"Boss, it seems that you have a complete plan for our light weapons factory. I wonder if you can tell me more about it.
It will be convenient for us to execute directly according to your ideas in the future.
Avoid taking detours.”
Ludwig Folger was a smart man. He knew that Fang Lang had high hopes for this light weapons project.
Of course, you have to know what your boss is thinking first.
This is just like the military setting weapon performance requirements and standards.
Then, they are responsible for research and development.
He must know his boss's plan before he knows what to do in the future.
Hearing his words, Fang Lang was also stunned. It turned out that he really hadn't given this issue much thought.
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Just knowing that the rifle designed by the other party was an excellent rifle and that this guy was an excellent firearms designer, he recruited him under his command without hesitation.
However, I have never really thought about what equipment this factory will mainly produce in the future.
However, as a person from later generations, he still knew that those weapons could truly stand the test of time.
So, he thought:
"Hmm! Let me think about it.
First of all, we will definitely conduct in-depth research based on the rifle you designed.
As I just said, we need to standardize the bullets, so future general-purpose machine guns will definitely be developed around this type of bullet.
You have experience in designing MG42. I believe it should not be difficult for you to design a general-purpose machine gun based on it."
As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers waiting to be trained, and found that some of them were using Thompson submachine guns. His eyes moved slightly and he said:
"In addition to rifles and machine guns, we also need submachine guns. The 11.43mm pistol bullets we use now for Thompson submachine guns have a larger caliber.
I think the Parabellum 9mm pistol bullet is very good. I want to develop our own submachine gun and pistol based on this 9*19mm pistol bullet.
The style of a submachine gun can be used to miniaturize the rifle you are designing now, which should not be difficult.
As for the pistol, I would like you to refer to the Browning 1911 for design, and make a pistol that can be fired in single or continuous shots.
It shouldn’t be that difficult! "
Ludwig Folger found that Fang Lang seemed to prefer small calibers, but the other party was the boss, and since the boss had made the decision, he certainly would not raise any objections.
Moreover, these requirements were not difficult for him.
What he didn't know was that the requirements proposed by Fang Lang were exactly the mainstream of the future.
Based on the current rifle, a miniaturized design using the Parabellum 9mm pistol bullet will be the famous MP5 submachine gun of the future.
This is the submachine gun of choice for major special forces around the world. Needless to say, the fact that it is favored by major special forces around the world shows how excellent it is.
There are even more excellent pistols that use this type of pistol bullet, such as the famous Glock 18, HK's P7, Beretta M92F, etc.
Although Fang Lang only proposed research and development around two types of ammunition, these two types of ammunition have obviously been tested by history.
As early as 1902, the Parabellum 9mm pistol bullet was used in the Luger pistol.
What they are researching now is mainly the 7.62*51mm intermediate-power bullet. Fang Lang believes that as long as these weapons are successfully developed according to their own plan.
Then, this now unknown light weapons company of his will become a world arms giant in the future.
It’s exciting to think about it. Maybe my company will be able to replace HK company in the future.
"Boss, of course no problem.
But in this case, the weapon will be less powerful and have a lower range than other weapons!"
Of course Fang Lang was prepared for this.
After all, this is the trend of the future, and the power of 7.62mm is not small.
You should know that it was not until 1970 that 5.56mm officially became the NATO standard caliber.
Some people may ask, why not just use 5.56mm caliber?
This is the mainstream of modern society!
My friends! The 5.56mm caliber was only designed in the United States in 1958, and now 7.62mm is the mainstream.
Of course you can’t do business all in one go!
You have to make enough profit from 7.62mm before you start joining the 5.56mm camp!
And Fang Lang knew that the armor-piercing ability of the 5.56mm bullet was insufficient, and the 7.62mm weapon still had a long way to go!
"Hehe...it's okay.
As long as our assault rifles can ensure an effective range of about 400 meters, it will be sufficient.
Beyond this distance, it is no longer a target for assault rifles.
After all, it is extremely difficult to shoot the enemy with the naked eye at a distance of more than 400 meters.
Let the sniper rifles kill them, or the light machine guns suppress them."
Ludwig Folger knew that Fang Lang already had a complete direction in his mind, so he didn't say much.
Hearing Fang Lang mention the sniper rifle, Ludwig Folger looked at Fang Lang with a smile and said:
"So should we also design a professional sniper rifle?"
Fang Lang was not worried about the sniper rifle.
Because technically speaking, the design of a sniper rifle is not difficult; the difficulty lies in the processing accuracy.
This processing accuracy not only refers to the processing accuracy of the firearm, but more importantly, the processing accuracy of the bullet.
Of course, you also need to equip it with an equally excellent sniper scope, otherwise, it is impossible to complete long-range sniping with the naked eye alone.
Fang Lang believed that Ludwig Folger and other excellent firearms designers from Mauser would have no problem designing these weapons.
"Well! After all the firearms mentioned above are successfully developed, it won't be too late for you to start developing sniper rifles.
My plan for the sniper rifle is to use two types of high-precision 7.62*51mm intermediate-power bullets and 12.7*99mm large-caliber bullets.
This is enough to cover the enemies outside the range of the assault rifle."
Ludwig Folger was stunned. He could understand the use of high-precision 7.62*51mm intermediate-power bullets.
It is to unify the caliber and reduce logistical pressure.
But the large-caliber bullet of 12.7*99mm as a sniper rifle bullet was far beyond his expectations.
This is obviously the caliber of a heavy machine gun bullet!
The range of such a bullet is over one thousand meters. It seems that the boss wants to make a sniper rifle that can directly kill the enemy from a thousand meters away.
For such a rifle, both the processing accuracy of the firearm and the accuracy of the bullet must reach a demanding level.
To achieve such accuracy, one can only use a rotating bolt, abandon the rifle's continuous firing function, and adopt semi-automatic or manual mode.
What's more terrifying than the range of this kind of sniper rifle is that if the bullet hits a person, it can shatter half of the body.
This is really scary.
After swallowing his saliva, Ludwig Folger said tentatively:
"Isn't this caliber too large? It could be used as an anti-tank gun."
After thinking for a while, he said:
"Do you want to develop a heavy machine gun based on the 12.7×99mm large-caliber bullet?"
Fang Lang certainly knew that the caliber of this sniper rifle was very large. After all, in later generations, this type of sniper rifle was no longer simply called a sniper rifle, but an anti-material sniper rifle.
That is, a rifle that can kill armored or bulletproof targets.
Historically, the United States and the Soviet Union began to research sniper rifles of this caliber in the mid-1980s.
Therefore, there is no need to rush, and if you want to study sniper rifles, you have to study advanced optical sights.
The research and manufacturing of optical instruments is still a blank in Brazil today.
Alas! There is no way, Brazil's basic industry is too backward.
However, if you want to manufacture advanced sniper rifles, you must introduce optical instrument manufacturing.
Fang Lang couldn't help but rub his head. It seemed that Fangyuan Group was about to start getting involved in a new industry. This expansion made Fang Lang a little worried.
But he knew that the optical instrument industry was actually a very promising industry.
For example, the production of telescopes, microscopes, camera lenses, eyeglass lenses, even mobile phone lenses in modern society, and even lithography machines used to make microchips, all require optical instruments.
Germany happens to have a very excellent optical instrument factory, the famous Carl Zeiss.
Because of the war, the US army occupied the Carl Zeiss Jena factory in 1945, requisitioned patents, documents and specialized production equipment, and brought professional technicians to Heidenheim in the west.
In 1946, Soviet occupation forces dismantled all production equipment at the Jena factory and took scientists, engineers and professional technicians to the Soviet Union.
The company was completely broken up.
However, Fang Lang did not intend to give up. He believed that there must be many professional technicians from Zeiss hiding in Germany.
Otherwise, how could the Carl Zeiss company in later generations recover so quickly?
For such a company, Fang Lang plans to adopt the same joint venture model as the automobile industry system, and directly find people from Germany's Carl Zeiss company to cooperate and set up a branch in Brazil.
We only need to hold a certain amount of shares, and Brazil's electronics industry also needs the help of this company.
Thinking of this, Fang Lang silently took note of this matter.
This time he was no longer planning to do it himself. He now had many partners in Germany, and he just needed them to help him pass a message to the people at Carl Zeiss.
We can just send a professional negotiation team to Germany.
Fang Lang also smiled at Ludwig Folger's exaggerated words.
“There’s no need to rush with this large-caliber sniper rifle right now; we can take our time.
I want to make a sniper rifle of this large caliber, mainly targeting the enemy's lightly armored targets.
As for what you said about developing a heavy machine gun based on the 12.7×99mm large-caliber bullet.
That's true, but I don't plan to continue my own research and development.
The M2 Browning heavy machine gun currently in service with the US military is a very excellent heavy machine gun.
Therefore, I intend to discuss the issue of authorized production directly with the U.S. government."
When it comes to the heavy machine gun, Fang Lang actually has two goals in mind.
First of all, it must be the M2 Browning heavy machine gun just mentioned, which uses 12.7×99mm large-caliber bullets.
This is a heavy machine gun that has been in service for more than a hundred years and has not been eliminated by the times. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the best heavy machine guns.
To this day, this heavy machine gun is still active on major battlefields involving the United States.
The place where people most often see it is often on the roof of a Hummer.
The other one, of course, is the Gatling gun with blue flames that everyone loves to play with. Unfortunately, the technology in this era cannot reach the level of later generations that can use laser superposition technology to shoot down drones.
If you use a motor, you have to add a battery, which is not very convenient. And it is too heavy, so it is only suitable for use as a fixed weapon platform.
Therefore, the only option is the M2 Browning heavy machine gun for the time being. As for negotiating with the Americans about authorized production, Fang Lang is not worried.
Because, with the current relationship between Brazil and the United States, it is not difficult to obtain authorization.
What's more, given the current relationship between the Fang family and the Morgan family, such a small matter can be easily resolved.
When Ludwig Folger heard that Fang Lang was planning to introduce the M2 Browning heavy machine gun, he was obviously a little unconvinced.
However, throughout World War II, Germany did not develop large-caliber heavy machine guns.
Whenever the Germans were suppressed by the Allies' large-caliber machine guns on the battlefield, they would go straight to the artillery.
An ordinary German infantry division would be equipped with 12 20mm Flak30/38 anti-aircraft guns.
This anti-aircraft artillery that can fire horizontally is extremely powerful and can directly destroy the Allied heavy machine gun positions.
Therefore, Germany does not have large-caliber heavy machine guns.
"Boss, I think I have the ability to design a better heavy machine gun than the M2.
If you can give me a chance, I will not let you down."
These words left Fang Lang speechless for a moment. Wow, this technical expert really has his own persistence!
But after thinking about it, he could understand it. After all, he was a great man who could design a machine gun like MG42, so it was normal for him to have such ambition.
For such a genius, Fang Lang certainly couldn't discourage his enthusiasm.
So, he smiled and said:
"Ludwig, very good, I like your self-confidence, and I believe in your ability.
The M2 heavy machine gun is good, but its rate of fire is actually not fast.
And I know there is a type of gun that has a shooting speed that can definitely surpass his,
I suggest that you start your research based on this type of gun.”
As a firearms designer, as soon as Fang Lang opened his mouth, Ludwig Folger immediately knew what type of gun Fang Lang was talking about.
His MG42 has a very fast rate of fire, but if it is changed to a large-caliber heavy machine gun, the heat dissipation problem cannot be solved at all.
After all, the current 7.92mm caliber bullets require constant replacement of the barrel when used.
Not to mention the increase to 12.7 mm.
If it could be modified to 12.7 mm, it would have been done long ago, and there would be no need to wait until now.
Gatling gun is completely different. It fires bullets through several barrels at the same time.
Its heat will not be concentrated in one of the barrels, and it can also dissipate heat continuously during the rotation process.
Therefore, this type of machine gun can achieve a higher rate of fire while ensuring the caliber.
"Boss, you are talking about Gatling, right?"
Fang Lang smiled and nodded:
“Yes, I believe that if the Gatling gun is used for improvement, it will be possible to make the large-caliber machine gun maintain a high rate of fire while ensuring a large caliber.
I hope that this machine gun, once it starts firing, will create a storm of metal."
In fact, Fang Lang already had a goal in mind, which was the GAU-19 Gatling machine gun successfully developed by the US military in 1983.
This is the six-barrel Gatling gun that you often see hanging on the side of a Black Hawk helicopter in movies.
It also fires 12.7*99mm large-caliber bullets, with a maximum firing rate of 1000-2000 rounds per minute.
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