Chapter 744: Embarrassing Land Installation Bureau
Gao Zhendong was also very happy. This was not a pre-ordered model. This was the first full-scale test of this weapon after its design was completed.

Being able to achieve this effect can be said to be very successful.

6 hits out of 3 actually does not mean that the hit rate of this bullet is only 50%. The calculation of the hit rate of the terminal-sensitive bullet is a very interesting thing.

Its hit rate will increase as the number of targets in the target area increases.

Like today's 6 out of 3, part of the reason was that there were only 4 tanks on the scene, 3 of which were destroyed, and one was not hit by luck.

If there were ten or twenty tanks on the scene, Gao Zhendong believed that the number destroyed would increase further.

If we look at the number of shots and hits, we can even say that the hit rate is 4 out of 3, or 75%.

Anyway, the experiment was successful.

"Professor Luo, the next step is to create conditions to produce 122 and 152 artillery shells and conduct tests. The former can hold one terminal-sensitive bomb, and the latter can hold two. As two types of weapons with the largest equipment in the equipment sequence, with these two types of artillery shells, their scope of use can be greatly expanded, greatly improving tactical flexibility."

"Barreled artillery is extremely challenging for high-G performance. Now we can only say that mortars and rocket launchers can be used, but whether barreled artillery can be used remains to be tested, and actual tests of rocket launchers must also be carried out."

Gao Zhendong gave instructions one by one, and Professor Luo nodded repeatedly. This was also his next goal.

The comrades from the Land Equipment Bureau did not have so many ideas. Their ideas were very simple: "Professor Luo, even if it is mortar shells, give us some first. We will use it for early training and exercises. This stuff is useful!"

How can you not enjoy the good things first? Even if it is not finalized, it should be okay for us to help you do some experiments.

Professor Luo had no objection to this request and nodded in agreement.

Some of the comrades from the Land Equipment Bureau were stationed at Beijing University of Technology for a long time, and they seemed to have suddenly remembered something.

He looked around and asked the comrades in charge of cooperation in the garrison to discuss something together, then turned to look at Professor Luo.

"Professor Luo, how about... we borrow a pig from the comrades in the army here, and you try shooting it with the terminal-sensitive bullets?"

Many comrades were bewildered when they heard this. Is this comrade so happy that he has gone silly?
This thing is not a gun, why bring a pig with it? The terminal-sensitive bullet won't even start the round when it's seen, so it's too embarrassing.

Professor Luo was stunned for a moment, then he laughed with the students: "Hahaha, okay, okay, let's give it a try..."
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Today was the time to collect wages, so Gao Zhendong naturally did not have to go to the finance office to queue up to collect it. Instead, the comrades from the third factory office would bring it to him and he just had to sign.

Gao Zhendong felt a little surprised when he saw the extra meat coupons, soybean coupons and so on.

Don't underestimate soybeans, they are high-quality plant protein, and these days they also require special approval. In Gao Zhendong's previous life, those who sold protein powder actually had only two main raw materials: plant protein powder was soybeans, and whey protein powder was milk.

"What is this? There wasn't this before."

"Chief Engineer Gao, you are taking on new work. This is in line with your level," explained a comrade from the factory office.

Gao Zhendong felt a little puzzled. His salary and benefits would either go up or down, and if they were not combined and distributed together, even if he was promoted to the deputy bureau level, it would still be not enough to receive the treatment of a third-level technician. Logically, there should not be any changes.

But since it has been issued directly, there is no need to worry about it. This small point is not a big problem, and it is inappropriate to ask specifically. Some other comrades may suffer because of it.

After the comrades from the factory office left, Gao Zhendong started his own work. Because of Xiao Gao, he was more motivated.

He is working, and so are others.

A discussion is going on within the Land Construction Bureau. The cause of this discussion is some time ago, but it was brought up for discussion again because of what happened in the past few days.

That is the matter of expanding the caliber of the 180 rocket.

Gao Zhendong had proposed this as early as when he was communicating with comrades on 130 and 180 rockets, suggesting that the caliber of the 180 rocket be expanded to more than 250mm, but the Land Equipment Bureau only took it into consideration.

Later, the corresponding work was also carried out within the Land Equipment Bureau. The result of the discussion was that the caliber of 180 would not be changed for the time being, and the issue of caliber expansion would be left to the next generation or new model.

After all, the 180 has been around for a while, and the sudden change in the caliber, the largest basic parameter, has brought about a series of chain reactions. It can basically be said that the early investment in the 180mm rocket launcher has been basically wasted.

But now, the situation has changed.

It’s not because of anything else, it’s because of the terminal-sensitive bullet.

Although it was only an early test and had not yet been finalized, this early test opened the eyes of the comrades in the Land Equipment Bureau.

People can't teach people, but things can teach people very quickly. Comrades from the Land Equipment Bureau originally had no intuitive feeling about the capabilities of terminal-sensitive bombs. No matter how good the technical and tactical indicators were, they couldn't feel it without seeing the actual situation.

After they participated in the first official test of the terminal-guided bomb, they found that this thing was really easy to use. As long as they could roughly determine the range of the enemy, they could launch an attack.

Anyway, finding the target is the terminal-guided munition's own job. For the projection tool, as long as it is responsible for launching the terminal-guided munition into a certain range, the mission is completed.

Its anti-armor capability and terminal homing capability are absolutely perfect for us who have limited advanced reconnaissance means, weak positioning capabilities, and are eager to deal a devastating blow to large-scale armored forces.

After watching this experiment, they looked back and found a big problem.

As the biggest killer weapon that the army is planning to master, the 180mm fire is at its limit!

Comrade Gao Zhendong’s words at the meeting are still fresh in my mind.

——"If the large-caliber rocket is only 180mm, it means that its cross-section can only accommodate one terminal-sensitive bomb."

The 130mm ones can hold one piece side by side, but the 180mm ones can only hold one piece side by side. Isn't the 180mm caliber wasted?
What large-caliber rocket? What makes you so big?
180 Fire: That’s not what you said back then.

Well, let’s hold the meeting quickly. There’s still time to take any action if we want to.

So they quickly called together the comrades who were working on the 180mm rocket launcher, representatives from the artillery, and people from the Land Equipment Bureau to hold a meeting.

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Maybe it's a face issue. They didn't even invite the comrades from the Defense Working Committee. Forget it, let's reach a consensus internally first and then go to the comrades from the Defense Working Committee to solve the problem, so as to avoid going through so much trouble and losing face twice.

"...Now it seems that Chief Engineer Gao's estimate of the parameters of large-caliber rocket launchers is scientific, reasonable, and forward-looking. We are still working on 180mm, which has actually wasted some time and resources..."

If you are wrong, you must admit it. The comrades in the Land Equipment Bureau are very single. Who the hell knew that the terminal-sensitive bullet was so useful...

Other comrades from the Land Equipment Bureau who did not attend the rocket artillery meeting had an idea: "Can we discuss with the comrades who are working on terminal-sensitive shells and reduce the caliber of terminal-sensitive shells to 80mm or even lower, so that we don't have to modify the rocket artillery."

The comrade from the Land Equipment Bureau who summarized it earlier shook his head and said, "It's impossible. Chief Engineer Gao has said that 110mm is the best choice under the current technical conditions, considering the comprehensive power, technical difficulty, cost, etc. Any smaller is impossible, or unacceptable."

Now, the comrades in the Land Equipment Bureau fully believed Gao Zhendong's words. They believed them before, but they did not expect that the situation had become so urgent.

Putting aside whether it is technically feasible or not, this comrade from the Land Equipment Bureau knows very well that if they want to ask the Defense Working Committee to change the 110mm to 80mm, the Defense Working Committee will probably have to fight for itself.

It is true that you are the users, but we have the final say on technology. The top experts in the commission have long told you that 110 is the limit for terminal-sensitive projectiles, and the caliber of rocket launchers must be expanded. What's wrong? You don't understand, right?

"Is this terminal-sensitive bomb so important? Rocket launchers have more than one type of warhead, so we should consider other warheads. For example, the most commonly used high-explosive warhead, and the ordinary submunition warhead. It will be fine as long as the requirements of each are met." There is never a shortage of bad ideas.

Hearing this, the artillery comrades were not happy: "This terminal-sensitive shell is so important! We hope that the one-time projection of the terminal-sensitive shell can be as large as possible. Now that artillery and anti-artillery technology are developing, the safe projection window we can obtain is getting smaller and smaller. The days of slow artillery firing are probably gone forever."

Some of them had even been educated by anti-artillery radar during exercises and had deeply felt the changes brought about by technological development, so there were more things to consider.

This sentence directly stopped some comrades from saying, "Just make do with one. Anyway, the 180mm rocket is relatively long, so you can load several." Everyone knows how big a change tripling the number will bring.

After saying this, I'm afraid the artillery side really wants to make themselves feel why they are called artillery.

Just when everyone was undecided, the comrade who was doing 180 raised his hand.

"Comrades, I have something I want to talk about."

Oh, yes, this person is also the real owner.

"Tell me what you think."

The comrade who was doing the 180-degree fire sorted out his thoughts and his first sentence was a thunderbolt.

"Comrades, in fact, the current 180 is completely different from the original 180, except for the caliber. At this stage, there is not much difference between 180 and 280 for us."

Hmm? What does this mean? Aren't they all 180 degrees hot?

Although they knew that the current 180 had changed, the changes were so drastic that it was still somewhat unexpected for the comrades in the Army Equipment Bureau and the Artillery. After all, their understanding of the technology was not very deep.

"Comrade, please elaborate on this."

(End of this chapter)