Chapter 648 - Semi-Automatic Rifle
The elegant and slender body of the rifle drawn on the drawing, with its unique under-feed magazine, indicates that it is very different from today's independent regimental rifles made by Hanyang.
But all the citizens of the future republic who have gone to university, participated in military training, and shot live ammunition if they were here, they will surely say in unison the name of the famous gun made by the republic in the fifties of this century, ---- five or six and a half.
That's right, the standard rifle that Liu Lang hoped to equip the independent regiment with was the rifle that had been in service for the longest time in the Republic----- Type 56 semi-automatic rifle.
Borrowing from the five or six halves of the SKS rifle finalized in World War II with the Red Polar Bear, the body length is 1025 mm plus the spear 1220 mm, the net weight of the whole gun is 3.75 kg, the ammunition capacity of the gun magazine is 10 rounds, the combat rate of fire is 35 to 40 rounds per minute, the effective range is 400 meters, and the scale range can reach more than 1000 meters.
The rate of fire of 15 rounds per second can beat the standard rate of fire of 10 rounds per second into slag, not to mention, the magazine of 10 rounds is also twice that of all manual rifles in the Chinese battlefield with a five-round magazine.
It can be said that if this kind of semi-automatic rifle is matched with the Japanese army's 38 big cover, Liu Lang is fully confident that an infantry platoon's instantaneous fire barrage coverage can exceed that of an infantry squadron of Japanese invaders.
Of course, semi-automatic rifles are awesome on the Chinese battlefield now, and they are not a new technology. The world's first semi-automatic rifle appeared and entered the Mexican army 26 years ago. Two years later, in 1935, the American GIs, who claimed to be the most powerful, would be fully equipped with the famous M1 Garand rifle.
It was precisely this famous rifle that made the Japanese realize on the small island in the Pacific Ocean that their mighty 38 big gai on the Chinese battlefield was not much better than a burning stick, and the Japanese army top brass who were forced to pay the price for their petty family spirit.
However, it takes several years for a gun to be developed and finalized, and the Japanese simply have no time. Liu Lang was not afraid that the Japanese would be taught a lesson by the independent regiment and turn around to develop semi-automatic rifles to equip the troops, first, a few years later, the Japanese elite veterans had already been exhausted on the Chinese battlefield, even if they were equipped with semi-automatic rifles, they could not change their fate of gradually going to defeat; Second, the Japanese army's top brass had already proved their stubbornness in the past time and space, and the 300,000 troops of the German armourers of the national army were equipped with a large number of Thomson submachine guns, and they did not change their determination to refuse to use submachine guns, which consume a lot of ammunition, into the army.
The small island country, for the sake of a big war with China, is about to smelt all the kitchen knives into bullets. The Japanese overestimated their war potential too much, and also underestimated the determination of the Chinese to fight to the death in the face of the destruction of the country.
"This gun? Is it a semi-automatic rifle? Xiong Zhen asked tentatively.
"That's right, it's the semi-automatic rifles that have begun to be installed in Western countries." Liu Lang nodded.
"The firepower is extremely strong, but the length is not enough, which is not good for the stab! The Japanese army's Type 38 rifle is close to 1.7 meters, which is 40 centimeters shorter with military spurs! Moreover, the consumption of bullets is too large, which increases the logistical burden, and I think it is better to imitate the Mosingana rifle of the Russians, whether in terms of range or bullet power, it is enough to deal with the Japanese Type 38 rifle. "Since Comrade Lao Ye began to consciously become the chief ordnance designer of the Independent Regiment, he has begun to study and study all kinds of ordnance materials and has become an ordnance expert.
This is engaged in physics, and getting started with these mechanical classes is much faster than ordinary people.
"It's not enough to fight the stab, that's because the firepower is not enough, if there is a gun with more firepower, our soldiers can shoot all the enemies who try to fight on the way to their charge, I want the Japanese to make a note on their military regulations, never fight with the independent regiment of the Chinese Seventh Route Army, because Lao Tzu didn't plan to give them this opportunity." Liu Lang replied domineeringly.
Including Liu Lang, everyone present did not expect that Liu Lang would actually say a prophecy that the Japanese front-line command headquarters after being beaten a few times by the headquarters of the independent regiment equipped with semi-automatic rifles in the future really issued a slightly strange military regulation similar to what Liu Lang said.
In fact, the Japanese soldiers charging with bayonets had never rushed within ten meters of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who had jumped out of the trenches and also seemed to be stabbing with guns. The semi-automatic rifle in the hands of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment seemed to never run out of bullets, and hundreds of people were on fire at the same time, and the terrible barrage of bullets overshadowed the 96 light machine gun, which had a rate of fire of up to 500 rounds per minute.
"Commander Liu, semi-automatic rifles are not bad, but why have the Western powers begun to gradually change to semi-automatic, while in Asia, why do the Japanese and our country still choose single-shot bolt-action rifles as standard rifles?" A fat man with a baby on his face, a fat shirt on a hot day, the buttons were tightly buttoned, and he looked not only green but also a little shy, plucked up the courage to ask Liu Langdao.
The voice is somewhat crisp, and it is estimated that it has not changed its voice yet.
Liu Lang couldn't help but smile when he glanced at the youngest student who was nicknamed "Su Xiaomei" by Xiong Zhen and them to come to Guangyuan. Although Liu Lang didn't know how this 18-year-old little guy would shine his name in the sky of the republic in the future, but just for the question he asked, this person's vision was not simple, no wonder Comrade Lao Ye picked and picked him, and he was able to bring him to Guangyuan from dozens of high-achieving students.
"That's a good question, and it's right to the point." Liu Lang nodded with a smile and glanced at "Little Sister Su" who was a little reddened with encouragement. "Why do China and Japan have to be one step behind the Western powers? Is it because they don't want to make progress? Apparently not, because the Japanese who are poor in their own resources and have their eyes on the abundant resources of Asian countries dream of becoming the Great Japanese Empire. If it is said that China even has to import bullets because of the backwardness of various industries, and it is a last resort to choose to imitate the German Mauser 88 rifle, then Japan, which has always regarded China as the number one target, has been misled by their slashing in their bones and our Chinese standard weapons, because they insist that the 38-type rifle is enough to deal with China's Hanyang-made, and there is no need to equip semi-automatic rifles that cost more bullets and resources.
Of course, weak logistics are also an important reason why the military departments of the two countries jointly chose single-shot rifles. Don't look at the comparison between the Japanese and our country, there are cars and horse-drawn carriages, but compared with the Americans and Germans who are equipped with a large number of trucks and motorcycles, their logistics transportation capacity is not a fart, and if a big war is about to start, our country is vast, and the battle line will become longer and longer, and their logistics that are not so strong will definitely be tight. Hehe, the Japanese have been drooling over our stormy China since the First Sino-Japanese War, and all the army deployments are set up to deal with our country! ”
"However, then Liu Tuanzuo, when you chose this rifle, didn't you consider the logistics of the independent regiment?" Although the flush on her face was not dissipated, Su Xiaomei still chose to ask bravely.
"Haha, so, this involves another problem, for the caliber of the rifle, I choose 6.5*50 ammunition, which is common with the Japanese 38 rifle and the Taisho 11 young machine gun." Liu Lang smiled.
Ye Qisun 。。。。。。
Langtuan, this is going to do something again!