Chapter 580 (1/2)

The meeting lasted a whole day, and finally agreed on the list of materials and arms that could be sold to the outside world.

In this list, the most important thing is ammunition.

Based on the fact that smokeless powder can not be developed by European alchemists or scientists, stone bear decided to sell this kind of powder, which is a century ahead of the times.

Of course, the most widely used weapon of smokeless powder is the catapult. This kind of weapon can't be said to be an obsolete weapon for the stormy bear army now, but with the emergence of more and more 55 mortars and larger caliber mortars, and the fact that the range of the explosive bear rifle is similar to that of the catapult, this weapon, which once made great achievements for the stormy bear army, has now become a second-line weapon.

Although the catapults are still equipped in the army, they are not as many as they were a few years ago. At present, the fighting style of the fierce bear army is more and more inclined to the later ”combination of infantry and artillery”.

As more and more large caliber cannons and howitzers are equipped in the army, artillery ploughs are used all over the place before the battle, and then the barrage is advanced slowly, followed by infantry.

If you encounter difficulties, mortars, a weapon with great ballistic curvature, will come in handy.

All in all, the way the stormy bear army fights now is to use the effective range of weapons far beyond the enemy's reach to destroy the enemy.

Therefore, the effective shooting distance of the catapult is relatively close to the heavy firepower, it began to gradually become a chicken rib.

Of course, some of the ”special operations” teams that stone bears can cultivate now still belong to conventional weapons. After all, this kind of weapon is light, portable and powerful. In some special operations, it has many advantages that other heavy weapons can't match.

However, although this kind of weapon has gradually become a chicken in the fierce bear army, it is a good thing in the hands of European powers.

This kind of weapon that can shoot accurately within 600 meters is really an artifact like weapon in the current era.

In terms of power, the catapult is more powerful than some large caliber naval guns or fortress guns because it launches a flowering bullet. After all, guns of this era almost fire solid ammunition. What's the power of that thing? In addition to bombing castles and military fortresses, which are immovable, the killing of personnel is much smaller.

Even the naval guns loaded on the windsurfing battleships had to be close to each other within two or three hundred yards because of their effective range. This is almost the same as hand to hand combat for windsurfing battleships.

Although the small caliber and light weight of the grenades spread from the Cherokee people, their firing accuracy is quite good at a distance of 500-600 meters, which is definitely much better than the naval guns, fortress guns and infantry guns currently used in various countries.

In addition, the cost of the catapult is too low. Even a six pound gun can make dozens of catapults, so the number of catapults equipped in the armies of European powers is very large.

This is probably the biggest change made by the stone bear to the European powers after it came to the world.

If there are more equipment for throwing cartridges, then the consumption of ammunition is a terrible number. Don't forget that the limit firing speed of the barrel can be as high as 20 or 30 rounds per minute, which is much faster than that of the rifle.

Once hundreds of barrels are fired, the amount of ammunition consumed in one minute is amazing.

Therefore, the grenade used in the catapult will be a huge input in the future.