Chapter 117: A New Submachine Gun (Extra 7)
The excited Furtwängler left, and Ciric was very satisfied with the exchange and asked Furtwängler to compose the music, just piggybacking, and the point was to keep these brilliant minds in Germany!
This matter needs to be put to an end for the time being, and contact with other scientists needs to be gradually developed in the future. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As for now, the most important thing for Shirek is the equipment of the 1st Armored Division!
The tanks are fully equipped, as well as armored vehicles, as well as submachine guns!
So, after officially becoming commander of the Waffen-SS, Ciric stayed in the barracks for less than a month, and then headed for the Elma Arsenal with a few of his men.
Located in Germany's important Ruhr industrial region, it is full of factories and is the premise of the German war machine.
On the first day of Shirek's arrival at the Panzer Division, the Erma Factory, also known as the Erfurt Machine Factory, sent an order to the factory to build a new submachine gun.
And after receiving Ciric's order, in less than a month, they took out a sample gun, which was quite fast!
Sitting in the car, thinking about the report of Erma's company, Ciric knew in his heart that all this was also due to another person's work.
Heinrich Folmer, Germany's master of firearms, as early as 1912, at the age of 24, Folmer founded the Folmer company to devote himself to firearms research.
Ten years later, he improved on the MP18 submachine gun used in World War I, adding a vertical grip to the wooden front stock and improving portability and operational reliability, and the improved gun became known as the MP25.
This firearm, which received an appropriation from the German military, was improved up to the MP30, as a result of which, because there was no barrel sleeve, it did not pass the acceptance of the armament inspection department.
As a result, in 1930 the military ended its patronage. At the same time as developing an improved submachine gun, Folmer also signed a contract with the military for the production of a large number of gun masks. As a result, thousands of guns and masks were out of sales, resulting in a backlog, unable to return funds, and the company facing bankruptcy.
In this case, in October 1931, the Elmar Company decided to buy all the sales rights of the Folmer Company at a low price, thinking that it could only be sold abroad, but it did not expect that this submachine gun actually ushered in a turnaround again!
"General Ciric, you're very welcome." The company's president, Bethold Geppert, spoke enthusiastically to Ciric. The number two man in the Workers' Party is now a household name in Germany.
"I heard that our submachine gun, a prototype gun has already been launched?" Ciric said to Thold.
"Yes, please come here." Berthold said.
Behind the company, there is the shooting range, and at this time, a jet-black submachine gun is ready here!
As expected by Ciric, this gun is very similar to the historical MP36, but it was made a year earlier!
"According to the requirements of the troops, it needs to be a compact submachine gun that can be used in an armored vehicle, and it must also have enough firepower, so we developed this submachine gun." Hugo Schmeiser, who was next to Berthold, said that by this time he was already the main designer in the arsenal.
"This is an improvement over our original EMP submachine gun, changing the wooden fixed stock to a folding stock; installation of small grips to enhance shooting stability; A hook-shaped guide was added under the barrel to prevent the gun from slipping back when firing inside the car. ”
"At the same time, in order to reduce the mass of the gun, we stamped some longitudinal grooves on the steel receiver; A large circular cut was added to the outside of the intake; The lower receiver is made of lighter bucklett plastic; Canceled unnecessary single, continuous fast and slow machines; The lever magazine buckle, which was originally located behind the intake, was changed to a push-button type and moved to the left side of the receiver. Hugo introduced to Ciric.
Ciric picked up the submachine gun, and naturally, holding the upper end of the magazine in his left hand and the small grip in his right hand, pulled the bolt and aimed at the target in front of him.
"Bulging." The crisp sound of gunfire came, and with the sound of gunfire, the 9 mm bullet warhead came out of the gun ** and flew to the target in front, and at the same time, the bullet muzzle on the right side, one by one, shot casings, flew out!
This scene is really shocking!
Due to the use of pistol cartridges, the recoil of the submachine gun is small, and Ciric can easily complete the action of shooting without using the butt.
Other people were immediately envious of Ciric, this submachine gun only exists in the factory, ordinary outsiders don't know how to operate it, but General Ciric can already be easily controlled!
Moreover, the bullet that has just been fired has five rounds on target! Good head!
Berthold is very excited, just look at the performance of Ciric now, this gun can finally be finalized!
"Bulging." This time, Ciric opened the folding butt and fired against his shoulder, completing another burst of fire.
Asked about the smell of gunsmoke, Ciric put down the gun: "Well, this gun, it feels okay, but there are still a few questions, let's go to the conference room to discuss together." ”
Issue! General Ciric is simply too godly! After just trying it out, it's time to give your feedback! This surprised and delighted Berthold, surprised that it still needs to be improved, and pleased that the serial production of this rifle is absolutely no problem!
"The first and most important question." "I think that the current submachine gun, the number of bullets carried by the magazine is insufficient, I only fired twice, and the bullets have already run out, and on the battlefield, changing the magazine frequently is the most dangerous for the fighter," said Shirek. ”
There are two types of magazines for this submachine gun, 32 rounds and 20 rounds, and the version of the 20-round magazine used by Ciric just now is a submachine gun! Bullets will be consumed violently! Only 20 rounds, even 32 rounds, is not enough!
The question raised by Ciric is quite acute, on the battlefield, when changing magazines, it is the most dangerous, and many soldiers are killed at this time.
(I have checked a lot of information, there are many theories about the developer of this submachine gun, some say that it took Hugo Schmeiser nearly two years to develop, Heinrich Folmer spent less than 5 months to make modifications, and some say that Hugo Himaisi developed the MP28II submachine gun on the basis of MP18I, which was produced by the Henell company, and then continued to improve its submachine gun and developed the MP34 and MP36 submachine guns.) And about Hugo, it is said to be in the Hernell company. I don't know which information to believe, so I simply wrote Ulma Company, please don't complain Oh, who has more accurate information, please send it to the book review area, let East China Zhixiong see it. )