Chapter 109: Midnight Chat (Part II)
Trode looked at Vincent to the side and said, "Since Leona's father taught her to use the M1911, then this one must have been passed on to her by her father." But Vincent, where did you get your M1911 from? ”
Vincent smiled and said, "That's when I was a coach at boot camp and won bets from other instructors. ”
Alicia asked with interest, "What are you betting on?" There are still people who are willing to bet on such things, and you should bet on something good. ”
"Bet on marksmanship, as for my bet" Vincent pulled out a gun from behind him that was slightly shorter than a regular Mauser rifle.
Hans glared at the Kar-98k sniper rifle in his hand and said, "You really paid for it, no matter how you look at this bet, you will lose." ”
"Indeed, if I lose this, that old man will never let me go. However, with his personality, it is very likely that he will invite someone to eat and drink afterwards, and he will do his best to get it back. Vincent looked at the body of the gun on his knees, which was mainly made of wood, and in the light of the fire it reflected a faint glow different from that of Ruger's P08 and M1911, but this was perhaps the best proof that it could truly hide its murderous aura.
Hans suddenly thought of something, leaned forward and said, "Have you heard, now we shouldn't be more than us, all developing a new type of armor-piercing projectile with high efficiency. I heard that it is called a 'tungsten hard-core quilt cap armor-piercing bullet'. ”
"What's that? Could it be that we have replaced our blunt armor-piercing bullets with tungsten? Amphitri clearly didn't understand what kind of shell Hans was talking about.
Hans thought of an easy-to-understand way to tell everyone: "Actually, in a nutshell, it's about the same as Amphitri's guess. ”
"What?" Amphitri pointed at himself with his right index finger in surprise and said, "I guessed right?" ”
"Yes." Hans nodded and said: "Let's discuss the situation of non-ricocheting shells first, if it is an ordinary blunt-headed armor-piercing shell, when it hits the hard armor, the tip of the bullet will be distorted and deformed, resulting in even if this warhead still has some kinetic energy, the twisted tip cannot penetrate the armor." The "tungsten hard-core cap-piercing projectile" is composed of two layers, that is, when the shell hits the target, the outer "shell" will collapse at the moment of impact, and the smaller tungsten core part inside the shell will break through the target. Because it belongs to two relatively independent structures, even if the exterior is deformed, twisted or even collapsed, the interior will still have a lot of kinetic energy, and the tungsten core is relatively small, the contact surface will also become smaller, and it will be easier to penetrate the armor, but considering the problem of caliber changes, the lethality of this APCR (Armor-Piercing-Composit-Rigid, high-efficiency armor-piercing projectile) bullet may not be as good as the general AP shell when dealing with vehicles with weak armor. ”
Hans had not noticed that the group of people were looking at him in amazement, and a little flush appeared on his face when he found out about it. On the other side, Trode, who watched Hans's endless explanations finally finish, began to repeat the action of clapping his hands mechanically without changing the rest of his body, and the others were also led by Trode to clap their hands. In the darkness of the night, the group of people gathered around the campfire, their faces illuminated by the firelight were expressionless, but they all clapped at one of them, and in this case, if an outsider saw it from a distance, he would definitely think that Hans was holding a cult ritual
"Enough! That's enough! Hans couldn't stand the atmosphere they had created, and immediately stretched out his hands to beg for mercy, and everyone laughed and returned to their original state.
Marcus rubbed his nose and said: "Although I don't know much about this kind of shell that the sergeant said, I think that even if this kind of shell called APCR is successfully developed, it will not be quickly popularized in the army, not to mention whether the manpower of this shell is very long, the cost alone should be much more expensive than the current shell, and it is a time of war, and some precious metals are not something that can be bought with money." ”
Hearing Marcus say this, Hans felt like a thunderbolt, and a basin of cold water was poured directly on his head, when he listened to others talk about this cannonball at the cocktail party, he was simply caught in sight by its new creativity and efficient performance, but ignored these more intuitive and practical problems.
"Click!"
With a crisp sound, Alicia unloaded the magazine of Ruger P08 in her hand, pulled out a bullet from it, and looked at it shining in the light of the fire, and said: "Then tell me, will the bullets also adopt this structure in the future?" ”
"Are you a pig's brain?" Trode gave her a blank look and said, "What infantry would still go to battle with a steel plate hanging on now?" You're still stuck in ancient Rome, right? ”
"Who are you talking about?" Angered by Trode's words, Alicia threw the magazine directly at Trode, and Trode, who didn't have time to catch it, was hit hard by the magazine, and he screamed in pain. Satisfied with this, Alicia continued: "I mean, will this be used against machine guns or anti-tank guns against light armored forces? ”
"Actually, I don't think there's any point in doing that." Vincent answered her very confidently and immediately: "First of all, let's talk about anti-tank guns, this outdated thing can only penetrate armored vehicles now, and I believe that even if it uses that kind of bullet, it can't improve the penetration of anti-tank guns much, besides, now that all countries have recognized the position of tanks in the battlefield, the research and development of tanks is naturally more important than those seemingly fanciful plans, so I think that kind of thing should be thrown away, rather than increasing efforts to develop it." ”
"As for the machine gun, I don't think I can understand that it's impossible." Leona smiled and took over: "It is no problem for the current guns to penetrate ordinary vehicles to a certain extent, as for the reinforced armed armored vehicles, I think it is a big mistake to let the infantry fire against the machine guns within their range, which is far less reliable than using explosives or grenades." ”
"Indeed." After thinking about it with her chin on her chin for a while, Alicia's attitude immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees and said, "Trode! What are you doing there! Don't send my magazine back yet! ”