Chapter 513： Giants in Battle 2 (1/2)
His Royal Highness really has no way to explain to Little Moqi the steel behemoths that only appeared after World War I! If you have not experienced the first battle, it is difficult for people to imagine how far mankind can go on the road of killing under the pressure of life and death! You know, where the battle started, the Germans only had 4 large Belsa howitzers to kill the Liege Fortress. After arriving at Verdun, even if more than 30 artillery pieces of 15 inches or more were fired for a full 10 months, Verdun had not been resolved! Both sides are doing their best to produce more powerful artillery to overwhelm their opponents.
”The Western Front is too cruel, let's go to the Eastern Front.” His Royal Highness said to himself more than once.
”We need artillery with a longer range, and a more powerful artillery. Relying solely on the close-range attack of the large-caliber howitzer cannot allow the German Army to maintain the advantage.” Xiao Maoqi himself deduced himself on the huge sand table. Said.
”The 305mm heavy siege gun we ordered at Krupp may no longer meet our needs. The Liege Fortress is no longer the standard. If we want to win this war, we must use the sandbox The fortress is the standard! So we need more powerful heavy artillery!” Little Moqi threw away the pencil in his hand and said with a long breath.
”Our field troops also need long-range heavy artillery when facing non-fortress areas. Cannons alone can no longer meet our needs.” The prince nodded and said.
Invisibly, the prince has changed the tactics of the German army in the future. In history, the German army has been trying to end the war through quick battles at the beginning. Therefore, except for a few siege artillery, the largest artillery in general military units is 150mm heavy. Howitzer. There will be a 210mm heavy howitzer at the army level or the group army level. These weapons are characterized by a huge amount of projection, but a relatively short range. The range of the German SFH13 150mm gun is only 8600 meters. The 210mm heavy howitzer is only 9600 meters long. The weight of the artillery is small, and the 210mm heavy howitzer weighs just over 7 tons.
But soon, after the war that was destined to be unable to end quickly entered a stalemate, the Germans suddenly discovered that their artillery range was insufficient... So they came up with three large-caliber long-range cannons one after another, the earliest of which was the 150mml40 cannon which was born in 1915.
The performance of this artillery is actually quite good, the weight is only 5360kg, but it can shoot 44.2kg shells out of 18.7km! Both in terms of weight and range are very satisfying. Of course, this satisfaction is only temporary. Soon, in 1917, the Germans produced the pinnacle of the 1st battle 6-inch army cannon-the K16 long-range artillery!
This 10.87-ton heavy artillery has a 6.41-meter-long barrel, which can shoot 51.4kg shells 22 kilometers away, and has a terrifying rate of fire of three rounds per minute! This artillery is so excellent that until the beginning of World War II, some German troops still used this artillery as a long-range suppression artillery.
However, the pursuit of advanced weapons by the soldiers is endless. The French 155mm gpf Dalifiru artillery from the same level of artillery is a bit worse than the K16 in projectile weight and range (the projectile weighs 43kg and the maximum range is 19500 meters). The Germans still feel tremendous pressure.
So the Germans decided to take down the 17cm artillery from the former Dreadnought. This is the history of the German Army’s field artillery has the longest range and most powerful cannon 170mm skl/40 artillery debut. This artillery can be used as a normal artillery for the army, as well as a train cannon, and many so-called 170mm train cannons just throw an army-type artillery on a flatbed cart, and then become a train cannon when stuck... This heavy artillery with a maximum range of up to 24km can be described as the king of ordinary artillery in World War I! Except for some long-barreled train cannons, few can threaten his existence!
In fact, a certain amount of long-range artillery was needed as anti-artillery firepower in the first battle. If simply comparing the amount of projection, the German family and the British and French would definitely lose out. The prince invisibly made the future chief of the German army notice the long-range cannon. The role of, although it may not be able to turn things around, but it is still possible to obtain a little tactical advantage.