashnikov said, develop a tank that can fight the new tanks of the German army...... It is carried out in the traditional mode, that is, it is still a pile of armor and a pile of artillery.

This was supposed to be the focus of the points, because only when it was produced and put into the battlefield could it really fight the German "Tiger".

But now it's an alternative.

The point, of course, is the new type of shell proposed by Shulka.

As Sisoy said: "Comrade Shulka, you don't need to risk your lives to capture and transport the enemy's new tank here, because it's nothing compared to the shells you said!" ”

This is indeed reasonable, because as long as this tail is stable and deshelling armor-piercing projectile is developed, any "tiger", "leopard" or even "rat" will be floating clouds...... If the "rat type" can be driven into battle.

The problem is that no one has ever produced such shells.

There are many uncertain risks associated with developing a new type of equipment, and no one knows what difficulties or accidents will be encountered in the research and development process, and certainly no one knows how long it will take to develop it.

Therefore, the second, that is, the traditionally developed tank, must also be carried out at the same time.

In fact, what Sisoy and others didn't know was that during this period, there was actually only one option for a tail stabilized deshelling armor-piercing projectile.

The reason is that the traditional development of tanks does not work in this direction, at least not for the time being...... There is a reason why the Stalin tank did not appear until 1943.

As I said before, the direction of traditional tank research and development is to pile armor and artillery, and the foundation of stacking armor and artillery is to have an excellent engine.

The improved 600-horsepower V-2JS engine used in the Stalin tank did not appear until 1943.

Otherwise, the USSR would not have waited for the appearance of the "Tiger type", and it would have been time to pile armor and artillery on tanks.