frightfiction Chapter 242 Strengthening the 176th Armored Division
Chapter 242 Strengthening the 176th Armored Division
Xu Le clearly remembered that no matter which era or where, there were always relatively strong combat-effective troops in any army.
And among these strong troops, there is one troop that is the elite among the elite!
For example, Commander Jiang’s direct central army is the elite of the Tang Dynasty’s army.
And within the Central Army there is a branch called the German-equipped Division, which is the elite among the elite.
For example, the former Military Academy Teaching Corps was the best among the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty.
Even though the 88th Army has now become the elite of the Tang Dynasty's army, within the 88th Army, whether it is the armored division, the mechanized infantry division, or the motorized infantry division, although there are gaps in their combat effectiveness, in theory, the difference is not much.
Because the combat directions are different, the results obtained will definitely be different, and there is no way to compare them.
The Armored Division is an assault force, rushing to the forefront of the battle line!
The mechanized infantry division is considered a forward force, and it can better complete some tasks that the armored division cannot take care of.
The motorized infantry division is originally positioned in mountainous areas, and its significance cannot be replaced by the first two.
But if we have to compare, the armored division has the strongest overall combat capability.
Xu Le’s idea is to create a reinforced armored division with better equipment and stronger combat effectiveness among the most combat-effective armored divisions!
It is just like the Military Academy Teaching Corps of the Tang Dynasty, or the 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Marine Division, and 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the Eagle Sauce in the previous life.
As Xu Le's most trusted division and the division with the most veterans in Xu's army, the 176th Armored Division naturally became Xu Le's target.
This was also what he meant when he asked Zhu Zhaolan to make a choice. He wanted to strengthen the mechanized infantry regiment!
This is of course inseparable from the post-war feedback collected from the Taiyuan Recapture War, so Xu Le came up with this strengthening plan.
Get an elite soldier who is invincible!
First of all, there is the tank regiment. Although there are Type 79, Type 80, Type 96, and even Type 99 with more advanced performance and stronger protection capabilities, the Type 200 with a frontal equivalent of 69 mm homogeneous steel armor is sufficient to deal with the army of today's world.
Its 105mm caliber tank gun can fire grenades that are enough to destroy all fortifications, and its fin-stabilized armor-piercing discarding sabot projectiles can penetrate all tank armor in the world.
The Type 63 tracked armored personnel carrier will obviously have to be eliminated and cannot be used as equipment for the 176th Armored Division Infantry Regiment.
The main reason is that the vehicle-mounted firepower is weak and the protection performance is poor.
Xu Le has already selected the replacement armored vehicle, which is New China's first-generation infantry fighting vehicle: the Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle, with the price of a single vehicle as high as military merit points.
With such a high price, it is absolutely impossible to equip the entire army.
It was copied from the Soviet BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, with a net weight of 12 tons and a combat weight of more than 13 tons.
拥有一门73毫米口径的低压滑膛炮，以及一挺7.62毫米口径的并列机枪，各自备弹40发和2000发。并且还配备了4枚国产的红箭73反坦克导弹和烟幕弹释放装置。
[Type 86A is a 30mm cannon]
In terms of armor protection, the average armor thickness of the vehicle body is 18 cm, and it uses inclined special alloy steel, which has much stronger protection than the 63 cm homogeneous steel of the Type 14 armored vehicle and can defend against armor-piercing projectiles with a caliber of less than 37 mm.
[The detailed data is unclear, everyone knows, but the difference is not much! ]
The tank has a crew of three and can carry eight fully armed soldiers, equivalent to an infantry squad of 3 people.
There are four firing holes on each side of the vehicle body for soldiers to shoot, and the two at the front of the vehicle body are machine gun firing holes, which can allow two machine guns to fire at the same time.
There is also a shooting hole in the left hatch at the rear of the vehicle, so the tank can be said to have achieved all-round firepower output.
This tank can also float across rivers and lakes without any preparation, and use tracks to paddle on water, with a speed of 7 to 8 kilometers per hour.
The maximum off-road speed is 45 kilometers per hour, and on the road it can reach 65 kilometers per hour.
All these high-end features allow the infantry squad to fight without restraint in the vehicle, and at critical moments they can get out and fight in coordination with the tank.
An armored division requires 170 armored vehicles.
Purchase 170 Type 86 infantry fighting vehicles, consuming 255 million military merit points.
因为运载能力的问题，所以装甲176师的步兵班人数从之前的2加13更改为3加8的11人。
每个班配备两挺2挺81式轻机枪、11支81式自动步枪、11支77式手枪，外加一支RPG火箭筒和一门87式82毫米迫击炮，单兵手雷为武装部最新研发的42式手雷。
[Bazookas, mortars and five rifles are spare weapons, loaded in the car, don't say there is no space. ]
All company-level rocket launcher platoons were also changed from the ordinary armored division's towed 107 rocket launchers to self-propelled 130 rocket launchers.
In addition, all the anti-aircraft weapons of the division were replaced with self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.
Xu Le prepared the Type 88 twin-barrel 37mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun for this purpose. The price of a single system is more expensive than the Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle, reaching 2.
The artillery vehicle has a crew of 4 people, a total weight of 35 tons, a maximum highway speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 500 kilometers.
The anti-aircraft gun has an elevation range of -5 to 85 degrees, a lateral range of 360 degrees, a maximum range of 9 kilometers, and an effective firing height of 3500 meters.
It is equipped with search and ranging radar, friend-or-foe identification equipment, optoelectronic coordinate meter, etc. The radar antenna is arranged behind the turret and rotates at a speed of 30 revolutions per minute for search. The maximum detection distance is 15 kilometers and the maximum search altitude is 3000 meters.
The fire control system has five working modes, including fully automatic, semi-automatic, manual and other scanning shooting.
An armored division is equipped with 63 anti-aircraft guns, so purchasing 63 guns will consume 126 million military merit points.
I really don't dare to buy more than one, they are too expensive.
Moreover, the Red Arrow 73 equipped on the infantry fighting vehicle belongs to the missile category, and one missile costs 250 military merit points, and a base of 4 missiles is 1000 military merit points. It cost 17 to prepare a set for the entire division. Fortunately, the system gave away 4 missiles, which saved a lot.
This is the best equipment Xu Le can buy, and it will be impossible to replace it in the future. Although the equipment after the 90s is better, the price has increased exponentially.
Moreover, due to the limited knowledge of the soldiers, they are unable to use various advanced radar and other electronic equipment.
These are all the changes that can be made to the 176th Division. The replacement of equipment and ammunition alone cost 4000 million military merit points.
However, these military merit points are worth spending, as they can increase combat effectiveness by at least 3%, or even 5%.
Personal panel:
Host: Xu Le
Military Merit Points:
Title: Millionaire [Host's business ability is enhanced by 50%, and subordinates are enhanced by 20%]
Mission: Great Wall Watch [Lead the army to conquer the world and establish your own country, the deadline is 10 years, the remaining deadline is 9 years and 4 months...]
Space: J-5 fighter jets [64], H-5 bombers [76], J-5 training aircraft [20], gold [kilograms], silver [kilograms], some antiques, some ammunition, some fuel...
The equipment purchased this time was put into use directly, so it did not take up any space.
But this does not mean that this consumption has been completed, because the equipment for several newly formed divisions has not yet been found and it has to continue.
【除了航母和舰载机的配备外，不会出现90年代以后的装备。已经定型的有：81步枪、81轻机枪、77手枪、87迫击炮，88高炮、86步战车、83式152自行炮等】
[The reason for the hasty update is that I want to finish the story as soon as possible. Some of the data may not match, such as names or unit numbers. I will try to avoid this.]