eurekapd Chapter 174: Equipment Localization Upgrade - Part
Chapter 174: Equipment Localization Upgrade - Part
The 40kg Type 87 82mm mortar is sufficient to serve as a fire suppression weapon for an infantry company.
It's just that the price is a bit expensive, 250 military merit points per gun, the same price as the L16 mortar, and this is the half-price price. If he can choose, Xu Le would rather choose the L50 mortar from the 16s.
Purchase 1000 guns, with a base ammunition of 45 rounds, and also prepare 5 bases, consuming a total of military merit points.
The pistol also needs to be replaced, and the purchase price is 10 military merit points for the Type 77 pistol. The original pistol is used as an officer's gun, so it will not be wasted.
There is no need to equip Gatling guns. The logistical pressure is several times more terrifying than that of MG42. The few existing ones are used as defensive weapons for important fortifications.
At the beginning, each battalion was equipped with a Gatling gun, and everyone rushed to play with it. But after a long time, everyone lost interest in it because there were too many disadvantages.
Even Liu Quanhua no longer treated his Gatling gun as a treasure and threw it directly to the infantry regiment.
The ROG-7 rocket launcher will not be moved for the time being. It was originally used to deal with enemy armored vehicles and bunkers, but with the armored regiment's tanks leading the way, the rocket launcher actually does not have much room to play. Instead, it increases the pressure on the troops. The number of equipment will be reduced later.
The price of the Type 77 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun after being halved is 400 points, and 200 are purchased as a supplement.
Although infantry grenades are rarely used, they should still be equipped.
Although grenades belong to the category of grenades, they are independent weapons and are not classified as ammunition by the system. For every 1 shells worth 100 military merit point, the price is 3 military merit points per shell.
Once you get addicted to this thing, the consumption will really be like a waterfall.
"Let's just buy 100. I heard that the Equipment Department already has several military experts. Give them some to study and see if they can produce them themselves."
The infantry regiment's equipment was replaced, leaving only the artillery battalion's artillery.
Although the performance of the L118 howitzer is really strong, the power of the 105 caliber is really poor for Xu Le, who is now a wealthy man, and the number is less than 100. If it is dispersed to the infantry regiment, it will not be enough. It can be concentrated in the light firepower strike regiment of the light motorized infantry division.
In order to regularize the troops, we must do everything possible to standardize their weapons and equipment, and artillery is naturally included.
For towed artillery, Xu Le plans to mainly use 122mm and 152mm calibers, which were also the main artillery calibers of New China before the 90s. Moreover, as the world's strongest artillery technology power, these artillery pieces are enough to fight against the world's coalition forces.
Xu Le always believes in one sentence: Failure is the final test of perseverance, and the truth is only within the range of cannons.
For Xu Le, who was born with a fear of insufficient firepower, increasing the range and caliber of artillery was of utmost importance, which was why he reluctantly eliminated the Type 54-1 howitzer.
There are many mountains in Shanxi Province, and the terrain is rugged. If you want to unleash the power of artillery, high-angle howitzers are essential.
The Type 83 122mm howitzer is a large-caliber artillery developed and put into service by New China in the early 80s. It weighs 2700 kilograms and has a rate of fire of 8 rounds per minute. Although the maximum range of the fully charged grenade is only 16 kilometers, it can fire base-concave shells with a range of 18 kilometers, base-bleed extended-range shells with a range of 22 kilometers, and composite extended-range shells with a maximum range of 27 kilometers. Like the L118 howitzer, this gun can also fire base-bleed submunitions with a range of 20 kilometers, which can be said to be an all-round strike.
The price of each Type 83 howitzer is 600 military merit points. 200 of them can be purchased directly to serve as support artillery for infantry and tanks.
Next is the Type 66 152mm cannon howitzer, which costs 1500 military merit points.
This gun is a copy of the Soviet D-20 130mm cannon howitzer and was once the main heavy fire suppression artillery of the New China Army.
The total weight of the gun is only 5700 kilograms. The maximum range of ordinary grenades is 17 kilometers, and the maximum range of base-bleed extended-range shells is 21 kilometers.
However, Xu Le only purchased 100 guns, which were not used to equip the infantry division, but to build an artillery brigade, and were only used as a transitional model.
Although the Type 66 152mm howitzer has the characteristics of both a cannon and a howitzer, its maximum elevation angle is only 45 degrees, and its range is neither high nor low. If it were not for its light weight, Xu Le would not have chosen this gun.
After the military reform, conventional division-level organizations were divided into three categories: armored divisions, mechanized infantry divisions, and light motorized infantry divisions.
The firepower regiment of the motorized infantry division does not have high requirements for mobility, so it uses the existing towed L118 howitzer.
However, armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions must meet the mobility of artillery. Towed howitzers are definitely not able to keep up, only self-propelled howitzers are available.
However, there was no choice of self-propelled howitzers. There was only the Type 83 152mm self-propelled howitzer, the first large-caliber self-propelled gun of New China. As for the Type 70-1 122mm self-propelled howitzer, it was directly ignored.
The price of a Type 83 self-propelled howitzer is 6000 military merit points. In the past, its original price would have exceeded that of a Type 69 medium tank, which cost one military merit point.
Its combat weight is 30 tons, it is tracked, its maximum road speed is 55 kilometers per hour, and its off-road speed is 30 kilometers per hour. It has a semi-automatic loader and a firing rate of 5 rounds per minute. Its maximum range when using rocket-assisted projectiles is 30 kilometers, and its fully loaded fragmentation grenades can reach a range of 17 kilometers.
Due to the high price, we will temporarily purchase 200 guns, which will be enough to equip an armored division and a mechanized infantry division.
Although there are self-propelled guns with better performance later, the price is too expensive and there is no need to waste military merit points.
There is also the Type 85 122mm tracked self-propelled howitzer. When it was first put into service, its performance had reached the advanced level of similar products.
However, because it is tracked, it is not suitable for equipping motorized infantry divisions, and because of its small caliber, it is not suitable for equipping armored divisions. Therefore, even though its price is slightly cheaper than the Type 83 self-propelled howitzer, Xu Le has no need to equip it for the time being.
If there is a need in the future, it can be equipped to the reserve artillery unit!
The division's air defense regiment continued to use the Type 74 twin-barrel 37mm anti-aircraft machine gun, with the same organization as the artillery regiment, with each regiment equipped with 54 guns.
Purchase 81 additional guns, consuming military merit points.