National Policy Volume VII Peninsula Gunsmoke Chapter 125 Electromagnetic Pioneer

And then - only 3 battleships of the shelling. But the firepower intensity is equal to 3!

017 year. Before the project was established for the "Qinling" class cruiser and the "Tai" class destroyer. The military scientific research units of the Republic have made major breakthroughs in several key electromagnetic technologies. The loading of electromagnetic guns became a matter of time

Then. The electromagnetic cannon of the Navy of the Republic was put on board for in-depth study.

There are only two problems that hinder the promotion of electromagnetic guns. One is the material. The second is energy.

Railrail railcans require two very special materials. One is a high-temperature superconducting material as a conductor, and the other is a high-strength wear-resistant material for manufacturing a "gun barrel". Both are indispensable.

High-temperature superconducting materials are easy to solve. The difficult thing is the high-strength wear-resistant material.

As a key project of the second phase of the "Yanhuang Plan". High strength and wear-resistant, but it is a key material in the manufacture of electromagnetic guns. It is also a necessary material for the manufacture of electromagnetic catapults.

In order to reduce the risk of development. The republic is not a two-pronged strategy.

Focus on the research of orbital electromagnetics at the same time. The Navy and the Army jointly established the "Electromagnetic Weapons and Equipment Research Office." The joint capital is hundreds of millions of yuan. 5 scientific research institutions and scientific research units were commissioned to carry out the preliminary research and production of coil magnetic guns. Concentrate on overcoming several technical difficulties.

From the theory of work. The coil electromagnetic cannon is more advanced than the orbital electromagnetic gun.

Of course. The development of coil electric cannons is more difficult. In addition to the fact that high-strength wear-resistant materials are not required. The coil electromagnetic cannon is more demanding than the rail electromagnetic gun in other aspects. In particular, the design and manufacturing method of "high-density induction coil". Is there any country that has sufficient technical reserves.

As long as the material technology is overcome, the development of the orbital electromagnetic cannon is not very difficult.

For the republic. Energy issues are easy to solve. Under the premise that the state concentrates its efforts on solving the "air-based laser interception system", the energy problem of the electromagnetic gun is very easy to solve. For the Navy. Because there is enough space for the battleship. The issue of energy is not prominent.

Theoretically calculated. Although the electromagnetic cannon requires a 12-level composite battery to operate. However, it is possible to use 8 or even 6 composite batteries as energy storage carriers. It is not necessary to use all 12 composite batteries.

It was at this time. There was a disagreement between the Navy and the Ministry of Defense on the power scheme of cruisers and destroyers.

The battery can be used as an energy carrier for the electromagnetic cannon as well as as an energy carrier for the power system.

The output of 8-level composite batteries has increased by dozens of times, and it has not been put into the civilian market for the time being. The Ministry of Defense is inclined to build "all-electric warships". Instead of building a "nuclear hybrid warship", the main reason is that the cost of fusion reactors remains high. The cost of a "nuclear hybrid system" is very high. The Navy, on the other hand, is inclined to build "nuclear-powered hybrid warships". And not "all-electric warships". Because there is a polyreactor equipped. Only then can the warship have a real sustained combat capability, otherwise it will be late to return to port or rely on other warships to provide electricity.

There is no mention of another type of warship. That is, the "Huaxia" class aircraft carrier.

As the first surface warship of the republic equipped with a fusion reactor. When designing the aircraft carrier of the "Huaxia" class. The engineers had in mind the possibility of providing power to the "all-electric warships" in the formation at sea, and the Huaxia-class fusion reactor could operate at 125% of the design power for a short time. At the same time 2 escort battleships charged.

According to this information. The Ministry of Defense strongly believes that it is necessary to equip escort ships with fusion reactors.

If the "Qinling" class is equipped with 20 tons of 6-level composite batteries, 508-level composite batteries, and 0-ton 12-level composite batteries, it can not only ensure its maximum navigation power of 850 nautical miles. On top of the 40 nautical mile range,2 the electromagnetic cannon equipped with 50 shells each provides full power, without the need to recharge before recharging the ammunition (charging to coincide with the ammunition resupply.

The Navy still insists on having fusion reactors on large escort warships. The reason for the Navy is simple. It is impossible for an escort warship to accompany an aircraft carrier in combat, and in many cases it is necessary to fight alone. For this. The Navy cites the example of the combat operations of the US Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers in the Iranian war. Proven that large warships equipped with magnetic cannons (electrothermochemical cannons) are not only capable of supporting the enemy. Also left the aircraft carrier to move alone.

Navy with the Ministry of Defense. Almost buried the "Ling" class cruiser and the "Taihu" class destroyer.

Until 01. An event that occurred when the electromagnetic gun was about to be successfully developed. Eventually, the Ministry of Defense changed its attitude.

At that time, the United States had already manufactured a Class 4 composite battery. And at the price of "fire sale", civilian products equipped with 2-stage composite batteries are promoted in the domestic market. Military products equipped with Class 4 or even Class 6 composite batteries are sold to a number of countries. The Republic immediately revised the "Export Norms for Electric Products". Sell packages to the international market, aircraft-grade electric vehicles, high-end electric yachts, and civilian products equipped with 6-level composite batteries. Sale of military products equipped with Class 8 composite batteries to "friendly countries".

And so it goes. The market demand for 6-stage composite storage tanks and 8-stage composite batteries has soared.

If the "all-electric ship" is built. The cost will exceed the pre-4

relative'. It is more cost-effective to equip a warship with a fusion reactor.

So far. The battle for the "electricity" of the escort battleships ended in paragraphs. Because the anti-submarine frigate is not equipped with an electromagnetic gun. The displacement is comparatively smaller. So the Navy did not install fusion reactors on frigates.

The "Qinling" class is equipped with one HD-3 fusion reactor. The rated maximum output power is 4MW, and the emergency high output power is 60MW; Operates at maximum output power. It is proved that the battleship can sail at a speed of 3 and supply power to all the electronic and electrical equipment on the battleship, and can provide 15MW of power supply for each of the 2 electromagnetic guns, ensuring that the electromagnetic guns can be stored and fully charged within 30 minutes; If the battleship reduces the speed to 16 knots (cruising speed. Turn off unnecessary electronic and electrical equipment. It can complete the charging operation within 0 minutes - the door magnetic gun is equipped with a -4512 composite battery without charging. It can send 48 at maximum energy.

From this it can be calculated that the "Qinling" class can fire 5 shells in 6 minutes. While charging the electromagnetic gun energy storage battery. Each cannon is capable of firing continuously at a rate of -2 per minute.

The Taihu class is equipped with an HD-3B fusion reactor. The rated maximum transmission power is 3MW and the emergency high output power is 45MW. In addition to being equipped with only 1 electromagnetic gun. Other performance is comparable to that of the "Qinling" class.

Equipping a fusion reaction also has a very obvious benefit. In the future, you can add a variety of electric weapons when you make improvements!

Because the priority level of the "Qinling" class is higher than that of the "Taihu" class. The "Qinling" was put into service 8 months earlier than the "Tai". So the "Qinling" class was the first warship in the world to be equipped with magnetic cannons.

The electromagnetic cannon equipped with the "Qinling" is comparable in performance to the "Zumwalt" class expelling electrothermochemical cannon.

The main reason is to resolve the "existing" problem of electromagnetic guns with the national focus, and the research and development of artillery shells has not been intensified in the early stage. Affected by the special firing mechanism of the electromagnetic gun. Before the key technology is solved. The cannonballs used in the electromagnetic cannon are relatively simple. It is not possible to equip an electrothermochemical cannon with a wide variety of extended-range ammunition.

Even so. The performance of the DP-1A electric cannon is still enough to "stand out from the crowd".

Compared with traditional chemical energy guns, including electrothermal guns, the most significant feature of electromagnetic guns is not that the muzzle kinetic energy is greater. It is possible to emit energy according to the needs of actual combat. The power of the electromagnetic cannon is fired in the most ideal way. Another feature of the orbital electromagnetic gun is: It is possible to use "adaptors" to use shells of different calibers and different properties according to different combat missions.

For example, when using small-caliber air-burst shells against surface targets, large-caliber explosive shells are used against surface targets. Use large-caliber armor-piercing or semi-armor-piercing shells against sea surface targets.

Of course. The biggest advantage of the electromagnetic cannon is the amazing range and rate of fire.

The maximum range of the DP-1A when using a normal pair of attack shells (output energy 25J is 185 meters. The maximum firing range of the DP-1A when using ballistic correction shells with reduced charge is 20 km. After the successful development of the rocket extended-range bomb. The maximum range was mentioned at 360 meters!

The DP-1A can fire 8 shells within 0-1 or 16 shells in 1 minute, or 48 shells in 5 minutes when fired in a rapid fire (it is not the energy supply that affects the sustained fire rate). It's orbital cooling. When a fusion reactor supplies electricity directly while charging the battery slowly. It can also fire shells at a rate of -2 per minute with its maximum firing energy.

on range. The DP-1A is on par with the American electrothermochemical cannon. The rate of fire is 0% higher 50%.

If we can solve the problem of rail heat and electric energy supply. The rate of fire of the rail rail gun can be further increased. Theoretically calculated. The maximum fire of the orbital electromagnetic cannon is more than 10 times that of the chemical energy gun. Technological progress never ends. Only stronger. There is no strongest!

Because there is no need to carry a projectile kit. So in the case of the same tonnage. The Railgun has a stronger ammunition carrying capacity.

The standard ammunition load of the "Qinling" class is 750 shells per gun, 250 shells in the ammunition depot under the turret. Another 500 rounds are stored in spare ammunition depots. The reserve of ammunition for each gun of the "Zumwalt" class is only 40. 0% less than the "Qinling" class.

The advantages of the electromagnetic gun are obvious. Otherwise, the United States would not have spent billions of dollars to develop electric cannons. And it was planned to replace the electrothermochemical guns on the Zumwalt-class destroyers with electromagnetic guns.

Although no one denies the ability of the electromagnetic gun to deal with air and sea targets. But limited by technology. The performance of the electromagnetic gun needs to be improved. The initial electromagnetic cannon is mainly used for the right attack. No, no, no, no. The cost of electromagnetic guns far exceeds that of ordinary artillery. But the price of artillery shells is only one percent of that of a missile of the same range. The comprehensive combat effectiveness of the electromagnetic cannon still far exceeds that of other pairs of strike weapons!

War is about technology. But a lot of the time you care about the cost!

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