Chapter 93 Italian artillery? (Please subscribe!)
When this 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 which one it was was unknown.
The guards were asked to remove the red cloth, and an artillery piece was finally exposed to everyone.
It can be seen that this is a brand new cannon that has not even been used.
Ten boxes of cannonballs were placed quietly next to them, half of the boxes were larger and half were smaller.
The caliber of the artillery is not large. Although the specific number cannot be seen with the naked eye, it can be determined that it is an artillery within 100 mm.
The question is, why did the Netherlands send an artillery piece to Arthur? Gifts at the national level will never be an ordinary cannon, at least it must be of an important weapon level.
But judging from the current level of the Dutch military industry, can it produce a world-class cannon?
Arthur felt strange. Looking at this cannon that became more and more familiar, Arthur finally remembered. Isn't this an Italian cannon?
In later generations, this artillery became popular due to a line from a classic TV series. The second battalion commander’s Italian gun was talking about this thing, the M1897 75mm field gun.
To be more specific, the more famous Italian gun in later generations was the nickname of the M1897 75mm field gun after it was introduced to the East, as well as the name of the imitation.
In fact, the M1897 75mm field gun is produced in France and has nothing to do with Italy.
This artillery also has a famous name in France, called Miss France 75.
The reason why it is famous is because it uses an anti-recoil device, which greatly increases the rate of fire of the artillery. It can reach a terrifying rate of fire of at least 15 rounds per minute. It is considered the beginning of rapid-fire guns.
What concept?
While other artillery fired the first shell and were loading, Miss 75 had already fired the second shell.
By the time the other shells were loaded, Miss 75's third shell had also been fired.
The firepower coverage alone is enough to prove Miss 75's firepower.
In fact, that's exactly why. Not only did it become the main artillery equipment of the French Army in World War I, it was also used on a large scale in World War II. Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and even some Eastern countries all equipped this artillery on a large scale.
Although Arthur's arsenal also has automatic artillery technology, it only uses 37 mm small-caliber artillery.
For large-caliber artillery, automated modification cannot be achieved. Therefore, this French escort is very important for Australia.
If you can thoroughly study the technology, you can not only achieve large-scale imitation and production, but you can even learn from its technology to improve your own automatic artillery technology, and at the same time conduct experiments on larger-caliber automatic artillery.
After identifying the artillery, Arthur no longer hesitated and immediately called all the experts from the general factory and ordered the guards to strictly protect the artillery.
This is an important item that can cause changes in the Australian artillery industry, and Arthur cannot help but ignore it.
Soon, a group of experts from the military factory rushed over, accompanied by some experts in German military industry.
In order to maintain confidentiality, the reason for calling these military experts was that there was an artillery that they needed to study, and they did not specify which artillery it was.
However, it still attracted the attention of the German experts, and there was no reason to drive them away, so they could only acquiesce and follow them.
Arthur was a little surprised when he saw the German expert coming over, 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 believes that six artillery pieces are the most powerful artillery position size, and when any one artillery piece is damaged, it will not affect the firepower of the artillery position.
The Germans arrogantly viewed the French changes as folly and succeeded in doing so with heavy losses in World War I.
Now 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, it can also make future world wars more intense and Europe's losses even more severe.
Especially the behavior of the United States. In the early stages of the war, they became arms dealers and lent the money they earned to European countries.
Decisively joining in at the end of the war, and being able to obtain maximum profits with minimum losses, laid the foundation for becoming a leader after the war.
It is also beneficial to slightly increase Germany's strength 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 were very relaxed at first because they were confident that Germany's artillery technology was world-class and they could master most artillery technologies.
But when the experts carefully studied the artillery, they discovered that some of the devices on the artillery looked very unfamiliar. The German experts looked at each other and didn't know what these devices were used for.
On the other hand, Australian experts are also involved in automatic artillery technology because they have been exposed to anti-recoil devices. Although the technologies used are different, they can still see something.
"Your Highness, is this a semi-automatic artillery?" Finally, the Australian expert couldn't help it anymore and asked impatiently.
Australia has only mastered the semi-automatic technology of 37mm small-caliber artillery. At this time, looking at this larger-caliber semi-automatic artillery in front of them, these experts are drooling.
"That's right. How long will it take for the military factory to research and copy it?" Arthur nodded calmly and asked.
"I'm afraid it will take some time, Your Highness. A conservative estimate is that it will take about a year, and we still need to dismantle it and study it carefully." The Australian expert frowned and thought carefully for a long time before replying.
"Wait a minute, Your Highness the Duke, what semi-automatic artillery are you talking about?" The German experts were a little confused. Shouldn't they be the protagonists at the scene?
Why do you feel that Arthur and the Australian personnel know more than they do. They know the automation of rifles, but what the hell is semi-automation of artillery?
This is no wonder these German experts. In terms of artillery, France and Germany went to two extremes.
Germany's Krupp cannon prefers large caliber and high power, with the caliber even reaching an exaggerated more than 300 millimeters.
But France is different. France is far ahead in rapid-fire artillery technology, and Miss 75 is one of its outstanding products.
The gap in design concepts has also led to huge differences in the finished products. In terms of large-caliber and powerful artillery, Germany is definitely unbeatable.
But when it comes to automated artillery technology, German experts may not really know as much as Australian experts.
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