Chapter 1079: PKM general-purpose machine gun with yellow flames

After finalizing the Chinese typewriter, Luo Chong ordered the guards to send all the drawings of this sample to the comprehensive research institute on the lake island, and let them be responsible for the small-scale production of Chinese typewriters.

The demand for typewriters in the Han tribe is not very large at present. It is only used by some government departments and schools in various places. In fact, schools may not use them. Instead, there is a greater demand for hand-held rock cylinder ink printing presses, because that thing can quickly print test papers in batches. As for the wax paper printing plate, it can be made by handwriting. Anyway, the test papers are basically disposable things, so there is no need to make them so fine. It is enough to write them so that people can understand them.

It is precisely because the demand is not large that there is no need to build a special factory for production. It is estimated that a few dozen units can meet the current needs. Even hand-held rock cylinder ink printing presses, at most one hundred or eighty units are enough.

After this matter was dealt with, Lin Fei in Xingang County also received news. Previously, Lin Fei had someone report to him that the latest 7.62mm bolt-action rifle had been made and the 9mm caliber pistol was basically completed, but that was a week ago. When the news was sent again this time, the five new types of firearms had already been made into samples, but except for the bolt-action rifle, the number of other samples was relatively small. Twenty 7.62mm caliber bolt-

action rifles had been prepared, but there were only three samples of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, which was a pitiful number. There was only one imitation PKM general-purpose machine gun at present, and it was still unfinished. It didn't even have a heavy machine gun tripod, so it could only use the bipod on the front of the gun body and use it as a light machine gun. So it's not quite appropriate to call it a general-purpose machine gun now, because it's not a complete body.

The last two types of pistols, the 9mm caliber pistol imitating the Beretta 92, currently only have five samples, and the high-powered pistol imitating the Browning 1911, currently only one.

Although the number is a little small, it is no problem to use them for some simple tests. Anyway, the Han tribe cannot do complex tests because there are not so many experimental equipment, such as high-speed motion cameras, to shoot the trajectory of bullets, and to measure the initial velocity of bullets. These high-tech equipment are simply not available in the Han tribe.

So it is called a firearms test, to put it bluntly, it is to test whether it can be fired, the degree of adaptability to various environments, and the service life of the firearms, etc. Luo Chong wants to test other things, but he does not have the technology.

This time, after Luo Chong received the news, he happened to arrive at Qubing's second home, so Luo Chong called him over.

"Chief, you are looking for me?!" Qubing asked directly.

"Well, the research institute in Xingang County sent a letter saying that the samples of several firearms have been trial-produced. Let me go over and take a look. Do you want to go with me?" Luo Chong explained the situation directly.

Qu Bing was immediately excited when he heard this, "It's done so quickly?!"

"Of course not,"

Luo Chong said perfunctorily, but he was complaining in his heart. All kinds of machine tools are ready, and steel is also available for them to use at will. In addition, the tribe has all-round support, and they can get whatever they want. The research and development staff is relatively sufficient, and even the drawings are given to them by Luo Chong. Do you think these people can't be fast?

If they can't make it, Luo Chong will kill them.

That's too useless!

Moreover, the technological content of the firearms selected by Luo Chong is not very high. They belong to the generation of weapons that have just been improved after World War II. They are not very advanced things, but each one is very classic and is also a well-known equipment model in the world. With the industrial level of the Han tribe, it is fully capable of mass production. After all, Luo Chong also considered this issue before choosing the weapons.

"Okay, okay, then when are we going there?" Qu Bing asked excitedly immediately.

"Let's go today. It's only morning now. We can ride over there on horseback. We will definitely arrive before lunch." Luo Chong looked at the mechanical self-ringing clock in the study. It was just a little after eight o'clock, so he immediately made arrangements.

"Okay!"

The two agreed to go to Xingang County to inspect the weapons research and development project together. They set off after a little preparation. Qubing rode a horse by himself, followed by two guards. Luo Chong was also alone, without his family, but there was a large group of guards behind him. A group of people all rode horses and rumbled towards Xingang County.

Near noon, Lin Fei was already waiting for Luo Chong outside the institute. Now that the institute has taken over the task of developing new weapons, the entire institute has been controlled by the Jinwu Guards under Luo Chong. There are Jinwu Guards standing guard everywhere. Without permission, no one is allowed to go out at will. Even if they go out for activities, they must undergo a strict body search and are not allowed to carry metal parts or design drawings.

Even for the researchers who participated in the research and development, what they got was not all the design drawings, but the drawings of a certain part or a certain mechanism.

They only needed to make their own trial production according to the drawings, and then hand it over to the leader of the project team for assembly.

The reason for doing this is to strictly keep confidentiality, and the overall drawings of the firearms are controlled within a very small range. Those who can access the complete drawings are followed by two Jinwu Guards to protect their safety.

Of course, the protection of safety is also to monitor them to prevent them from copying the drawings or leaking them to others privately. The sound of horse hooves came from far away and finally stopped

at the door

of the institute. Luo Chong and Qubing turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to the accompanying guards, and then walked towards Lin Fei who was waiting at the door.

"Chief." Lin Fei immediately stepped forward and greeted him.

"Well, are the sample guns and ammunition ready? Let's go in and take a look at the sample guns first, and then bring the sample guns back to the Shen Ce Guard camp in the afternoon. You can send some responsible persons to follow them, and record any areas that need improvement." Luo Chong said straight to the point.

"Okay, no problem, the sample guns are ready, please follow me, leader!"

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he led Luo Chong and Qu Bing inside. Now, in order to keep confidentiality, the R&D teams of each project are also separated, so the sample guns can only be seen by the person in charge of each project. However, in order to facilitate Luo Chong's inspection, Lin Fei had already placed various new firearms in a yard for Luo Chong to check.

Everyone soon arrived at a small yard. The door of the main hall was wide open. There was a long table inside, and various new firearms were placed on it.

Qubing saw all the new guns at a glance, and ran over at a trot, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking at this, touching that, wishing to equip the Shen Ce Guard with these weapons immediately.

Lin Fei looked at Qubing's reaction, and

couldn't help but raise a confident smile at the corner of his mouth. Look, even the people in their military are obsessed with these weapons, doesn't this just show that he has done a good job? ! "Chief, do you want me to introduce them?" Lin Fei looked at Luo Chong beside him and asked.

What he meant by asking was whether he should introduce them to Qubing. After all, the drawings of these guns were given by Luo Chong. How could Luo Chong not recognize these guns himself? Why did he need him to introduce them?

"Well, you introduce them, I'll take a look first." Luo Chong nodded, and immediately picked up a copycat Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and looked at it. Lin Fei next to him also began his introduction.

"Thank you, Commander. This is our latest improved bolt-action rifle. Compared with the original standard rifle, its barrel is 15 centimeters shorter, which reduces the length of the entire rifle. According to the leader, this is to make it more convenient to move with the gun in the trenches.

"In addition, its bolt handle has been changed to a downward curved type. This way, after the safety is turned off, it is not easy for the bolt handle to get caught on things when carrying the gun on the back during the march. In addition, it is also to leave space above the gun body. The leader said that in the future a telescope may be installed above the gun body for aiming at long-distance targets.

"Another key improvement is to reduce the diameter of the ammunition. The new ammunition has been changed to 7.62mm full-power rifle bullets. The power has not decreased much, but the weight is much lighter than before, and the ammunition of this bolt-action rifle is universal with the ammunition of the continuous-fire machine gun."

Qubing listened to the introduction while pulling the bolt and pushing the bolt to load the chamber, then looked out the window with the gun, tried to aim at the target in the distance, pulled the trigger to fire a blank, and then pulled the bolt and pushed the bolt again, pulling the bolt and pushing the bolt again, testing the smoothness of the bolt of this improved rifle, as well as the weight, and whether the downward-curved bolt handle is comfortable.

After playing with it for a while, he said, "Not bad, not bad, this downward-curved bolt handle has a sense of rhythm in operation, and it is indeed not easy to get caught on clothes or other equipment. In addition, after the gun body is shortened, the overall weight has also decreased a lot, which can reduce the weight of many soldiers.

"But there are also disadvantages to shortening the gun body. In the future, when fighting with bayonets, it will not be as long as the opponent's weapons, and it will definitely be a disadvantage at that time! But since it was the chief who requested this change, he must have his own considerations. Overall, this improved new gun is still good." Qubing finally commented.

"Thank you, Commander, as long as you like it, but I heard from the chief that this kind of gun will not be used by you in the future. You, the Shen Ce Guard, will be equipped with this semi-automatic gun in the future. The bolt-action gun will be equipped to other existing guard armies." Lin Fei explained again.

"So that's the case. That's no problem. Let me guess. The semi-automatic one should be the one the chief has, right? !" Qubing nodded, and then looked at the Shanzhai Five or Six Half in Luo Chong's hand.

"As expected of the commander of the Shen Ce Guard, he guessed it right away. That's amazing! "Lin Fei said awkwardly beside him.

Qubing waved his hands and didn't care about this. He could guess that this was a semi-automatic rifle. In fact, it was very simple. That was because Luo Chong introduced it to them a few days ago. The semi-automatic rifle was loaded with ten bullets, and the machine gun was loaded with a belt. This gun obviously had no entrance for the belt, and there was a protrusion at the position of the magazine. It must be an expanded magazine.

Sure enough, Luo Chong immediately followed up with, "Yes, all of you Shen Ce Wei will be equipped with this semi-automatic rifle in the future. It is similar to the original bolt-action rifle. You still pull the bolt first, and then press the magazine into the magazine from above. Ten bullets can be loaded at a time, and you only need to pull the trigger at any time when shooting.

"However, there is one thing I want to explain. Although the caliber of the ammunition used by this gun is also 7.62mm, the amount of powder is less than that of a full-power rifle bullet. This can only be regarded as an intermediate-power bullet. The normal shooting distance is 300 to 400 meters, and the accurate shooting is 600 meters. At 800 meters, it can only suppress clustered targets, and it is difficult to hit accurately.

"I have read your combat records. The general combat distance is only 300 to 400 meters. Therefore, it is a bit of a waste to use full-power ammunition for the rifle. Not only is the recoil too large, but it does not need such a long range. Even if it can really shoot at a distance of 1,000 meters, no one can see it. It is better to change it in the direction of increasing the intensity of firepower.

"Moreover, after the semi-automatic rifle uses the new intermediate-power bullet, it can also greatly reduce the weight of the soldiers. Under the same weight, the original soldiers can only carry 200 rounds of bullets. With this new bullet, each soldier can carry at least 1/3 more ammunition."

Luo Chong introduced the situation of the rifle, and Qubing nodded repeatedly. He was very curious about this semi-automatic rifle, but this gun was easy to distinguish, because the previous bolt-action rifles all had one barrel, while the semi-automatic rifles were equipped with two barrels.

But in fact, this is not accurate, because the structure of the Shanzhai 56.5 gun is actually similar to that of the AK. The lower part is the real barrel, and the upper part that is shorter than the barrel is actually the gas pipe, which is the automatic mechanism for semi-automatic shooting.

Luo Chong is also very satisfied with this Shanzhai 56.5. Now there is no live ammunition shooting. Judging from the appearance alone, Luo Chong even thinks that the appearance of this gun is more refined than the original 56.5 in the previous life. After all, it is a sample gun, so it must be more refined than the mass-produced one.

There is one difference from the previous life's five or six and a half, that is, the Han tribe's copycat model does not have a folding bayonet installed on it, nor is it equipped with a triangular bayonet.

Luo Chong chose the sword-shaped double-edged straight bayonet he had used before, which was distributed as an accessory and had to be inserted into the gun body when needed. It was not the original folding bayonet from the previous life.

After looking at the two rifles, Luo Chong and Qu Bing both set their eyes on the general-purpose machine gun with a tin box hanging under the gun body and a bipod under the front barrel.

Qu Bing couldn't help but reach out and touch it gently, as if he was touching some precious work of art, afraid that he would accidentally break it.

Luo Chong, on the other hand, was looking at this copycat version of the PKM general-purpose machine gun. From the appearance alone, it was no different from the original version, still so classic, but he didn't know how it would perform in combat.

"Chief, let's find a place to try out the gun quickly. It's boring to just look at it. I also want to see if this gun can really be used as the chief said."

(End of this chapter)