Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

On this day, Yannick and a group of senior military officials came to a weapons testing base to observe the testing of a new type of weapon.

Everyone walked into an observation room that could be described as "copper-walled and iron-walled." The four walls and ceiling of this observation room were made of high-standard reinforced concrete that was five meters thick, and 100 mm thick homogeneous steel plates were laid every other meter; The window used for observation is one meter thick tempered glass, and the defense strength of the entire observation room is comparable to that of a fortress.

Opposite them is a hill ten kilometers away. There are various targets at the foot of the hill. Among them are not only German Panther tanks and Jackal tanks, but also armored vehicles, ordinary trucks, jeeps, etc., as well as many dummies and people. Supporting weapons and equipment, most of the equipment that can be used in war are gathered here.

"Your Highness, the experiment can start at any time." The person in charge of the experimental base said respectfully.

"Then let's begin." As Yannick gave the order, five Panther tanks with four rows of rocket launchers on their heads slowly drove into the test site.

This is a replica of the original US military M34 "Organ" rocket launcher tank. It retains the turret and therefore retains all combat performance. A bracket (including a fixed and pitching mechanism) is installed on the body, and a 122 caliber 122mm rocket launcher is installed on the bracket. mm rocket launcher, with 40 tubes, and the direction is aimed by rotating the turret.

The M34 "Organ" rocket launcher is a very excellent fire support weapon. Compared with traditional towed artillery, self-propelled artillery such as rocket launchers have the characteristics of fast travel speed and fast reaction speed. The "pipe organ" can complete the loading and launching tasks in a very short time, so it has strong support capabilities. Moreover, its rapid response ability can also quickly evacuate the battlefield after completing the attack on the target, and its battlefield survivability is strong.

And the rockets have also been improved and upgraded.

Most rocket launchers do not have rifling engraved in the launch tube (a few rocket launchers such as Tornado and Hail later have rifling, but they only give the rocket micro-spin and cannot meet the high-speed rotation stability). There are two ways to stabilize rockets. One is The tail wing is stable, and the second is that the turbine rotation is stable.

Early rocket launchers had stabilized tail fins. For example, the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher had no launch tube and relied on guide rails for launch. A stable tail fin was installed at the rear of the rocket to ensure the stability of the rocket's flight.

In the 1950s, people invented turbine-stabilized rockets, which relied on the gyroscopic effect produced by the high-speed rotation of the projectile around the projectile axis to ensure flight stability. The rocket engine gas was ejected from the tangential oblique nozzle. Each nozzle is deflected at a small angle from the center line of the rocket. After the rocket is ignited, the gas not only pushes the rocket forward, but also drives the rocket to rotate, achieving stability during flight.

The German rockets have always used turbine stabilization. However, turbine-stabilized rockets have certain disadvantages. If the projectile is too long, the rocket will produce greater nutation during flight, causing the rocket's accuracy to decrease. Therefore, it is only suitable for missiles with long and short lengths. Rockets with a caliber ratio less than 8 and a range less than 20 kilometers.

The limitation of the aspect ratio limits the length of the projectile, which also limits the length and charge of the rocket engine, ultimately resulting in a reduction in range. In addition, the stable rotation of the turbine places higher requirements on the structure and strength of the missile body and the load resistance of the internal electronic components.

The improved rocket adopts a low-rotation tail stabilization method, which effectively solves these problems.

Swish, brush, brush!

Five rocket launcher tanks fired rockets towards a distant target area. The flames ejected from the tails of the rockets blew up dust on the nearby ground and mixed with the thick smoke generated by combustion. This is an inherent shortcoming of rocket launchers, which are not concealed enough. This was not a shortcoming in the later era of radar ranging and artillery sighting radar. After all, as long as the artillery shell was fired, it would appear on the radar image. The size of the movement no longer mattered.

At this time, unless the Germans completely lost air superiority, this flaw would not be a big problem.

The 200 rockets fired by the five rocket launcher tanks landed in the target area. As far as they could see visually, the rockets seemed not to deviate much before they landed. Basically, they all fell into that area, and only a few missed the target area. target area. The interval between the first rocket hitting the target area and the last rocket falling was less than ten seconds. The warhead of each rocket weighed 30 kilograms, and the explosion flames instantly enveloped the entire target area.

"Ha!" Yannick couldn't help but exclaimed. This was much more powerful than a high-explosive bomb of the same weight. Not only did it cover a large area, but the power of the explosion was also significantly increased. However, it is impossible to see the details of the target area clearly at this distance. After the fire in the target area gradually extinguished, everyone left the observation room, got into several cars, and drove towards the target area.

This 10 kilometers is only a straight-line distance. The observation room can only be left through the back door and goes around the foot of the mountain to reach the target area. Coupled with the simple dirt road, the team drove for nearly 20 minutes.

Before they arrived, the soldiers at the test base thoroughly searched the entire target area to ensure that there were no threats such as dumb bombs. We even put on protective clothing and entered the core of the exercise area. We measured the temperature zone and drew an absolutely safe area. We did not dare to relax at all.

Arriving near the target area, the convoy stopped. Yannick stepped out of the car, a rush of hot air hit his face, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.

Arriving at the nearest position, everyone could roughly tell that it was a machine gun position. The dummy originally placed inside had long since disappeared, and the surrounding area was in a mess. A few careful generals found a burnt black gun not far away. The iron lump was picked up. "Your Majesty Marshal, look what we found."

"Oh God!" Marshal Rundstedt's eyes widened in disbelief. "Is that an MG3 machine gun?" If he hadn't noticed the heat dissipation holes on it, he wouldn't have noticed that it was an MG3 machine gun.

This machine gun was actually melted into an iron lump? !

In the past battlefields, artillery was so powerful that it was very common to blow machine guns into parts. Let alone machine guns, as long as the caliber of the artillery was large enough, it would be no problem to blow the tank into pieces. But those are all fragments torn by violent external forces. The breakage and combination are the result of external forces, instead of melting like now. How high is the temperature? !

"Your Highness, is this a new type of incendiary bomb?" So far, Yannick has not announced the specific details of this new weapon, but they are shocked enough now. It is obvious that this is a weapon more terrifying than napalm.

(Only one chapter today)