Chapter 1389 Anti-tank missiles
At the beginning, Shirek said all the two ideas, and the subsequent development was carried out in two parts, the rocket-propelled grenade soon came out, and at the same time, another anti-tank missile also began to be developed intensively.
And this task, as a matter of course, fell on the Ruhr Steel Company, because they were working on the X-4 air-to-air missile, and this first-generation anti-tank missile was almost improved on the basis of the X-4 air-to-air missile.
It's just that compared to the bazooka, because the X-4 air-to-air missile was also in development, this anti-tank missile has experienced more twists and turns, and now, the person in charge, Dr. Max Callemer, is standing in front of his own anti-tank missile, compared to Dr. Langweiler, Dr. Callemer is more reticent.
This is a person who doesn't like to talk, many technicians, in fact, have this problem, they are immersed in the world of technology, but ignore the daily communication between people and people, and over time, they gradually lose this ability.
Dr. Callemer was also excited to see Führer Ciric, but he would not run over to compliment, he just stood calmly in his position, watching the Führer inspect the bazooka, watching the Führer fire himself, watching the rocket hit the target, and he himself was always calm.
The biggest disadvantage of the bazooka is still that the distance is too close, a distance of 100 meters, which is much safer than throwing grenades, but the infantry still has to take a lot of risks, and only if they can kill the enemy at a distance of 1,000 meters, then it is absolutely safe.
If you use an anti-tank gun, you have to take into account the problem of accuracy, the opponent will also run, and now, his missile perfectly solves these problems, because it can change position in flight until it finally hits the target.
It's just that his missiles look a little ugly.
The missile body is short, thick, and streamlined; Like the bazooka, it relies on a hollow charge warhead to achieve the scheme of destroying the tank, which is different from the explosive fragmentation warhead of an air-to-air missile, but because of its larger size, it is equipped with 2.5 kg of explosives, so the armor-piercing ability is higher, and the armor-piercing thickness can reach up to 200 mm.
At the same time, because it is a missile, it is equipped with a gyroscope to stabilize the flight of the missile, and at the same time, the missile can generate a speed of two revolutions per second during the flight, making the flight more stable.
Another difference from the air-to-air missile is its dual-thrust engine.
The air-to-air missile is launched from an airplane, and it has an initial velocity before launch, but the anti-tank missile launched on the ground is initially stationary, so it is equipped with two engines, one with a large thrust belongs to the take-off engine, with a thrust of 68 kg and a working time of 2.5 seconds, which is used to propel the missile to take off.
When the take-off engine burns out, the endurance engine ignites, and its thrust is only 5.5 kilograms, but it works for up to 8 seconds, and finally pushes the missile to a speed of 120 meters per second.
In this way, this anti-tank missile is quite complex, it also has to have bullet wings, flaps. The wing tips are equipped with a wire tube with a fairing on the outside of the wire tube and a magnet wire wound around the wire tube to transmit instructions. The missile also has a long, curved tail rod in the tail section with a servo at the end.
In short, it looks ugly.
The Führer likes beautiful things, and you can see it by looking at the design of his own military uniform, but this is necessary for the missiles to work properly and stably.
Dr. Callemer looked at his missiles as if he were his own child, and when he noticed that the Führer and others were approaching, he found that his legs were trembling a little because of his excitement, and he could not even speak.
"Yuan, Führer, this is me, our missile." He spoke incoherently, making people think that his heart was empty.
Sure enough, hearing his trembling words, Dr. Langweiler, who came with him, couldn't help but sneer: "Doctor, can you fly?" It looks like a farm tool. ”
Hearing Dr. Langweiler say this, Dr. Callemer found himself suddenly stammering, "Of course we can, and we fly farther, our armor is thicker, and we are shooting moving targets." ”
When it comes to technology, Dr. Callemer is coming to the top, what is the biggest advantage of missiles? Of course, it is able to change direction in flight, which is definitely epoch-making, if you look at the specific performance, that is, the missile can hit a moving target, no matter how the opponent moves, it can hit!
The two are actually old acquaintances, for example, in the design of the hollow charge warhead, the two also studied together and jointly developed the warhead, in fact, they have long been good friends, and Dr. Langweiler is such a person, he likes to ridicule others, his sarcasm is not malicious, it is just habit.
Calemer should have thanked him, and after such a sarcasm, he stopped stuttering and returned to normal.
In the face of the conversation between the two, Ciric did not interfere too much, his eyes were fixed on this missile.
For missiles, Ciric did not put forward too many models, but just deployed the mission, and now it seems that this missile and the historical X-4 missile, is quite close, almost the same, you know, this missile in history, that is the ancestor of all anti-tank missiles!
In his previous life, he admired Germany very much, because Germany was like a hanger in World War II, and made a lot of things, and many technologies came from World War II and Germany.
The most complex thing for missiles is the guidance system.
Those air-dropped bombs use radio command guidance, which is the most direct way, similar to model aircraft, but this kind of guidance is not the best, because with the increase of the main driver of space electromagnetic interference, radio command guidance will eventually become a chicken rib.
The missile in front of you uses a wire guide, and the wire is wound in the wire tube, and as the missile flies forward, the wire is constantly released, and as long as the length is sufficient, it can be remotely controlled.
The signal is transmitted by two wires.
This is very similar to that of later generations, except that the advanced wire guide of later generations is no longer an ordinary enameled wire, but has been replaced with optical fiber, and has become optical fiber guidance, in fact, the principle is the same.
When the battle is over, there will be a wound of command wires left on the battlefield, which is also a major feature.
The layman looked at the excitement, the insider looked at the doorway, and Callemer looked at the part of the wire tube and knew that the head of the Shirek was studying the guidance of missiles.
"Inside is 0.18 mm enameled wire, the strength is enough, we have been tested ten times, and there has been no break of the command wire." "It's just that we need highly trained shooters to hit the target," Callemer said. ”