Chapter 170 Flamethrowers and Bazookas

Combined Battalion.

Li Fuguo had just returned from an outdoor exercise with the combined battalion, but saw Liu Tao waiting for them here.

"Director!" Li Fuguo saluted Liu Tao.

The other soldiers in the car saluted Liu Tao together.

Liu Tao saluted back.

"Just in time for you to come back, I prepared two good things for you!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Li Fuguo asked someone to return to the barracks, and jumped off the car himself, curiously asking, "What good things?"

"Are you going to make us fully staffed with tanks?" What Li Fuguo wanted most was tanks.

The tanks Liu Tao gave to the combined battalion were really good.

After driving such advanced tanks, absolutely no one would be willing to drive a Type 59 tank.

They thought that this tank was the best tank in the world.

"What are you thinking about? The production of tanks is still limited now, and it is impossible to give them all to you!" Liu Tao said unhappily.

Most of the tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns produced, whether for self-use or for export, were sent to Beijing.

There is a special tank regiment there to receive these tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and then train tank soldiers to adapt to these tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

It is even necessary to allocate several foreign trade versions of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks to train Iraqi and Saudi students.

The deposit has been paid, and the people have come to China, so we can't not teach them.

Of course, in order to avoid some trouble, the students from Iraq and Saudi Arabia are trained in another tank battalion, and the two are not in the same place.

Giving these self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks to the synthetic battalion is already good.

Liu Tao took out two weapons from the car.

"Is this a flamethrower?" Li Fuguo was a little surprised, "And this is a rocket launcher?"

"Yes, these two weapons!" Liu Tao nodded.

The individual flamethrower is a common weapon of chemical defense soldiers born in World War I. It is often used for attacking, clearing obstacles, disinfection and forest fire prevention. As early as the War of Liberation, our army seized various types of Japanese and American individual flamethrowers for attacking. In the Liaodong Peninsula later, the Volunteer Army also widely used the captured American flamethrowers.

In 1955, the earliest flamethrower company was established in the chemical defense force of our army.

Later, with the help of the Soviet Union, the Soviet LPO-50 flamethrower was copied, and then finalized as the Type 58 flamethrower. The Type 58 flamethrower adopts the principle of gunpowder propulsion. The gelatinous oil (napalm) in the fuel bottle is propelled by the gunpowder gas and sprayed out from the spray gun along the fuel pipe. The electric firing device controlled by the battery at the muzzle ignites the ignition tube at the muzzle, and then ignites the oil. Like the LPO flamethrower, the Type 58 flamethrower has three fuel tanks and can spray three times.

The total system mass of the Type 58 flamethrower is 23 kg, the capacity of a single steel cylinder is 3.4 liters, the recoil is about 60 kg, the effective range is 40 meters, and the maximum range is 90 meters.

Later, the Type 58 flamethrower was improved, and finally the Type 74 flamethrower was formed, which was mass-produced in 1977. The 74-type flamethrower changes the gunpowder propeller of the 58-type flamethrower from four parts to one, which greatly simplifies the operation. At the same time, the battery excitation device is changed to a permanent magnet micromotor, and the new 74 light charge is used and an automatic conversion switch is adopted, which successfully solves the problem of misfire. At the same time, the material design of the components is improved, the weight is reduced to 20 kilograms, and the new 66-type condensed oil powder is used, and the effective range is increased to 45 meters and the maximum range is 100 meters.

In the "Red Dragon Roar" military operation last year, the entire army mobilized thousands of 58 and 74-type flamethrowers to support the front line, playing an important role in attacking enemy fortifications and caves.

Liu Tao improved the flamethrower. The new flamethrower is made of titanium alloy material, with a total weight reduced to 12.6 kilograms and an empty weight reduced to 8 kilograms. It is light in weight and has small recoil. It can spray up to 18 times, with a maximum range of 110 meters and an effective range of 55 meters.

The weight reduction undoubtedly allows soldiers to easily carry it forward for combat, and the increased range increases the lethal range of the flamethrower.

This flamethrower is undoubtedly the most suitable weapon for mice hiding in cat holes.

And the rocket launcher is also a familiar weapon for China.

After all, the 69-type 40-mm rocket, which is a copy of the Soviet RG7 rocket launcher, is known as the world's "three treasures of guerrilla warfare" together with the 107 rocket launcher and the AK47.

In terms of rocket launcher research, China has never stopped.

For example, the 51-type 90-mm rocket launcher, which is based on the famous American M20 88.9-mm rocket launcher, is China's first standard rocket launcher. It was officially finalized and put into production in May 1951, and 4,800 units were produced that year.

For example, the 56-type 40-mm rocket launcher, which is a copy of the Soviet RPG-2, has a launch tube length of 0.65 meters, a weight of 2.75 kilograms, a projectile caliber of 82 mm, a projectile weight of 1.8 kg, an effective range of 150 meters, a maximum range of 200 meters, and can fire 3-4 rounds per minute, with an armor penetration of 200 mm.

For example, the Type 69 40mm rocket launcher, which is a copy of the Soviet RPG-7 rocket launcher, is not a single-soldier rocket launcher, but a rocket launcher that requires two people to operate. Its launch tube weighs 5.6 kg, the bullet weighs 2.1 kg, the launch tube caliber is 40 mm, the launch tube length is 910 mm, the rocket bullet diameter is 85 mm, the range is 200-500 meters, it is equipped with white light and infrared sights, and the vertical armor-piercing capability is 300 mm. This is also the main force of the current military rocket launcher, equipped with a large number of troops and aiding third world countries.

As for the Type 70 62mm anti-tank rocket launcher, it is the first single-soldier anti-tank rocket launcher independently developed by my country. The rocket launcher has a small caliber, light weight, simple structure, and does not occupy the organization. In wartime, each person can have one. It is very effective in treating "fear of insufficient firepower". The effective range is 200 meters and the maximum range is 800 meters. The warhead can penetrate 100 mm armor and can also be used with air-blasting personnel-killing bombs.

However, the Type 70 62mm anti-tank rocket launcher, which is half disposable and half reusable, is a bit embarrassing after all. It is better to just make a disposable rocket launcher that is thrown away after firing.

"This is a disposable rocket launcher. The total weight of the sleeve and rocket is 7.5 kilograms, the length is 971 mm, optical aiming, the effective range is 300 meters, and it can penetrate 300 mm reinforced concrete." Liu Tao said, "The most important thing is that it can launch fuel-air bombs."

"80 mm caliber, so light?" Li Fuguo was surprised.

The power of firearms and artillery is proportional to the caliber, and the weight is also proportional to the caliber.

The launch tube and bullet of the Type 69 40mm rocket launcher add up to 7.7 kilograms, while the rocket in front of him has a caliber of 80 mm and weighs even less than the Type 69 40mm rocket launcher. This is simply subverting Li Fuguo's cognition.

"Well, this sleeve is not made of metal, but glass fiber and resin. Its strength and hardness are comparable to steel, and its heat insulation performance is particularly good. You can't feel the heat of the rocket tail flame at all." Liu Tao smiled faintly.

Of course, this material also has problems. The only problem is that the transparency is too good. The rocket tail flame makes the sleeve turn red all over, like gushing lava, which looks a bit scary. At the same time, it will expose the position when used at night.

In order to improve this problem, Liu Tao made an opaque paint and sprayed it on it, which increased the cost of the rocket launcher.