Predictably, in the case that the 20mm cannon could not come out. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info (The treaty doesn't allow it.) Historically, the Germans had only one small-caliber anti-aircraft gun, which was the 37mm gun, and when the war continued, the aircraft performance continued to improve, the 40mm gun designed and produced by Bavaria will definitely replace the 37 gun with excellent performance, as the only medium-caliber anti-aircraft gun of the German three armies! It's the only one! Not only the army, but also the navy and air force! If the air pressure in this plane increases, then every battleship will have to come to a dozen or so gates.......

Before deciding to design and develop a 40mm gun, the prince also compared the German 50mm gun with the British 47mm gun, and considered the performance of these similar-caliber guns. The weight of the warhead of the latter is generally around 3 pounds. The overall weight of the shell is generally about 3kg. The shells are a lot bigger, and the power has definitely increased. The increase in weight is not large, generally around 280 to 300kg. This is the advantage of the latter.

But the biggest problem with these guns is that they can't fire continuously! The 40mm gun was almost the limit of rapid-fire artillery before World War II, and the 40mm gun of the same era used a bullet plate to feed the ammunition, and the theoretical rate of fire could reach 200 rounds in one minute. Both the German 50mm guns and the British 47mm guns could only be fed with a single shot, and the theoretical rate of fire of the guns was reduced to about 10 to 20 rounds. Not to mention anything else, this artillery air defense is definitely inferior to a 40mm gun!

As for the use of the army, this kind of artillery is actually not as good as the 40 gun, of course, the power of the single shot of the 50 gun and the 47 gun has gone up, but when facing soft targets, the projection volume of the 40mm gun is much higher than that of the 50 gun, and when you hit the infantry, carriage, and light bunker, the power of the 50mm gun and the 47mm gun is excessive. As for the reinforced heavy bunker, this thing is also difficult to penetrate with a 50mm gun, go directly to the Vespa assault gun, cut it off with a 75mm sprint, and use a heavy mortar to ...... if it doesn't work.

If you want to use anti-tank, the 40mm gun is almost enough, if everything is according to history, then no tank in Britain and France can resist the 40mm gun, and the high rate of fire of the 40 gun will be better. After all, the so-called starting hit rate of artillery in this era is very low, and it basically has to be corrected by calibration to hit, 40 guns pull the trigger, calibrate it, and the second shot can be fired quickly, and the reload time of 50mm guns and 47 guns is a hard flaw.

"If such a gun is mounted on a tank, will it be more suitable than 50 guns?" By chance, Viscount Schmidt reported that the original tank was equipped with 50mm guns that were considered too frustrated, and that the most important reason for this was that it was not very effective against infantry and small point targets.

"I'll rub!" Did you get something wrong? The prince instantly felt a little square. What does a tank have to do to suppress infantry and small targets? But looking back, what Schmidt said does make sense, the main target of your tank on the Eastern Front is not infantry and machine gun nests, so what can it be?

"Even with machine guns for corrective fire, it is still difficult for a 50mm gun to hit a very small machine gun nest or mortar position. Comparatively speaking, when we experimented, we found that using the 37 cannon can cover the target higher and faster. The only problem was that the single-shot lethality and penetration of the 37 guns were very problematic. So the experimental team meant to equip a weapon that could fire continuously, but with a much higher power than the 37 gun. Schmidt explains.

Then Schmidt took a wooden model of a 2-pounder gun to the Iron Fort Experimental Plant. Then they sadly discovered that the 2-pounder gun and the ammunition feed plate next to it took up too much volume. Although it was not impossible to force the load, the prince tried to reduce the overall weight of the car, so the whole outfit plan was on the verge of failure.

"Actually, you can try this, don't let the cannon be centered, move the cannon to the side, and then the space will be free?" The prince's suggestion was entirely based on the layout of the artillery of the later hunters, since the artillery was too large relative to the turret (or hull), it was better to test it to the side, and then make the bullet board shorter, 14 rounds were too long, 7 rounds were too long, and 4 rounds were directly obtained!

The small size of the Stalker can fit a 75mm tank gun and it also has good frontal defense and mobility, which is completely classic in terms of design, and the design of the gun slightly off the center line gives this combat vehicle that is not even 18 tons of combat has a strong enough hard index. Besides, a TD can be mounted on the side, and a tank has a turret that can rotate, so what are you afraid of?

Thus, under the full impetus of the prince, the development and equipment of the new 2-pounder gun was put on the agenda, and in the future all armored vehicles equipped with rapid-fire guns will be equipped with this artillery, and this gun will also be used as the anti-aircraft artillery of the Bavarian army. As for the anti-aircraft artillery of the Navy? This is a bit early, after all, the German central government does not yet believe that aircraft can pose a threat to the fleet.

It is true that aircraft have not posed a great threat to the fleet in history, but under the influence of the traverser, the prince does not dare to guarantee that the British in this plane will not make a torpedo machine attack the fleet, after all, at the end of World War 1 in history, the torpedo machine has come out, but there is no chance to show its skills. Although it is said that once it is put into battle, it will definitely be full of problems, but in the face of a battleship that also has no experience to speak of, who knows what the result will be? A warship of tens of millions of marks can't easily get into trouble!

The matter came to an end quickly, because whether it was an M2 machine gun or a 2-pounder gun, these things were tactical. As a chess player at the national level, it is naturally impossible for Ruprecht to focus on these aspects. Relative to the next thing, the previous thing is not worth mentioning at all!

"Your Royal Highness, Prince Heinrich has accepted our invitation to visit the Brom-Forss shipyard to see our new products." Count Schelling said.

"Very good, arrange the itinerary, I will personally go to the shipyard for a trip!" The prince commanded.

"Are our juveniles ready?" The prince thought for a moment and asked.

"As you wish, with the help of Mr. Holland, our submarine has completed 3 unmanned dives, and there will be manned dives tomorrow, and 3 diving experiments will be carried out before you and His Royal Highness the Prince arrive, and the surface navigation experiment has also been carried out for three days, and the current situation is very good, the only problem is that the white-headed fish imported from Italy are somewhat problematic, and the fuse is not so easy to use." Count Schelling said.

"Okay, let the technicians solve the problem faster, and if you need additional personnel from the shipyard, just transfer them directly. That's the most important thing right now. Everything else can be pushed back. The prince said.

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