The purpose of the chief of armaments is to improve the firepower of the troops, especially the front-line combat troops. The original intention of the 80mm recoilless artillery developed by Bai Yi is to improve the firepower strike capability at the battalion level, so as to compete with the 40mm single-personnel artillery at the squad and platoon level.

The infantry rocket launcher forms a high-low matched direct-aiming fire strike system.

What's more, the 80mm recoilless artillery benefited from the extensive use of lightweight materials such as fiberglass, which greatly reduced the overall weight. Especially after a series of improvements in the later period, the weight reached an astounding 13.6 kilograms.

Calculated, it is just the weight of a light machine gun, while the same type of American-made 105mm recoilless artillery weighs more than one hundred kilograms. Not to mention ordinary infantry, even professional artillery has to use mules, horses and other livestock to achieve this.

Effective long-distance maneuvering.

Not to mention the power, the caliber of 80mm has reached the level of a medium-caliber mortar. Coupled with the complete range of ammunition configurations, it can be said to be quite good direct-aimed firepower, especially in offensive operations, the 80mm

The recoilless artillery is definitely a powerful weapon that can destroy the enemy's bunker with one shot.

In contrast, mortars and long-range artillery often fail to achieve immediate results due to their aiming methods and curved trajectories. Otherwise, soldiers in the front-line troops would not need to frequently use explosive packets in point operations.

The operation is also very simple, requiring only two people: the operator and the loader. In case of emergency, one person can also shoot.

All in all, the 80mm recoilless artillery is definitely a rare good thing for front-line troops.

Because of this, in his plan, Bai Yi emphasized the importance of the 80mm recoilless artillery, the specific tactics of cooperating with the 40mm individual rocket launcher, as well as the specific organization and combat composition.

At first, the chief of armaments did not take it seriously when Bai Yi emphasized the important role of the 80mm recoilless artillery. In any case, he had heard about this recoilless artillery. An artillery weighing only a dozen kilograms, it sounded like

There is a feeling of unease.

He even heard that the officers and soldiers of the artillery unit did not dare to use it at all, for fear that the thin barrel would not be able to withstand the huge energy of the artillery shell and cause the chamber to explode. Therefore, the target shooting test of the 80mm recoilless artillery was done in the factory.

The master workers completed it themselves.

Although the legendary explosion did not occur, the reputation of being unreliable has spread, and its reputation can be imagined. If the head of the General Logistics Department had not tried his best to support it, it is estimated that the 80mm recoilless artillery would have been given to

The more well-known 40mm individual rocket launcher gave way.

Therefore, after seeing the contents of the 80mm recoilless artillery, the chief of armaments frowned. If it were not for the concept of synthesis and a relatively detailed draft plan for the formation of firepower at the battalion and company levels, the chief of armaments would probably have already

He threw Bai Yi's plan into the pile of old papers aside.

There is no way. Among all the staff officers, Bai Yi is the one who has the most detailed equipment configuration and the most feasible firepower distribution. According to Bai Yi's plan, the front-line infantry battalion has three companies and one engineer platoon. Each company has

There are three platoons under its jurisdiction, each platoon has three squads, and each squad has 9 people:

Equipped with a 40mm individual anti-tank rocket launcher; a 40mm rotating grenade launcher; a Soviet-made PD-27 rotary light machine gun; two Type 50 automatic rifles; four Soviet-made "Mosin Nagant" mounted rifles

branch.

The company headquarters is equipped with a Soviet-made PD-27 rotary light machine gun and two 40mm rotating grenade launchers for fire suppression; as for the battalion headquarters above, it is equipped with two 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns; four 80mm

mm recoilless artillery and four Soviet-made M37 82mm mortars, as the heavy firepower of the whole battalion, can be immediately decentralized to the company and platoon to increase the firepower strike intensity, and can also be used intensively to enhance the firepower projection capability in one direction.

According to this configuration, the front-line infantry battalion will form a far, medium and near coverage network; the strike capability of combining point-kill and area-kill, other things aside, but in terms of firepower, I don’t know how much stronger it is than the current battalion-level troops.

Times, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is heartbroken.

The most important thing is that Bai Yi's plan is not a fantasy. It says that most of the equipment listed are main battle equipment in active service. The Soviet-made PD-27 rotary light machine gun and the "Mosin Nagant" mounted rifle were used by the Soviet Union during World War II.

The main firearms have good mechanical properties, high power and good serviceability. Nowadays, as armaments purchased from the Soviet Union, they have been equipped in large quantities with the Volunteer Army.

Two Type 50 automatic rifles, a 40mm rotating grenade launcher, and a 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun are all new infantry main equipment independently developed by China in the past two years, and have been tested in actual combat on the tragic Korean battlefield. Now, not only

It is the Type 50 automatic rifle that has been mass-produced and installed in the army. The 40mm rotating grenade launcher and the 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun have also begun small-scale production, and are given priority to equip the elite main force on the front line.

As for logistics supply, the ammunition types of firearms have been simplified to two types, namely from the previous 6.5mm intermediate-power bullets, 6.5mm rifle bullets and 7.62mm pistol bullets to 6.5mm intermediate-power bullets and 7.26mm rifle bullets.

The submachine gun equipped earlier was replaced by the Type 50 automatic rifle, so it was canceled and incorporated into the PD-27 rotary light machine gun. However, the firepower of the firearm was not weaker than the previous configuration, but was enhanced by two to three.

Not to mention, the logistics supply has also been greatly simplified!

As for other large-caliber ammunition, there are only five types. Compared with the previous battalion equipped with five or six types of weapons and equipment produced by different countries, seven or eight types of ammunition with different calibers have been greatly reduced. In addition, after the previous

Logistics and transportation After the post-war integration of the entire rear service system, today's Volunteer Army logistics has been greatly improved. At the very least, there is no problem in ensuring the supply of these types of ammunition.

It can be said that Bai Yi's plan is not only detailed, but also very mature. Even the chief of armaments believes that there is no need to change at all. This unit equipment system can be directly used as our army's latest field force establishment benchmark promotion.

The whole army.

If you have to find out the shortcomings of this plan, it is estimated that there are only four 80mm recoilless artillery pieces. This thing is added between the 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun and the 82mm mortar. Armament

The chief always feels like he is superfluous.

However, except for this little flaw, the entire plan is perfect. In addition, the domestic general logistics chief has always supported the 80mm recoilless artillery project, and the armaments chief simply turned a blind eye to this "small flaw".

Eye, he reported it to the central government and was quickly approved to use the outstanding heavy firepower company as a benchmark to form a version 2.0 heavy firepower company according to Bai Yi's organization plan!

When he learned about this situation, even though Bai Yi was sure of passing the test, he took a long breath. He was very lucky that he knew how to organize the equipment of our infantry unit decades later. Otherwise, the 80mm recoilless artillery
Chapter completed!