8-inch extended barrel, large caliber, effective range of 160m, 7 rounds per load, extremely high accuracy, at least in Li Zitao's hands.

Its heavy recoil is a breeze for Li Zitao to master.

"Perfect, does it have a name?" Inserting the muzzle back into the holster, Li Zitao and Mitheus walked towards the inside of the laboratory.

"Golden python, there are only these two in the world, behind the front sight at the top of the gun, there is a Colt logo, and under the butt of the gun there is your name. ”

Li Zitao took out the gun again, looked carefully at the mark, and the art sign under the butt of the gun, and nodded with satisfaction.

"How's Thomson going?" Thomson's improvements continued, but then the direction of R&D changed.

Stronger firepower, faster rate of fire, more ammo loading, stability are only relative requirements, and long-range design distances are no longer pursued.

The newly developed M16 is more inclined to accurate shooting, and Thomson still maintains the powerful firepower that it should have from a submachine gun.

3 Thomsons can form an effective fire network, which is perfect for breaking through the enemy's blockade.

These are all suggestions from Mitheus, and this is where the difference between an insider and a layman lies.

Li Zitao thought about how to make Thomson more accurate, and was a little inclined to ask for perfection.

Mitheus, on the other hand, knew exactly what the submachine gun needed, with strong firepower and sufficient reload, faster reload capacity, stability and ease of maintenance.

"The internal structure of the gun god has been simplified, and the shortcomings of its overweight gun god have been eliminated with new materials, and the capacity of the external magazine can reach 240 rounds. ”

In the test field, Li Zitao saw the new Thomson, and the gun body became simpler, like a lightning bolt.

The depression in the middle is where the magazine is loaded, and the 20 cm long and 18 cm wide magazine is stuck under the barrel of the gun.

There is a circular front sight above, and if necessary, the magazine is a bracket, which can be used to support the stability of the gun body.

Its external magazine is divided into a number of different types, in addition to the medium, there are also light 120-round outfits, and medium-enhanced versions of 400-round outfits.

The light one is more convenient to use as a charge, reducing weight and improving mobility.

The medium-reinforced round magazine can form an effective blockade, and no one wants to try its power for themselves.

"Isn't the role of the enhanced version and Browning a bit repetitive?" asked Li Zitao curiously.

"Yes, but the Thomson Heavy 1 had a faster rate of fire, a lighter body, and a convenient portability of the bullets, which Browning did not have. Mitheus explained, grasping the barrel of the gun.

T193M1 for the medium-sized regular model, T193M1E for the enhanced version.

T is for Thomson, the middle is the vintage, M is for medium, 1 is the first generation, and E is the enhanced version.

The light machine gun is the T193L2, because the previous 'Chicago typewriter' was defined as the light 1st generation, so the current one is the second generation.

"Is the War Department interested?" no matter how much you say, it's better to look at the results, no matter how classic the product is, no one buys it, it's also a pile of scrap metal.

"The War Department is very interested, and they have purchased 80 units for experiments, and they should be able to get feedback in the near future. Mitheus said confidently.

"Very good, what about M16?" Li Zitao was full of expectations for the gun king.

"It's still under development, and the material of the gun body has not been up to standard, and we need time. "The more you unravel the drawings of M16, the more you understand its complexity.

It took them a lot of time just to analyze the internal structure, how the high pressure of the air duct was done, and the operation of the reload was completely different from that of existing guns.

It was a completely new approach, and it took time for Mitheus to try and test, and the material of the gun, which they hadn't found yet.

Steel and aluminium are good, but the current quenching process is completely out of his command.

"Don't worry, since the War Department is interested in the T193 series, let's get this order first and then study it slowly. "There's no urgency for this kind of thing.

The development of the M16 began in 1953 and was the second generation of rifles that were reequipped in the United States after World War II.

Now the time is 21 years ahead, and the knowledge and industrial maturity in all aspects are more than 20 years behind, and the difficulty can be imagined.

"Regarding the rotary type you said... High pressure... Back to the chamber, in the skunk may be able to find the answer, von Kármán is there. ”

The adjustment of the supersonic wind tunnel has just ended, and von Kármán has been staying at Skunk for nearly half a year, presiding over the adjustment and testing of the wind tunnel.

Caltech's Guggenheim Pneumatic Laboratory had to make countless phone calls at a time to get their director back for a few days.

After dealing with their problems, he turned around and ran back to Skunk to preside over the wind tunnel experiments and the construction of the supersonic wind tunnel here.

Graduate students from Chiba University and Northwestern University were overjoyed, and the number of Skunk internships in aeronautics and aerodynamics increased by 20 again.

Although there are many schools for the school, because of the previous cooperation, Skunk will give priority to interns from Chiba University and Northwestern University every time.

Not only do you have state-of-the-art equipment, laboratories, but also top experts in many disciplines, and more importantly, internships are well paid.

Now the partners of the Skunk have expanded to the eight Ivy League schools.

Cooperate with the top laboratories and scientists in the United States, among which there are many Nobel laureates, who makes Li Zitao willing to invest!

In other laboratories, where the annual R&D funds of 10 or 200,000 US dollars are considered high, his investment in the Skunk R&D Center is 5 million US dollars per year.

As long as the project is approved, it does not matter whether there are results in the short term, and there is naturally a set of strict scrutiny.

But even this gives hope to many 'pretentious' geniuses, because they are greeted only by rejection and ridicule elsewhere than here.

Not everyone can discern pearls, Li Zitao and Skunk can't either, all they can do is provide each other with one more chance.

As for whether it is a dragon or a worm in the end, it depends on the other party's own ability.

"I didn't think of that. After listening to Li Zitao's suggestion, Mitheus called his assistant with great interest, packed up all the materials and models and left in a hurry.

For the scale of the Skunk International Experimental Center, let alone outsiders, even Mitheus felt envious.

It's just that he always thought that there was more of a rtowards aviation research and development, but he forgot that there was some interoperability between the two.

When Skunk found von Kármán, the 13th test of the supersonic wind tunnel was being performed.

The overall effect of the wind tunnel did not live up to von Kármán's expectations, but it was sufficient for now.

The world's first 'supersonic wind tunnel laboratory' was born at the Skunk International R&D Center, which earned Skunk a reputation in the academic community.