Chapter 456： Recoilless gun

"Attention, the French armored units are found ahead." At the same time, the German tankers on the opposite side also found them. Almost at the same time they found them, they made a decision and accelerated their advancement!

Now, it’s a race run. Whoever runs fast will be able to rush to the bridge head first and occupy the bridge head position!

From the distance, the German armored forces are farther away from the bridge, but there are still some motorcycles in front of the German armored forces!

When the armored forces charge, they do not charge forward aimlessly. They need to detect the enemy's situation. All of this is achieved by motorcycles first. When the motorcycle detects the enemy's situation and reports, the tanks behind The troop commander will make a decision whether to fight or retreat.

Commanding armored forces is a complete discipline.

For example, now, in front of the German armored forces, at a distance of two or three kilometers, there are several motorcycles. At this time, the driver of the motorcycle twisted the accelerator. Amid the roar of the engine, the motorcycle quickly moved towards the bridge over there. go with.

The front driver, Torres, drove even more skilfully. When he crossed a small slope, his motorcycle even started to fly!

When the front wheel hit the ground again, the sturdy front fork retracted a lot, he twisted the throttle, and the motorcycle continued to roar, heading towards the bridge in front.

Finally, the front wheel of the motorcycle stepped onto the bridge. At this time, the Frenchman on the opposite side was two kilometers away from the bridge!

"Quick, quick!" squad leader Locke shouted: "Occupy the bridgehead on the opposite side!"

Occupy the opposite side!

Now, the war has just begun, and this place belongs to the theoretical rear. Therefore, the French did not deploy troops here at all. They can preemptively occupy the opposite bridge head position and protect the bridge!

The motorcycle drove onto the bridge and rushed over quickly, and then, to the opposite side of the bridge, at this time, the French tank over there was still one kilometer away from the bridge!

Now, the bridgehead is temporarily under the control of the German army, but the tank behind them is still two to three kilometers away, and the French tank on the opposite side is already in sight.

For tanks, motorcycles are nothing. They can approach, kill German motorcycles, and reoccupy the bridge.

In fact, the French commander thought the same way. Even if it was de Gaulle who was behind, after seeing this situation, he did not have too many doubts at all. He believed that it is not too difficult to occupy this bridge. The s-35 tank can easily crush the opponent!

At this time, the 47mm tank gun of the s-35 tank was already preparing to load ammunition, but Bailey gave up using the tank gun after thinking for a while.

In this era, if the tank gun fires, the tank must stop. This will waste precious time. What they need most is to race against time. After all, the German tanks are also in sight.

So, give up the use of tank guns and use machine guns instead!

German motorcycles do not have any armor protection, so as long as one rushes over and fires with a machine gun, they can also kill all the motorcyclists!

Bei used the binoculars to take one last look, intending to drill back into the turret. At this moment, he found a motorcycle on the opposite side. It was a bit weird. On the side of the motorcycle, he quickly assembled a long tube. Come!

Motorcycles can be said to be a kind of panacea. Because of their high horsepower, it can be as small as the occupant's reconnaissance, as large as towing various artillery, and even aircraft.

At present, most of the motorcycles equipped in the German tank unit are only for reconnaissance purposes. The sidecars of these motorcycles are mainly equipped with machine guns.

However, Germany has also prepared some emergency plans at the same time. For example, its own scout may encounter the opponent's tank and cannot escape. What should we do in this case?

In this concern, a small number of individual cannons were installed in the motorcycles of the scouts. This is the 75mm recoilless gun code-named lg40!

Ordinary artillery has a strong reaction force when firing. On the one hand, the weight of the artillery mount must be increased. On the other hand, the accuracy of shooting is not high. This leads to errors. This is also the principle that any two shells will not fall into the same crater on the battlefield.

How to eliminate the back seat is a problem studied by many military bricklayers, originally developed in the hands of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Davis.

His idea is also very simple. Put two projectiles with opposite ends into a barrel with open ends and fire them.

When shooting, the real warhead is shot forward, and the fake projectile is thrown backward. In this way, the front and back forces cancel each other out, so that the shot does not recoil. The fake projectiles ejected were scattered not far behind the rear of the gun.

The world's first seatless gun, invented in 1914, was called the "Davis Cannon."

Unfortunately, it is still not practical. A few years later, it was improved. It is not a fake projectile but gunpowder gas. As long as the front and back forces are offset, the reaction force can be eliminated.

Therefore, recoilless guns just appeared.

And Germany is also closely following the trend of the world and developing various advanced weapons. Of course, it will not let go of recoilless guns. This thing is relatively light.

The developer Krupp used a large number of light alloys to manufacture the lg40. The total combat weight of this gun was only 145 kg, so that it could meet the tactical requirements of German airborne operations.

And this weight includes the gun mount, but now, if it is installed on the sidecar, the gun mount is no longer needed. The entire gun is only 80 kilograms!

So, what advantages does it have compared to the rocket launcher? Of course, it has a long range. After all, this is an artillery. Even if it only has a caliber of 75 mm, its range has reached a maximum of 6.8 kilometers!

The rocket launcher has a range of only a few hundred meters. Of course, the rocket launcher is lighter, which is unmatched by recoilless guns.

Now, dealing with the S-35 tank one kilometer away is simply too easy!

The gunner sitting in the back seat of the motorcycle quickly shook the steering wheel and put his eyes tightly on the sight. In his eyes, the huge figure of the S-35 tank was the best target.

It was too late for protection. After aiming, he immediately pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A huge explosion sounded. At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in his two ears, and a sharp pain came out of his ears.

Blood, slowly oozing out from inside.

In terms of operation, he must wear earmuffs, but now, he must race against time. When the opponent's tank continues to approach one kilometer, the tank's machine gun will kill them all.

He has no choice. As a soldier, I have already sacrificed my consciousness!