Chapter 269: New Equipment at the Military Parade

ps: I'm sorry, I fell asleep last night, embarrassed......

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October 1, Republic 2757 (1916), Hanjing. ∽ ↗ top ∽ ↗ point ∽ ↗ small ∽ ↗ said,

Today, the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Hanjing, and a grand military parade was also held. In addition, the world's first live broadcast was held, and the crowd of onlookers who did not have the opportunity to rush to Hanjing gathered in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast. Of course, those who have TV at home watch it at home, but now television is not very popular, so the screening rooms of various organs, villages, and neighborhood committees are crowded with audiences. During the live broadcast, the whole country was empty.

Compared with last year, some new equipment has been added to this year's parade. Those who watched carefully noticed that the rifles held by the Chinese soldiers participating in the parade had changed, no longer the Type 06 rifle of the past (i.e., the M1903 Chuntian MK1), but a type of rifle that had never been seen before.

The biggest change is that it loses the massive bolt of the Type 06, and it is clearly a semi-automatic rifle. Of course, semi-automatic rifles are not unusual, they have been around since the last century, and Mexico is one of the earliest countries to equip them, having officially equipped them with Mondragon 6 in 1908. 5mm semi-automatic rifles, Britain and France and other powers also have semi-automatic rifles, such as Niu Niu's M1909, Rooster's Farka-Hill. After the outbreak of World War I, both warring sides began to be equipped with a large number of weapons, in addition to the Mauser 1916 semi-automatic rifle, the Germans also made a very strange 15 semi-automatic rifle, this goods has a snail-shaped 30-round drum, which looks very strange.

Compared to these positive countries, China is still late in changing its clothes. Of course, China is not without semi-automatic rifles, nor without money, but without power. China is not in the war now, and the military bigwigs feel that it is unnecessary, and the Type 1906 bolt-action rifle is quite good to use.

However, this year, the war in Europe has become more and more intense, and China has been unable to sit still, so as soon as the Spring Festival holiday ended last year, China began to officially install this new semi-automatic rifle.

If there are military fans in the original time and space, they will recognize it at a glance, this thing named the 1915 rifle is simply a copy of the M-14 automatic rifle of the original time and space, but the Type 15 is a semi-automatic version, and the caliber is also the same 7 mm as the Type 06, using 7*49 mm rifle cartridges. Pneumatic principle, bolt rotary locking method, equipped with 5 rounds, 10 rounds and 20 rounds of magazines. The effective firing range is 460 meters, and the maximum firing range is 800 meters. In addition to the regular rifle version, a sniper rifle version with an additional tripod, an optical sight, and a heavy barrel was also introduced.

In addition, the squad light machine gun has also been reequipped, in the past, China = the army was equipped with the M1906 "Cobra" light machine gun (Bren Mo revised version), and this year it was also reequipped with the latest 1915 squad machine gun. This machine gun is actually a modified version of the RPD light machine gun (Type 56 light machine gun), the caliber is naturally 7 mm, and the 7 * 49 mm rifle machine gun cartridge is used. A handguard and handle have been added to the rear end of the barrel, and the original fixed barrel has been replaced with a movable barrel that allows for quick barrel changes in battle. The ammunition supply method of this machine gun has also been changed to an "open drum" instead of the original chain, and the superiority of the "open drum" is needless to say.

In addition, these two guns have been family-oriented, and 70% of the parts of both are common.

Heavy machine guns were reloaded earlier, because the first Makqin water-cooled machine guns were inconvenient to use and very cumbersome, especially in arid areas. Later, a Type 1909 air-cooled heavy machine gun (a magic version of the M1919 Browning machine gun) was made, but this machine gun weighed 14 kg, which was not very easy to use, and was not highly evaluated in the army. So in 1914, the first industrial department developed a new heavy machine gun - the 1914 type 8 mm heavy machine gun. Its prototype is the famous MG42 in the original time and space, among the weapons designed by the Germans who like to complicate simple things, this machine gun is a rare conscience, and it is also one of the few highlights of German weapons, and at the same time has the characteristics of reliability, durability, simplicity, easy operation and low cost.

Of course, Chinese ordnance engineers did not copy it exactly, and made a lot of magic changes on the basis of MG42. The caliber was changed to 8 mm, 8 x 64 heavy machine gun rounds were used, and the ammunition was fed by a chain. Compared to the original, the weight of the gun has been reduced to 10 kg, and a gas regulator has been added to easily adjust the rate of fire, with a total of five gears, from 250 rounds per minute to 1200 rounds per minute. And with the MAG kind of quick-change barrel, the barrel can be changed in five seconds without any tools. In addition, the bipod was completely abolished, and it was completely used as a heavy machine gun. Well, it's basically a new weapon that combines the advantages of the MG42 and the Mag, two well-known machine guns.

These infantry weapons are not very eye-catching, after all, in the eyes of the layman, the gun is almost the same, they can't tell which gun is better, basically the insider will pay attention. At the parade, the most eye-catching thing was the armored forces.

This time, 366 new armored combat vehicles participated in the parade, they formed three phalanxes, and a huge torrent of steel rumbled through the Zhonghua Gate Square amid the cheers of the onlookers.

Colonel Yi Damao also participated in the parade this time, and the 301st Regiment of the Third Division, to which he belonged, as the first batch of troops equipped with new combat vehicles, naturally became one of the receiving troops, and he himself was on the command vehicle of the first chariot phalanx as the regiment commander.

During the march, the commanders and gunners of all the crews showed half of their bodies from the top hatch in accordance with the requirements of the review, and when they passed the majestic Zhonghua Gate, they turned around and saluted the leaders who were watching the salute on the tower of the city gate.

The host said excitedly: "Now the square of the Zhonghua Gate is the phalanx of armored combat vehicles, in addition to the familiar otter amphibious combat vehicle and Wolverine light combat vehicle, the last three phalanx is China's latest equipment medium combat vehicle, ZZC-3 type 1916 "Red Wolf" armored combat vehicle...... Next, I would like to invite Professor Yu Lin of the National Defense University to introduce this new combat vehicle to our audience...... Professor You, could you please tell us about the characteristics of this tank?"

This live broadcast is also a complete imitation of the military programs of later generations, equipped with hosts and expert guests, there are many experts who participated in the live broadcast this time, respectively responsible for different parts, and the person in charge of armored vehicles is the current Professor You Lin.

"Of course you can......" Professor You picked up the microphone, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, because of time constraints, I will briefly talk about it." This new type of combat vehicle was developed by our country the year before, and it was officially finalized and mass-produced in January this year to equip the troops. The Wolverine Chariot is very familiar to everyone, and we can intuitively see that this Red Wolf Chariot is much larger and heavier than the Wolverine Chariot. The full weight of the Wolverine chariot is 11 tons, while the Red Wolf chariot weighs three times as much. In addition, we can see that its main gun is larger than that of the Wolverine, which is a 75 mm 45 x diameter tank gun...... According to our test numbers, it can be said that it is the most advanced and powerful armored combat vehicle in the world today! This is also the intuitive embodiment of our science and technology......

"Professor You, is it more powerful than the French 2C super-heavy tank?" the moderator asked.

Professor You said confidently: "There is no doubt about this! Although the French 2C super-heavy tank is twice as heavy as our Red Wolf in terms of tonnage, it is not the opponent of the Red Wolf at all......

Thanks to the increasing popularity of radio and television, especially television, the development of media in this plane far exceeded that of the same period in the original time and space, and even in the bloodiest and most brutal battlefields of the Western Front, there were still a large number of active reporters and photographers, who carried cameras around to take pictures of various interesting scenes, and then sent them to television stations for public broadcast.

The Battle of the Donpu tanks on the Western Front in August attracted the attention of people all over the world, and the battle was of course best known for the Wolverine Chariot, which won the final victory. However, the French 2C super-heavy tank has also become the "second protagonist" of this campaign, and it once completely suppressed the wolverine's appearance on the battlefield, as well as its huge and majestic size, which also won it a large number of fans.

In fact, since the Battle of Down, all countries have accelerated the development of heavy tanks and super heavy tanks, although 2C failed in the end, but everyone thinks that their number is too small, and the reason why teammates are not strong, is not that it is weak.

At this time, the mainstream view of countries = armies and military fans mostly believes that the tank is the modern cavalry, and since it is a cavalry, it is natural to divide several grades from light to heavy, and it should be light and heavy. According to the mainstream view, China's Wolverine and France's Renault, which weigh a few tons to a dozen tons, are light tanks. Medium tanks weighing more than 20 tons and less than 40 tons are medium tanks, such as the 30-ton British Mark 4 tank. The 40-60 ton class is a heavy tank. As for the 70C tank, which weighs 2 tons, it is basically considered a super-heavy tank.

However, in the eyes of the top management of Mr. Wen and Zhongzhong, the 2C tank is a crude benzene rammed cargo, although it weighs 70 tons, but neither firepower nor armor can match its tonnage, such a large tank main gun is only 75 mm caliber, and the thickest part of the armor is only 75 mm, and the waste of tonnage is too strict. Of course, as the first super-heavy tank in this plane, it is still quite good, and the French have no posterity information, and it is the first time to play, so it is already good to be able to do this.

The world of this plane, under the influence of the flapping wings of the wind god pterodactyl, is becoming more and more different from the history of the original time and space, and the speed of scientific and technological development is much faster than that of the original time and space. Especially in terms of military technology, Mr. Wen, the number one arms dealer on the earth, exported a large number of new weapons, which stimulated the major powers to increase their investment in research. And those ready-made weapons also gave them a lot of inspiration, after all, many things are a conceptual problem, and the span of twenty or thirty years is not something out of reach, it is not unrealistic in terms of technology, at most the performance is almost and the cost is high. After the window paper was shamelessly pierced by Mr. Wen, everyone would suddenly realize: "Oh, it turns out that this thing should be like this!", instead of exclaiming something: "Impossible, how can there be this thing?"

For example, the planes flying over the European battlefield have reached the level of the 20s and even the 30s of the original time and space. The equipment on the ground is no exception, generally reaching the level of the 20s and 30s, and some of the equipment even reached the level of World War II. Now that the world has changed beyond recognition, China, as the initiator, naturally does not dare to slack off.

Not long after the Wolverine tank entered service, China began to develop a new tank. The initial choice, of course, was the famous T-34, which was arguably the most successful tank of World War II, and a model of the perfect combination of tactical performance and manufacturing costs. The information of the T-34 tank is a big road cargo in later generations, and the database of the Xingke base is naturally not lacking, and the technology is not bad. At the beginning, the Xingke Heavy Vehicle Factory built a few vehicles for testing according to the gourd drawing, and if you follow the opinion of the natives of the plane, this tank must be quite perfect. However, the high-level leaders of the Science and Technology Socialist Party, who have a high vision, do not see it that way, but find a lot of faults.

This is also normal, no matter how perfect the T-34 is, it is only a World War II product, and from the perspective of the 23rd century, of course, there are many shortcomings. However, although China's industrial level has been greatly improved, it cannot be compared with the first industrial country in later generations. It's okay to make something from the Second World War, but it's too unrealistic to choose a more advanced tank, such as a 21st century tank, such as the 99 overhaul, the 99 rehaul, and so on. Even if it can barely be made, it can't be mass-produced, not to mention the difficulty of manufacturing, but the cost is unbearable. Weapons are consumables, so the more advanced the better, the manufacturing cost and production difficulty are the most important indicators.

As a result, Chinese engineers made drastic changes to the T-34, absorbing the advantages of the T-34 and incorporating a large number of design concepts from later generations, and in the end it has completely become a completely new tank that has never been seen in history.

The hull of the 1916 model "Red Wolf" armored combat vehicle was 6 years long. 2 meters, width 3. 3 meters, height 2. 5 meters, the crew is 4 people, the total weight is 35 tons. The "Red Wolf" has a half-egg cast turret similar to the Type 59, which is much larger than the T-34. The main armament is a 75 mm 45 x diameter tank gun with semi-automatic loading, the course machine gun on the front of the hull has been eliminated in order to strengthen the defense, there is an 8 mm coaxial machine gun on the right side of the main gun, and a 12 mm anti-aircraft machine gun is also mounted above the turret. The powertrain is a 500 kW (670 hp) supercharged diesel. The travel system is suspended by torsion bars and has 5 pairs of large-diameter load wheels. The maximum speed is 60 km / h, the maximum range is 400 km.

The thickness of the hull armor was 90 mm on the front with an inclination of 60 degrees, and on the sides 60 mm with an inclination of 45 degrees. Rear 30 mm, inclination 45 degrees. The thickness of the turret armor is 100 mm on the front, 70 mm on the sides, and 40 mm on the back, and can be attached to the "sandwich" composite armor, automatic explosion suppression system and other accessories, and the side of the hull can also be equipped with a grille according to the needs of the mission.

Overall, it looks like a brand new tank, a model that has never been seen before in history. It is precisely with this new tank that they do not think much of the super-heavy tanks that are now popular in various countries.