General Kariput once discussed with Crown Prince Ruprecht about the situation of infantry fighting in the future when there is a conflict with the Russian army. The Crown Prince believes that in the future, when fighting at the infantry battalion level, the most important thing to pay attention to is the Russian mortar firepower. Mortars are definitely the most favorite weapon of the weak side. They have simple structure and fierce firepower. They don’t need any high-quality technology to produce a lot of mass-produced like sausages.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the German army can gain an advantage in the battle at the battalion level in the future, the German army needs a weapon that can also be produced in large quantities but has a huge advantage in range! And this m1 type 75mm light artillery is very suitable for the needs of the German army.

The German army has made very detailed estimates of the range of various mortars. For example, an 80mm mortar can shoot a shell of more than 3 kilograms out of about 3 kilometers. A 100mm-level mortar can shoot a shell of about 8 kg for about 6 kilometers. A 120mm-level mortar does not have too long range, but the shells may be twice as heavy! As for larger caliber mortars, such as a 160mm heavy mortar. Although the weight of the shells may exceed 40kg, the range is difficult to increase at 6,000 meters. This is the structural limitation of a weapon like a mortar.

There is no weapon in the world that can have an advantage in all fields at a low cost. The same is true for mortars. In fact, at the level of 160mm mortars, in addition to the convenience of production, they are probably very bad in terms of weight, projection and range. What do you mean by accuracy? This problem is definitely very bad for mortars.

Take the 1943 160mm heavy mortar of the Russians in history. The weight of this cannon is as high as 1080 kilograms! The length of the barrel reaches 3 meters! What's even more deceptive is that the cannon is still in a muzzle state, so the problem arises. If you want to load it, you need to put the launching medicine and a 40 kilogram shell into the muzzle with a vertical height of about 2 meters... So, at this level, the firing rate of the mortar is very bad, far less than that of the same level of body-barred cannon! The burst rate is 3 rounds per minute, and the continuous firing rate is 1 round per minute....

Moreover, in order to offset the strong recoil during the artillery firing, a buffer device is also added between the barrel and the cutting board, which increases the complexity of the artillery. Moreover, this artillery itself is not convenient to disassemble. So in Ruprecht's view, generally, in addition to the heavy mortar with special functions, 160mm is really the limit of the infantry mortar. Moreover, this weight is no longer suitable for battalion-level maneuvers.

What if the German Army is equipped with a large number of 75mm light infantry guns? At least in terms of range, it is much further than all the conventional mortars of the Russians. The weight of the shells is similar to that of the Russians' 100mm class mortars. The mortars used to suppress the Russians are not a big problem. And when necessary, it can also be used to shoot targets such as bunkers or bunkers. Of course, if necessary, it is also possible to use armor-piercing bombs to attack the sides of the tank at close range. According to the data of the m66 armor-piercing bombs used in history, it seems that they can penetrate 60mm steel plates, which is also considered to have a certain degree of anti-armor capability.

In addition to mortars, German grassroots infantry units also need to face Russian infantry artillery. To be honest, in history, although Russian infantry artillery was much worse than American m1 75mm light howitzer, it was really much stronger than German ig18 infantry artillery in history!

In German history, the ig18 75mm infantry cannon was definitely not a good thing. It was a weapon weighing 400kg but could only shoot 5.45kg shells 3.8 kilometers. Compared with the infantry cannons of other countries in the same period, taking Italy's 65mm infantry cannon as an example, this cannon weighs a larger weight, 560kg. The shell weighs a smaller weight, only 4.3 kg. However, the range is as high as 6.8 kilometers! The Japanese Type 92 infantry cannons of the same period were only 212kg, the shell weighs 3.8 kg, and the range is about 2.8 kilometers.

In history, what are the performances of the German IG18 relatively Russian infantry guns? Taking the Russian M1927 76.2mm gun as an example, this gun weighs 900 kilograms and has an effective range of 8550 meters. The subsequent weight of the m1943 76.2mm infantry gun dropped to 780kg, and its effective range remains unchanged. In terms of performance, the German IG18 can be described as bad.

The American m1 75mm light howitzer has a range of at least similar to that of the Russian infantry guns, and has a lower weight. This has a certain maneuverability. So this is why General Kariput is very much interested in this artillery, because from the moment, no one of the same-class artillery owned by the German army or is being developed is better than this artillery!

Of course, this time Caripot and his group came to the United States not just to visit the US Army equipment. The general himself might have left after a while. However, the German officers left behind had to train the U.S. troops participating in the first round of war. So Major General Carls and Major General Marshall immediately entered the training of some US troops.

Before training, first of all, the United States and Germany must set the enemy's situation and the fighting environment. However, there were some differences between the United States and Germany on this issue.

"In my opinion, the Japanese army is huge but very backward in equipment. They lack automatic weapons, heavy artillery, let alone armored units. What our young men need to face the most are the Japanese trenches, bunkers and mines. By the way, there are also Japanese bayonets. They seem to have an unusual paranoia about bayonets. So, we need to strengthen our melee capabilities. As for possible armored targets? As for Japan's industrial capabilities, I don't think they can produce any decent goods." Marshall said.

"But the Japanese took over a lot of British goods. Not to mention tanks and heavy artillery, I think at least, the number of machine guns in their hands will be large. During the war, the Japanese were changing clothes and imitating British weapons one after another, and they especially appreciated the British Lewis machine guns. At the same time, the Japanese also imitated a large number of field guns. To be honest, your country's tanks are currently facing 15-pound and 18-pound guns, and the Navy's 6-pound guns can be easily penetrated," said Major General Carls.

"It took your country several years to develop crickets, rhino and wolf tanks, and we didn't have that long to prepare for all of this. They are all very powerful guys and very good war machines. But unfortunately, they are not suitable for us. They are too heavy and difficult to maintain. Some of them are useless. At least that's what the big guys think. We just buy some weapons as backups. Well, that's it. And as a front-line general, we can only win the war with the guys at hand." Marshall said.
Chapter completed!