Imperial Overlord

"It's just Experiment No. 3, which is the third experimental Tiger tank turret." The chief designer said proudly in the eyes of everyone.

Then he walked to a strange instrument placed next to the turret, fiddled with his hands twice and introduced: "This is the gyroscope used in the Tiger tank experiment."

Another student-like designer standing next to him took the conversation and said, "After such improvements, we can install this latest gyroscope in the tank and add various new functions of the tank. ."

"Oh? What new function?" The army commanders who had been mobilized to visit the Tiger tank experiment couldn't wait to ask.

"This new function is a new function that the Americans are also researching! It can give the tank the ability to fire and shoot while traveling!" The student-like deputy designer answered with a loud voice.

"His..." Very cooperative, hearing this statement made many professional tank commanders take a deep breath.

They couldn't believe what they heard, so they could only ask again, "Fire between marches? Are you kidding me?"

"We are never kidding. After installing the gyroscope, installing the artillery shield as a counterweight close to the center of gravity of the artillery can make the whole artillery have a very sensitive swing ability." The designer's deputy who answered the other party's question, Proudly introduced.

This principle is like a seesaw. As long as the position of the rotating shaft is close to the center of gravity, the force required to adjust the seesaw will become very small.

"With this ability, coupled with the new gyroscope, the tank has the ability to fire on the move." Looking at the shocked army officers in front of him, the chief designer backed his hands, bowed slightly, and assured.

"Can the shooting accuracy be guaranteed?" The leading military general asked curiously. When he asked the question, he looked at the tank designer with expectation and waiting in his eyes.

He is waiting for the answer to this question, because this question is what the military is most interested in, and it is also the performance that can impress the military the most in this set of improvements.

"Of course! The accuracy of shooting is not ideal, but compared to the previous Panther tank, the Tiger tank has this capability, which is already a huge improvement." He is not wrong at all, because the Panther tank is fundamentally Does not have the ability to fire while traveling.

The Panther tank has a huge artillery shield. This shield not only ensures the frontal ballistic resistance of the Panther tank, but also makes the adjustment of the artillery very difficult.

Almost all Leopard tanks in service now complete the artillery height adjustment through electric motors and hydraulic devices.

In 1941, this process was not slow. Relying on the mechanical properties brought by German precision manufacturing and processing, it can be said that the artillery aiming speed of the Panther tank was much higher than that of other tanks of the same era.

This adjustment method can be used, no matter what, the gun is always relatively fixed to the turret.

So, if fired on the move, the Panther tank's shells can fly to all sorts of inexplicable places.

Unlike the Tiger tank, this new artillery aiming adjustment mechanism allows the artillery to easily point to the target. When traveling, the muzzle of the artillery is stationary relative to the ground, not relative to the turret.

This is a prototype of the modern tank fire control system. The difference is that modern tanks rely on the gyroscope and the fire control computer to complement each other to complete the artillery pointing control.

In the face of locked moving targets, the modern fire control computer system can also ensure that the first hit rate of the tank gun is more than 80%.

In the era of World War II, there was no advanced fire control computer, and firing during the march was only a "feasible function", not a "practical function".

The equipment of the gyroscope, as well as the ability to fire on the move, is nothing new in World War II itself. The American M4 Sherman tank is equipped with this function.

However, the Sherman tank did not use the inner shield design, it still used the artillery shield - so the price of installing the gyroscope was to reduce the thickness of the artillery shield. It is also another reason for the insufficient defense of the Sherman tank.

In fact, the navies of various countries are not unfamiliar with this kind of equipment. Germany is still the most advanced in the world in the use and manufacture of gyroscopes. You must know that in the original historical time and space, Germany's famous V2 missile was controlled by gyroscopes. Complete part of the guidance function.

However, whether it is the M4 Sherman tank or the experimental Tiger tank turret in front of you, you still have to stop and fire if you want to hit the target accurately.

The ability to accurately hit the target while traveling cannot be achieved by the technology of this era, even if Germany has developed a good computer.

Strictly speaking, having this function in the current era is far from reaching the level of technological advantage. It is only a kind of early accumulation and a pursuit of the future.

"It can fire on the go, and it can make sure the shells hit roughly in the direction the turret is facing."

"We tested 100 artillery shells at medium distance and close range respectively. In the case of medium distance, 17 shells hit the fixed target, and 79 shells hit the fixed target at close range." The engineer answered 1510 road.

"Really?" Hearing this answer, the military representative looked very surprised. Because of this data, it is already a very good data.

Just imagine ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If the artillery is easier to sway, the speed of correcting the aiming can be faster, even if it is increased by half a second, it can shoot one more shell at a critical moment!

This is not a little bit of improvement for the German tank crew with rich experience and high combat literacy.

Being able to fire shells faster than before means being able to destroy the most threatening enemy targets faster than before.

If you can get about half of the hit rate without stopping the car in reverse - that's even more against the sky.

When facing the Soviet tank troops, the members of the German tank crew used the reversing emergency stop fire tactics for a lot of time, which means that the basic combat tactics of tanks on both sides will be changed by a new type of tank!

"I said it, Your Excellency." Glancing at the incredible army general in front of him, the chief designer said proudly, "It is the future! The future of tanks!"

Whether it's just looking at the mighty shape of the turret of this new tank, or understanding the various new functions of this tank, everyone present is very clear that this tank is indeed as its designer said. , is the future of tanks...