Chapter 169: Cannon
The outskirts of Dresden on June 15th is a great day for an outing, with the sun shining brightly, the view clear, and everything in the world competing in the light, making people feel refreshed and leave any worries behind for a while.
But on such a day, several well-dressed men were a little nervous, because they were not sure that their products would definitely beat their opponents. You must know that this exhibition is actually specially carried out by Eric to take the pulse of the Wehrmacht, and whoever wants to win must speak with beautiful shooting effects.
"Mr. President, the first one is a 30mm countersunk cannon developed by Rheinland, and the data is in the report." Ananta said as the staff around her also distributed the information, and chatted with several people who got the information, after all, such data still belongs to the category.
The people watching the shooting were also tightly controlled, except for the operators and those who had the right to enter the venue, all of whom had to be locked in closed rooms waiting for news.
"Mr. Gustav, you look nervous?" Werner Mauser, a representative of the Mauser company, quipped that he was too nervous to do it himself.
"Oh? Where do you tell I'm nervous? I think you're nervous, you know you can't play with a big caliber, I don't have any opponents, it's a big deal not to eat this cake. Gustav unconsciously clenched the teacup in his hand and betrayed him.
"It's not that we can't play with big caliber, it's just that we pay attention to single-mindedness." Werner Mauser fired back unceremoniously.
At the range, after giving Eric a nod to signal that it was time to start, the operator aimed his gun at a Type III tank 1,000 meters away. The tank was provided by the Wehrmacht, and although it was a bit of a violent thing, Eric wanted to do it, and he wanted it to be effective, not to finish the job. The rear space of the iron block is completely unable to simulate the interior of the tank, and the actual effect will vary, and Eric does not want this method of saving targets to continue in the Wehrmacht.
Bang bang bang –
A piercing explosion made me think quickly, and the flames from the muzzle of the gun pierced everyone's eyes slightly several times during the day. This is a round of ten rounds of rapid fire, because the rate of fire of this medium-caliber rapid-fire gun is too fast, so the Rheinland company deliberately set up this kind of large magazine with ten rounds of loading.
As the shooting ended, a large cloud of sand and dust rose in front of the Type III tank thousands of kilometers away, and only after the breeze dissipated as the breeze blew and dissipated, everyone picked up the binoculars to check the frontal firing situation. Then, everyone rushed to the tank in the arranged car.
Rundstedt was the commander of the army, so he naturally cared about the effect of this weapon, and deliberately climbed to the hatch above the turret, took a flashlight and shone it around to check the effect, and then said: "The penetration effect is very good." Guderian, tell me about it. ”
Eric didn't rush to speak, but looked at what the generals meant.
Guderian also checked the situation, but he went in to see it, and it took a lot of time. After hearing the question, he lay down in the hatch and said without thinking: "The penetration effect is very good, enough to deal with thicker armor, but the killing effect is not very ideal." ”
Eric was stunned when he heard this, and sure enough, he was a connoisseur. Then he said to Rommel, "Tell me about it." ”
Rommel, like Guderian, also climbed in to take a look, along with Manstein and others, the two obviously exchanged views inside, and after coming out, Rommel said: "The weapon has good performance, but it is not suitable for tanks." Then he looked at Manstein, who continued: "That's right, this rapid-fire gun is not suitable for tanks, it is too wasteful for armored vehicles, and the main problem is that the ammunition consumption is too large." ”
Unexpectedly, before the army general finished speaking, Air Force General Albert Kesselring saw the treasure and said: "It doesn't matter if you are in the army, the air force wants it!" ”
As Catherine spoke, a group of air force generals nodded, and even Thoth, the air force commander who advocated the concept of bombers, nodded unconsciously and said: "This kind of guy called machine gun, if it is equipped with the air force, can shoot down enemy planes with one shot." I can meet him in future air battles, and he will definitely be in the shadow. ”
"What do you mean? What's the situation? Rundstedt was not happy to hear this, what is this called, the army chooses equipment, and the air force comes to insert a pole.
Toth was not in a hurry, did not refute Rundstedt, thinking that after the exhibition was over, he would communicate with the Rheinland Company to improve it for the aircraft, but the aircraft would also have to be rebuilt.
EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT THE DAMAGE EFFECT OF THE 30MM CANNON, BUT NONE OF THE ARMY WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT AND INTENDED TO BUY IT, AND THE WORST MOOD MUST BE THE BOSS OF THE RHINE COMPANY, AUGUST HORCH.
ERIC IS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE THREE ARMED SERVICES, AND HIS PERSPECTIVE IS NO LONGER LIMITED TO WHICH SEPARATE MILITARY BRANCH, BUT HE IS THINKING ABOUT WHERE THIS NONDESCRIPT 30MM CALIBER IS SUITABLE. To the Air Force? Eric vetoed it in his heart, not to mention whether it is really suitable for the Air Force, just in terms of the positioning of this Rheinland design is armor-piercing, if it is really used, the damage effect will not be much stronger. BESIDES, HE HAS SEEN THE RECOIL OF THIS 30MM CANNON JUST NOW, WHERE IS THE CURRENT AIRCRAFT CAN WITHSTAND IT, LET ALONE OPEN FIRE, WHETHER IT CAN CARRY THIS WEAPON INTO THE AIR AND MANEUVER WITH THE ENEMY AIRCRAFT IS A PROBLEM. Chicken ribs are Eric's only thought at the moment. Because the navy simply can't use this kind of 30MM cannon, it can't be used or not, it's dispensable.
Seeing that Eric was not interested, Brauchitsch asked the next group of companies to start preparing, and when Horch saw this, he gritted his teeth and shook his head as the Wehrmacht soldiers began to clear the field, not to mention the loss in his heart.
Eric naturally took Horch's appearance in his eyes and waved at him, who thought Eric had the idea of ordering and ran over happily.
"It's good to have such results in such a short period of time, I looked at the list, your two companies each have several weapons to participate in the war, don't be so discouraged. Based on this failure, find out the positioning of the weapon, rather than behind closed doors. Try to speculate about the future situation and possible threats, and then decide on the positioning of the weapon before starting to design. Eric walked away. Because he really doesn't look down on this weapon.
Only 3 out of 10 shells hit the tank, the reason is the lack of brakes and sights, not that there is none, but not good enough, so the design effect is greatly reduced, plus the quotation on the information, buy 2 of these cannons can buy 1 IIIA tank, the cost is also outrageously high, and even the interest in talking about it is gone.
Eric wasn't interested, but the Air Force's mind came alive. The former did not know that the Air Force would have such a strong desire to buy, so he did not care about the dynamics of the Air Force, and as a result, it almost caused irreparable losses and tragedies.