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Friends who have played the Red Alert game all remember that there was a light tank (I misremembered).
Historically, the Soviet Army did have Prism tanks and 1K17 laser tanks.
The 1K17 laser tank is a highly classified secret of the Soviet Union. European and American intelligence agencies only know about the existence of this project, but do not know the specific content.
As early as the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union began to study practical laser weapons, and so did the United States.
The Soviet Union believes that under current technical conditions, it is impossible for lasers to directly cause serious damage to the enemy or enemy weapons.
Therefore, laser tanks mainly use lasers to destroy enemy sighting equipment, such as tank sighting equipment, rather than destroy enemy tanks, which is impossible to do.
The enemy's sighting equipment is destroyed, and the tank becomes scrap metal.
The most critical thing about the laser tank is the laser cannon.
After more than ten years of experimentation, the Soviet Union was generally successful. The gun uses solid aluminum oxide as the laser source, which can produce a strong burning effect.
However, due to technical limitations, the price of laser cannons was staggering at the time.
To manufacture a 1K17 laser cannon, you need to use cylindrical artificial ruby ??crystals weighing 30 kilograms, which is a huge sum of money.
At the same time, laser cannons require extremely high energy, and must be equipped with high-power generators.
The generator is installed at the tail of the laser cannon, which has 15 laser transmitters.
As for the tank chassis, it uses the 2S19 self-propelled artillery and can be lengthened.
The design of the laser cannon was only completed in the 1980s, and the experimental results were not good.
The main reason is that firing lasers consumes too much power, and the generator cannot bear it, so it cannot fire continuously. In large-scale tanks, it can only be fired once and then needs to be recharged for a long time. This is unimaginable and is equivalent to being a target.
Moreover, the laser cannon must be kept on for a period of time to burn out the enemy tank's sighting equipment, at least one to several seconds, otherwise it will be difficult to be effective.
However, it takes time to accurately illuminate enemy tanks in the distance, which is very difficult in actual combat.
Moreover, even if it is irradiated, the destruction rate of the laser is not satisfactory and the power is weak.
In short, this laser tank is not very practical and can only be used as a technical reserve.
Unfortunately, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this impractical weapon was abandoned.
Because it is highly confidential, the West once doubted whether laser tanks existed.
Interestingly, the 1K-17 laser tank suddenly appeared at the 2010 Russian "Weapon Technology Museum" exhibition, causing a sensation.
From this, the West confirmed the existence of this weapon.
The Soviet Union is dead, but the United States is a latecomer.
At present, the United States has put a large number of laser weapons into practical use, including the LAWS ship-based laser close-in defense system. It can destroy low-flying drones or cruise missiles within a range of 5 kilometers, taking no more than 2 seconds, and the cost of each interception is only a few dollars.
A TKB-059 assault rifle
This gun is an individual weapon with a very high rate of fire. The first two barrels are rifle and shotgun barrels, and the third The root tube is a smaller caliber rifle barrel.
The TKB-059 has a maximum rate of fire of 1800 rounds/min and a minimum rate of fire of 1400 rounds/min. It is a very powerful weapon.
Normally, an assault rifle has only one barrel, and this assault rifle has three barrels, which means that the rate of fire can be increased three times.
The gun adopts a bullpup structure design and uses a 90-round detachable magazine. Each barrel has a separate ammunition feed device, without relying on the other two coils.
According to the design intention, the TKB-059 assault rifle can greatly increase the probability of hitting. Although when shooting, the recoil of the gun is very strong.
However, because the old guys are tall and strong, they can effectively control the recoil.
The gun showed strong firepower during testing and could easily break a tree the size of a bowl.
However, the shortcomings of this assault rifle are also obvious. The main reason is that its mass is too large, and the bullet caliber cannot be used with other bullets. The ammunition consumption will be three times that of an ordinary assault rifle. The carrying capacity is inherently limited and continuous firepower cannot be guaranteed, so the gun is not really equipped with troops.
Two APS Underwater Assault Rifles
In order to enhance the combat capabilities of underwater frogmen, the Soviet Central Institute of Precision Machinery was ordered to develop underwater weapons with a longer range in the 1970s, and soon An underwater assault rifle named APS was developed. The APS underwater assault rifle began to equip combat divers of the former Soviet Navy in 1975.
The gun adopts the principle of gas-operated automatic operation, with a rotary bolt, and is ready to fire. There is a safety/speed control lever on the left side of the receiver, allowing you to choose semi-automatic or fully automatic shooting. The gas guide system adopts patented technology of automatically adjusting the gas guide collar, so that the gun can work normally underwater or on the surface.
Aiming is a non-adjustable notched rear sight and front sight. The telescopic stock is made of steel wire. The most troublesome part of the entire APS design is the ammunition supply mechanism. Mainly due to the slender shape of the MPS ammunition, it is necessary to avoid pushing two or even three rounds into the chamber at the same time when feeding ammunition.
The magazine with wide front and rear dimensions is made of polymer and has a capacity of 26 rounds. Due to the different resistances produced by water pressure on the flight of the warhead and the movement of the gun, the rate of fire and effective range under water depend on the depth at which it is used.
Although the APS can be used on the water, launching it in the air will cause the service life of the APS to drop dramatically. And the effective lethality is only 50 meters.
The APS has a larger range and stronger penetration than the dart gun, but it is larger and takes a longer time to aim, especially the barrel and the large, flat magazine after it is released from the water. When it is filled with water, it will affect the swing speed.
The rifle uses 7.62mm bullets, which have large recoil and are difficult to hit accurately when strafing in water. Precisely because of its accuracy, this gun has long been withdrawn from active service in Russia.
The fighting nation is full of joy, all kinds of strange weapons are flying everywhere, and the imagination is boundless!
Speaking of the most bizarre weapon, I have to say the LPL (note, not a League of Legends game) water-air fighter independently developed by the Soviet Union.
In the 1940s, Soviet military scientists proposed a war weapon that combined submarines and aircraft into one, and the initial establishment of LPL was officially put on the agenda. From this design concept alone, we can probably understand the "wonder" of this weapon. During normal reconnaissance, this weapon can be used as a reconnaissance aircraft to fly to high altitudes. When they find traces of the enemy, they will quietly Sneaking into the water silently.
Planes can dive, something even science fiction novels dare not write about
Military fans all know that submarines can be said to be the biggest nemesis of naval warships. Not only can they An effective attack on warships can also give soldiers a great sense of psychological fear, and LPL maximizes this advantage.
But why do we call it "weird"?
Because this kind of aircraft also has another name: a daredevil. Although this aircraft can dive, it is not a professional submarine after all, so its diving depth and operating speed are very slow. It itself The fish it carries is the configuration of an ordinary submarine. Due to weight considerations, it can only carry two. Even if the sneak attack is successful, it will be difficult to escape the enemy's pursuit. Therefore, this kind of weapon has not been used vigorously on the frontal battlefield, but its concept is indeed innovative enough.
The second weird weapon is the three-barreled rifle
From its name, we can also understand that this firearm has three barrels (half a Gatling). This means that it can fire three bullets at once. Compared with the Cold War period between the United States and the Soviet Union, the military strength of all parties has also made unprecedented progress, and multi-barreled weapons have emerged as a result. The three-barreled rifle is a representative firearm developed by the Soviet Union.
But why do we say that this kind of weapon is also "weird"? This requires us to analyze from its practicality. Is there any harm in firing three bullets at once? Of course, considering the cost of war, ammunition consumption must be considered. On the frontal battlefield, there is not much difference between a three-barreled rifle and an ordinary rifle. However, a three-barreled rifle consumes extremely much ammunition, so considering this aspect, The design of this weapon is indeed a bit taken for granted.
The most important thing is how to ensure its accuracy. This is the biggest problem. After much deliberation, it would be better to increase the rate of fire. Look at the Gatling, the six tubes are not mentioned to be launched at the same time.
The third weird weapon is the 279 nuclear war tank
I believe most people are surprised when they hear this name. Nuclear war? Was the Soviet Union serious?
The answer is that the Soviet Union is indeed serious. The Cuban Missile Crisis is not nonsense. During the period of confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, the nuclear weapons of both sides had developed to a sufficiently mature stage. If the relationship was not eased, a nuclear war would It is a factor that leaders must consider. Therefore, the Soviet Union developed such a heavy tank in response to a possible nuclear war. This tank is equipped with four tracks and has three layers of protective armor. Even if it is a violent nuclear bomb shock wave, it cannot react too strongly.
But it is obvious that the development of this tank was a bit redundant. Later, it was not used for any purpose. After all, nuclear weapons were thrown away. Who would fight hard on the ground battlefield?
So it can only enter the "weird" weapon camp.
So, can these weapons live up to the word "weird"? In fact, during the war and the Cold War, there were countless such weapons, and their essence was generated by the military competition between the enemy and ourselves.