Oriental Network·Exercise Field reported on September 11: According to @学corps, a chemical defense unit affiliated to a brigade of the 82nd Army conducted an individual rocket live-fire shooting exercise in Horqin Grassland , testing the professional skills and tactics of officers and soldiers. Literacy. During the drill, the soldiers used the famous "individual artillery"-PF98A 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher. It is worth mentioning that the types of ammunition launched this time are still relatively rare armor-piercing projectiles , which can even threaten early third-generation tanks.
Picture description: 120 Fire Learning Corps Picture
In the early autumn, the clouds were clear, and the smoke was everywhere on the Horqin grassland. It turned out to be caused by the soldiers firing large-caliber rocket launchers. The PF98 120mm anti-tank rocket was named after it was finalized in 1998. Because of its huge 120mm caliber, it is often called the "120 Fire". In 1999, the PF98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher was officially exposed with the appearance of the People's Liberation Army Garrison in Macau.
PF98/PF98A 120mm anti-tank rocket has occupied an important position among infantry anti-tank weapons with its powerful armor-breaking power and advanced fire control system since it was equipped with the army. With the installation of multi-purpose ammunition, cloud explosive ammunition, and attack ammunition, meets the various needs of infantry units such as armor-breaking, killing, blasting, attacking, and burning, and has become an indispensable and important firearm for infantry units.
Picture description: 120 Fire Learning Legion Picture
For more than 20 years, this highly photogenic weapon has been controversial. Many people have criticized the "120 Fire" for being backward after leaving the factory, and its design ideas are outdated and have no development prospects. From the perspective of the military exercise field, considering the design background of this weapon at the time, in the 1980s, whether it was the Type 78 recoilless rifle or the Type 69 rocket launcher, the armor of the new third-generation tanks was also upgraded from rolled steel armor to In the face of third-generation tanks with multi-layered and multi-material composite armor, it is even difficult to damage them.
Picture description: 120 Fire Study Legion Picture
From this point of view, the development of this "simple and crude" large-caliber rocket launcher is a proper move to assess the situation. While having the advantages of portability and low price, the PF98 120mm rocket launcher also uses new technologies such as tandem charging, the new fire control system , etc., making the anti-tank rocket launcher family "open new branches from the old tree."
Data map: Armor-piercing rockets and multi-function bombs (Part 2)
The PF98/98A 120mm rocket launcher mainly uses two types of ammunition: armor-piercing rockets and multi-function bombs. The former is mainly used to destroy enemy main battle tanks within a range of 800 meters. , armored vehicles , self-propelled artillery and shelter fortifications and other targets. The latter is mainly used to destroy enemy infantry fighting vehicles, light armored vehicles, firearms, kill exposed combat forces, and can also be used to destroy light field fortifications and tunnels. When
uses armor-piercing projectiles, the vertical static armor-piercing thickness of the "120 Fire" reaches 800mm, and the armor-piercing thickness at an angle of 68° is 230mm, which can threaten the world's mainstream third-generation tank . launches multi-purpose projectiles with a maximum combat range of nearly two kilometers. The warhead adopts self-forged warhead armor-breaking technology, which has strong armor-breaking capabilities and can also form a killing circle with a radius of 25 meters to deal with light armor. Vehicles and simple fortifications are out of the question.
Picture description: 120-fire firing armor-piercing rockets Study Corps Picture
On the training ground in Horqin Grassland, the soldiers fired armor-piercing rockets that could threaten third-generation tanks. The armor-piercing bullet has a tapered hole at one end of the cylindrical grain column, and the surface of the ammunition with the tapered hole is equipped with a tapered metal cover. During the explosion, the high heat and high pressure generated will melt the cone-shaped cover and converge into a high-temperature metal jet that penetrates the target armor with extremely high speed. No matter where the high-performance armor-piercing projectile hits the barrel, track, or range-finding device of the enemy tank , the explosion may paralyze the enemy tank for a period of time.
Data map: Sniper grenade, not accurate enough and powerful enough to make up
Because it is equipped with various types of powerful individual weapons such as sniper grenades and 120 firepower, the People's Liberation Army is often nicknamed "patients with deep phobia of insufficient firepower."However, even in the context of the People's Liberation Army Army advanced weapons being exposed like a blowout, this type of rocket launcher not only has not been "laid off", but has also developed a lightweight PF98A type and decentralized it step by step - from battalion equipment to infantry. Company, company type is transferred to infantry squad .
Data map: New individual rocket launcher
It is worth mentioning that the People's Liberation Army has begun to install newer individual rocket launchers in recent years. Judging from the few reports, the new rocket has a larger caliber and more penetrating power. Stronger. In the video report, this powerful large-caliber rocket launcher is almost indestructible. After being hit by the rocket , a small car was directly torn apart by its powerful power. Even after being hit, the more "strong" bunker was also destroyed. It was instantly broken down into broken bricks, rubble and pieces of iron.
Data map: The "secondary explosion" is powerful
In addition, this rocket launcher also has the function of "secondary explosion". In the video, after the incendiary bomb hit the trench, a line of fire quickly passed through the entire trench, with thick smoke and fire everywhere, and there was a violent secondary explosion at the end. Judging from the lethality of the secondary explosion at a high temperature of 800°C, if the enemy troops in the trenches did not wear fireproof clothing , there was almost no possibility of survival.
Data map: Red Arrow equipped by the Tibet Military Region-12
In fact, with the improvement of tank armor protection capabilities and the demand for anti-tank weapons in modern warfare, the anti-tank missile , which is more accurate, more powerful, and more efficient, has become The "star" on the anti-tank front line. For example, the front-line troops of the People's Liberation Army have begun to be equipped with the advanced individual anti-tank missile system- Red Arrow-12.
The Hongjian-12 anti-tank missile is the latest generation of anti-tank missile developed by Norinco, a subsidiary of China Ordnance Group, in 2014. It made its public debut at the 10th Zhuhai air show. The missile uses an advanced thermal imaging focal plane array guidance head, which has the capabilities of "lock before launch" and "forget after launch" and can destroy any active main battle tank in the world in top attack mode. According to CCTV's " Military Science and Technology " program, the Hongjian-12 anti-tank missile warhead uses a tandem cone charge and can penetrate up to 1,100 mm of homogeneous armor or equivalent explosive reactive armor.
