Chapter Forty-Four: Fire (Big) Arrow (Explosive) Cannon (Forced)

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However, when Leopold III planned to give the Taleste Heavy Weapons R&D Arsenal to his son Albert, he was opposed by the royal family, especially those royal personnel involved in the military industry, for them, the gift of the Light Weapons Arsenal to Albert did not touch their bottom line, but his Leicester Heavy Weapons R&D Arsenal was different, this was a piece of fat that the royal family coveted, and they could not tolerate the Arsenal being taken away by Albert.

When some members of the royal family reached the ears of the king, intentionally or unintentionally, through the Prime Minister Paul Henry Spark, Leopold III rebuked the Prime Minister with a strong attitude, "What, these incomprehensible moths are too embarrassed to negotiate terms with me, and then they can develop a few weapons that will be useful to Belgium like my son!" Or do I ask Prime Minister Paul to keep his mouth shut in this regard, this is not a Belgian military matter, but an internal matter of our family. ”

Leopold III's bold remarks silenced the disgruntled aristocrats, but he eventually adopted a compromise approach, first assigning the artillery business of the Leicester Heavy Weapons Research and Development Arsenal to Albert, and then transferring other industries to Albert after his great development in the heavy weapons sector.

In fact, at the beginning, he did not plan to move the cake of the Leicester Heavy Weapons R&D Arsenal, but at this time, the Belgian CMI Energy Company did not plan to make any great progress in the defense sector, so he had to take on the burden of the Belgian leader.

"You have to find your own way of thinking Albert, what is the purpose of your artillery? I will be able to provide different artillery designs according to your purpose. Tianyan said.

"I need something that can be mass-produced and inexpensive, especially for the most urgently needed anti-tank and anti-armor vehicle weapons in developing countries that don't have heavy weapons."

"So my first choice is weapons, RPG-7 rocket launchers and Type 63 107 rocket launchers, first produce these weapons that can meet the needs of developing countries, and then make more technical things after a certain amount of technical capital accumulation."

He had already told the person in charge of the Talest Heavy Weapons Arsenal that he would find a way to help you meet whatever equipment you needed, after all, Albert's small arms orders so far had enough profits for him to squander for a long time. Rather than hiding the money, it is better to use it to invest in weapons development.

These two weapons were designed first to test the waters, and it is impossible for a company to come up with too many designs at once, and the designs of these three are relatively simple. The second is that the weapons designed and manufactured by the Soviet Union and China are cheap and good, and the power is touching, and the rabbit is going farther and farther on the road of no return to the bombing, and it can always give you some powerful and touching and cheap frenzied killing weapons. Moreover, the AK rifle, Type 63 107mm rocket launcher and RPG-7 are known as the world's three major guerrilla warfare artifacts.

There is a saying that war is no longer the war of the last century, but RPG is still the RPG of this era, for a weapon that has been able to derive RPG God Cult and has a large number of loyal followers, it says that it can shoot for another century.

The earliest RPG series is the PRG-2 rocket launcher, which was transplanted and improved by the former Soviet Union at the end of World War II directly from the German Iron Fist-100 44mm rocket launcher, which fires super-caliber hollow charge armor-piercing projectiles, which can destroy movable and fixed armored targets within 100m, kill and injure crews, and destroy weapons and equipment. It was a standard anti-tank weapon used by the Soviet Union in the 50s, and it was mass-produced and equipped with a large number of Warsaw countries.

In the late 50s and early 60s, the USSR developed the RPG-7 40mm rocket launcher, capable of firing super-caliber rockets. This is a new type of anti-tank weapon improved and developed on the basis of the RPG-2, equipped with ПГ-7В and ПГ-7ВМ armor-piercing shells, with a penetration thickness of 350mm and 400mm respectively against rolled homogeneous armor, and a direct firing distance of 300m. In addition, ОГ-7 anti-personnel grenades are used to enhance combat capabilities.

This made Albert a little depressed, because the appearance of the RPG-7 bazooka is similar to that of the RPG-2, and it is also composed of a launch canister, sights, handles, guards, straps, sheaths at both ends, grips, and a launch mechanism, firing mechanism, safety device, etc. It is also equivalent to helping the Soviet RPG-2 make a live advertisement. I don't know how the Yankees will react when they see their little brother equipped with weapons similar to those of the Soviet Union.

Of course, the RPG-7 is a revolutionary step forward compared to the RPG-2, the RPG-7 launch canister is made of alloy steel material, and consists of two parts: the barrel and the tail nozzle. The front end of the barrel has a rocket positioning pin notch, and the rear part has a guard plate, which is to prevent the tail nozzle from being blocked by dirt, sand and other debris when the barrel touches the ground during battle.

The upper part of the barrel body has a reticle and a gauge base, and the lower part has a grip connecting lug, a handle fixing convex wall, and a firing pin-seat chamber. On the left side of the barrel there is an optical sight fixing plate, and on the right side are two fixed sheath straps and a strap loop, the wooden guard of which is tightened by the guard plate hoop to play the role of heat insulation. The firing mechanism is located inside the grip. The firing mechanism consists of a rebound firing pin assembly located in the firing pin holder chamber, and the safety mechanism is used to lock the trigger and prevent misfire.

However, Albert plans to use the lever type locking machine directly, because the steel lock type locking machine has many problems in actual combat.

The optical sight with integrated sight and detection is the main sight, its magnification is 2.7 times, and there are 4 horizontal lines on the reticle of the sight, corresponding to the firing range of 100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters and 400 meters. The aiming environment used is ordinary white light sight, infrared sight and low light sight. If a low-light sight and an infrared night vision sight are installed, the RPG-7 has the ability to fight in starlight or other low-light conditions. However, so far, infrared, low-light sights and night vision devices have not yet been available in this world, so the combat capability in low-light conditions is not in the scope of their consideration.

The ammunition used for RPG-7 rockets is mainly ordinary armor-piercing shells, tandem warhead armor-piercing shells, anti-personnel grenades and other conical rockets. The fuse of RPG-7 rockets is generally triggered by a fuse, but most of them are equipped with a timing device so that when the rocket detonates after leaving the target, this time is controlled to 4 to 5 seconds, and the maximum flight distance of the RPG-7 rocket is limited to about 920 meters.

The RPG-7's rocket first fires a canister from a recoilless cannon charge and begins to fly, but the energy provided by the projectile does not allow the rocket to fly far. When the rocket flies some distance away from the launcher, the rocket range extender engine at the rear of the projectile body is activated, and the newly provided thrust can keep the projectile at a constant speed or even accelerate the flight.

This launch structure has three advantages. First, it can reduce the tail flame generated when the canister is launched, which is conducive to covert operations. Second, it can make the trajectory of the rocket relatively low, thus simplifying the operation of the shooter. Third, it significantly increases the firing range, and the warhead is very effective. However, one of its biggest drawbacks is that the nozzle is exposed to the mouth of the barrel and is directed towards the shooter's face, which can easily cause damage to the shooter if you are not careful. In other words, if you don't launch an RPG with a mask and accidentally spray tail flames on your face, you will be black.

It is also because of its great power and low price that RPG-7 later became the world's most equipped country, longest-used and most widely used bazooka. Some 112 countries own or produce tens of thousands of RPG-7s and their various modifications. In the armed formations of many countries of the world, the RPG-7 is a fairly common weapon. The reason it's so popular is because it's so simple that anyone can grasp it quickly. Later, a single RPG-7 rocket launcher on the international arms black market sold for only $200, almost one-eighth of the official price. Therefore, various armed groups around the world procure such bazookas in large quantities.

It shot down U.S. Black Hawk helicopters during operations in Mogadishu, inflicted heavy casualties on U.S. forces in the Vietnam War, and shot down Chinook helicopters during Operation Red Wing. Whenever the pilots who come back alive from the battlefield mention RPGs, they always have lingering fears.

Albert would have been sorry for the guerrilla fighters of the anti-imperialist movement if he had not developed it.