As for the aviation machine gun, the 50 machine gun is much stronger than the aviation machine gun of the MG08 series of the same era, first of all, in terms of weight, the M2 as a 50 machine gun is not much heavier than the 7.92mm MG machine gun, you know, the MG08 machine gun weighs 22.2kg with a barrel alone, and the cooling water of 4.5kg is also about 18kg. Pen~fun~gewww.biquge.infomg08-15Although the weight is lighter, the weight is also about 12.9kg.

In general, if you use MG machine guns on later fighters, at least 2 are needed, and if you use M2 machine guns, one is enough, and the weight of the two sides is equal, but the firepower is not at the same level at all. Aviation machine guns don't have to think too much about heat dissipation, so the rate of fire of the M2 machine gun can be fully utilized, and it can fire 600 to 750 rounds in one minute, while the MG machine gun generally has a rate of fire of about 450 rounds.

And if you consider the killing of ammunition, the damage effect of the 50 machine gun is definitely much stronger than that of the MG machine gun, except for the high-powered incendiary bombs, the ordinary bullets of the M2 machine gun weigh 46 grams. The MG machine gun pointed bullet is only 12.8 grams, and one M2 bullet is almost equal to 4 MG machine gun bullets .......

Of course, as an aviation machine gun, there is a very important problem to give, which is that the accuracy is very good! The large-caliber bullet of the M2 machine gun has far more accuracy than the 7.92mm machine gun, and the M2 machine gun is very accurate even in the weight of the large-caliber machine gun, and the longest-effective range of the M2 machine gun in the 2nd American War is about 1000 meters, which is almost the farthest weight of the bullet convergence point calibrated by various countries, which shows that the performance of the M2 machine gun is very good!

Just ask if there is such a model that can be carried by infantry, can go to various turf, can hit planes, can hit tanks and light bunkers, weighs only more than 20 kilograms, and can be used for half a century with a slight change, what reason does the prince have not to equip it?

As for loading the Russians with 37 guns? On the one hand, the Bavarian army will not be equipped with 37mmpin-pin guns in the future. This thing is so outdated! This weapon, which arose in the Boer War and was used in small quantities in the 1st World War, could no longer satisfy future wars. So hurry up and deal with the Russians now while they need it! On the other hand, this weapon originated in England, and the Russians could obtain it through many channels, and it was really not possible to transfer a batch from France. So, even if the prince does not take the initiative to help, the Russians will still find a way to press various chassis on this gun.

So will the Russians have a negative effect on Germany after equipping various armored vehicles with 37 guns? The answer is naturally no, because after the Russians invest a lot of money in the 37 guns, the money for equipping new weapons will be reduced, which is great good news!

It boils down to the fact that because the 37 gun is not easy to use, the prince decides to dispose of the old goods, and the prince has found a new rapid-fire gun that is much stronger than the 37 gun!

Is 37 guns good? If you put it in this era, it's very good, 300 shells a minute, you can fire rapid, and the weight is not very large, you can't be an infantry gun, but it's still okay to be a yin person or put it on a vehicle chassis. Although it has various advantages and has been in the limelight on the battlefield, this weapon still has a lot of problems, the biggest of which is that the power of a single shell is too small!

When the prince first saw the muzzle velocity of the 37 gun, he almost thought it was a 37mm mortar (if any) ....... Muzzle velocity is only 367 meters per second! (The author looks at the wiki and has a record of more than 500 meters, but only sees one, nw and various books are 367, so this data is temporarily used) This initial velocity is not as good as the accuracy of the howitzer! With such a low muzzle velocity, you can't penetrate a slightly stronger cover, and the penetration ability is really higher than that of a 50 machine gun!

You said that the armor-piercing ability is worse, forget it, the charge is not large, if the prince remembers correctly, the charge should be 17 grams ....... A shell charge of 450 grams has a charge of 17 grams! This TM is too powerful, right? After all, the shell specification of the 37mm gun is 37mm*94, and the bullet length is shorter than that of the 50 machine gun. In those days, no matter how simple a shell was, there must be parts, so it created the problem of a very small charge.

The British actually also used 1mm guns in the 37 War. But soon they found that this kind of powerful artillery was not enough to destroy all kinds of bunkers on the Western Front, and then they replaced it with a new gun mount as an anti-aircraft artillery, but it was useless, you think about it, the projectile with a muzzle velocity of more than 300 meters has to be more curved, although the speed of the aircraft in World War I is slower, the altitude and location, and the maneuverability is poorer, but it can't humiliate people like this, right?

And then the British really couldn't stand this stuff and then worked on new anti-aircraft artillery. As for other countries? For example, Germany, France, Russia and so on. It is better to continue with the 37 guns, because at that time they were not equipped with other alternative artillery .......

The gun that the prince decided to replace the 37mm gun was the 2-pounder gun made by the British in history, which actually appeared in 1905 and began to be used as a naval gun. And later the British found out that this kind of artillery is very good as a land artillery! Then the ...... was requisitioned.

Compared with the 37mm gun, the performance of the new 40mm gun (that is, the 2-pounder gun) of the British has been greatly improved. First of all, the shell specification was changed to 40mm x 158mm. The weight of the warhead was doubled! And the charge is up to 100 grams! The latter is about 6 times more than the former! The muzzle velocity has also been increased to about 600 meters, and the speed will be even higher if you use a flick. The increase in power can be said to be very significant. And the rate of fire of this gun is not slow, it can reach about 200 rounds per minute. Historically, the British used 14 rounds of ammunition for ammunition feeding, and the continuity of firepower was okay.

(Note that the weight of both a 1-pounder gun and a 2-pounder gun is the weight of the warhead, but in fact the weight of the whole load will go up a bit, the weight of the shell for the 1-pounder gun is 1.39 lbs, and the weight of the whole load for the 2-pounder gun is 2.95 lbs.) The dimensions of the shells mentioned in the text are warhead dimensions. ）

While the firepower has been greatly increased, the weight and size of this gun have increased very limitedly, the specifications of the 37mm gun are like this, the weight is 186kg, and the length of the barrel is 185cm. And the specifications of the 40mm gun are like this, the weight is 229kg (249kg after the cooling water cylinder is filled with water), and the length of the gun body is 2.43 meters! In other words, this power is more than 2 times higher than that of the 37 gun, and the weight of the weapon has only increased by more than 40 kg. The length of the cannon has been increased by 0.6 meters! Relative to the increase in power, these increases in weight and volume are acceptable!

This artillery seemed to the prince to be very versatile and could deal with most of the bunkers and fortifications on the Eastern Front. And it can be used as an anti-aircraft artillery, a good muzzle velocity and rate of fire means a higher anti-aircraft efficiency, unlike the 37 gun, although the rate of fire is high, but the muzzle velocity is too slow, and it is not like the 75mm gun, which is high, but the rate of fire is too slow.......

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