Chapter 430： Preparation one (2/2)
According to the experiment of Lieutenant Colonel Carl and others, when the outside temperature is not too high, firing 500 to 600 rounds continuously will make the water in the machine gun cooling bucket boil, and the temperature is high enough to boil eggs... If you are still unwilling to release the trigger at this time, then an average of 1.5 pints of water will evaporate for every 1,000 bullets. And prolonged shooting can cause firearm damage.
If it is in an ordinary environment, although this water source consumption will be very troublesome, but there is still a certain gap between fatalities, but this time, the place where the Blue Army is going is North Africa! The water source problem is very serious, why have to get this carriage? To a large extent it is to ensure the water supply for personnel and machine guns!
After learning about the situation, Lieutenant Colonel Carl was afraid that 50KG of fresh water was not enough, and hoped that the water storage tank of the mass-produced machine gun carriage could be more than 80KG... The cooling water of the MG98 machine gun can be re-entered into another water tank along a rubber tube. This is the condensate collection tank, which is used to reduce the waste of water as much as possible.
”The baffle behind this car body seems to be able to flip up?” The prince who was close to the carriage body curiously looked at a steel plate hanging behind the car body and said.
”That's it. After entering the combat position, this steel plate can be turned up and used as a shield for the machine gun shooter. And this rear car has independent braking equipment. As long as you pull up the brakes and open the bracket, it will become a very stable Design platform.”
”Let me see your mortars.” The prince was fairly satisfied with this machine gun carriage.
”If it is 60MM and 82MM mortars, you can use the same carriage directly, and even the 60MM mortar can be easily removed from the car to shoot. The bottom plate of the 82MM mortar is the vehicle itself~~ cannon body is also fixed on the car. The most troublesome thing is the 120MM mortar, which has a weight of over 225KG. So we arranged this for it.”
Lieutenant Colonel Carl pointed to the suggested gun cart in the distance. Generally speaking, the so-called gun carriages are at least 4 to 6 horses. But in order to be mobile and flexible, all carriages are based on double horses. This requires the weight of the entire carriage to be as low as possible. The weight of the former plus the rear carriage should be less than 800KG. You must know that a 120MM mortar The weight is 225KG. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Carl simply added two wheels on both sides of the artillery and used it as the rear vehicle, and a connecting rod in front was connected to the ammunition vehicle.
The weight of a 120MM mortar shell is as high as 15KG. In addition to carrying one artillery, a two-person carriage also needs to carry 25 mortar shells and corresponding. This is almost close to the limit of the carriage. After all, you We cannot expect how good the road conditions in Africa are.
”Most of our weapons are ready, but overall, there are still some problems, because I can't get the attacking troops to also get enough fire cover.” After hesitating, Lieutenant Colonel Karl said himself Worries.
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