Chapter 93 Italian Cannon? (Subscribe Please!)

When the gift was carried by dozens of natives and placed in Arthur's manor, Arthur was in a state of surprise.

Who would have thought that the Kingdom of the Netherlands would give Arthur such a gift? The long barrel revealed that it was a cannon, but it was unknown which one it was.

The guards were asked to remove the red cloth, and a cannon was finally exposed to everyone.

It can be seen that this is a brand new cannon, and it has not even been used.

There are ten boxes of shells quietly placed next to it, half of which are larger and half are smaller.

The caliber of the cannon is not large. Although the naked eye cannot get the specific number, it can be determined that this is a cannon within 100 mm.

The question is, why did the Netherlands give a cannon to Arthur? A national gift will never be an ordinary cannon, at least it must be an important weapon level.

But judging from the current military industry level of the Netherlands, can it produce world-class cannons?

Arthur felt strange. Looking at the increasingly familiar cannon, he finally remembered, isn't this the Italian cannon?

In later generations, this cannon became popular thanks to a line in a classic TV series. The second battalion commander's Italian cannon refers to this thing, the M1897 75mm field cannon.

Specifically, the more famous Italian cannon in later generations is the nickname of the M1897 75mm field cannon after it was introduced to the East, as well as the name of the imitation.

In fact, the M1897 75mm field cannon was produced in France and has nothing to do with Italy.

This cannon also has a famous name in France, called Miss France 75.

The reason why it became famous is that it uses a recoil device, which greatly increases the firing rate of the cannon, which can reach a terrifying firing rate of at least 15 rounds per minute, and is considered the beginning of rapid-fire cannons.

What concept?

When other artillery fired the first shell and were loading, Miss 75 had already fired the second shell.

When the other shells were loaded, Miss 75's third shell had already been fired.

The firepower coverage alone is enough to prove the strength of Miss 75 in terms of firepower.

In fact, it is precisely because of this. It not only became the main artillery equipment of the French Army in World War I, but was also used on a large scale in World War II, including Germany, Poland, Britain, the United States, and even some countries in the East, which had large-scale equipment for this artillery.

Although Arthur's military factory also has automatic artillery technology, it only uses 37mm small-caliber artillery.

For large-caliber artillery, automatic modification cannot be achieved. Therefore, this French lady is very important to Australia.

If you can study the technology thoroughly, you can not only achieve large-scale imitation and production, but also learn from its technology to improve your own automatic artillery technology, and at the same time experiment with larger-caliber automatic artillery.

After identifying the cannon, Arthur no longer hesitated and immediately called all the experts in the military factory and ordered the guards to strictly protect the cannon.

This is an important item that can cause changes in the Australian artillery industry, and Arthur cannot help but pay attention to it.

Soon, a group of experts from the military factory rushed over, accompanied by some German military experts.

In order to keep it secret, the reason for summoning these military experts was that there was a cannon that needed them to study, and it was not specified which cannon it was.

However, it still attracted the attention of German experts, and there was no reason to drive them away, so they could only acquiesce to them.

Arthur was also a little surprised to see the German experts following him, but he didn't say anything.

Because of the existence of the M1897 artillery, France changed the traditional artillery position from six artillery to four artillery.

The German army firmly believed that six artillery was the most powerful artillery position scale, and when any artillery was damaged, it would not affect the firepower of the artillery position.

The Germans arrogantly regarded the French changes as stupidity, and succeeded in suffering heavy losses in the First World War.

It is a good thing to let the Germans understand the power of this artillery early. Not only can it greatly improve the relationship between Germany and Australia, but it can also make the future world war more fierce, and Europe's losses will be more severe.

Especially the behavior of the United States, which acted as an arms dealer in the early stage of the war and lent the money earned to European countries.

Decisive participation in the later stage of the war can obtain the greatest profit with the smallest loss, which has established the foundation for becoming the power after the war.

It is also good to improve Germany's strength slightly now. At least everyone will be weakened after the war in the future, and Australia will have a greater chance of rising.

After the experts saluted Arthur, they immediately began to observe the artillery.

The German experts acted very relaxed at first, because they were confident that Germany's artillery technology was world-class and they could master most of the artillery technology.

But when the experts carefully studied the artillery, they found that some devices on the artillery looked very unfamiliar. The German experts looked at each other and didn't know what these devices were used for.

However, Australian experts, because of their experience with anti-recoil devices, are also familiar with automatic artillery technology. Although the technology used is different, they can still see something.

"Your Highness, is this a semi-automatic artillery?" Finally, the Australian expert couldn't help but ask impatiently.

Australia only mastered the semi-automatic technology of 37mm small-caliber artillery. At this time, looking at the larger caliber semi-automatic artillery in front of them, these experts were drooling.

"That's right. How long will it take for the military factory to study and copy it?" Arthur nodded calmly and asked.

"It may take some time, Your Highness. Conservatively estimated to be about a year, and we still need to disassemble it and study it carefully." The Australian expert frowned, thought carefully for a long time, and then replied.

"Wait, Your Highness, what is the semi-automatic artillery you are talking about?" The German expert was a little confused. Shouldn't they be the protagonists at the scene?

Why do I feel that Arthur and the Australian personnel know more than them? They are clear about the automation of rifles, but what is the semi-automatic artillery?

This is not the fault of these German experts. In terms of artillery, France and Germany have gone to two extremes.

Germany's Krupp cannons tend to be large-caliber and powerful, with a caliber of more than 300 mm.

But France is different. France's rapid-fire artillery technology is far ahead, and Miss 75 is one of its outstanding products.

The difference in design concepts also led to a large difference in the caliber of the finished products. In terms of large-caliber and powerful artillery, Germany is definitely worthy of it.

But when it comes to automated artillery technology, German experts may not have mastered as much as Australian experts.

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