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Chapter 55 406 mm naval gun

Although Russia participated in World War I, the Russian navy did not do much at all. The navy was originally a money-burning project. Russia in the Tsarist era was originally a country with a weak industrial foundation and economy. Many of them were not as standard as a major country except for their territory. Queen Maria class lost in the civil war. The Soviet Navy only inherited the Gangut class, and there were Izmeier-class battlecruisers in the shipyard. At that time, the completion rate of the hulls of several ships was more than half. It could be resumed. At that time, it was estimated that one Izmeier could match two or three Ganguts. However, the last few Izmeier were sold for scrap iron.

And these years are also an era of great development of world naval technology! The Soviet Union has just completed industrialization and there is still a long way to go in naval construction.

The Soviet Union now has no mature technology for battleships, including naval guns, hulls, and steel. In short, the Soviet Union can be said to have no technical reserves.

Although the caliber of the ship gun exceeded 300 mm in the Tsar era, the design from more than ten years ago was far behind. The West can already exert greater power with the same caliber naval gun!

The Soviet Union now does not have any technology for building battleships! Everything is almost done from scratch!

In later generations, the Soviet Union only had a 190mm naval gun built, and the product of the Soviet Union's Great Leap Forward, the Soviet battleship, planned to have a 406mm naval gun, did not cause any of them.

As a researcher in World War II, Cialek knew the story of the USSR battleship very clearly.

The Soviet Union also wanted its own powerful navy. The warships built during the Tsarist Russia period were far from meeting the needs of the Soviets themselves, so the Soviet Navy began to pursue them continuously.

Because the Soviet Union did not have any technology, the Soviet Union had to seek technical support from the outside world.

It started in Italy.

In 1933, Soviet naval experts visited Italy and cooperation between the two sides began.

Italy received construction contracts for warships and merchant ships from the Soviet Union, while the Soviet Union sold fuel, iron ore and food to Italy.

The Soviet Navy's Dezezinski-class frigate, Tashkent-class destroyer, and some of the equipment of the heavy cruiser Kirov built in the Soviet Union all came from Italy!

Cialek came this time, so he was naturally aiming at this matter. Instead of taking advantage of Italy, it would be better to hand it over to a German shipbuilding company!

Due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, German shipbuilding companies have not yet built large warships over the years! This time, a large number of construction contracts were signed with the Soviet Union!

The Soviet Union had no foreign exchange, but the Soviet Union had sufficient resources! Cirick not only valued iron ore, but also rare metal minerals in the Soviet Union! Now, under such a name, it can be imported from the Soviet Union in large quantities!

This is a plan that can kill multiple goals, allowing shipyards and steel mills in Germany to obtain large number of orders and increase more employment opportunities.

At the same time, we can also make strategic reserves and train our own shipbuilding team. With the opportunity to give the Soviet shipbuilding opportunity, Germany's technology to make warships will also make great strides!

The Treaty of Versailles does not allow Germany to equip heavy warships, but it does not restrict Germany from manufacturing warships for other countries! And after Germany develops these technologies, it can make them for itself at any time!

Historically, there were many reasons for Germany's defeat in World War II. For example, the German navy is an absolute weakness!

When Germany lost the submarine war, Britain received constant maritime supplies! If the German navy had strong force, it might be able to force Britain to surrender!

Cialek is determined to support Hitler in building a powerful navy. His current visit is to accumulate technology for the future!

One kills multiple goals!

The 283mm naval gun was the main naval gun of the German battlecruiser in World War I. It was developed by Krupp. Although it has a special caliber, this naval gun has become well-known in history.

For example, in the history of global naval warfare, the only one that uses naval guns to destroy enemy aircraft carriers is the masterpiece of Germany's 283mm naval gun!

The Soviets had no ability to produce advanced naval guns at all! If Germany exported such naval guns to the Soviet Union, it would greatly improve the level of Soviet warships!

Sure enough, Cialique's words shocked the other party, and his eyes were filled with surprise. It seems that the cooperation between the two sides in naval technology can be achieved smoothly!

In history, all the warships handed over to Italy were given to Germany! Germany needs those orders!

"Mr. Cialek, the 283mm naval gun has a very special caliber, and it is no longer in line with the development of the times. We want a larger caliber. Can you make a 406mm caliber ship ********** Khachevsky did not speak. At this time, the person in the naval uniform behind Tukhachevsky, the commander of the Soviet Navy Orlov!

Hearing this, Cialic frowned immediately. Good, the Soviets were already thinking about building more advanced warships at this time?

406mm! The Russians really value firepower the most!

If you lack mobility, you have to take care of the firepower first. If you lack protection, you also have to take care of the firepower first. In the minds of the Soviets, there is firepower, firepower, firepower!

Although the German Navy did not perform particularly well in World War II, the German Navy was the initiator of the naval arms race before World War II in Europe. The construction of new warships at all levels in Europe was almost related to the re-emerging of the German Navy.

In particular, the emergence of the "German" class stimulated senior naval officials in European countries, because almost overnight, the warships in their hands were almost outdated, and the cruisers that could run could not defeat, and the battleships that could beat could not escape.

Therefore, other countries began to develop all-around battleships.

France created the Dunkirk-class battlecruiser, and two quadruple 330mm main guns gained overwhelming firepower in the German-class, and had an overwhelming advantage in almost all performance.

The Italians created four "Veneto" class ships. The German Navy also secretly built the world's largest battleship "Bismark" class at that time.

At the same time, although Britain was subject to the poor economic form in the country, it did not want the power of the empire to decline. They built a "George V" class with a displacement of 35,000 tons and a 356mm gun.

At the same time, the "Hood" that was left behind in the First World War and later improved, equipped with the 381mm naval gun has the most fierce firepower. At the same time, the number of artillery equipment was also the winner of the "King George V of the British".

Now, in the 1930s, most countries' navies did not have giant cannons of more than 400 mm.

Throughout the 1930s, there were battleships with main gun caliber exceeding 400 mm, only the island country's Nagamon-class (410 mm), the British Nelson-class (406 mm) and the United States' South Dakota-class (406 mm). These warships built a total of 7 warships, known as 7 gibboss.
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