Chapter 284: The Problem of Bullets

The Czech light weapons are quite good, and the caliber is exactly the same as the German caliber, although the fire sustainance of the ZB26 light machine gun is not high, but it is also a light machine gun after all. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The speed of expansion of the German Army is quite fast, although the first-line elite troops can be equipped with advanced tanks and become armored divisions, but the second-line troops are very poorly equipped, and they still use the Mauser 98K rifle as the main force, and it would be very good to equip this machine gun with the second-line troops.

On the other hand, this gun must continue to be exported, especially in China, now that the Anti-Japanese War is in full swing, a large number of weapons are needed, and Germany also needs the resources of Huaxia, at this time, of course, the production of this gun can not be stopped.

Over the years, the trade between Germany and China has also been going on, and German weapons have been exported to China in exchange for various resources that Germany needs.

"In addition to this light machine gun, the Brno plant also produces our more advanced weapons." "Including our MG34 light machine gun, as well as our 6.8mm submachine gun and ammunition," Ciric said. ”

Now, this new 6.8 mm submachine gun, after many experiments, has completed the finalization, the overall structure, and the AK series rifles of later generations are very similar, the structure is simple and reliable, the failure rate is low, and finally entered the stage of mass production.

Now, this submachine gun, officially named the MP38 submachine gun, is completely different from the historical submachine guns.

This weapon, after being equipped with the army, was immediately welcomed, and the shortage of weapons was quite large, relying on the domestic light weapons factories in Germany, it could not meet the production needs at all, so it had to be placed in the Czech Republic for mass production!

After all, the Czech Republic is the world's second largest military factory, and with Czech production, it is enough to replace the army's existing Mauser rifles in a structured manner, at least to replace the elite troops on the front line.

And after the large-scale promotion of this submachine gun, the number of bullets needed will also increase exponentially.

In addition to Germany's production line, which has begun to produce 6.8 mm bullets, as the second largest military industrial country, of course, it will also fully switch to 6.8 mm bullets.

At the same time, the production line of 7.92 mm bullets should also be retained, after all, machine guns, as well as Mauser rifles for second-line and snipers, are still 7.92 mm bullets.

"I have an idea." Looking at these most famous military experts in Europe, Ciric said: "Can our bullets be replaced by steel?" ”

The bullet casings and warheads are all copper, and although copper is no longer used as currency, this thing is also a relatively valuable metal.

After intervening in the Spanish Civil War, Germany also got a lot of benefits, for example, the minerals in Spain were almost monopolized by Germany, the most important of which was the Leo Tinto copper mine, with the minerals of this copper mine, Germany did not have to worry about copper production for the time being.

However, there are also many places that are needed, for example, about bullets.

The bullets of this era are all made of copper, and the warheads and shells are all copper.

The main reason is that copper has good mechanical properties.

When the bullet is fired, it will rub against the chamber and the barrel, and there is rifling in the gun, if it is a hard metal, maybe it will be stuck in the owner, and it will explode directly, or the wear and tear on the barrel is great, and it will be scrapped after a few rounds. Compared with the body of the gun, the texture of copper is much softer, and it can be fired smoothly.

Moreover, after firing, it is easier to draw the shell, which is even more important for automatic rifles.

Secondly, the ductility of metal copper is also relatively good, which is convenient for making bullet shells and warheads, and at the same time, copper has a certain strength, which can withstand the huge impact force that needs to be borne when the bullet is fired.

Finally, copper is not easy to rust, which is also an advantage.

But, after all, this is copper! Now, with the introduction of fully automatic weapons, the consumption of bullets will increase dramatically, and it will be necessary to find suitable cheap alternatives to meet the needs of the empire's expansion.

Like, with steel instead!

Ciric looked at the surprised gazes of the people below and continued his topic, what he wanted to talk about was Huaxia's steel core copper clad and painted ammunition.

Now, copper will continue to be used for production, but research will also be carried out to replace large quantities of copper with steel as soon as possible.

Of course, it is impossible to replace it comprehensively, at least the inside of the warhead is a steel core, and the outside must be covered with copper.

There was silence for a long time before one of the technicians below spoke: "In this case, I am afraid it will increase the risk of jamming." ”

A gun, reliability is the most important, if the bullet jams, then for the fighters who use it, it is a consequence of death, and the increase in the rate of gun jamming is a considerable accident.

"I believe that through the efforts of our technicians, the problem of high drop rate will be solved." "Now, the base camp has a plan, and if this bullet is successfully developed, it will give all technicians the status of sacred Aryans," said Ciric. ”

In later generations, Huaxia used this kind of bullet, and I didn't hear how many complaints the troops had, so the jamming rate was not high, and at the same time, this kind of bullet was full of power, and it was much cheaper, and the cost of five steel core copper-clad and painted ammunition was equal to one all-copper shell ammunition.

Hitler's speech was so successful that many people wanted to become holy Aryans, just as commoners were to become nobles, and it was better to use this stimulus than money.

Sure enough, all the technicians had a longing in their eyes, and Reinhardt's brainwashing operation was also carried out successfully.

Ciric inspected the company for three days, the first two days mainly to inspect the arsenal, and the third day was in the automobile factory.

Skoda is an arms factory, but at the same time, it is also an automobile factory.

When the MladΓ‘-Boleslav factory, which specializes in the production of cars, came here and inspected their cars, Shirek kept shaking his head.

"The production here is too backward, and it must be rectified immediately and the assembly line operation method must be adopted." Ciric looked at the workshop where the workers were still hand-equipped and chaotic, and he was very dissatisfied with this place.

"The models produced now are too backward, and we have fully introduced our ten-ton truck production line to produce our most advanced cars in Germany."

Mechanized troops, it's not that a couple of tanks are enough, cars are more important! If there is no logistical supply, then the tank in front is a pile of scrap metal! The Soviet Union was able to support such a large tank force in World War II, and it was the result of the United States supporting hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

The domestic Ford ten-ton car is quite advanced, and the full production of this kind of car must be increased!