Chapter 4 Gunpowder, Machinery, and Steam(2/2)
In addition to these two methods, a few highly developed countries on the three continents, such as the Kingdom of England and the Empire of France, have also invented a special stabilizer.
This kind of stabilizer can not only stabilize the power of gunpowder weapons, but also stabilize the triggering of gunpowder, so that the use of firearms is not much different from the use of gunpowder weapons in the old days of the earth.
However, the production of this kind of stabilizer is not only complicated, but the materials used are very rare, so the price is also extremely expensive.
Due to price issues, this kind of ammunition can only be equipped in small quantities, and most of them are supplied to the kingdom's nobles and high-ranking military officials.
In addition, strategic weapons such as steam tanks and steam battleships in various countries will also be equipped with a special bomb with a stabilizer added. For example, the shell that just blew up the bunker was such a special ammunition.
Compared with firearms that are limited by gunpowder, mechanical repeating crossbows that use mechanical principles to launch arrows are the main weapons equipped by the armies of various countries.
For example, the exquisite Locke repeating crossbow that Leo is holding now.
The mechanics of the Locke Mechanical Academy of the Kingdom of England, who have used mechanical gears to the extreme, have miniaturized the ancient siege crossbows and equipped them with arrow boxes. They can shoot a fifty-fifty arrow box in three minutes.
It can penetrate steel plates within two hundred meters and effectively kill within five hundred meters. It was eventually named Locke Repeating Crossbow.
The repeating crossbow in Leo's hand is the Locke Type 3 repeating crossbow specially customized by the Locke Mechanical Institute for the army of the Kingdom of England. This type of repeating crossbow is mainly focused on range and lethality. There are also more advanced Locke Type 2 and
Locke type one.
Even the hostile Fran Empire has to admit that the Locke Repeater is one of the most lethal weapons in the entire Velen world.
However, this kind of repeating crossbow also has shortcomings. The biggest disadvantage is that some precision gear parts are easily damaged if used continuously, and repair and replacement will be very troublesome. Only formal mechanics who have graduated from the mechanical college can replace and repair it. In addition, it is expensive.
It is also a shortcoming.
Therefore, the number of such repeating crossbows purchased by the Kingdom of England is not very large, and about ten sets are distributed to the first-level combat squads of each legion.
Compared with this kind of precision repeating crossbow, which is only a small amount of equipment, the steam repeating crossbow is most commonly equipped by the armies of various countries.
This type of steam repeating crossbow first appeared in a naval battle between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Sigmar, the ocean overlord, more than two hundred years ago. The fleet commander of the Kingdom of England, Marquis Grant, asked his friends at the Locke Mechanical College to design a specially designed set for combat.
The ship's steam repeating crossbow was used, and a special set of naval warfare tactics was designed for this purpose.
In that naval battle that affected the world situation, Marquis Grant relied on this set of steam repeating crossbows and unique tactics to easily annihilate the entire first fleet of the Kingdom of Sigmar at sea, thus making the Kingdom of England replace the Kingdom of Sigmar as the new navy.
The overlord of the sea.
With the glorious victory of this naval battle, the steam repeating crossbow also quickly entered the sight of all countries, and gradually moved from the sea to the land, and continued to be miniaturized. Now this kind of steam repeating crossbow has become a routine equipment of the army, almost
All armies will be equipped with a large amount of equipment, and will be equipped with different arrows to match different terrains and tactics.
Chapter completed!