Behind, the fourth tank, tank company commander Nicholas, knew what had happened when the first tank was destroyed. He quickly got back inside and covered the overhead hatch. Then, While stepping on the rotating pedal of the turret with his foot, he shouted to the gunner beside him: "Cobra, get ready!"
In T-**, there is also a cobra. This is not Nikolai's joking. This is their most advanced artillery-launched missile system. NATO countries call it the "Songbird" missile, while the United States calls it АТ-8.
Cannon-launched missiles, this is an ideal and full-fledged weapon system.
For tanks, the range is limited, and the hit rate is not high. In the absence of advanced electronic equipment, the range of one kilometer is already the limit. Although tank guns can hit farther, the hit rate is not high. Will be greatly reduced.
In the 1950s, anti-tank missiles had begun to emerge. At this time, someone had already thought that if anti-tank missiles were used on tanks, the combat capabilities of tanks could be greatly improved!
After all, the missile has a fire control system, which has higher accuracy and longer range, which can just make up for the lack of firepower of the tank!
This was a hot topic at the time. The first action was France. They used tank guns to directly launch anti-tank missiles. This was the famous "Accra" missile.
Ordinary missiles rely on their own power to fly, which will inevitably lead to a reduction in the range. The take-off engine will also consume a lot of energy. If it can be launched with a tank gun, it will have an initial velocity when it goes out. This is definitely quite ingenious Idea.
This kind of missile uses laser beam steering guidance, with a flight speed of 500m/s, a maximum range of 3800m, and a single shot hit probability close to 100%. When this kind of missile appeared, it immediately attracted wide attention from many countries.
It seems that a new era has arrived, but unfortunately, these are all data on paper. The electronic technology in the 1950s was still backward, and a large number of discrete components were used. As a result, this missile was not officially official due to its complicated technology and high price. Put into production.
In addition to France, the United States has also tried to successfully equip the "Oak Stick" missile on the "Sheridan" tank. However, this missile has not been used on a large scale during the Vietnam War, and it has also been exposed. In the end, the United States thought that this technology had many problems that could not be solved, so it abandoned the research on artillery-launched missiles.
It was the Soviet Union that really made the artillery-launched missiles bear fruit.
The Soviet Union's research is not too late. As early as around 1957, the Soviet Union had begun to study the use of anti-tank missiles in tanks. Early research focused on how Т-54, Т-55, Т-10M tanks and ПТ-76Б light tanks use АТ-3 anti-tank missiles. Later, "Dragon" missiles, "Lotus" missiles, "Typhoon" missiles and "Ruby" missiles were successively developed. However, the progress of these projects was not smooth. Only the "Dragon" missile was officially put into production around 1968 and equipped with a small number of troops.
The previous projects did not make substantial progress, but the Soviets were not discouraged. Their advantage lies in their strong integration capabilities. The previous gun barrels were too thin, but now they finally have a suitable gun. Take care of it.
The new tank uses a 125mm smoothbore gun. The barrel of this gun is thick enough to make the design of the missile easier. After many failures, finally, the famous 9K112 gun-launched missile system was successfully listed. Installed!
In the Soviet Union, this artillery-launched missile is a top-secret existence, so that no one outside knows it. Most of the views, even the advanced electronic technology of the West, can’t handle it. The Soviets who are still holding electron tubes can overcome it. Are there any difficulties with artillery-launched missiles
It is generally believed that the Soviets had long given up.
Even in later generations, knowing its existence, no one knows the specific principles. It was not until the disintegration of the Soviet Union that the West could obtain this weapon and conduct careful research.
And now, this terrible missile has already started its first live firing!
Following Nikolai's order, the gunner Negrasov pressed the ammunition selection button in front of him. With his press, the T-64 autoloader began to move.
The T-64 is expensive and only equipped with elite troops. In contrast, the T-72 is cheap and can be equipped in large quantities. One of the important reasons is the problem of the automatic loader.
The storage/selection machine of the T-64 automatic loading machine is "hung" on the turret basket through a bearing, and the inner side is processed with a ring gear, which can be rotated under control. The first step of automatic loading is to select ammunition.
Four 9K112 missiles are placed in it. Among them, if clearly stated, the non-removable part of the missile is code-named 9M43.
At this point, the warhead is selected first, and with the assistance of the bomb grabber, the ammunition is stuffed into the barrel. All this is automatic, and it only needs to manually select the type of bomb.
Therefore, the speed is very fast, the loading speed is fast, and the rate of fire is fast. At the same time, it also leads to technical complexity. Moreover, the people in the turret must be extra careful. If the automatic loader is brought in, the person will be disabled.
The warhead is placed vertically and placed in a turntable. When loading the warhead, the warhead is loaded horizontally. Therefore, this leads to the result that fixed-load ammunition cannot be used because it is too long to be deployed. .
The artillery shell is divided into warhead and propellant. If the two are connected together, it is fixed installation. If the warhead and propellant are separated, it is divided Quite small, which means that only small tank soldiers can be used.
Small people have less strength. If the 125mm shells are still loaded as a whole, their physical strength is not enough to support them, so they can only use automatic loader, and this kind of automatic loader only has sub-loading. Can be solved.
Now it seems that there is not much defect, but in later generations, this defect will become more and more obvious. The main type of ammunition for tanks is armor-piercing projectiles. For armor-piercing projectiles, the aspect ratio is a very important data, length and The larger the ratio of diameter, the stronger the armor-piercing ability, so the warheads of armor-piercing projectiles are thin and long.
Western 120mm guns are loaded as a whole, so the warhead is directly extended into the propellant cartridge. The length is long enough for use, while the Soviet one will not work because it is separated.
Now, the warhead is stuffed in. This black warhead, bulging, is very different from ordinary warheads.
Then, it was the propellant cartridge. The propellant cartridge code-named 9B447 was stuffed in. Although it looked the same, it was different from the cartridge of an ordinary artillery shell. It contained take-off propellant and bottom plate.
There are electronic components in the warhead, which cannot withstand the acceleration caused by the huge pressure of ordinary artillery projectiles. It is more like a booster engine for ordinary missiles. (End of this chapter)