Chapter 460 Tail-stabilized sabot-piercing projectiles
Of course Shulka can do it, not only can it be done, Shulka is also very sure that it is correct.
"If we can't improve the smoothbore gun, why not improve the shell?" Shulka said.
"Cannonball? What kind of shell?" Kalashnikov was a little puzzled.
"Smoothbore shells!" Shulka said: "Its flight is unstable because it has no rifling. Why don't we improve the shells to make them fly stably in the air?"
If it can fly stably in the air without losing energy, then it combines the strengths of both smoothbore and rifled rifles, that is, it can hit accurately and deeply.
"But... how can we do it?" Kalashnikov said: "The problem is that it cannot fly stably!"
"Think about a mortar!" Shulka deliberately said about it: "Its shells can fly more stably in the air!"
"You mean adding fins to the shells?"
"It's almost like this!" Shulka stopped talking nonsense. He took a stone from the side and said while drawing on the ground: "Actually, in my opinion, it should be more like an arrow. You know, the arrow is because It has a tail so it can fly stably in the air. On the other hand, all the energy is concentrated in an arrow-shaped shell, which has a small contact area with the target tank, which will maximize its penetration!"
Kalashnikov stared blankly at Shulka, and answered after a while: "You scared me, Shulka! This sounds right, it can indeed increase the penetration depth exponentially. , that is to say... Even with small-caliber artillery, we can easily penetrate armor hundreds of millimeters thick at a long distance. But the question is, how can we fire such a long-shaft arrow-shaped artillery shell? A caliber of artillery!"
"It's very simple!" Shulka added a few more words next to it: "We can put a shell on it, this shell does not need to be charged, it is just to fit the gun caliber, and it is two halves …when the cannon is ejected, the two halves will fall off due to the resistance of the air, and the arrow-shaped shell in the middle will continue to fly to the target!"
Kalashnikov was too surprised to speak for a long time.
This is simply a fantasy for him and even for this era, but it is indeed feasible in theory, and it is even very simple in theory, because it does not require much knowledge to prove that it is effective, just No one thought it was possible to do that, no one except Shulka.
"Any thoughts?" Shulka asked.
"I, I don't know, Shulka!" Kalashnikov stuttered a little: "I think, I think Sisoy should hear your thoughts
! "
Sisoy was quickly called by Kalashnikov, and he was the only one, and the others were ordered by Sisoy to stay away until no sound was heard.
After listening to Kalashnikov's explanation, Sisoy also looked at Shulka in shock.
"Unbelievable, Comrade Shulka!" Sisoy said, "You did solve this problem!"
"Are you sure it works?" Shulka asked knowingly.
"Yes, I'm sure!" Hisoy said: "Although we can't create it in a short time, the research and development process may encounter some unexpected difficulties. But... it is indeed feasible. If it is not feasible, then It’s just that we are not capable enough to make it!”
"That's good!" Shulka said.
"From your tone, you seem to have thought of this shell?" Kalashnikov asked.
"So to speak!" Shulka replied: "It's been a while, I'm just... not sure if it works!"
"Useful, very useful!" Sisoy said: "Do you know what this means? As long as this shell is produced, we don't even need to replace the tank gun, and we can use the T34 to penetrate the Germans at the same distance." New tanks... Our artillery is invincible, Shulka, no matter how thick the armor is, it will be pierced by this shell, and the enemy's armor is like a decoration for us!"
Speaking of this, Sisoi couldn't help but hugged Shulka and laughed excitedly, then jumped up like a child, and shouted: "We are going to change the world, and the Germans are going to die!"
This scene only baffled the scientists and soldiers on the other side who didn't know the so-called so-called, but it must be a good thing for them to guess what Si Suoy looked like.
That night, Sisoy and his team of scientists left Anapa and returned to Stalingrad.
Walking with them is the wreckage of the "Tiger" tank.
After Hisoey returns, he will carry out research and development in two directions at the same time... To be precise, it should be in three directions.
First is KV14.
It is necessary, but as an emergency self-propelled artillery, it does not have much technical content, so it is not the point.
Secondly, as Kalashnikov said, develop a tank that can fight against the new German tanks... using the traditional model, that is, still stacking armor and stacking artillery.
This should have been the focus of the focus, because only when it is produced and put into the battlefield can it really fight against the German "Tiger".
But now it has become an option.
The focus is of course the new type of shell proposed by Shulka.
As Sisoy said: "Comrade Shulka, you don't need to risk your life to capture and transport the enemy's new tank here, because it is nothing compared to the shell you said !"
This is indeed reasonable, because as long as this tail-stabilized shell-piercing shell is developed, the "Tiger", "Leopard" and even the "Mouse" will be nothing... if the "Mouse" can be used on the battlefield.
The problem is that this shell has never been produced.
There are many uncertain risks in the development of a new type of equipment. No one knows what difficulties or accidents will be encountered during the research and development process, and of course no one knows how long it will take to develop it.
Therefore, the second item, the traditional research and development of tanks, must also be carried out at the same time.
In fact, what Sisoy and others didn’t know was that there was actually only one option for tail-stabilized sabot-piercing ammunition during this period.
The reason is that the traditional direction of developing tanks is not going to work, at least not at the moment...there is a reason why the Stalin tank did not appear until 1943.
As I said before, the direction of traditional tank research and development is to build armor and artillery, and the foundation of armor and artillery is to have an excellent engine.
The modified 600 hp V-2JS engine used by the Stalin tanks did not appear until 1943.
Otherwise, the Soviet Union should put armor and artillery on the tank before the "Tiger" appears.
(end of this chapter)
