Chapter 2454 The Best Infantry Artillery 2

Chapter 2454 The best infantry gun 2

General Kariput once discussed with Crown Prince Ruprecht the situation of infantry fighting in future conflicts with the Russian army. The Crown Prince believes that in the future, when infantry regiments and battalions engage in battles, the most important thing to pay attention to is the Russian mortar firepower. Mortars are definitely the favorite weapon of the weak side. They have a simple structure and fierce firepower. It doesn't require any high technology to mass-produce a lot of sausages.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the German army can gain an advantage in future battles at the battalion level, the German Army needs a weapon that can also be mass-produced but has a huge advantage in range! This M1 75MM light artillery is very suitable for the needs of the German army.

The German army has made very detailed estimates of the range of various mortars. For example, an 80MM mortar can shoot a shell weighing more than 3 kilograms about 3 kilometers. A 100MM level mortar can shoot an 8KG shell about 6 kilometers, while a 120MM level mortar does not have a very long range, but the shell may be twice as heavy! As for larger caliber mortars, such as the 160MM heavy mortar. Although the weight of the shell may exceed 40KG, the range is difficult to increase when it reaches 6,000 meters. This is the structural limitation of the mortar weapon.

There is no weapon in the world that can be superior in all areas at a low cost. The same is true for mortars. In fact, at the level of 160MM mortars, apart from the convenience of production, they are also very bad in terms of weight, projection and range. What do you mean by accuracy? This problem is definitely very bad for mortars.

Take the historical Russian 1943 160MM heavy mortar as an example. The weight of this artillery is as high as 1080 kilograms! The barrel length reaches 3 meters! What's even more annoying is that this artillery is still in muzzle condition, so the problem arises. If you want to load it, you need to put propellant and 40 kilograms of shells into the muzzle from a vertical height of about 2 meters... . Therefore, at this level, the rate of fire of the mortar is very bad, far inferior to the barrel artillery of the same level! The burst rate of fire is 3 rounds per minute, and the sustained rate of fire is 1 round per minute...

Moreover, in order to offset the strong recoil when the artillery fires, a buffer device is added between the barrel and the anvil, which increases the complexity of the artillery. Moreover, the artillery itself is not easy to disassemble. Therefore, in Ruprecht's view, generally, except for heavy mortars with special functions, 160MM is really the limit of mortars for infantry units. And this weight is already somewhat unsuitable for battalion-level maneuvers.

And what if the German Army is equipped with a large number of 75MM light infantry guns? At least in terms of range it's much further than all the Russians' conventional mortars. The weight of the shell is also similar to that of the Russian 100MM mortar. Mortars used to suppress the Russians were less of a problem. And when necessary, it can also be used to shoot flatly at targets such as bunkers or bunkers. Of course, if necessary, it can also be used with armor-piercing projectiles to attack the side of the tank at close range. According to the historical data of the M66 armor-piercing projectile used by this artillery, it seems that it can penetrate 60MM steel plate.

It can be considered to have a certain degree of anti-armor capability.

In addition to mortars, German grassroots infantry units also need to face Russian infantry artillery. To be honest, historically, although Russian infantry artillery is much worse than the American M1 75MM light howitzer, it is really It is much stronger than the IG18 infantry gun in German history!

The IG18 75MM infantry gun in German history is definitely not a good thing. This is a weapon that weighs 400KG, but can only propel a 5.45KG shell 3.8 kilometers. Let’s compare vertically the infantry artillery of other countries at the same time. Take Italy’s 65MM infantry artillery as an example. This artillery is heavier, weighing 560KG. The weight of the shell is also smaller, only 4.3 kilograms. But the range is as high as 6.8 kilometers! At the same time, the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun weighed only 212KG, the shell weight was 3.8kg, and the range was about 2.8 kilometers.

In history, what performance does the German IG18 have compared to the Russian infantry gun? Take the historical Russian M1927 76.2MM artillery as an example. This artillery weighs 900 kilograms and has an effective range of 8,550 meters. The weight of the subsequent M1943 76.2MM infantry gun dropped to 780KG, but the effective range remained unchanged. In terms of performance, the German IG18 can really be described as terrible.

The American M1 75MM light howitzer has a range that is at least similar to the Russian infantry gun, and it weighs less. This has a certain mobility advantage. So this is also the reason why General Caliput appreciates this artillery very much, because from the current point of view, no matter the artillery of the same level currently owned by the German army or under development, there is no one better than this artillery!

Of course, this time Caliput and his team came to the United States not just to visit the U.S. Army equipment. The general himself may have come and gone. But the remaining German officers had to train the first round of American troops participating in the war. As a result, Major Generals Karls and Marshall immediately invested in training some US troops.

Before training, first of all, the United States and the United States must first set up the enemy's situation and the combat environment. However, on this issue, there have been some differences between the United States and the United States.

"In my opinion, the Japanese Army has a huge scale but is very backward in terms of equipment level. They lack automatic weapons, heavy artillery, let alone armored units. What our boys need to face most is the Japanese Trench, bunker and mine. By the way, there are also Japanese bayonets. They seem to have an unusual paranoia about bayonets. Therefore, we need to strengthen our close combat capabilities. As for dealing with possible armored targets? In terms of Japan's industrial capabilities, I don't think so. What decent stuff can they produce,” Marshall said.

"But the Japanese took over a lot of British goods, not to mention tanks and heavy artillery. I think at least they would have a lot of machine guns. During the war, the Japanese were constantly replacing and imitating British weapons. They were especially interested in the British. I admire the Lewis machine gun very much. At the same time, the Japanese have also imitated a large number of field guns. With all due respect, your country's tanks currently face not only 15-pound and 18-pound artillery, but also the better-performing navy 6-pound cannon. Wear it," Major General Karls said.

"It took your country several years to develop the Cricket, Rhino and Wolf tanks, and we didn't have that long to prepare for it. They are all very powerful guys, very good war machines. But unfortunately they are not suitable for us. , they are too heavy, too difficult to maintain. And some of them are useless. At least that’s what the big guys think. We just buy some weapons as backup. Well, that’s it. And as a front-line general, we can only Win the war with the guys you have," Marshall said.

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