Let me go, why did you Ke Jing think of retreating the caliber and loading the 100 caliber gun on the vehicle?
No, no, this is fucking prepared for Morozov. What does it mean to have 100 guns on a heavy tank? That’s not what I meant.
After hearing Kogin's suggestion, Malashenko immediately rejected the plan. Improving armor-piercing firepower does not necessarily involve changing the gun. Moreover, although the 100 gun is indeed powerful enough and has excellent performance, it can be called
It is an excellent model with the most balanced performance among the Red Army tank guns in World War II.
However, compared with the 122 gun, this 15% increase in armor penetration depth is still insufficient. Malashenko knows that the Germans will launch steel monsters with thicker armor in the future. This 15% armor penetration firepower
When the time comes to upgrade, it will not be enough.
Instead of procrastinating like this and then thinking about increasing the firepower, Malashenko really felt that it would be better to do it in one step, and blurted out the idea that had been brewed for a long time without hesitation.
"You may be mistaken, brother, that's not what I mean by increased firepower."
Holding the cup in his hand, he drank a large amount of water for himself, pushed down the food, and felt much better from the choking in his throat, before he continued to speak.
"Changing cannons can only solve a temporary problem, and it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Just imagine what if the Germans introduce a tank with thicker armor? It's not impossible. The Germans are now working like crazy to build steel monsters.
The tonnage is getting larger and larger, and the armor is getting thicker and thicker. This 15% increase in armor-piercing firepower will not be enough by then."
"Besides, even if a 100-gun gun is used against the King Tiger, it can only penetrate the weak area of the armor on the front of the turret. Compared with the 122-gun gun, it just brings the penetrability range back to the normal firefighting range.
Essentially, there is not much difference. In actual combat, our tank crews still have to work hard to aim at the small heads of enemy tanks, which greatly affects combat effectiveness."
Malashenko's comments indeed exceeded Kotin's prior expectations. According to Kotin's prior considerations, 100 guns can at least restore the ability of Red Army tanks to penetrate enemy tank armor head-on within normal firefighting distances.
In principle, this can meet the actual combat needs at a minimum. From the perspective of keeping everything simple and seizing the time during wartime, this is enough. It can be implemented immediately and start the replacement production work.
Could it be that Malashenko has a better way?
Kogin subconsciously thought of this, but for a while it could only be a guess and could not be determined. The only way was to let Malashenko speak in person.
"My idea is that we can design a new type of armor-piercing projectile that is different from the previous design concept. This new type of armor-piercing projectile will be epoch-making and can increase the armor-piercing firepower by at least half based on the existing armor-piercing firepower.
The depth is enough to play a qualitative role in armor confrontation, and I already have preliminary concepts and ideas for this armor-piercing projectile."
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If there is any way to accurately describe Ke Jing's expression at the moment, then probably only words like "as if being electrocuted" can do it.
After hearing what Malashenko said, Kogin trembled all over and opened his eyes wide and blinked several times, as if to double-check whether Malashenko was joking.
But obviously, Malashenko did not joke with Kotin on such a critical issue. His serious expression remained unchanged at all, and he remained calm as he sat opposite Kotin and looked at each other.
"Tell me about it, tell me about it! My brother! What kind of new armor-piercing bullet is it? It can actually increase the armor-piercing firepower by more than 50% on the existing basis! This just sounds amazing.
People find it unbelievable!”
This is what Malashenko wants, a "shocked" expression like Kotin's.
Because if we look at what he said just now, not from the perspective of a time traveler, but from the perspective of a native of this era, the 50% increase in armor penetration depth is indeed of "epoch-making" significance.
It is normal for Ke Jing to have such a violent reaction.
There was a lot he wanted to say, but Malashenko really had to think carefully about how to express this brand-new concept to Kotin so that Kotin would not go astray in terms of actual understanding. If in the end it was due to a wrong understanding
, and it would be the greatest tragedy to come up with something strange and dissimilar.
So it takes some time to filter your thoughts and organize your language.
When Ke Jing was so impatient that he was about to speak and urge us, Comrade Ma finally figured out what to say and how to express the concept, and finally spoke slowly again.
"First of all, I have a question, Comrade Kogin."
"Assuming that your strength remains unchanged, we do not consider the changes in strength between the two times before and after, just assume that they are the same, and let you throw the stone with your hands twice. Do you think the light stone throws farther, or the heavy stone throws farther?
Far? Think carefully before answering. Although it is very simple, it involves the content of our next conversation."
Although the question Malashenko raised seemed very senseless at first, Kotin could also imagine that Malashenko would not ask unreasonable questions for no reason. All of this was probably to make himself better able to
I understand, so I’d better think about it carefully and answer seriously.
Indeed, as Malashenko asked, he narrowed his eyes slightly and thought about it carefully. The answer to this question that did not take much thought soon came to Kojin's mind.
"It's very simple, of course it's light stone."
Malashenko didn't think much about it. Such an answer was completely expected. He then continued following Kotin's answer and continued.
"Then the question is, why are light stones thrown far?"
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Kotin felt that Malashenko's questions were getting more and more outrageous, just like the questions asked by elementary school students in an exam.
But this time, Malashenko did not give Kotin a chance to answer, but continued to ask questions and answers by himself.
"Because the light stone itself has a lighter mass, after being thrown out with the same force, compared with a heavy stone, the kinetic energy attenuation when flying in the air is less affected by its own weight, and there is more energy left."
"Another very important point is that because the light stone is smaller in size, the wind resistance surface in contact with the air during flight is smaller, and the kinetic energy loss is less. It will naturally be thrown farther under the same force. But in short, this small stone
The energy stored in a small stone after it is released is more than that of a large stone during its continuous flight. This is the core principle."
Listening to Malashenko's somewhat convoluted explanation, Kogin felt a little crazy for a while.
Just like Malashenko's thinking just now, Kotin also needs some time to understand the twists and turns of this.
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