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Chapter 494 Rocket Inertia Insurance

The rocket exploded at a distance of more than 30 meters, and the person who was unlucky enough to be killed by its own rocket was naturally the woman with twin ponytails who had just launched it.

At this time, the woman looked very miserable, with scratches on her arms and even her face from shrapnel produced by the rocket explosion.

Fortunately, they were lucky enough that no shrapnel from the explosion hit their heads or hearts directly, so they did not suffer fatal injuries. With the medical technology of the Universal Alliance, as long as the injuries were not fatal, they could be saved.

Of course, all this was not due to the poor quality of the rocket, but was caused by Liu Xiu, because Liu Xiu used the lightsaber in his hand as a gun.

This is naturally another use of the lightsaber. After all, a lightsaber is simply a high-intensity magnetic field wrapped in high-temperature plasma, so if you open a small hole in the front of the high-intensity magnetic field.

Then, by utilizing the acceleration performance of the high-intensity magnetic field, the plasma lightsaber naturally becomes a long-range attack weapon like a plasma gun.

Why didn't Liu Xiu directly attack the female villain Carly, but instead chose the difficult attack on the flying rocket?

In fact, this is mainly because even the plasma emitted by a plasma gun will be affected by the atmosphere, so the greater the distance, the greater the decrease in power.

For example, at a distance of two kilometers, a plasma attack on Carly may not cause much damage, but it is easy to cause the rocket to explode if it attacks the collision fuse on the rocket.

The main reason why Liu Xiu had to wait until the rocket was launched and flew a certain distance before detonating the collision fuse in front of the warhead to make the rocket explode was because of the rocket's inertia insurance.

Because with this thing, the rocket will never be detonated by the collision fuse before it is launched, and if you want to detonate the rocket, it must be detonated after it flies a certain distance.

This safety measure is actually very similar to the safety insurance of the famous rocket launcher RPG in the world before Liu Xiu traveled through time.

RPG is a military product developed by the giant bear in the world before Liu Xiu traveled through time. It was still widely used in countries around the world from the 40s until before Liu Xiu traveled through time. Because of their low price and simple operation, the RPG-7, AK-47, and PK light machine gun became standard equipment for small bear fighters.

According to the news before Liu Xiu traveled through time, the fighters of Daxiong were attacked by RPGs at close range many times during the Two Bears War. On one occasion, their bulletproof shields were hit. Fortunately, the rocket did not penetrate the shield, let alone explode, allowing the soldiers holding the steel shields to escape.

You know, RPG is a single-soldier weapon specially used for anti-tank operations. It is not difficult to penetrate a 4-centimeter-thick homogeneous steel plate within the effective range.

Therefore, the media widely reported the myth that the shields of Daxiong's soldiers could block anti-tank rockets. In fact, there is a reason why this rocket is so "merciful".

You should know that the armor-piercing function of RPG lies in its conical metal cover armor-piercing warhead, which will form a high-temperature and high-speed molten jet after hitting the target, so that the target's armor structure will be penetrated.

So logically, with its ability to penetrate 40cm thick homogeneous steel, any handheld shield can be penetrated instantly, and if it is not penetrated, there must be a reason. After all, bulletproof shields are only standard equipment for special forces, and strictly speaking, they are not military products. According to the degree of protection, they are divided into half-body light, half-body medium and full-body heavy. Half-body is generally about 15kg, and the whole body does not exceed 25kg. It is mainly used for small-scale special operations. Although it can protect against bullets and fragments, it is weak against artillery.

Bulletproof shields are made of bulletproof steel or bulletproof composite materials, such as Kevlar, but they can only defend against handguns and civilian rifle bullets, and cannot even block military steel-core bullets.

The "Lucky Shield" of the Big Bear Special Forces is indirectly related to the popularity of RPG around the world. First of all, the operation of the RPG rocket launcher is very simple. Just screw the propellant onto the endurance engine before launching, then insert it into the launch tube, and finally pull the trigger to launch.

Therefore, some small countries and uneducated fighters love to use it. However, it is inevitable that careless militants will cause thrilling scenes due to various reasons or illegal operations, such as the propellant is sprayed out but the rocket is still on the launch tube, or the rocket falls to the ground before it is launched far, or worse, it is accidentally triggered towards the ground.

If someone who does not understand the situation and is not familiar with RPG saw the above scene, he would probably be scared to death. However, it is true that rockets are dangerous goods, but they have a relatively high safety factor. Generally speaking, as long as luck is not too bad, the RPG warhead will not be detonated within a short distance.

The RPG warhead will only release its safety when certain conditions are met. For example, the inertia safety will only be released when the ammunition reaches a certain speed and distance after being fired. Only then will the RPG rocket truly enter combat status and be detonated by the collision fuse in front.

It was precisely because of this that Daxiong's shield survived. Although it did not penetrate or explode at the time, the powerful impact force caused serious injuries to the special forces behind the shield.

Although the RPG warhead has a high safety factor, there are many fools who hit the RPG tail flame. When the RPG is fired, it has an extremely strong tail flame. According to tests, its length reaches 6 meters. If you must stand behind the RPG, you must be more than meters away to be safe.

Therefore, there are requirements when launching RPG. First of all, there must be no one behind it, otherwise they will be sprayed to death by the tail flame. Even if they are not sprayed to death, they will be burned by the tail flame.

Secondly, it cannot be fired in a confined space, as the tail flame will turn the shooter into a "roasted pig"; finally, when firing in a prone position, the launch tube must be parallel to the body, and must not form an angle, otherwise the high temperature and tail flame behind the rocket launcher will instantly turn the shooter's legs into cooked "pig legs". This is not sensational. Before Liu Xiu traveled through time, there were often international news reports about people being amputated for firing RPGs.

Although the rocket carried on the shoulder of the woman named Carly just now might not be an RPG, Liu Xiu discovered through its appearance and the internal structure scanned by the enemy and friendly map that the rocket warhead had an inertial fuse.

After all, although Liu Xiu has traveled through time, there are some basic physical rules, and the structures of the weapons designed using these physical rules are still roughly the same.

For example, this kind of inertia safety is not only used on rockets, but also on mortar shells and other artillery shells.

This kind of safety insurance is naturally to prevent soldiers from accidentally dropping shells on the ground for various reasons, such as during the transportation of shells, which may cause accidental explosions and injure their own people.

After all, it is not uncommon for such mistakes to occur in such a tense environment on the battlefield, so with this inertial insurance, it can avoid the possibility of soldiers accidentally exploding before firing the ammunition.

However, because of Liu Xiu's fault, the rocket was detonated prematurely, which naturally gave Kane, the protagonist, no chance to use a lightsaber to cut the rocket as in the original plot.

(End of this chapter)