bloom america

Chapter 277 New Fire Control System

In the huge steel structure, several workers are responsible for debugging something.

"How's it going?" Catherine was going back to New York in two days, so she temporarily came to the R&D department of Bibi Xiaozi.

"There may be some problems with automatic loading, and we can't do intelligent reloading. The technicians are a bit embarrassed.

At this time, Ken, who was debugging the system on the side, raised his head: "If we can make it the same as the magazine of the gun, then maybe it can be done."

"Can't we do that?" Catherine asked curiously.

"Yes...but the report we submitted to the Quality Supervision and Management Office has not been approved yet."

It seems that the Pentagon is running out of funds again.

"But the magazine doesn't fit, does it?"

Catherine thought for a moment.

"Maybe... this is just a consideration for us." Ken shrugged.

Automatic loaders were born during World War II. The Soviet turrets were low because of the use of semi-automatic loaders, which reduced a person's space.

But in this new architecture, everything needs to be redesigned, and this aspect is not what ark is good at...

"How are things going now?" Catherine asked.

"The control system is almost finished. Now we can control the machine at any time through the touch ball. I moved my body and showed the new console to Catherine.

The new control platform has been completely modified. Because it is prepared to equip new types of tanks, it can be designed specifically for Xing.

Such a platform is completely different from the situation in the original traditional tank control room.

Although there is only a "skeleton" in this place now, Catherine can still imagine it as the interior space of a tank.

"In order to calculate the impact point of the artillery, we conducted hundreds of test firings of each type of ammunition, and then averaged the data based on these data. Then the computer used reverse calculations to get the conclusion of how to adjust the muzzle, and then performed the machine

control……"

Ken was chatting, while Catherine looked at this new platform carefully.

The driver's position has basically not changed much, but many of the equipment inside are not available in current tanks, and do not even exist in "history".

There are two completely flat screens on the side. These two screens correspond to the perspective of the artillery and the perspective of the machine gun. They are fully digital and fully automatic.

In front of the screen is a special operating panel, which has also been overhauled.

"The buttons on the left correspond to firing, loading and other commands respectively. As for the control ball... we created it based on the inspiration of the mouse."

"oh?"

Catherine walked over and saw a semicircular sphere protruding from the table.

"Can I go take a look?"

After all, Catherine can be regarded as the mastermind of BipXiao. Although she did not make this tank, it was her idea after all, so Catherine was still very interested.

"Oh, no problem, but coming in like this-"

Kan grabbed the steel frame next to it and climbed out of the console from the top.

"OK."

Catherine climbed up from the side and was taken into the control room by Ken.

"The program has just been debugged and has not been tested yet, but basically there will be no major problems. Now our system will have no major problems. The trial version can be completed in only half a month at most."

Ken's tone was very confident.

"Oh, then I'm really looking forward to it."

Yes, if this thing is completed, Catherine believes that this product will definitely become a big killer.

Although there has almost never been such a control system in history, Catherine believes that her product must be very feasible.

After all, in the future where Catherine is, due to the development of computer capabilities, they are studying automatic tracking systems, not such systems that require full manual control. If computers and tanks are combined in advance, Catherine guesses something like

The current situation still occurs.

Catherine looked at the screen. There was a green crosshair and a red expanded crosshair.

"The green one is the crosshair, and the red ring is the actual position of the artillery. In order to solve the problem of the two crosshairs overlapping, we used a red ring. This ring may not necessarily

Appears in the center of the screen, but will be calculated and corrected based on the specific position of the gun barrel."

Catherine rubbed the touch ball. It had a thick feeling. In order to increase friction, it was made frosted.

"Press to control the ball, and then you can move the position of the crosshair."

Ken explained.

Catherine started to move and control the ball. Sure enough, the screen started to move at this time - this was the camera moving.

At the same time, the steel frame structure also began to move, but the speed was a bit slow. At this time, the entire chassis began to move, and the red crosshair in the screen began to slowly disappear.

"To fire, you need to enter the distance parameter, and then the muzzle will be adjusted again. We use a laser rangefinder from Hughes Supply Company, which is here."

Ken pointed to a strange device next to him.

“What about the old button way?”

"We still keep it because after discussing it, we feel that although this thing is good, it may not be suitable for the ever-changing battlefield. If you use the cross button, it seems to be more stable... But the specific things have to wait until the trial.

We can only verify it after the model appears."

Catherine nodded, she also felt that this matter was a bit too idealistic: "How is this filled?"

"We will still use manual filling for now."

"What's going on with your magazine loading equipment? Is it feasible?" Catherine asked.

"Theoretically it's feasible, and it can greatly shorten the time for reloading ammunition. But it takes a long time to change the magazine, and a magazine can only hold 5 to 7 shells at most... eh

, maybe even less." Ken scratched his head.

"Well, it might be better if the quantity could be increased." Catherine nodded, "But I still think you can use a better method. After all, the magazine method is not suitable."

"Well...actually the most important problem is that the magazine designed by Vaughn requires some modifications to the cannonball. This is the biggest problem."

Catherine shook her head.

It is difficult to solve this problem. To convince the Pentagon to modify the shells... this is not a simple matter. Rather than doing this, it is better to design it together with others.

Catherine can only be said to be a puppet military mi. She knows too little about this aspect. The "skill tree" in this aspect has been developed by others. Cannonball clip? It sounds good, but it is a pity.

Catherine's knowledge makes it difficult to have a deeper understanding of this aspect, and tank experts don't seem to like this opinion.

But Catherine still knew that although low turrets were popular for a while, large turrets became popular later.

First of all, composite armor is more suitable for welded turrets, and it is difficult to form an armor module with a low and sleek cast turret; secondly, with more and more vehicle-mounted systems, larger turrets are needed to put these things in...

"If that doesn't work, just find someone to cooperate and use the current automatic reloading device."

Catherine said this.

Ken nodded.

Catherine came to the driver's seat next: "Isn't there any improvement in this area?"

"It can only be said that after some minor fine-tuning, the tank can display all the information digitally, but it is difficult to achieve it in depth. In fact, we originally wanted to design the forward and backward movements of the machine to be digitally controlled.

Yes, but there are... some difficulties in this aspect."

He is worthy of being the person who developed Unix, but unfortunately, such a difficult problem cannot be solved by him.

"Have you ever tested the shot and accuracy?" Catherine asked again.

"Not yet, but I expect that when shooting on the move, the hit rate will be at least 20 higher than that of the M45."

Because the current huge steel frame platform is only used for simulation and not a real tank, many problems cannot be solved. If the problem needs to be truly solved, a complete control system is necessary.

Sometimes what the human brain can easily accomplish, the computer may need to spend a lot of time and resources to perform the same calculation. And if computer control is used, it is not necessarily more convenient than the current controller. This is why Catherine

Prioritize things.

If it is not more beneficial to the battle, it will not be of any use to the Pentagon, so even if I work hard to develop this product, it will only be a tragedy in the end.

Unless... I can reduce the number of people driving tanks to 1 or 2. In this case, the cost of training tank crews can be further reduced, which is undoubtedly the best thing.

——In this regard, Catherine thought of the legendary Gundam. That guy seemed to be alone?

But to be honest, these two things are completely different. The Gundam simulates the human body, and what I am currently tinkering with is the tank's fire control system. Even if it is a trial model, it is not the responsibility of Catherine's Ark Group alone.

This is why Catherine handed over the automatic loading device to others so easily. It is also for this reason. The so-called debt is too big to worry about.

However, automatic reloading also faces an enemy-detonation. What automatic reloading needs most is to solve this problem. Ken obviously has some information on this aspect, but he probably wants to use the magazine method because of this reason.

. Unfortunately, the magazine method is even more unrealistic.

"I think let's think about the first schedule. This is the most important problem. The first problem is solved. Other problems are not problems." Catherine finally summarized it in the end.

"Okay." Ken shrugged.

The tactics of the Soviet Union are the sea of ​​tanks. In a short period of time, the firepower is as many as possible, and the enemy is destroyed with a huge firepower network. And Europe and the United States prefer the enemy at the beginning.

What pays attention to the first hit. So the first fate is going up, and your own product will inevitably be valued.

"Do it well, I am optimistic about you."

Catherine smiled and looked at Ken, and then left.

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