Chapter 544: Bavaria's first hammer

And because of the large number of vehicles, the weight of these artillery can be further enlarged. Historically, the weight of the German 210mm artillery was more than 6 tons to more than 7 tons, and the barrel length was only l14. If the prince uses the big medicine room and lengthens the barrel appropriately, the range is increased to more than 13km, regardless of the gap of about 3km, the effect will be greater in actual combat, one inch long and one inch fierce.

Think about it, the German sfh18 howitzer in World War II had a range of 13,325 meters, while the Russian m1937 cannon had a range of 17,265. The firing range has been increased by less than 4km, which has a very obvious advantage over the German artillery, so that the Germans would rather use strong charges, which after all, damage the artillery to increase the firing range. Even in order to increase the range, the prince can allow the quality of the shells to drop. After all, there are not many opportunities for the Eastern Front to encounter an unmovable target.

In order to achieve this performance, the prince can relax the weight of the artillery to about 10 tons. Anyway, this type of artillery is either transported on a crawler site. The French can even carry the 194mm cannon on a vehicle, so the Germans can carry it on a crawler site. A 210mm howitzer is no problem at all. As for towing the artillery, the problem is not big. If you use a truck, you can tow it separately. If you use a tractor, you can tow it directly. Anyway, artillery heavier than this in history can be towed, and it's natural to reach this plane.

As for the 150mm long-barreled cannon, don’t worry about this problem. In history, the German K16 cannon is almost a product of the most prestigious. It weighs 10870kg, has an elevation angle of 42 degrees, a muzzle velocity of 757 meters per second, and a weight of 51.4. kg shells, and a range of up to 22km! Throwing this thing on the Eastern Front is almost invincible, and throwing it at the Western Front is also invincible! It can also be used in 2nd battle. Except that the horizontal firing range of only 8 degrees is slightly worse, this artillery is almost perfect!

The French m1917 155mm cannon is also considered a feat for a while, but this gun has a moving weight of up to 13 tons, a projectile weight of only 43 kg, and a range of only 19.5 kilometers. Of course, this has something to do with the relatively small elevation angle of this artillery, which is only 35 degrees, but from the overall performance, it is indeed not as good as the German k16. Among all the non-train guns in France, there is only one gun that can be compared with the k16 in range, and that is the famous m1917 220mm heavy cannon.

This artillery can fire a 101kg shell at a muzzle velocity of 22.8 kilometers at 766 meters. It is also the leader in non-train guns. But it's a pity that the gun is too heavy, with a weight of 25.8 tons, which is more than twice as heavy as the k16! It is not a heavyweight in itself, and the possibility of encountering such a monster on the Eastern Front is very small. Therefore, the k16 artillery is sufficient, and even with reduced charges, it can be used to smash all objections on the Eastern Front. The only problem is the production of this artillery. If you wait until the war breaks out before mass production, the production will definitely be limited. Such things as strategic weapons need to be hoarded in peacetime.

There is also a good artillery in history, that is the 170mmskl40 artillery modified by the Germans with naval guns. The maximum range of this type of artillery is longer, reaching 24km, but what embarrass the prince is that these artillery were originally retired from the naval guns on the German dreadnought ships. In this plane, the Germans did not get the second-level 170mm. The main gun, so there is no basis for modification. If the prince wants the 170mm long-range cannon, he can only start from scratch.... This is really a tragic story.

Then the prince was depressed, he was considering whether it is really necessary to build a gun that is not very different from the k15 in power, but is very heavy and has a high configuration. If the German Army needs it, even if the Austro-Hungarian Army has this idea, the prince doesn’t mind making a few doors, but if they don’t have this idea, the prince should be honest with K16.

If the prince is allowed to dominate the eastern front, then some large-caliber siege guns are also needed. Although the Russians are very poor, there are fortresses in some locations. The Austro-Hungarian Empire will inevitably be equipped with some large-caliber siege guns, so the prince also plans Introduce a gun for the Bavarian Army that has a short range but is absolutely terrifying. With such a gun, the prince also has a target. Its mother type is the historical Skoda m11 305mm heavy siege gun.

The first advantage of this artillery is its very light weight, only a little over 20 tons! At the same time, the shells are powerful enough to use two kinds of shells, one is a light bomb with a weight of 287kg, and the other is a heavy bomb with a weight of 382kg! Moreover, the maximum elevation angle of this artillery can reach 70 degrees, so the ballistic trajectory is very curved and can hide in reverse **** fortifications. The only dissatisfaction with this artillery is probably its range, which is about 11.3 kilometers when using light shells, and about 9600 meters when using heavy shells.

But even so, this artillery is better than the same level of siege artillery in other countries at the same time. The French 14/16 280mm heavy howitzer weighs only 16 tons, which is 4 tons lighter. The range is 10950 meters. It is between the light and heavy rounds of the Skoda 12-inch gun, but the weight of this artillery is too low. The weight of the grenade is only 205kg. The light rounds of the Skoda 12-inch gun are more than 40% heavier than it!

The British 12-inch siege gun mkiv has obvious advantages in range, with a full range of 13,120 meters. The bomb weight is also ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but the problem is that this artillery is too heavy, with a combat weight of 57915kg! And it is different from the situation where the Skoda 12-inch cannon can be transported as a whole. (The base of the Skoda 12-inch siege gun is a four-wheeled vehicle, which can be pulled away with a tractor in front.) The British mkiv siege gun must be divided into six Part of it can be transported, gun barrels, brackets, platens, gun mounts, other auxiliary equipment and a large box with soil...

Yes, you read that right, it's just a big box with soil! Whenever the artillery moved to the firing position, in addition to erecting the artillery, it had to fill the box with soil and then fix it on the artillery. Later, the British equipped each artillery with a power ram... .. What a cheating thing. Although this thing could theoretically be transported by road, it was called a "boar on the road" by the British army at the time because it was too large, too heavy, and too long. By the time of World War II, this artillery continued to participate in the war. However, even if the Germans captured these artillery, they were too heavy, so they were usually blown up in old places and then recycled...

Therefore, purely from the perspective of the siege howitzer, the historical Skoda 12-inch gun is the best choice. Although it is slightly heavier, it may also be integrated into the tracked chassis. After all, the French Schneider 280mm heavy gun used the same chassis as the gpf194mm cannon. In addition to improving mobility, auxiliary mechanical loading equipment is also installed at the rear of the artillery. Great help to increase the rate of fire.

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