Chapter 338:

Chapter 338

That night, the rocket launcher was tested.

Katukov also called Kalashnikov and Sisoy to the scene. After all, this can also be said to be an experiment. If it is successful, they will need to imitate it, so their participation is of course necessary.

"We call it the M1 Bazooka!" Skinner took out a strangely shaped thing from the box.

The reason why it is called "weird" is that it is somewhat different from the "Bazooka" in Shulka's impression, such as having two left and right baffles and a front end.

Skinnai raised the rocket launcher Shulka and introduced it with gestures: "This is a shoulder rest. We installed two batteries in it. It can ignite the rocket and launch it. It's that simple..."

Speaking, Skinner carried the bazooka on his shoulders, and his assistant took out the rocket and loaded it into the bazooka from the rear.

"Two people can easily complete the operation!" Skinner said, aiming the bazooka at the vertical steel plate 60 meters away, and then pulled the trigger.

With a "chirp", the rocket went straight to the steel plate and exploded a cloud of smoke.

When the smoke cleared, Katukov and Shulka stepped forward to observe, and were surprised to find that there were several irregularly shaped perforations on it.

"How thick is this steel plate?" Katukov asked.

"80 mm, Comrade Katukov!" Sissoy replied with wide-eyed eyes. This armor-piercing ability has far exceeded his expectations... Before that, he could not have imagined that such a small 60mm caliber shell could actually It can penetrate 80mm of armor.

"Its warhead uses conical charge technology!" Skinner explained: "When it hits the target, it will shoot a high-temperature, high-pressure metal jet, which is the jet that can penetrate the tank armor..."

"How thick can it penetrate steel?" Katukov asked.

"Around 100 millimeters!" Skinner replied.

"Change the steel plate to 100 mm!"

In fact, it wasn’t that the steel plate was changed, but that everyone changed to another venue...the steel plate was already waiting in another place.

Then Skinner fired two more rockets, this time a little awkwardly, and neither rocket hit the target.

"As you can see!" Skinner said, "It has a low hit rate and is very susceptible to wind...that's one of the reasons it's been overlooked!"

As he spoke, Skinner raised the bazooka again, and with a "chirp", it hit the target this time.

100MM, fully penetrated.

Katukov, Sisoy and others couldn't help being dumbfounded.

They knew what this meant. You must know that the armor thickness of the German "Panzer III" tank was only 47MM at this time. Although the hit troops often had an inclination, the vertical armor penetration capability of 100MM was enough to deal with the "Panzer III".

"Does it have any drawbacks?" Katukov asked Skinner.

"Like I said..." Skinner replied: "It's less accurate, the rest is unknown, because it hasn't been tested!"

"I don't think this is a problem!" Katukov picked up the bazooka and looked it over.

This is indeed correct. The equipment of the Soviet army usually does not require high precision. They think that quantity can solve the problem of precision, just like the "Katyusha" rocket launcher.

After looking at it for a while, Katukov seemed to have made up his mind. He handed the bazooka to Sissoy and asked, "We need it, Comrade Sissoy, how long do you think it will take to imitate and produce it?"

"If there are blueprints..." Hisoi cast his eyes on Skinner.

"Yes, I brought them!" replied Skinner, and then gave the assistant a nod.

The assistant took out a folder from the bag and handed it to Hisoy.

Sisoy and Kalashnikov flipped through the lights together, and then said to Katukov confidently: "It may take two weeks, Comrade Colonel, as the Americans say, its The structure is really simple!"

"Why does it need two fenders and a front end?" Shulka asked.

"Oh!" Skinner replied: "You know, there is always a need for speed on the battlefield, and I hope soldiers can fire whether they are placed on the left shoulder or the right shoulder!"

"I don't think it is necessary!" Shulka said: "After all, there are not many soldiers who use weapons with their left hands, and this will increase its weight!"

Skinner nodded and replied, "You may be right!"

"So..." Shulka took the pen from Kalashnikov casually, and said while drawing on the drawing: "We should remove the redundant baffle and move the shoulder rest forward, because the center of gravity is in the front, and the shoulder rest should be moved forward. Having the stock and grip forward makes it easier to hold and lift, while the back end makes it easier for the assistant to reload...we should have produced something like this!"

Skinnay looked at it and couldn't help nodding: "Cool, dude, you're right, it looks better!"

"Also..." Shulka continued: "Can the battery work normally at low temperatures?"

"Can't it?" Skinner couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

Skinnai is a captain who is interested in rockets, but his knowledge in other areas is still lacking.

"We should do more outdoor tests on it!" Sissoy replied: "The battery can indeed have problems at low temperatures, below minus 19 degrees, it may not be able to generate enough charge...that is, we may not be able to fire successfully. Rockets, then it will be a pile of scrap metal!"

"Why don't we change the battery into a small magnetic generator?" Shulka said: "On the one hand, this solves the problem of low-temperature emission, and on the other hand, it is easier to adapt to various complex environments and climates than batteries!"

"Good idea!" Hisoy looked at Shulka in surprise: "You look like it has been produced and used, Comrade Shulka!"

Shuerka spread his hands and replied: "I guess, I'm not sure if this change is feasible!"

This is of course not Shulka's guess, but the knowledge he has tells it that the "Bazooka" will have these problems in the future... and this is especially the case with the battery.

During World War II, the U.S. military put a large number of "Bazooka" into the Pacific battlefield. There are usually high-temperature, high-humidity islands, and the battery will quickly become damp and leak electricity, so it often happens that the "Bazooka" cannot be fired successfully.

These problems usually need to be mass-produced for the troops to use, and the troops will give feedback after discovering these problems during combat, and then make batch improvements to it.

With Shuerka at this time, of course this process is unnecessary.

"We can try to produce a few of each!" Kalashnikov said: "Then test them!"

"That's right!" Sissoy replied: "We will start production immediately, and strive to produce a batch within a few days!"

(end of this chapter)