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Chapter 602 Fire Control System and Gatling Gun
Afterwards, Shi Lanyou introduced some projects of the firearms research and development laboratory to everyone.However, these are some small projects, which are relatively complicated, so I won’t explain them in detail one by one, but let’s talk about them comprehensively here.Everyone knows that modern firearms are nothing more than those few types of mechanisms, and there are only those types of mechanisms that change back and forth.And the purpose of your innovative research and development is to develop a firearm with better performance, more practicality, and more advanced.Before, Jiang Chen and Shi Lan had tried all these structures and achieved some good results, but now the research and development team needs to continue to innovate and develop on the basis of the previous ones, but this research It is a long and continuous process.Although the structure of firearms is relatively simple, it is precisely because of these simplicity that the entire R&D team has not made much progress and development.In addition to several pistols and submachine guns with good performance, there are also upgrades and improvements to the original assault rifles.

Among them, Jiang Chen is more interested in the fact that they jointly developed an electronic research and development laboratory and an optical glasses laboratory to develop an integrated firearm fire control system.To be precise, it is an observation and measurement instrument with a fire control system to match the use of a sniper rifle.In this way, the data that observers and snipers need to calculate before can be operated with this set of fire control system.

The so-called fire control system, also known as weapon fire control system, is the full name of fire command and control engineering, which is the general term for equipment that controls shooting weapons to automatically implement aiming and launching.The weapon fire control system is a general term for the equipment that controls the automatic or semi-automatic targeting and firing of weapons.Modern artillery, tank guns, tactical rockets and missiles, airborne weapons (aircraft guns, bombs and missiles), shipborne weapons (naval guns, torpedoes, missiles and depth charges) are mostly equipped with fire control systems.Of course, this fire control system does not belong to this type, but an unguided weapon.Unguided weapons are equipped with a fire control system, which can improve the speed and accuracy of aiming and launching, and enhance the adaptability to harsh battlefield environments, so as to give full play to the destructive capabilities of weapons.The guided weapon is equipped with a fire control system. Due to the more accurate aiming before launch, the working conditions of its guidance system can be improved, the missile's ability to respond to maneuvering targets can be improved, and the error rate of the guidance system can be reduced.

Of course, the one developed by Shi Lan and the others is the fire control system used by sniper rifles, so it doesn't have too complicated functions.Its main function is divided into two parts, namely the measurement of target parameters and the measurement of meteorological and ballistic conditions.The target parameters include target position parameters and motion parameters.Target position parameters refer to the coordinates of the target relative to the geographic coordinate system or the observation coordinate system, such as distance, azimuth, elevation angle, etc.; target motion parameters include speed, direction, shooting angle, acceleration, etc. Indispensable data for the meta.The observation equipment used for target parameter measurement should have high precision, and they are mostly used to determine the target position and the longitudinal velocity of the observation equipment.For moving targets, this fire control observation equipment can also observe the target in real time, so as to measure a series of target parameter values, and provide conditions for using these measured values ​​to estimate the current instantaneous position and motion parameters of the target.

Meteorological and ballistic conditions measurement is to be able to calculate meteorological parameters such as air temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction, and ballistic condition parameters such as projectile initial velocity deviation, ammunition temperature, and projectile weight deviation will have an impact on the actual trajectory, and must be measured in time so that Take this into account when solving shooting elements.The projectile weight deviation can be measured by root gauge, barometer, anemometer, and projectile muzzle velocity measuring instrument.Since meteorological conditions affect the entire trajectory, the relevant meteorological measurement points should cover the entire trajectory.Moreover, it has a good effect on observation and reconnaissance under special terrain and weather conditions.

After obtaining these data, and then use a specific formula to calculate, then this is the shooting and aiming parameters needed by the sniper.With these parameters, snipers can aim more accurately and practice precision.And because of such a more intuitive, accurate, fast and timely data, the preparation time and reaction time of the sniper are greatly shortened, which makes the sniper more powerful on the battlefield, the survival rate is greatly improved, and the task completion rate is greatly improved strengthen.

There is another one, that is this machine gun, the Gatling machine gun.Since the successful development of this gun, researchers in related fields of the gun laboratory have continued to improve this gun.For example, replace with a more powerful motor and a longer battery life.There is also a more wear-resistant gear and a lighter gun body weight.And this group of people has also fiddled with several of its improved Gatling guns.The first is a Gatling machine gun like this one, but it cancels the battery electric motor and waits for external power.That's right, this is an internal energy Gatling machine gun. It is different from the external energy Gatling machine gun that uses electric motors as power. It does not need this external battery motor, but uses the recoil when the bullet is fired. Kinetic energy to drive the gun for use.Although because of these changes, it has not reduced its weight, and the range drive structure is still a bit more complicated.But it also has its advantages, that is, it can abandon the use of external abilities and can shoot continuously.Of course, this gun is just an experimental type, just to increase the variety of our own version of this Gatling family.As for whether it will be put into production in the future, everything has to be decided by the market.

The second Gatling machine gun is significantly smaller in size and lighter in weight. It is practical to use external energy to drive it. However, the caliber of this gun is different. It uses a 5.56mm caliber. ammunition.The developers have reduced its caliber, although its range and power will be greatly reduced.But it also has its unique advantages, reducing the weight and recoil, which is more suitable for infantry and mountain troops.The reduced weight can be easily carried by soldiers, and the saved weight can be used to carry more ammunition and increase its firepower time.The reduction in recoil can reduce the pressure on soldiers when using it, making it easier for them to use and master.And there is a more important thing that it has reduced the caliber, so that the ammunition it uses will be greatly reduced.Under the same weight as ordinary bullets, this gun can carry more bullets, which greatly increases the firepower continuity of this gun, and is more convenient and combat needs.

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