Chapter 484: Cooperation

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Hasar, you've worked hard this time. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info≦≧ "Qusay said to Hasar, who was about to leave.

With a simple sentence, Hasar felt a heat in her heart, and this sentence made her suddenly feel happy, as if all her efforts were worth it.

"It's my job and I'll try to do better." Hasar said.

Looking at the back of Hasar walking out with light steps, Qusai said to Dr. Bull: "We are very interested in your super cannon project, if it can really be realized, we can undertake the task of launching satellites from various countries, and it has very low operating costs." ”

Although on the Caribbean island of Barbados in the sixties, Dr. Boole had already conducted several experiments and theoretically showed that when firing the "Footless Bird" ultra-long-range artillery shell, it was possible to reach the speed of launching a satellite. These shells are different from artillery ammunition in the usual sense, and they are essentially rocket-propelled carriers launched by large-caliber artillery, which are designed to launch both artificial satellites and carry warheads to carry out ultra-long-range attack missions.

However, the project ended without a hitch due to the termination of the investment. ≦≧

Now, Iraq has shown a strong interest in it, which is undoubtedly of great interest to Dr. Boole.

In fact, for Qusay, this kind of super cannon that can launch satellites, he is not very cold, the distance is practical, there is a lot of technical risk, different from the rocket launch satellite, this launch method, the satellite needs to carry a lot of acceleration, there will be about a few thousand g, which will require the satellite to have a high mechanical strength, and the launch of a long-range warhead, but it can also be considered.

However, a big attraction for Dr. Bull from Europe is this space cannon project, and if you want Dr. Bull to be able to stay here at ease, you have to use this as bait. And it's not just bait.

Qusay knows. The research and development of space cannons is certainly a rather long process, and moreover, when experimenting, it will not be very large at once, it is a process of research from small to large, step by step, in the course of research. This highly intelligent Dr. Boole. All sorts of new things are sure to pop up. ≦≧

For example, the current mainstream 155 mm caliber artillery can only hit more than 20 kilometers when firing grenades, but. Dr. Bull invented the rocket range extender, which increased the range of howitzers of this caliber to almost forty kilometers, and after increasing the caliber. There will be greater development of firing range, such as the long-range artillery developed by Dr. Boer for Iraq, the 210 mm caliber self-propelled giant "Fao" howitzer. The dead weight is 53 tons, the barrel is 11 meters long. The range of the rocket extended-range projectile is 56 km. Up to 4 shells weighing 120 kg can be fired per minute.

Today's Iraq is no longer the Iraq that will be unable to make ends meet, with a huge economy as the backing, and a certain amount of heavy industrial production capacity, as long as the existing production equipment is improved. Or import new production equipment, which can be produced independently using the manufacturing process of the high-chambered pressure gun mastered by Dr. Boole. And Dr. Boole will definitely do his best to complete the Air Force artillery project, then Iraq's artillery manufacturing industry will start from scratch, from small to large. It has developed into an industry with the world's advanced level.

Therefore, there are very real benefits to investing in the research of super-artillery, not to mention the improvement of the existing artillery in Iraq. It is also incumbent upon Dr. Boole to be more effective. ≦≧

Mention of the Super Cannon. Dr. Bull's eyes were filled with childlike longing, and he had been obsessed with supercannons since he came into contact with the materials of the "Paris Cannon Project" during the First World War, and he was very close to this dream.

"Your Excellency Qusay, are you really willing to build such a super cannon?" Dr. Bull asked.

"Very willingly," Qusay said, "but I have one condition. ”

"On what terms?"

"This super cannon must be produced and used in Iraq, and absolutely no technology from the super cannon can be exported, and we want to monopolize all future low-orbit satellite launch operations." Qusay said. When he said this, Cusay was very serious.

"No problem at all." Dr. Boole was also a very practical person, and he knew that if there was nothing good for Iraq, how could it be that the Americans would invest in such a project, and even the Americans would withdraw it. ≦≧Moreover, the other party said that he would monopolize the future low-orbit satellite launch business, as if he would see the glorious future of the super giant cannon. Little did he know that Qusay was saying this for other purposes.

After talking about this topic that interested Dr. Bull the most, Qusay gradually shifted the topic to his own focus: "Dr. Bull, just two years ago, you used a GC45 155mm howitzer in the Middle East to conduct a test, and the maximum range is said to have reached 43 kilometers? ”

"Yes." Dr. Bull said.

"You also know that we are now engaged in the fight against Iran, and Iran's crowd tactics make us sometimes feel that our artillery fire is not suppressed enough, so our existing howitzers do not meet our needs." Qusay said.

Before coming, improving the existing Iraqi artillery was also a request that Yured had already said, so Dr. Bull was also very cheerful and said: "Your country is mainly equipped with Soviet-made 130 mm caliber cannons, the ammunition technology of this cannon is outdated, we can change the tailgate, adopt new ammunition, to increase the range, however, I still suggest that your country can produce 155 mm caliber howitzers, this is the future trend, and larger caliber artillery should also be equipped." ≦≧”

Dr. Boole raised a very important aspect: ammunition! If you want to make a gun can hit far, in addition to the gun body, there is another very important place, that is, ammunition, better ammunition, which is conducive to the full performance of the artillery.

Moreover, Dr. Bull told Kusay very clearly that it is completely possible to produce the 155 mm caliber gun that he has developed, which is the development of the trend, and Dr. Bull is still working on a larger caliber 210 mm gun, which is needed on the battlefield in Iraq, and for Dr. Boole, it is his best project, as long as Iraq can fund him to carry out space research programs, these projects can be shared with Iraq, you know, when he opened a company in Belgium and sold artillery everywhere, It was to raise money to continue his research.

"We have an artillery repair plant in the north of Baghdad, and we hope that Dr. Boer can provide technical guidance to modify our existing artillery, and at the same time, upgrade this repair plant and transform it into an artillery production plant capable of producing this new type of artillery." Qusay said.

Now that Dr. Bull has agreed, Qusay is of course going to implement it immediately.

Transforming an artillery repair plant into a production plant? Dr. Boer frowned a little and said, "I have to do an investigation first, and most likely, I will have to buy a lot of equipment, and I don't know if Iraq will be able to produce qualified steel." ”

"As long as there is equipment abroad, we will definitely try to buy it." Qusay said that Western countries are still relatively supportive of Iraq, and it is completely possible to import equipment from the West, while Japan's equipment can also be squeezed out, but it is more difficult for the United States.

Now that Iraq is able to produce tanks, if it is able to produce suppressive artillery, it will go even further, and Iraq will eventually achieve domestic production of all weapons.

Wait a minute! In Kusai's mind, a thought suddenly flashed through his tank project, and there is still a big problem at present: tank guns!

Now Iraq has introduced the British L7 105 mm caliber tank gun, which is mounted on the 69 improved model, and the 2A46 125 mm smoothbore gun imported from the Soviet Union, which is mounted on the T-72 tank assembled by Iraq itself, but the performance of these two guns, Qusay is still not satisfied.

Although what Qusay wanted most was Rheinmetall's 120 mm tank gun, the other side had already rejected Qusay's request to introduce it, and this kind of tank gun could not be exported to Iraq.

Moreover, if it is introduced, there will be a coexistence of 125-mm artillery shells and 120-mm artillery shells in Iraq, which will be very detrimental to logistics.

Although in principle, tank guns and howitzers are not the same, tank guns use cannons with high chambers and low elevation angles, which are mainly aimed at direct shooting, while howitzers are high elevation angles, curved ballistics, and indirect aiming shots.

However, the technology of artillery is the same, such as electroslag redissolution technology, which can significantly improve the performance of the body tube, can be used on any kind of artillery, and the ammunition of artillery is also similar.

Why not let Dr. Bull make a cameo appearance and see if he can use the technology he has mastered to design a 125 mm caliber tank gun?

"Dr. Boole, we now have a pressing technical problem." Qusay said. "Our existing 125 mm caliber tank guns are not powerful enough, and we cannot produce them ourselves, and we in Iraq need to have our own tank guns. Only when we have large-scale armored forces will we be able to better conduct the war against Iran. ”

Looking at the person in front of him, Dr. Bull said, "Although I have not touched tank guns, I can still conduct some experiments, but if I use the new process I have recently developed to make a propellant, it should be able to increase the firepower of existing tank guns." ”

There was a pie of a huge cannon in front of him, and Dr. Bull was really very cooperative, and Kusai said: "Then ask Dr. Bull to take over this tank gun project together, and we will fully cooperate, and we will meet the first time if we want funds, personnel, and equipment." ”