The Rise of the Empire

But as the war continues, the French are not stupid, they will also learn about war in the war...  What to do when the number of large-caliber artillery is insufficient? The French decisively chose to throw their naval guns to the army, and the French did one thing better than the Germans, that is, the mobility of the artillery is very good. There are two aspects to this mobility. On the one hand, the weight of the artillery is better controlled, basically It belongs to that kind, maybe my performance is not as good as yours, but my gun weight and deployment flexibility are better than yours. The other aspect is the autonomy of artillery. \u003c/p\u003eHow about the German large-caliber train gun? In fact, it is not bad, Krupp's technology is still trustworthy. But Krupp itself doesn't care about the way the artillery maneuvers! The French have done a good job in the design of the gun mounts. Although it can't be said to stabilize Germany, the heavy artillery of various calibers newly added by the French really put a lot of pressure on the Germans! In some respects, the French still have a great advantage. \u003c/p\u003eSince the prince crossed over, he has specifically summarized the data of the large-caliber long-range artillery of Britain, France and Germany, and the result is that, in general, the types and maneuverability of the large-caliber long-range cannons of Britain and France are the same Predominant, as for production capacity? This prince doesn't know either! \u003c/p\u003eIs the German 420mm Big Bersa artillery amazing? Have you heard of the French 520mm heavy train gun? The combat weight is 263 tons, and the body length is 11.9 meters. There are two types of shells used, one is a light shell of 1270 kg, and the other is a heavy shell of 1640 kg, which is about twice the shell of the Big Bersa artillery! \u003c/p\u003eThis artillery is placed on two 8-axis train mounts. Because of the more advanced auxiliary loading equipment, the 520mm heavy howitzer can fire at a rate of 6 minutes! The muzzle velocity is 450 to 500 meters, and the shell can be fired at a range of 14.7 to 17 kilometers! The French 520mm heavy howitzer is crushing in terms of projection volume, single-shot power, and range! \u003c/p\u003eIn the Battle of Verdun, the French also used another 400mm heavy gun. This gun is smaller than the m1916 520mm heavy gun, but its performance is equally good. The total combat weight is 140 tons. The shell has a light weight of 641kg, a muzzle velocity of 530 meters per second, and a range of about 16 kilometers. The weight of the heavy bomb is 900kg. The muzzle velocity is 465 meters per second. The range is about 15 kilometers. And also because of the advantages of the chassis, the rate of fire of this train gun has reached 1 round every three minutes! \u003c/p\u003eAnd if the prince remembers correctly, the rate of fire of the German Big Bersa artillery is around 20 minutes... It has to be said that the French have a great advantage in fast loading of large-caliber artillery. In the final stage of the Battle of Verdun, the French relied on the help of two m1916 400mm heavy artillery to regain the Douaumont Fortress! \u003c/p\u003eBefore the appearance of the above two super-heavy artillery, the French also had a large-caliber train gun. This kind of 370mm heavy gun called Schneider m1915 could almost be called the most powerful train gun when it appeared. , He has two models, the 127.5-ton Batino type and the 134-ton Closso type. \u003c/p\u003eThis artillery can fire 516 kg shells at a speed of 535 meters per second, or 710 kg shells at a speed of 475 meters per second, with a maximum range of 16 kilometers. And the artillery preparation time is only 20 minutes! The rate of fire has also reached an astonishing level of 1 shot in 3 minutes! \u003c/p\u003eIn the long-range train heavy guns above 350mm, Germany has only one artillery that can correspond to it, and that is the train gun modified with the Navy's 380mml45 naval gun. This artillery uses almost a full set of naval equipment,

The total weight of this artillery reached 267.9 tons. Transported using 2 5-axle cars and 2 4-axle cars. This cannon can shoot in the form of a train or on a special circular track. When it is in the state of deployment, its shooting range can reach a circle, and it can reach a maximum elevation angle of 55 degrees, giving full play to the power of this cannon The power! \u003c/p\u003eThe range is far enough, and the shells are more powerful. A 750kg shell can be launched at a muzzle velocity of more than 800 meters, and the maximum range even exceeds 40km! In terms of performance, it can suppress almost any French train gun of the same period, but the problem is that the Germans only have one, and it came out a bit late... \u003c/p\u003eIn fact, the French were the first to change the naval guns into train guns. When they found that the long-range heavy guns were not enough, the first thing the French did was to dismantle the original old coastal defense guns and the second-level main guns of battleships and cruisers. Get down and press on the train as a mobile artillery. \u003c/p\u003eFor example, the old-fashioned m1893 164mm artillery, m1884 240mm artillery, and m1893 (96) 305mm artillery, etc. Although these artillery are relatively old and cumbersome, they are powerful and have an extremely long range. After all, they are the backbone of naval artillery. Especially the train gun modified from the 12-inch naval gun can shoot 321-351kg shells at a distance of more than 30 kilometers! \u003c/p\u003eLater, the French felt that the weight of the ammunition was a bit small, so they expanded the bore and produced a 320mm train gun. Of course, this is just a transition, because soon, the French decided to use the 340mm naval gun of the French Navy's super dreadnought Brestani-class battleship to change it to a train gun! \u003c/p\u003eThe 340mm train gun with a total combat weight of 164 tons can shoot a shell weighing 432kg at a distance of more than 44 kilometers. (The author Juncha’s 380l45 cannon has different ranges depending on the weight of the ammunition. If a 750kg 380mm ammunition is used, the maximum range of the German 380mm train cannon is only 38.7km. It is far inferior to the French 340mm train cannon, but when using a 400kg light ammunition , the initial speed increased to 1040 meters. The longest range is 47.5 kilometers.)\u003c/p\u003e Overall, the French naval guns did not play a big role in the ocean, but saved France on the ground.. … The French's practice of thinking about change when you are poor, change when you change, and mastery when you are general is worth learning from the prince. However, one of the very important reasons why the French were able to send such a wide variety of heavy artillery to the front line was internal combat. \u003c/p\u003eIt is not that Germany does not have naval guns, nor does it have train guns, but the difficulty of using train guns is different for both sides. convenient. But the Germans are different. Not to mention the distance from the Krupp gun factory to the battlefield, the distance from the German border to the battlefield is more than 300km, and at the end, many railways are even narrow-gauge railways. Naturally, the transportation and use have been greatly affected. If there is no other way, the Germans will not install the bulky 380mm naval gun on the train. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends Wang Yao's Young Guard Rabbit, First Guard Tank Brigade, Good Books Are Hard to Find, I Sit Alone in the Empty Mountain, Halseisen and other book friends\u003c/a\u003e~~~! And the support of book friends 160111, I'm sleeping, let's take a look, diving yy, Mingming Mingming and other book friends~~~! \u003c/p\u003eNext month is about to start, so try your best, at least three days before the November holiday! ! Please support me a lot~~~! Thank you! ! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e