But in Hu Weidong's eyes, the 240mm caliber is a huge advantage, because the heavy artillery brigade of the 15th Army also has 240mm caliber cannons, and the corresponding artillery shell production lines have naturally been laid long ago. If necessary, just let the workers work overtime. And if it is 203m
M-caliber cannons, after the captured shells are fired, the Gongxian Arsenal will have to build a new production line. To build a new production line just for these eight cannons, the cost is really high, and it is necessary
Time is not one or two days...
The shortcomings of the low power of 240mm shells are easily solved in the hands of Hu Weidong, an ammunition expert. Ordinary 240mm armor-piercing shells cannot penetrate the battleship armor, so what about using discarding sabot armor-piercing shells? If that doesn't work, what about using depleted uranium armor-piercing shells? That's not the same as
Is it as easy as chopping vegetables? You must know that even modern tank guns with a caliber of just over 100 mm can easily penetrate the armor of a battleship when firing armor-piercing discarding sabots!
Of course, the average firing distance of naval guns in actual combat is much farther than that of tank guns, which will definitely greatly reduce the penetration ability of armor-piercing shells, but the power of 240mm caliber shells is also not comparable to that of 120mm or 125mm tank shells.
, just tens of kilograms (because there has never been such a large-caliber armor-piercing projectile in reality, so the core weight can only be estimated. The core weight of the 125mm tank shell exceeds
6 kilograms, multiplied by eight, it is more than fifty kilograms...) The kinetic energy of a heavy bullet core falling from a high altitude is enough to easily penetrate the armor of a battleship, which is generally only two to three hundred millimeters. Probably only in
The gun shield with the strongest defense at a long distance (the thickness of Yamato's gun shield armor reaches 610mm, and it is made of high-quality steel, but it does not have to be penetrated to sink the battleship...)
Is it possible to stop it?
In this case, the benefits of the 240mm caliber have emerged again, because when Hu Weidong was trial-producing the discarding sabots, he made some samples of each caliber of existing artillery in the 15th Army to collect data. Therefore, for the 240mm armor-piercing sabots, as long as
Hu Weidong ordered that the Gongxian Arsenal be ready within a few days.
In order to produce finished products, whether it is depleted uranium cores, tungsten alloy cores, or relatively cheap high-alloy steel cores. If it is a 203mm caliber, it is not powerful enough to fight battleships. Without relevant data, you want to produce qualified products.
Products cannot be produced in just a few days...
As for the disadvantage of the Type 90 240mm heavy cannon being expensive, it is not a problem in Hu Weidong's eyes, because the more valuable the captured weapons are, the more enjoyable they are to use!
Although the Japanese Navy, which is increasingly controlled by the aircraft carrier faction, pays little attention to the main guns of the battleships, it pays more attention to anti-aircraft guns and other anti-aircraft weapons. The Tone-class heavy cruiser is also equipped with 8 Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns, in addition to
There are 8 twin-mounted Type 98 75mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 twin-mounted Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 twin-mounted 13.2 Type 13.2 anti-aircraft guns, more than double the number in history
millimeter machine gun. Due to the increase in load, the maximum speed of the Tone-class heavy cruiser has dropped slightly compared with the historical prototypes. However, due to the reduction of three water reconnaissance aircraft and supporting catapults, the utilization of cabin space has also increased, so the endurance
The capability has been improved. It has a range of more than 9,500 nautical miles and 18 knots. When compared with the data of the "Haruna" battleship, it seems to be completely matched...
In this way, the basic parameters of the "Tone" heavy cruiser were determined by the historical
Protection: 145 mm on the side, 56 mm on the deck, and 25 mm on the main turret (Japanese heavy cruisers after World War I almost all gave up the crucial main turret armor in order to reduce weight. The all-purpose 25 mm armor can only protect against bullets and splashes.
shrapnel. But the Japanese did this "picking up the sesame seeds and losing the watermelons" thing not just once or twice...), the command tower is 130mm...
Torpedo: 4 triple-mounted Type 90 610mm torpedo tubes, equipped with 24 Type 93 torpedoes.
Carrier-based aircraft: 3 Type 94 water reconnaissance aircraft, 1 catapult.
Establishment: 875 people
Overall, its combat power should have been enhanced a lot, although its almost non-existent main turret armor really left Hu Weidong speechless...
In addition to two large battleships, Japan also captured 8 destroyers, all of which are Japan's latest Shiro-class destroyers (well, they are all the same model so you can check less data, but the time can be matched anyway ^_^), which is the same as in history
Compared with the prototype, there are also major changes. The original
Dimensions: 107.9m long, 9.91m wide.
Displacement 2,011 tons
Main gun: 2 B-type twin 127mm guns, 2 single 127mm guns
Torpedo: 2 Type 92 24-inch quadruple launch tubes.
Main gun: 2 twin Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns and 2 single Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns, which can be used for air defense and sea defense.
Torpedoes: 2 triple-mounted Type 90 610mm torpedo tubes, equipped with 12 Type 93 torpedoes.
Air defense: 4 twin-mounted 98-type 75mm anti-aircraft guns (can also bombard the sea if necessary, and it is not a problem to penetrate thin-skinned ships below light cruisers.), 6 twin-mounted 25mm anti-aircraft guns, 6 twin-mounted 13.2