"Do you mean the M1 anti-tank rocket launcher from Draco Defense Technologies?" William Lee: They were a little puzzled as to how John had suddenly jumped from a helicopter to a bazooka. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"That's right, that's it. I heard that the first batch of 3,000 purchased by the Ordnance Department was looted all at once, do you have the 503 Brigade equipped with it? ”

The M1 anti-tank bazooka that John is talking about was concocted by Reilly based on the RPG7 information he provided. Although the performance is not as good as the later famous "Universal Thunder" (RPG7), it is already much more advanced than the "Bazooka", "Iron Fist", RPG2 and other early bazookas.

When the M1 was monitored by the military at the Aberdeen Weapons Test Site, it easily penetrated a 350mm thick rolled homogeneous armor from a distance of 300 meters, which stunned the friends in the Ordnance Department. In contrast, the "Bazooka", developed by Captain Skinnay himself, with an effective range of less than 100 meters, is simply weak.

After firing six rockets with his own hands, Major General Barnes (Chief of the Army's Ordnance Division) placed an order for 3,000 launchers and 50,000 rockets with Draco Defense Technologies.

Originally, according to the consistent style of the Ordnance Department, Major General Barnes's move was already a rare "courageous move". But they still underestimated the extent to which the units were hungry for infantry anti-tank weapons. The "amazing" performance of the M1 at the Aberdeen test site soon spread in the army, and the first batch of 3,000 bazookas instantly became the most sought-after military supplies.

"Our brigade was assigned 50 M1s, and now each company has an anti-tank rocket launcher group." Lieutenant Colonel Willis glanced at William Lee, who was slightly embarrassed, and replied in place of his superior.

Of course, John didn't know that what Willis said just now was saving face for his old boss. Originally, due to William Lee's slow reaction, the 503rd Brigade did not grab a bazooka. Now these 50 are "temporarily borrowed" from the First Army by William Lee, who was cheeky and later through the Ordnance Department.

"50 is a bit small." In an airborne unit like the 503 Brigade, two or three bazookas per company are not at all a problem, and they should at least be configured to the platoon level. John roughly calculated that if this was the case, each regiment would need at least 200 to be sufficient.

"That's right, that's right. The M1 rocket launcher is simply tailor-made for our airborne troops, with long range, great power, simple operation, and carrying, and it is very effective against armor, buildings, and civil engineering fortifications. As the only one of them who had personally used the M1, Gavin knew all too well the power of the bazooka, and had repeatedly reported to his superiors that it be configured to platoon level.

Although his report was unanimously endorsed by William Lee and others, the Ordnance Department did not have any goods. The Ordnance Service is said to have placed an additional order for 15,000 units from Draco Defense Technologies. But the British, who had been struggling with how to deal with the German armored forces, ordered 8,000 launchers and 200,000 rockets before they robbed them. If the Ordnance Department wants to get its hands on the second shipment, it will have to wait at least until this fall.

"Colonel Vanderbilt, is there a new M1 rocket launcher from the Ordnance Department?" William-Lee knew that John had a wide network in the upper echelons of the Army, and wondered if he had gotten some inside information.

Unfortunately, William Lee guessed wrong, and it wasn't M1 that John was going to talk to them about today. With the current importance that the military attaches to the M1 rocket launcher, where does he need to come forward to do propaganda himself.

"I'll tell you the truth, I also have some small shares in Draco. With their production capacity, the second batch of bazookas will not be delivered until August at the earliest. John smiled slightly, and then said: "But I heard that their company is developing a field rocket launcher with a range of about 5 kilometers on the basis of the M1 rocket launcher. I feel that is what our Airborne Forces need most. ”

"Field rocket artillery?" "Range 5 km?" "Really?" William Lee, Willis and Gavin all exclaimed.

"Of course it's true, and the project has made a breakthrough." John said proudly. In fact, this is all thanks to the rocket experts that Reilly found. I didn't expect them to be so powerful, just based on John's words, they not only developed a set of rocket engines with decent performance, but also tinkered with turborockets.

Instead of a tail at the bottom, the center line of the rocket is deflected at a small angle. After the rocket is ignited, the gas pushes the rocket forward and rotates the rocket like a shell of an ordinary rifled gun, so as to ensure the stability of the shell in flight.

In this way, the effect of wind on the trajectory is greatly reduced, the accuracy is improved, and the launch process is simplified. If necessary, the rocket can even be put on the ground without the launch device, and after aiming, it can be launched with a few ordinary batteries and two wires.

With these techniques in hand, John immediately asked Reilly to embark on a new project. This time, he aimed at another big killer weapon in the "Three Treasures of the Poor" - China's Type 63 107mm rocket launcher.

John couldn't be more familiar with this weapon. In his previous life, the arsenal where his parents worked produced this. Don't look at the appearance of this kind of rocket artillery, at first glance it looks like a Taiwanese agricultural machinery. But in the international market, this is a very best-selling fist product, and it is very popular among the poor brothers in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Later generations often mentioned in the news that they were attacked by rockets, and nine times out of ten it was the masterpiece of this Type 63 107mm rocket launcher.

"I've inquired and this weapon is specifically designed to provide fire support to battalion-level troops. The firing range of 5 km is just enough to cover the area of control of an infantry battalion. And it can fire 12 rockets in one salvo, which is equivalent to the firepower of a howitzer battalion. ”

John continued: "Even better, the rocket launcher weighs only 600 kilograms, can be quickly disassembled and combined without tools, and the individual parts weigh no more than 30 kilograms, making it completely portable by a single soldier. With it, the paratroopers do not suffer in the matter of firepower. ”

John wasn't bragging, he'd seen the portability of the bazooka. In his previous life, when he was a child, the annual sports meeting of his parents' factory had a traditional reserved event of racing with 107 rocket artillery components on his back.

At that time, his father told him that the 107 rocket launcher was designed with the needs of manpower transportation in mind, and the structural dimensions of all parts met the requirements of not being able to raise the head at the neck (easy to raise the head), not being able to step up to the hips, not being wide over the shoulders (easy to pass), and the center of gravity was close to the body (to prevent twisting the waist), which was very suitable for carrying during the march.

John was excited, but William Lee didn't react, and some were even skeptical. It took a while for John to realize that he was playing the harp to the cow, and William Lee didn't even know what a rocket launcher was. Come to think of it, the first appearance of modern rocket artillery on the battlefield had to wait until 1941. At this time, the Soviet Katyusha rocket artillery had just been equipped with troops, and William Lee, where did they know the power of rocket artillery.

But it doesn't matter, let William Lee give them a preliminary impression of the 107 rocket launcher, and his goal today will be achieved. So John instead invited William Lee and others to attend Draco's second product pitch a few months later. I believe that by then, Reilly's side should have been able to come up with a sample of rocket artillery. Letting the 107 rocket artillery speak for itself is far more convincing than John living here for nothing.