Chapter 391: You can't copy it!

"First of all, we are very grateful for the technical support provided by the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau. We have redesigned this class of battleships according to your design characteristics and combined with the needs of the Imperial Navy, adopting a layout similar to yours, and accepting Following the suggestion of Count Vittorio Cuniberti, the five turrets should be arranged on the central axis in order to obtain a better range of fire." After speaking, Wigner smiled and saluted the prince and the earl slightly. To pay tribute. On the opposite side, the prince and earl also smiled and nodded, which was considered a courtesy.

If it is not for the other people present to know that the two sides are enemies in a competitive relationship, they would think that the two are partners. How many years have been together! Both the Kaiser and the senior officials of the German Admiralty feel that the current scene is too unconventional! What's the situation with this tm?

"We have also considered using the triple-mounted turrets you use, but after careful comparison, we believe that the five double-mounted turrets still have advantages over the 4 triple-mounted turrets. First of all, this advantage is reflected in In terms of design and construction difficulty, the triple-mounted turret is about 70% heavier than the double-mounted turret, and the structure is more complicated and the risk is greater."

"Of course, the biggest problem is still walking and accuracy. The muzzle spacing of triple-mounted turrets is relatively small, and it is easy to cause mutual interference of muzzle storms during a salvo, which makes the walk larger and the hit rate will be greatly affected. Influence. Therefore, we finally decided to adopt the layout of 5 dual-mounted main guns."

Wegener concluded. After speaking, he first signaled to the Kaiser, who was sitting in the first seat. The Kaiser nodded with a smile, and looked at the prince who was also smiling slightly proudly. As if satisfied with this result, a big stone in Wigner's heart was also put down. The Kaiser has expressed his opinion. The problem shouldn't be big, right?

There was a hint of curiosity hidden in the emperor's proud expression. He really couldn't understand why the prince was so calm! "Brother, these people copied the design of your house. Where did you go when you were in a lawsuit with Krupp? You didn't make any statement. Isn't it too much? There are also plans for the construction of 5 warships. It was agreed in advance that the planned construction of the future battleships will be handed over to the Prussian shipyard headed by the William Royal Shipyard. That is a big contract of hundreds of millions of marks. Don't you worry?"

"It's time for you." After Wigner left the field, the prince motioned to the attendant next to him. A few minutes later, with the help of several staff, two large scale models of 1:100 were placed on a huge table. . The appearances of the two battleships are very similar. Everyone on the left has seen it. It is the battleship plan submitted by the Bavarian Design Bureau. It is equipped with 4 3-gun main guns and a displacement of 25,000 tons.

But the model on the right is a bit weird. It looks similar to the one on the left, but it seems that the turret has been changed? The four triple-mounted turrets were replaced with four double-mounted turrets, which are similar in appearance, but the artillery tube is thicker? How is this going?

"We changed the artillery!" The earl said, pointing to the model on the right with the putter in his hand. "We are very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the triple-mounted turret. It allows warships to have greater firepower density and shorten the length of the armor belt, but at the same time there is a certain degree of difficulty in design. This, Mr. Wigner can see, we It can be seen naturally."

"But we still decided to use triple-mounted turrets. There are two important reasons. The first reason is that the walking problem can be solved by half salvo. Each main turret can be fired with 1, 3 or 2 guns. The problem of storm interference is reduced to a minimum, even similar to that of dual-mounted main guns."

"The second and most important reason is that the volume of the triple-mounted turret and the required rim are large enough to be replaced with a larger caliber gun in the future! For example, the future double-mounted 14-inch turret!"

"If we look at it now, 4 triple turrets have no advantage over 5 double turrets, then the advantage of 8 14-inch guns over 10 12-inch guns is probably very good. Isn’t it obvious? If the firing rate of the two turrets is the same, the 14-inch artillery shell we envisioned is about 650kg. The basic 12-inch shell weighs about 400kg. The former has a huge advantage in terms of the amount of projection. With armor-piercing capabilities, the former has even greater advantages. After all, the caliber of the gun is 2 inches larger!"

"Everyone, is this advantage obvious enough?" Looking at the shocked German emperor and high-ranking navy officer, Vittorio called a refreshment in his heart. Of course, at this time, he did not forget to ridicule his opponent with a bad style: "Wei Mr. Garner, please tell your boss that you will copy the whole set in the future, and don't throw away the most important part!"

The change of guns did not happen much in history, but there were also cases. In the first battle, the British replaced the 13.5-inch guns of the last Sovereign-class battleship in service with 12-inch guns and used them as shallow-water heavy gunboats. After the First World War, there were more plans for various gun replacements. For example, when Japan was making super armored cruisers, it considered replacing three three-piece 310mm guns with two double-piece 410mm guns during the war. gun.

Scharnhorst of Nazi Germany is said to have considered replacing the three 3-piece 11-inch turrets with Bismarck’s twin 15-inch guns. Of course, this kind of thing has not happened in history, and the prince is not optimistic about this plan. After all, Scharnhorst has been overloaded seriously, and the freeboard is relatively low. After the gun is changed, the freeboard is not more of a problem? As for the Italian Gaffer-class battleship, the gun was actually replaced. After all, the original 12-inch gun was expanded into a 320mm gun.

Of course, the real change of the gun depends on the top cruiser of the Japanese 2nd battle~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Originally this guy was equipped with 5 triple 6-inch guns, but when the battle started, it was replaced with 5 double Combined 8-inch gun! Go directly from light patrol to heavy patrol! These triple-mounted 6-inch guns were later used on the Yamato... have to say. The Japanese are still very good at exploiting treaty loopholes!

"Dreadnought becomes super fearless! How about? Level enough? Didn't you copy it? Now show me the dual 12-inch gun and turn it into a 14-inch gun!" The prince was proud of it. The current situation is very clear. The Bavarian plan may not be better than the plan of the Royal Wilhelm Shipyard, but in terms of the upgrade potential, the former will be a few blocks away from the latter! You can play lions and tigers before changing the guns, and pk with the queen after changing the guns. This is a big improvement! In the future, 10 12-inch guns and 8 14-inch guns, even if you use your knees, you will know which one to choose!

"By the way, our battlecruisers using triple-mounted turrets are actually ready to change guns. Although 6 guns are slightly less, we believe that the gains in armor penetration capabilities can completely make up for the reduction in the number of guns. Loss." The prince finally made up another cut!

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