Chapter 273 Mortar Development

The Spring Festival holiday passed in a flash.

Liu Tao and others had to say goodbye to their families and set out to return to the city.

After returning to Panshan Machinery Factory, Liu Tao first inspected the weapons and equipment produced during this period and allowed them to enter the warehouse.

Then he came to the place where tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were parked.

All the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles produced before the Spring Festival have been sent out.

And those parked now were all produced after the Spring Festival. Some were produced by Panshan Machinery Factory, and some were produced by Factory 256 and then transported to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Using the item upgrade system, Liu Tao used the upgrade points to fix all the problems of these tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

Then, he arranged for people to send these tanks and infantry fighting vehicles out.

After doing this, Liu Tao began to develop the "Mortar". Panshan Machinery Factory had a full set of drawings for the "Mortar" before, because a third-line factory that was merged before produced mortars and mortar shells.

Even mortar parts and mortar shells are available!

Liu Tao asked people to get the parts of the mortar, and then assembled them according to the drawings. This is a 60mm mortar, officially called the Type 63 60mm mortar.

Soon, a Type 63 60mm mortar was manufactured by Liu Tao.

The Type 63 mortar has a barrel length of 618mm and a barrel length of 550mm. The weight of the whole gun (excluding the sight) is 12.5kg, the weight of the optical sight is 0.3kg, the weight of the gun barrel is 4.5kg, the weight of the gun mount is 4.6kg, the weight of the gun plate is 3.4kg, the maximum range is 142, the maximum rate of fire is 30~35 rounds/min, the elevation range is 40 degrees to 80 degrees, the directional range is 4.2 degrees on the left and right, the maximum muzzle velocity is 140m/s, and the minimum muzzle velocity is 70m/s.

Liu Tao glanced at the virtual panel at the corner of his eye:

[Item: Type 63 60mm mortar]

[Manufacturer: Liu Tao]

[Item level: LV1 (0/10)]

[Upgrade points: 20]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

The upgrade points for making a Type 63 mortar are 20.

Liu Tao knew what was going on, and he did not fire the cannon directly, but took more parts and assembled more Type 63 mortars.

It is more cost-effective to earn this upgrade point.

Wait until the accumulation is almost enough, then fire the cannon.

Liu Tao assembled the Type 63 mortar faster and faster. In one day, he assembled 15 mortars and earned 300 upgrade points.

The next morning, Liu Tao took a mortar and boxes of mortar shells to Tianzhu Mountain.

In Tianzhu Mountain, there were military bugles and troop training sounds early in the morning.

There are not only combined brigades, but also troops that come here for training. After completing the training, these troops will be transferred to the front line to experience the baptism of war.

Here, the main thing is to complete live-fire shooting training, familiarize yourself with mountain warfare, and practice attack or defense.

Liu Tao came to the combined brigade, the location of the artillery battalion.

"Commander, do you need me to ask the soldiers to help you?" asked the battalion commander of the artillery battalion.

"No, let the soldiers do what they should do!" Liu Tao smiled faintly.

Then, Liu Tao took down a Type 63 mortar and installed it quickly.

Adjust the direction and aim at the open space in front.

Liu Tao took out a mortar shell, stuffed it into the barrel, and soon the shell was fired.

The shell flew directly more than 300 meters and fell down, making a loud explosion.

Liu Tao took a look and found that firing one shell was 20 experience points.

"Boom!!!"

The mortars kept firing. Liu Tao didn't fire fast, and he didn't aim specifically. He just fired, firing about 2 shells per minute.

Until all the mortar shells were used up.

Liu Tao looked at the barrel that was probably going to be scrapped, and his mouth curled up slightly.

Then, Liu Tao returned to Panshan Machinery Factory.

In the production workshop, Liu Tao held the 63-type 60mm mortar in his hand and looked at the virtual panel in the corner of his eye:

[Item: 63-type 60mm mortar]

[Manufacturer: Liu Tao]

[Item level: LV1 (11120/10) (upgradeable)]

[Upgrade points: 300]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

"System, upgrade all!" Liu Tao muttered.

Swish, swish, swish~~

Four consecutive faint lights flashed.

The mortar in front of him had undergone obvious changes, and the virtual panel also changed accordingly.

[Item: Type 63 60mm mortar]

[Manufacturer: Liu Tao]

[Item level: LV5 (10/100000)]

[Upgrade points: 300]

[Item status: intact, can be analyzed]

"System, upgrade!" Liu Tao muttered.

A faint light flashed again.

Then the mortar in front of him was completely changed, and it was impossible to tell that it was a Type 63 mortar.

Even the material had changed.

When Liu Tao understood the performance of the mortar in front of him, he smiled.

The mortar in front of him was already made of titanium alloy and composite materials, and the smoothness of the outside made it look very beautiful.

Liu Tao sorted it out again, and then analyzed it, forming a complete set of drawings.

"I believe it can become a weapon on the battlefield, greatly improving the infantry's ability to attack!" Liu Tao stroked the mortar with a high appearance: "It will become a Type 82 60mm mortar in the future!"

This mortar weighs 8.5kg, has a bracket and a support plate, and has a range of 5,000 meters.

It can be said that one person can carry this mortar all over the mountain, and one person can operate it.

Moreover, Liu Tao also equipped it with a direct and indirect aiming dual-purpose sight with a fire control computer, and it can even be connected to the battlefield information system in the future, so that efficient firepower can be fired.

In addition, it is also equipped with a new type of mortar shells with stronger lethality.

Of course, the original 60mm mortar shells can also be used, but the lethality is not so great.

"Appearance is combat effectiveness, this is indeed an iron rule!" Liu Tao looked at the time, and then based on this, he made an 80mm mortar.

He not only wants to make an 80mm mortar, but also a 120mm mortar.

The use of titanium alloy and composite materials can greatly reduce the weight of the mortar, making it more suitable for battlefield transportation and enhancing mobility.

It is more suitable for the battlefield and can better exert the combat effectiveness of the mortar.

It didn't take much time for Liu Tao to come up with the 82mm mortar and the 120mm mortar.

The 82mm mortar is longer than the 60mm mortar, with a thicker caliber and a heavier weight of 15 kilograms. The range of this 82mm mortar will reach an astonishing 6.5 kilometers.

The 120mm mortar is larger and longer than the 80mm mortar, weighing 25 kilograms and having a range of 8 kilometers.

These three mortars are definitely good news for the troops.

You should know that the Type 63 60mm mortar weighs 14.5 kg and has a range of only 1,470 meters, while the Type 82 60mm mortar of the same caliber weighs only 8.5 kg and has a range of 5,000 meters; the new 82mm mortar developed in the 1960s weighs 53 kg and has a maximum range of 3,032 meters, while the Type 82 82mm mortar of the same caliber weighs only 15 kg and has a range of 6.5 kilometers.

As for the 120mm mortar, it can be said to have filled the gap in this area.