Chapter 38： Whats wrong with you wallet? (1/2)
Boers are very rich, really rich, and they are very willing to spend money on armaments! You know what? It's the 37MM large-caliber Maxine machine gun! One shell is 6 shillings and 6 pence! One minute’s theoretical rate of fire can knock out the master of £90! The Boers bought it! The Boers also have machine guns. Let's put it this way, apart from the heavy artillery, the Boers are no less equipped than the British.
Like bargains is one of the common problems of human beings, but this Mr. Kruger values the price-performance ratio more. He knows that the number of Boer troops is limited, so he needs an elite force that can be one of ten! And if you want to do well, you must first sharpen your tools! When Kruger heard that there was a better weapon, he naturally left the old ones behind and took a look at the new ones first!
After receiving the order of Prince Ruprecht, Sir Arnaden immediately patted his chest to make sure that there would be no problem this time. A few months have passed, and the chain dropping on the exercise field made him feel lingering now. But this time, the newly modified artillery has solved the problem of hydraulic system leakage. And the rate of fire has reached the standard of at least 10 rounds per minute!
In addition to the rapid-fire cannon, Sir Arnaden, whose knives have been sharpened fast, also prepared several things that Kruger is addicted to at first sight! This will be a systematic product promotion! As long as you work hard, from now on the Boer’s army will be Bavarian weapons!
”This is our newly improved rapid-fire artillery. It can pour 10 rounds of shells into the opponent’s position in one minute. The elevation angle and the left and right firing range are very large. If your gunner is experienced enough, then attack the enemy behind the obstacle. It is by no means impossible. You can easily suppress a 4-gun artillery company with just one gun!” Sir Arnaden said with a smile.
The artillery named M1890 75MM rapid-fire cannon was the first mass-produced artillery produced by the Southern Design Bureau. The Bavarian First Army sent it to the test site before it got it. This 75MML30 artillery has a more curved trajectory than the historical Miss 75. It is a type of howitzer. It has a certain degree of armor penetration when it is fired directly, while it is a longer-range suppression artillery when it is fired.
With the help of Ruprecht, this cannon with a maximum elevation angle of 40 degrees has a maximum range of about 9 kilometers, which can completely suppress all current guns of the same level! With the German-style howitzer and the high rate of fire of the French artillery, this weapon is definitely the most terrifying among the same-level artillery in the same period!
In front of Kruger, with the dazzling loading, locking, shooting and ejecting of the shell, the gunners under Arnaden spent less than 2 minutes to light up all 20 shells! Along with the fire and smoke of the artillery, along with the brass eggshells that constantly jumped out of the tail of the gun, one round of more than ten kilograms of shells flew to the distant target!
The target area 3 kilometers away was obscured by a series of smoke pillars. The grass man used as the target was turned into ashes under the fierce shelling! As the gunpowder dissipated, the area of thousands of square meters became a piece of white ground! The smoke and the remaining flames in the air make people shudder!
”In just one minute, you can blow up two platoons of enemy troops to ashes! At this distance, no matter if it is a machine gun or an old artillery, there is no way to use your artillery!” Sir looked at Crewe with surprise. Ge said smugly.
”In addition to the powerful artillery, the maneuverability of this heavy artillery is also a major advantage of him!” The Jazz pointed to the hollowed out gun mount and low gun body. The traverser is not a direct copy of the historical Miss 75. In addition to increasing the elevation angle and the left and right firing range of the artillery, it also redesigned the gun mount, using smaller pneumatic rubber tires to compress the height of the artillery as much as possible, although heavier The bipod mount, but still compressed the weight of the gun to about 1150 kg! And removed the limited meaning of the gun shield.
This weight can be pushed manually when necessary. And in order to make it easier to drag the horse. The engineer’s salary has optimized the front vehicle carrying ammunition. When traveling, the front vehicle equipped with ammunition is linked to the artillery, which can be maneuvered with 6 strong military horses.
Kruger nodded as he watched the wisp of gunpowder that had not yet dissipated from the muzzle. Under his calm expression was excitement. Only one artillery can easily suppress 4 old artillery. For the few Boers It's just too suitable. For such a behemoth as the United Kingdom, there will never be enough problems, so he quietly replaced the 36 75MM Krupp battalion guns originally purchased with 24 M1890 rapid-fire guns, although the total price of the latter is the former. More than 1.5 times! And also re-purchase shells.
”This artillery can be used as a division-level artillery, but if the unit is a battalion or company, there is no corresponding artillery support firepower. For this reason, our Southern Design Bureau has specifically withdrawn a new type of curved-fire artillery. Infantry can be easily disassembled and carried!” Then Sir Annaden put Krugera next to a small mortar. ”This is a brand new weapon, which is fundamentally different from previous mortars!”