The Germans also have a fairly long history of studying rocket artillery. As early as 1909, the German company Krupp purchased the patent for the fixed rocket launcher of the Swede Lieutenant Colonel Wenger, and independently improved and trial-produced.www.biquge.info

After World War I, in order to bypass the Treaty of Versailles, the development of rocket artillery was carried out in order to develop throwing weapons that could replace large-caliber artillery, to attack enemy forces defending trenches and fortresses, and to launch chemical munitions and incendiary bombs.

It's just that it didn't go well at first, and like the development of the Soviets, it was mainly a matter of propellants.

At the beginning, black gunpowder was used, and it was operated manually, and the manufacturability was very poor, and the black gunpowder was easy to impact and ignite, so the development work was carried out very slowly.

In this way, until 1935, a new, impact-resistant rocket propellant was successfully developed, and since then, the development of German rocket artillery has entered the fast lane.

Historically, the Germans developed rocket artillery of various calibers such as 150 mm, 210 mm, 300 mm, 280/320 mm, etc., in various forms of fixed, towed and self-propelled versions.

It can be found that the Germans paid more attention to large-caliber rocket artillery, which was a difference in thinking.

The Soviet Union used rocket artillery on a large scale and relied on a large amount of ammunition to cover the target in a short time to achieve the goal, so almost all of the Soviet rocket artillery were mainly 80 mm and 132 mm, but the number of tubes was very large, and a salvo was 16 or 24 tubes.

The Germans, on the other hand, paid more attention to long-range precision strikes with heavy rockets.

You must know that rocket artillery is not as precise as the barrel artillery, and it can only be fired in an approximate direction, and the accuracy will not be too high, and if Germany wants to improve its accuracy, it must use heavy ones.

The heavier the rocket, the less it is affected by the wind in the air, and at the same time, because the caliber is larger and heavier, the number of launch tubes of the rocket artillery is reduced. Each German rocket launcher was up to 10 tubes.

Which of the two options is better? Just look at the equipment of the future generations to know!

Therefore, Ciric raised the issue of the caliber of rocket artillery, among them, the 107 mm rocket launcher, which is relatively lightweight, just like the 63 type 12-tube rocket launcher in later Huaxia, can be equipped with mountain troops, and two people can take it away, and it can also be used for aviation rockets.

The 122-mm rocket launcher, as a standard 40-barrel rocket launcher, is the same as the BM21 "Hail" series.

There are also heavy rocket artillery of more than 300 mm.

Therefore, the equipment for the troops should be this 122 mm MLRS, with strong firepower and sufficient power, which is most suitable for accompanying the tank cluster charge and covering the opponent in advance!

With Ciric's Dinghaishen Needle, the military experts don't have to worry, and they can directly design according to the 122 mm one!

Although the crawler chassis has better off-road performance, it is also more expensive and consumes more fuel, and this rocket launcher is the main support weapon, so after some research, they finally chose the 10-ton off-road chassis.

Relying on an excellent off-road chassis and a high-horsepower diesel engine, the number of tubes of this rocket launcher has also reached a limit.

There are four rows of ten, for a total of forty pipes!

After equipping the troops, they conducted a test firing, and the firepower was absolutely mad!

"General Ciric, this is our latest rocket artillery to equip our troops." Seeing that Ciric was interested, Guderian on the side immediately came up to introduce him.

"This rocket artillery has a double row of 20 orbital launchers and 40 rockets. The body length of the projectile is 2870 mm, the weight is 66 kg, the warhead weighs 18.4 kg, of which the charge is 6.4 kg, and the maximum range is 20 km. ”

For 122 mm rocket artillery, the range of 20 km is the most basic, which is exactly the distance to be covered in advance, which is quite suitable, and the development models in later generations can also be increased to 30 km, or even 40 km. With a configuration of 40 tubes, the firepower is also strong enough.

Looking at Ciric's nod, Guderian knew that this weapon was developed under the auspices of Ciric, and Ciric was very satisfied with the results so far.

"This rocket launcher was named the Type 38 rocket launcher, but after equipping our troops, we gave it a new nickname."

Nickname? Ciric looked back with interest: "What's it called?" ”

It's certainly not Katyusha, that's the title of the Soviets, and now, looking at it like this, it's a lot like an organ pipe!

"It's called the Ciric Organ Pipe." Guderian said.

Guderian has been in an old relationship with Ciric for more than ten years, and he has a deep understanding of Ciric's personality, and he is absolutely unambiguous in terms of army management and equipment, and in other aspects, he is very easy-going.

And this nickname was originally a tribute to Ciric.

In an instant, Ciric was speechless, in history, it seems that there is such a thing as Himmler's organ pipe, but I didn't expect that now in the army, it was actually given according to his own name!

However, this matter, of course, is not worthy of Ciric's anger, and Ciric has a smile on his face: "After that, there will definitely be many people scolding me." ”

Scold? Guderian was stunned.

"The enemy will definitely curse me to death." Ciric said.

The surrounding high-ranking officials instantly smiled, and they were scolded by the enemy, which was an honor, indicating that they were very powerful!

"With this rocket launcher, we have more confidence." Guderian said: "In the past, we had to call Stuka over, but now, when there is resistance from the front, we greet them directly with the organ pipes of Ciric!" ”

In World War II, Germany's rocket artillery was not famous because the German army relied on the air force to support it! Stuka's roar was the most common in the early days of World War II!

Ciric nodded, air-ground integration is very important, but it is also important for the army to solve its own problems! And it is no secret that he has contradictions with Goering.

"Report." At this moment, Shirek's assistant, Graf, who was also the captain of the guard, walked over quickly: "The base camp said that there are several officers of the island country who want to come to our party guard for inspection. ”

How many officers of the island nation? A thought popped into Ciric's mind, could it be that they wanted to inspect German chariots, and then they wanted to buy them?

Historically, the islanders have bought Tiger tanks, but unfortunately, in the end, they were cheated by Germany and got nothing, and now, the German tanks have shown their advanced nature in the Spanish Civil War, and it is possible for the islanders to investigate.

"Do we still have a Panther 2 tank in stock?" Ciric asked Guderian. The advanced Black Panther 3 is not for the Japanese to see, and with the Black Panther 2, it is enough to show them the advancedness.