The domestically produced “sniper grenade” that changed infantry tactics

The domestic "sniper grenade" that changed infantry tactics

The domestic "sniper grenade" has always been our country's star weapon, especially our country's QLU-11 "sniper grenade". This type of weapon has always been It was very topical when it came out. There are endless jokes about "sniper grenades". The most famous one is "Both my country and the United States are developing high-precision sniper rifles. The United States spent ten years reducing the spread of fire to less than 3 centimeters, while our country only uses it." In three years, the killing radius has been expanded to 10 meters. "" Just a joke, if it is true...

The scientific name of the "sniper grenade" weapon is a grenade launcher, which is a fire support weapon. Let's take our country's QLU-11 grenade launcher as an example to analyze the real function of this weapon. The 35mm grenade used by the QLU-11 grenade launcher is a range-killing ammunition with an effective killing radius of about 7 meters. This is also the reason why the above-mentioned "sniper grenade" joke was born.

Compared with weapons of the same type from other countries, the biggest advantage of the QLU-11 grenade launcher is that the mass of our country's 35mm grenade is relatively low, only about 200 grams. The muzzle velocity of the Type 11 grenade launcher is about 450 meters per second, and the trajectory has also been optimized to a certain extent. The most important thing is that it can shoot directly within 800 meters. However, the muzzle velocity of the QLU-11 grenade launcher can be said to be very slow compared to ordinary firearms. This is also one of the disadvantages of the grenade launcher. Weapons of different types are not interchangeable.

Some of our country's QLU-11 grenade launchers are equipped with very advanced fire control systems and optical sights, which greatly make up for the inherent problem of poor accuracy of grenade launchers. The fire control system of the QLU-11 grenade launcher can calculate the ballistic curve, target distance, altitude correction, wind direction deflection, ammunition flight time, etc. It can also adjust the ammunition fuze to achieve air explosion based on the information provided by the fire control system, which greatly reduces the user's risk. Operational difficulty.

Since the QLU-11 grenade launcher’s fire control system is so good, why can’t it be used as a sniper rifle? In fact, the fire control system is an advanced auxiliary tool that can assist shooters to improve shooting accuracy by providing information, but it cannot fundamentally solve the original accuracy problem of the weapon. The excellent accuracy of the QLU-11 grenade launcher that we often talk about means that compared with weapons of the same type, and compared with professional sniper rifles, the accuracy gap is also very obvious. This is also the reason why our country uses it as a team fire support weapon.

There are too many film and television works that exaggerate the importance of sniper combat. In fact, sniper operations also rely on the entire combat system, as does counter-sniper operations. The QLU-11 grenade launcher can certainly be used in counter-sniper operations, but this depends on the combat system. After a sniper is discovered in actual combat, any weapon can be used for counter-sniper operations (automatic rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, etc.). For professional snipers, the shooting accuracy and muzzle velocity of the QLU-11 grenade launcher cannot meet the needs. It weighs 13 kilograms empty, plus ammunition. Excessive load will affect mobility. The heavy recoil of this weapon will also affect shooting. Efficiency, a single use will significantly reduce its performance.

A QLU-11 grenade launcher combat team in our army usually consists of two people. One is responsible for operating the weapon, and the other is responsible for carrying ammunition and providing certain fire cover. The combat mission performed by the QLU-11 grenade launcher is also to suppress enemy high-value equipment, light armored vehicles, and infantry groups with long-range precision firepower. The real advantage of the QLU-11 grenade launcher is that it can provide high-precision fire support within a range of 100 to 800 meters, filling the gap between fire support equipment such as infantry mortars and rocket launchers, and the cost of ammunition is low. Fire support is very Fast and accurate, this is one of the reasons why our army is currently equipping this weapon on a large scale, which is also a precedent in the world.