Imagine China's next chariot's small-caliber automatic gun instead of walking

Imagine China's next chariot's small-caliber automatic gun instead of walking

Through introduction and independent development, China has made remarkable achievements in the field of artillery, ranking among the best in the world. In recent years, a large number of the world's top artillery have joined the army, making our army's firepower reach the world's leading level.

However, in such a powerful country, the army's small-caliber artillery is so casual and outrageous. There are almost no specially developed small caliber guns. 86A infantry fighting vehicle, paratroopers fighting vehicle and the latest paratroopers fighting vehicle, 09 rounds, etc. Even more ridiculous. The 30mm machine gun of 2A72 was directly used in the 04A infantry fighting (2A72 was originally connected with the 100mm main gun in the 04A infantry fighting, and the recoil was basically shared by the main gun, with good accuracy. But if used alone, the accuracy is really considerable). This is obviously not because China can't make it. Have you noticed that the domestic 35 mm anti-aircraft gun and the 30 mm gun of the Navy's 730 near-anti-aircraft gun are top-notch in the world?

The world's leading 40mm bullet sinking system was exhibited at Zhuhai Air Show, which is mature enough to be put into production at any time.

China didn't equip armored vehicles with advanced small caliber guns, not because of technical reasons, nor because of lack of money, mainly because the existing equipment can meet the needs, and there is no demand for the time being.

However, with the popularization of heavy infantry fighting vehicles, especially the upgrading of armored forces in neighboring countries, the front of the new generation of armored vehicles can generally resist the attack of 30mm armor-piercing bullets (also a kind of western ammunition). The armor-piercing ability of 25mm and 30mm machine guns in active service in China is less than 90mm( 1000m distance), which is not enough!

100mm low-pressure line-bore gun (the bore pressure is too low to launch armor-piercing projectiles with stable tail, mainly anti-personnel grenades and gun-launched missiles, and artillery shells may be added after side effects) is basically helpless for armored vehicles equipped with explosive counterattack or active defense system or even grid armor (which can basically disable chemical anti-tank missiles and armor-piercing projectiles), and can only be used to deal with unprotected/low-protected targets on the ground and low-altitude helicopters.

The replacement of a new generation of small caliber automatic guns is imminent, and the 40mm countersunk projectile system is the most suitable substitute for domestic 25 and 30 guns. The reason for this is the following：

Compared with the conventional automatic gun, its gun structure is very compact. The volume of 40mm is equivalent to the volume of 25mm machine gun. You can even load it into Lynx? The 25 mm and 30 mm guns used by all-terrain vehicles to replace domestic armored vehicles basically do not need to aim at turrets. How many changes have taken place in the body.

In terms of ammunition, 40 mm countersunk bullets are 30% smaller and 30% lighter than conventional ammunition of the same caliber, ensuring that ammunition reserves will not be reduced. In terms of armor-piercing power, the armor-piercing thickness of its armor-piercing projectile at the distance of 1500m exceeds 150mm (even exceeding the Russian 57mm automatic gun), and it can penetrate almost all armored vehicles (even the side and rear armor of tanks) at present and in the future.

Even if the other party wears a heavy explosion-proof, two shots can solve it. The first shot triggered explosion protection, and the second shot penetrated the main armor! In addition, the 40mm countersunk bomb system can also be equipped with programmable empty bomb pieces, which can be detonated and thrown by programmable fuzes.

The 40mm ammunition system is a perfect match with 04A's 100mm low-pressure rifle, sweeping all targets except the main battle tank and the heavy infantry fighting vehicle using the chassis of the main battle tank (fortunately, it can be destroyed by side/rear sneak attack).

The reason why democratic caliber 40mm is adopted instead of 35mm or 30mm commonly used in China is that 40mm has the best comprehensive performance and the smallest bomb load in the small caliber countersunk projectile system.