Infinite Stream Metaverse

Chapter 269 Pulse Bolter

Goliath-class factory ship.

Fu Qinghai stood in front of the experimental platform, and Shi Lan, the space ape, sat on his shoulders. Fu Qinghai pointed to the row of firearms with different shapes on the platform, and introduced them one by one:
"AR2 pulse rifle, from the Half-Life universe."

"M41A2 pulse rifle, from the AVP universe."

"SWS electric pulse rifle, from the dead space universe."

"Kusar Claw Pulse Rifle, from the Elysium Universe."

The first two were traded with the reincarnations in the tavern in Jacob Town, and the latter two were found in the Shicun arsenal, and the other was captured in Lin Yu's last reincarnation world.

Shi Lan jumped off Fu Qinghai's shoulder, stood on the experimental platform, picked up a pulse rifle and looked at it carefully.

Although he couldn't understand these universes, he knew that none of these guns belonged to the Human Empire.

"A pulse rifle, as far as I know, is an advanced firearm that uses a dual-composite propulsion method. It has both propellant combustion and expansion propulsion, and electromagnetic coil acceleration."

"According to my tests, these guns are more powerful than laser guns and automatic guns, but not as powerful as bolt guns, mainly due to the limitation of ammunition caliber and coil power."

Fu Qinghai said to Shi Lan.

The so-called "power" here is just a vague and general concept, because the lethality of live ammunition weapons comes from kinetic energy, while the lethality of laser weapons comes from high temperature, so the damage effects caused by different targets are different.

The biggest difference between the pulse weapon in the science fiction concept and the ordinary electromagnetic coil acceleration weapon, which is generally referred to as "Gauss weapon", is that it does not abandon the traditional launch mode.

This pulse firing mode is aimed at the problem of the slow rate of fire of most electromagnetic coil acceleration weapons. "Gauss weapons" have a long range, high precision and great power, but the rate of fire is often not good.

Some time ago, the encounter with the young man Kaur reminded Fu Qinghai that the Great Sage Ren Kaul not only created the Primaris Space Warrior, but also equipped the Primaris Space Marine with a brand new weapon: MK10 power armor, improved Later bolters and plasma guns, as well as innovative anti-gravity armored vehicles.

Therefore, if Fu Qinghai wanted to compete with Kaur, he had to design special weapons and equipment for the brand-new all-different interstellar warrior he had developed. The MK8 chaos-fighting power armor was already available, so bolters and plasma guns could also be considered.

If special warheads are not used, the power of ordinary explosive bombs is not enough to penetrate the frontal defense of power armor, but it can penetrate weak parts such as helmets, joints and gaps.

That's why the Alpha Legion developed deadly strike bombs specifically for use in civil wars between Space Marines.

With the technical reserves of feather guns, Fu Qinghai gradually came up with some ideas of his own about further enhancing the power of bomb weapons, and these ideas needed the cooperation of space apes to realize.

The new weapon research and development plan was formally established:

"Pulse Bolters".

"My initial thoughts on the pulse bolt gun are as follows: the traditional two-stage propulsion mode of the bolt weapon is mainly used, supplemented by the electromagnetic coil acceleration mode, and a battery is added on the basis of the magazine. It is designed as a caseless ammunition, and the inner wall of the barrel can be engraved with rifling."

Fu Qinghai made a request to Shi Lan.

The space ape thought for a while and said:
"Not only do you need to add a battery, you also need to increase the length of the barrel."

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai had expected this.

The traditional bolter is a very compact and short weapon for space marines, which has advantages and disadvantages.

In the real world, many countries have tried their best to improve individual weapons to shorten the length to facilitate the transportation and deployment of mechanized troops.

However, too short a barrel also means that the accuracy of ballistic instability is poor. The MK2 Kaur-type bolt rifle is much longer than the traditional bolt rifle.

Regardless of the coil or the magnetic track, if you want to play electromagnetic acceleration technology, the barrel must not be short, because it needs to provide a certain stroke for the acceleration of the bullet.

"The structure of the pulse bolter designed in this way will be a little complicated."

Slan reminded.

"It doesn't matter, this is the weapon of the Star Warrior, not the weapon of the Imperial Guard. If it is more complicated, it is more complicated, which is acceptable."

Fu Qinghai said.

Are the bolters of later generations with genetic locks in the grip, sights on the back, and built-in ammunition counters simple in structure?

While talking with Fu Qinghai, Shi Lan had already disassembled a table of firearms into parts. After careful study, he raised his head and said to Fu Qinghai:
"Within three weeks, I had a prototype gun out."

"very good."

Fu Qinghai nodded approvingly.

First have a prototype gun, then slowly improve the shape, and then consider the scale of mass production and cost reduction, follow the scientific research and development rules, step by step.

The verbal cooperation agreement between Fu Qinghai and Shi Lan is very loose and free. "Fun" is the greatest pursuit of the space apes. If one day Shi Lan finds it boring to follow Fu Qinghai, he can leave at any time, and Fu Qinghai will not stop him.

But with a steady stream of new technology from other universes, it might be a little harder for the space apes to get bored.

……

Fu Qinghai wanted to study electromagnetic acceleration technology for a long time.

Because the traditional propellant propulsion technology has limits after all.

It is also the Mechanicus, a religious scientific research organization with a single-minded brain, that clings to the traditional shooting method.

The lower limit of technology for the individual weapons of the human empire is not the laser weapons equipped by the imperial guards, but automatic weapons. Laser weapons are actually quite high in technology, and automatic weapons are really simple and crude.

The automatic weapons of the human empire are exactly the same as the gunpowder firearms in the real world at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Simply put, they are weapons that use propellant to accelerate the continuous firing of metal bullets.

Logging guns, automatic guns, assault guns, and even ship-based and land-based macro guns all belong to the category of automatic weapons.

Many people will wonder, the human empire is already in the interstellar age, why are they still using such outdated firearms?

Three reasons:

First of all, the enemies that the human empire faced during the Great Crusade were not all technologically advanced aliens and heretics. There were also many barbaric and feudal worlds whose technological level was still in the cold weapon era or even earlier. To recover these places, use explosive bombs And Plasma is a bit overpowering and cost-prohibitive, and automatic weapons are just right.

Secondly, the principle of automatic weapons is simple and technically basic, and many worlds with less advanced technology can also manufacture them. They can be deployed in large quantities for low-end garrison forces such as the Planetary Defense Force (PDF), and quickly form the most basic combat effectiveness.

Finally, although the technical principles of automatic weapons are not complicated, the propellants in the bullets are not ordinary yellow powder and black powder. High-performance propellants bring greater chamber pressure and require stronger barrel materials , Other sci-fi universes have begun to think about coils and magnetic tracks, but the human empire does not have enough technology and materials to make up, and uses sci-fi materials to enhance the power of traditional weapons. For example, the propellant produced by the foundry world of Huangquan No. [-] is of the best quality.

In addition, it is also a weapon that uses electromagnetic force (Lorentz force) to propel projectiles. The electromagnetic coil and the electromagnetic track are actually different. The main differences between the two are:
Electromagnetic track weapon: The projectile is sandwiched between two parallel guide rails. The two rails are connected to the power supply. The current flows through one guide rail to the projectile and then to the other guide rail to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field interacts with the current to generate a strong Lorentz force to push the projectile. Go forward, and reach very high speeds—theoretically sublight speeds are possible.

Electromagnetic coil weapon: The barrel or gun barrel is composed of many coaxial and caliber coils, and the bullets or shells are also embedded with coils.A current is sent to the first coil of the barrel to form a magnetic field, and the coil on the projectile induces a current, and the magnetic field interacts with the induced current to push the projectile forward. When the projectile reaches the second coil, this process is repeated continuously, through the third, Four, five coils... until the last coil, which accelerates the projectile step by step to very high speeds.

Compared with orbits, coils have less friction between the projectile and the bore, and the mass of the projectile can be larger and the speed can be faster, but the power supply complexity of the coil is far more complicated than that of the orbit. Therefore, although the electromagnetic coil is a theoretically more advanced technology, the electromagnetic The track is a more mature case in application.

The principles of these two electromagnetic acceleration methods are known to everyone, and the basic physical principles are known in the real world, let alone a sci-fi universe like Warhammer 40K.

But when it comes to practical applications, especially weaponized applications, it's not that simple.

In the real world, self-made electromagnetic coil weapons can make an iron pick fly 20 meters away, which is not at all lethal. The U.S. Navy invested in the research and development of electromagnetic orbital weapons many years ago, but has not achieved any results so far.

In the Warhammer 40K universe, the physical principle of electromagnetic acceleration is of course well known in the Mechanicus, but the Empire of Man has not been able to fully apply this technology, because this type of weapon will face many problems in actual operation. Limitations include the staggering amount of energy required to propel a projectile along a track or coil, and the enormous heat dissipation in the process.

From understanding the principle to military application, there is a huge gap like a natural moat.

In the Warhammer 40K universe, among several major camps, Fu Qinghai is very sure that the two kinds of electromagnetic acceleration technologies can be applied at the weapon level, and there is one and only Tau Empire.

The Tau Empire's research on magnetic rail weapons was not accomplished overnight. The early magnetic rail weapons were too large in size and could only be mounted on combat suits or hammerhead sharks. They were not considered individual weapons at all, but serious vehicle-mounted weapons. When the Second Dome expanded, the scientists of the Earth Clan of the Tau Empire, who were stimulated by the strength of the Human Empire, worked hard and devoted themselves to research, and finally miniaturized the magnetic rail weapon into individual soldiers.

I just took out something like a rail rifle.

From Fu Qinghai's point of view, the rail rifles of the Tau Empire still have very obvious defects. A pack of batteries can only support three to four shots, which means that the magazine needs to be replaced every three shots, and the firepower density is very low. , logistically demanding.

But what is the result?
Terrifying power.

The Astartes Chapter hated and hated the rail rifle as a weapon, because the space fighters hit by the heavy rail rifle would be directly smashed into pieces with their armor - even the gene seeds could not be recovered!
In the original novel about the Skitarii, it is clearly mentioned that Belisarius Kaul specially drove his mechanical ark to the front line of the Damocles Bay theater, where the Tau Empire and the Human Empire fought at the border. region, in order to understand how the Tau Empire overcomes the technical problems of these two electromagnetic acceleration weapons.

Judging from the latest official novel, the great sage of Kaur should be in a state of vague understanding at present-the rail gun has been built, but the rail gun has not yet appeared.

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"Khan, I have heard a lot of words about the 'Goliath-class factory ship' in the star language communication recently."

In the captain's room, Xia Yu was reporting to Fu Qinghai.

"Hmph, as expected."

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

The Goliath-class factory ship moves slowly, with thin skin and big stuffing. It is the ultimate fat in the eyes of the forces of chaos. Those poor traitors who escaped into the Eye of Terror dream of owning a large forged ship of this level.

A Goliath-class factory ship has left Mars and the solar system. Such a huge ship is naturally very conspicuous, and it must be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested. Fu Qinghai suspects that many people have already set their sights on this ship.

"Let them come."

Fu Qinghai said with a smile.

"What about other than that?"

"A distress signal, claiming to be a rogue trader from the Ultimate Starfield, who is currently besieged by orc pirates, requesting the nearby imperial fleet for support."

Xia Yu paused, and then said:

"I asked for a follow-up message and got no response."

"Where is the location?"

"The Calixis star region, the Josian border region, the Ekorich galaxy, the space coordinates are..."

The location coordinates in Xia Yubao are very clear from the star area to the sub-star area to the galaxy and space coordinates.

"Hmm...tsk."

Fu Qinghai smacked his lips, lost in thought.

Then he casually turned on the holographic projection in front of the desk, adjusted to the three-dimensional map of the entire star area, and the blue projection slowly rotated in front of him. Fu Qinghai scanned around, then turned on the communicator, and said to it:

"Tracey, come to the captain's cabin."

Fu Qinghai reported the coordinates confirmed by the astropath to the navigator and asked:

"How long will it take to modify the voyage and go to this location?"

Tracy made some calculations in her mind and replied:

"Estimated to take an extra week."

Fu Qinghai nodded:
"Okay, then let's go and have a look."

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　The content of this chapter is a bit hard sci-fi, not so space opera. First of all, I would like to apologize to the book friends who feel bored. Regarding the electromagnetic acceleration technology, I actually plan to open the dungeon world of Warhammer 41K in the later stage. When encountering the Tie Empire Let me tell you slowly, combining the plot, but some time ago, a book friend insisted on digging up some vague words such as "linear acceleration" from the original novel, and insisted on saying that I I made a mistake, saying that the Mechanicus has electromagnetic coil weapons... I didn’t intend to pay attention to him at first, but he ran to station B and said that I made a mistake. I couldn’t bear it, so I had to release these explanations in advance .

The core logic of these people is still the same: because the human empire ruled the galaxy, the human empire must master some technology, because the Mechanicus has all kinds of technology, so it is impossible to even have the "basic" technology of electromagnetic acceleration. No—these are very stupid logics, which reflect a too crude view of the world, which is often referred to as "incompleteness of the three views". I will slowly tell you why this logic is wrong, and I hope everyone Find some small gains in an online novel.

I have always said in the previous chapters: Bolt guns are not the solution to sniper rifles. After reading this chapter today, many book lovers should have already guessed what the protagonist's sniper rifle is.

　
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