Chapter 1058 Unified Ammunition Caliber
"Hey, look at my brain, well, I asked you to come here to make some guns. By the way, do you have the right molybdenum steel now?" Luo Chong was originally thinking about the train, but he immediately reacted after hearing Lin Fei's reminder. He still had something important to do.
On Lin Fei's side, he was relieved when he heard that he was only asked to make guns. He thought the leader had something important to do.
"To the leader, there is not much molybdenum steel available. Last time, we kept some for turning tools, but there is not much left. If the leader plans to use molybdenum steel to produce guns, just ask the steel mill to make a few more furnaces. By the way, what kind of guns are you going to make, and how many?" Lin Fei answered immediately.
"Double-barreled shotguns, make 2,000. If molybdenum steel is easy to get, use molybdenum steel." Luo Chong thought about the needs of the north, and then reported a number.
Lin Fei was stunned. "What? Two thousand double-barreled shotguns?! Did the leader say it wrong? The leader should be talking about the eight-round pump-action shotgun, right?"
It's no wonder he was so surprised. You know, when there is an eight-round pump-action shotgun, producing and equipping two thousand double-barreled shotguns is wrong. What kind of army would need such a thing? !
I've heard of armies getting better and better, but I've never heard of them getting worse and worse. The Han tribe is not without money to support the army.
"No, you heard it right. It's this double-barreled shotgun, not the eight-round pump-action shotgun." Luo Chong took the double-barreled shotgun from the weapon rack and handed it to Lin Fei. Seeing that he was puzzled, he continued to explain.
"The Northern Expedition against the cannibals is over. The cannibals have all been wiped out by our army, but there are still some escaped giant apes hiding in the forest. However, it would be a waste to keep the Shen Ce Guards there to wipe them out. Moreover, it will take more than one day to permanently exterminate the giant apes. We must persist in attacking and hunting them.
"So I plan to produce a batch of double-barreled spray guns as hunting rifles and equip them to the logging teams or militia over there so that they can have the ability to kill the giant apes when facing them. These are not for the regular army, so you heard me right. These are a batch of hunting rifles."
Lin Fei smiled immediately after hearing this. "So that's how it is. The Northern Expedition is over. Doesn't this mean that our army has returned victorious? Hahahaha, then we won't have to worry about the harassment of the cannibals anymore. It's a pity that we couldn't wipe them out completely, and it will cause trouble for the people in the north. We really have to give them this gun, otherwise ordinary people will have no power to fight back when they encounter giant apes!
"By the way, Chief, there seem to be more than 30,000 people in the north. Are these two thousand guns enough? Do you want to make more?"
Of the more than 30,000 people, children will account for more than half of them. Excluding the elderly and women, there are only a few thousand young and strong men at most, which is basically the same as the number of militia recruited in the north this time. There are 4,000 in the river valley camp, more than 1,000 in the salt pond, and 1,000 in the hunting ground, which adds up to only 5,000 to 6,000 young and strong men. 5,000 to 6,000 young and strong men are equipped with 2,000 hunting rifles, which means that there is basically one gun for every three people. This number is actually quite a lot.
Luo Chong calculated in his mind and said again, "Just 2,000. It's almost enough. If it's not enough, we can talk about it later. Anyway, it's not difficult to produce it."
The number of hunting rifles is not large, but they can be used in a centralized manner, such as centralized equipment for members of the logging team, because under normal circumstances, if it is not for logging, there is really no need to go into the forest.
The Han tribe does not need to hunt, because they have breeding technology and domesticated livestock, so they will not lack meat and fur. Even if they want to hunt, they can go to the basin and hilly areas where the hunting grounds are, instead of risking danger in the forest.
As for firewood, because there are corn stalks, there is no need to go to the forest to chop wood, and all kinds of crop stalks alone may not be burned out.
Two thousand guns, whoever needs to go into the forest can use them, or send those who have gun licenses to do tasks, and take time to concentrate on training, there will be no problem.
"Well, does the leader have any other instructions? For example, are there any technical requirements for this batch of guns?" Seeing that Luo Chong insisted on only two thousand guns, Lin Fei nodded and agreed, and then asked if there were any special requirements.
Luo Chong looked at his hunting rifle with a silver-white barrel and couldn't help smacking his lips. If all the hunting rifles of the militia were like this, wouldn't it be too high-profile?
"Well, there are no special requirements, just two points. It is best to use molybdenum steel for durability. The metal parts must be oil-quenched and the surface must be black. The white barrel is too conspicuous!"
"Yes, then, is there anything else the leader wants to tell you?" Lin Fei put down the gun and took out his notebook. He quickly wrote down a few words: double spray, molybdenum steel, two thousand, and black surface.
"As for other things, there is nothing for the time being, but there is a large-scale comprehensive project. You must start preparing manpower from now on." Luo Chong thought for
a while and said. Lin Fei was stunned when he heard this. A large-scale comprehensive project, could it be another project like an engineering vehicle? If it is completed, it will probably take several years. So he asked tentatively.
"I don't know what project the chief is talking about, and what kind of talents he needs me to prepare?"
"Regarding weapons and equipment, now that the tribe has molybdenum steel and the strength of the material has increased, we can produce better weapons, so I plan to continue to develop a series of new firearms.
" "The contents include rifles, general-purpose machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, grenades, and other infantry light weapons. The most important thing is to unify the caliber of ammunition. There are also some heavy weapons for city defense, machine guns, etc.
"Our tribe's artillery also needs to be upgraded. We need to change from muzzle-loading guns to breech-loading guns with recoil and return mechanisms, and the shells need to be replaced with shrapnel grenades filled with gunpowder. In short, it is a very complex and comprehensive project, but they are all related.
"In the future, we will have a series of arsenals in the north and south to produce different weapons. The plate may be very large, so you have to train more talents. I won't mind training more talents. "
After Luo Chong finished introducing the content of the project, Lin Fei fell into silence. To be honest, since the moment molybdenum steel was born, he knew that the weapons of the Han tribe would definitely be improved, and he was mentally prepared for this. However, Luo Chong actually wanted to make so many weapons at once, which was a bit unexpected for him. However, he still took a deep breath and said,
"Don't worry, chief, it should not be difficult to develop new weapons. I think no matter how difficult it is, it should not be as complicated as those engineering vehicles. When I go back, I will start to select personnel with experience in manufacturing and designing weapons, and I will not delay the chief's plan at that time."
Luo Chong nodded and let Lin Fei go, while he continued to plan a list of weapons reform projects in the study.
In his new plan, all firearms of the Han tribe will have a unified caliber and use a new 7.62mm bullet, and muskets will also be equipped to all regular troops of the Han tribe.
Even so, there is still a difference in the generation gap of weapons. In Luo Chong's plan, the local forces of the Han tribe will all be equipped with bolt-action rifles, while the central army guarding the capital and the palace will all be equipped with semi-automatic rifles to maintain the generation gap between the central and local armies.
With high-temperature resistant molybdenum steel, burst weapons will definitely appear, so Luo Chong plans to produce another 7.62 caliber semi-automatic rifle in addition to changing the original rifle to a small caliber of 7.62. As for AK, he has never thought about it because it is not needed and the bullet consumption is too large. The existing industrial scale of the Han tribe cannot afford it.
In addition, there are two options for 7.62 caliber semi-automatic rifles. Of course, they are all copied from the designs of various countries in the previous life. It is simply asking for trouble to let Luo Chong redesign a new gun. In terms of 7.62 semi-automatic rifles, the two most famous firearms in the previous life are the M1 Garand rifle of the United States and the SKS of the Soviet Union, and the 56-type semi-automatic rifle copied by China later.
Both guns use the gas-operated semi-automatic principle and have the same caliber. The difference is that the M1 is fed by an eight-round magazine, while the 56-and-a-half is fed by a ten-round magazine. It is slightly better in terms of firepower sustainability. After all, the SKS was originally designed to target the M1, so it is normal that there are more similarities.
Luo Chong has had the honor of seeing and shooting both of these guns. In comparison, he is definitely more familiar with the domestic 56-and-a-half, so there is nothing to choose from. He can just copy the 56-and-a-half.
And to be honest, in terms of aesthetics, people who like the German Mauser will definitely prefer the 56-and-a-half gun. The appearance of the US M1 is a bit similar to that of the British Lao Li, which is thin in the front and thick in the back. It looks very asymmetrical, and the barrel and gas tube are too compact, which is not very good-looking.
Many people may not know what the 56-and-a-half looks like, but if there is one thing, everyone must know that it is the ceremonial gun used by the honor guard, the kind of rifle with a particularly long bayonet.
Another is the general-purpose machine gun. As a later person, the reason for choosing a general-purpose machine gun is, of course, to reduce the design time. Compared with developing a light machine gun and a heavy machine gun, a general-purpose light and heavy dual-purpose machine gun is obviously more in line with the needs of the army.
There are many choices for general-purpose machine guns. The famous Hitler chainsaw MG42 has a firing rate of more than one thousand rounds per minute. If it misses, it will be fine, but as long as it hits the target, the person who is shot will definitely not be shot only once, because the firing rate is too fast, usually as long as it is hit, it will be three or four shots.
There are many advantages of MG42, such as a large number of stamped parts for easy production, light weight, and it only takes six seconds to change a barrel, etc. It is a leader of its time.
However, Luo Chong does not want to equip this thing.
The reason is also very simple, that is, this gun has another alias, called the logistics curse gun.
The firing rate of more than one thousand per minute is too fast. Once the trigger is pulled, it is gone. The ammunition consumption is too large, and the fast firing rate has another disadvantage, that is, it cannot maintain the continuity of fire suppression.
You know, machine guns are not used to hit people, but to suppress firepower. To suppress the opponent so that he can't raise his head, it requires not only strong firepower, but also a certain degree of sustainability. In this regard, the MG42 is obviously unqualified.
Others, there is the M60 general-purpose machine gun that the United States copied based on the MG42 after the war, but Luo Chong is not familiar with this thing.
The most suitable for the Han tribe is actually the PKM general-purpose machine gun produced by the Maozi, known as the Maozi version of the Big Pineapple. Its shape is very similar to the US M249 small-caliber Big Pineapple machine gun, but it is much lighter than the Big Pineapple.
As the lightest general-purpose machine gun in the world, PKM can be fired continuously by people with strong strength, or even dual-wielding machine guns, one in each hand. Moreover, the special forces of the Maozi family can use PKM to perform tactical shooting with rifles. The recoil is small and the average person can't see the recoil at all.
In terms of bolt design, the straight-through bolt adopted by PKM is very advantageous for heat dissipation, and the firing rate is also moderate. The firing rate of about 700 rounds per minute not only maintains the fierceness of firepower, but also does not consume ammunition too quickly. The most important thing is that its ammunition caliber is also 7.62 mm, which can use the same full-power rifle bullet as the bolt rifle of the Han tribe, solving the problem of logistics ammunition matching.
In addition, as a product of the Mao Bear family, this product is also the same as the AK, and both are designed by Kalashnikov, so it is tough and durable, and its good quality and low price are also one of its biggest advantages.
Moreover, this general-purpose machine gun is widely equipped all over the world. It is not only active in the Middle East, but also used to aid Vietnam. In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, China seized a lot of it, and it has also been copied by China. The imitation model is called the Type 80 general-purpose machine gun, but it is not equipped in large quantities in China. It is only supplied to special forces in small batches, but its foreign trade version is sold in large quantities.
Simply put, it is to sell the goods of the bears, so that the bears can't sell them. Later, even the strongest American army on the surface of the earth also imitated PKM. This is not because their own machine guns are unusable, but because others' are cheaper.
As a member of the 7.62 caliber family, Luo Chong naturally has nothing to hesitate about. Just imitate it.
PKM uses an under-hook ammunition box for ammunition supply, which contains a canvas single chain of 150/200/250 rounds in three versions. With a bipod in front, it is a light machine gun, and sitting on a heavy tripod is a heavy machine gun. It is simply too suitable for the Han tribe.
So far, the three largest batches of infantry light weapons in the army have been determined, namely the 7.62 bolt-pulling rifle, the semi-automatic 7.62 rifle, and the 7.62 general-purpose machine gun for both light and heavy use. All of them have unified calibers to solve the worries of logistics.
However, in terms of grenades, since the Han tribe has not yet mastered the stable white phosphorus production technology, the pull-type wooden handle grenade is a bit difficult, and the low level of chemical engineering is always a flaw.
In contrast, the egg-shaped hand grenade that uses a spring and a firing pin has become the only choice for the Han tribe. Although they know that the overdraft distance of the wooden-handled hand grenade is longer, they can't make it, so they can only make do with the egg-shaped hand grenade.
In addition, except that the throwing distance of the egg-shaped hand grenade is not as far as the wooden-handled hand grenade, it is not worse than the wooden-handled hand grenade in terms of safety and power, and there is no problem with long-term equipment.
As for the throwing distance, if manpower is not enough, machinery can make up for it. Japan was once equipped with grenade launchers, and the United States also developed the M79 40mm grenade launcher based on the grenade launcher. The Han tribe just copied it directly.
You must know that this thing was actually equipped by the United States during the Vietnam War, and China also seized a lot of it in the counterattack against Vietnam. Its structure is also very simple, not a very complicated thing. It is reasonable to call it a good value for money. With the technical level of the Han tribe, there is absolutely no problem in imitating it.
(End of this chapter)
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