The 7.92mm caliber Mauser series rifle has been used as the standard rifle of the German army since its birth in 1898, and the latest Mauser 98K began to equip the army in 1935 and became the main rifle of Germany in World War II. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Mauser 98K inherited the classic rotary pull-back bolt of the 98 series Mauser rifle, with a safety device at the tail of the bolt. The bullets are staggered in two rows with built-in magazines, and the 5-round magazine is used to reload the bullets.

The Mauser 98K is a reliable and accurate rifle that is considered one of the best rotary pull-back rifles of World War II.

Not bad, it's just a bolt-action rifle!

Although the accuracy is high enough to be used as a sniper rifle, although the cost is quite low, and although the magazine is used to reduce the loss of reload time, it is still too backward after all!

Hearing Ciric's words, Schellner was even more angry: "Even if it's a stupid pig, he won't do the stupid thing of distributing Mauser rifles to our armored division!" ”

Just when he was reviewing the troops, Ciric had already seen that the troops were neatly groomed, and most of the soldiers were carrying Mauser rifles on their shoulders!

Needless to say, Panzergrenadiers, this kind of scene is not harmonious.

As an armored unit, because of the use of vehicle-mounted weapons such as artillery and machine guns, it has great lethality against long-distance targets and is a sharp weapon for attacking fortifications.

However, armored vehicles are often attacked by various weapons at close range in complex terrain. Due to the limitations of the armored vehicle itself, it is slow to respond to attacks at close range.

For example, although there are two machine guns on tanks today, there are still large dead spots for shooting.

Therefore, the tank needs on-board infantry to protect its safety, and this distance is generally within 150 meters. Germany needs to use weapons with a high rate of fire to throw a large number of bullets at the enemy in a short period of time in order to stop the enemy!

It's just that the traditional Mauser rifle can't achieve this purpose, and in terms of the rate of fire, the rate of fire of a single-shot bolt-action rifle is too low! The firepower is too small!

So, in comparison, it is still suitable for submachine guns!

When Ciric first came here, he used an MP18 submachine gun.

In the trench warfare of World War I, this weapon was called, and the submachine gun, known as the portable machine gun, came to the stage, using pistol bullets and an extremely high rate of fire, making this weapon the favorite weapon of the infantry.

Now, Germany is constantly improving submachine guns, and MPl8/l, MP28/ll, MP34/l, MP35/l, and Erma submachine guns have appeared one after another, but these weapons still maintain the level of the First World War and have not developed much.

When it comes to World War II, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The swastika flag flying high, the passionate Tiger tank, the Stuka bomber falling from the sky, the MG42 light machine gun with a crisp sound, and the MP40 submachine gun equipped with the German elite troops!

That's right, it's the MP40 submachine gun! Compared with the previous MP18 submachine gun born from a rifle, the MP38 and MP40 series submachine guns are completely different from the previous ones!

Historically, this submachine gun was first designed by Hugo Schmeiser and developed at the Elma Arsenal to produce the MP36 submachine gun.

Compared with the famous MP38 submachine gun, the main difference in appearance is that the magazine of the MP36 submachine gun is tilted 30 degrees to the left, which makes it easier to hold the magazine with the left hand.

Later, in order to simplify production, the magazine was changed to a vertical design.

By 1938, after the improvement of this submachine gun, it was officially produced and equipped with the designation MP38 submachine gun.

This gun was born to meet the needs of German armored and paratrooper units for automatic weapons for close assault operations. After that, it began its glorious World War II career.

In the short but fierce Polish campaign, in the face of the stubborn resistance of Polish soldiers, the MP38 successfully protected the weak defense of Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 tanks and German armored vehicles, the heavy fire of the MP38 made the Polish anti-tank soldiers armed with cluster grenades and Molotov cocktails at a loss!

And in order to further simplify the production process and increase production efficiency, this submachine gun was again improved in 1940. A large number of parts with stamping and welding processes replace parts with MP38 machining processes to reduce costs.

At the same time, standardized parts are produced separately in each factory and assembled in the assembly plant in a unified manner, which is easy to produce in large quantities, and even some non-military enterprises can subcontract the production of parts, which has good processing economy and parts interchangeability. Since then, it has become a famous gun and a symbol of Germany in World War II.

And now, it's only a year away from 36 years, and it's not ahead of the times, at this time, to give the Elma Arsenal a task and support, you should be able to tinker with this submachine gun, and you don't even need any hints from yourself!

Again, this is a short-term plan, and in the long run, there is still a gap in firepower between the Mauser rifle and the submachine gun, and this gap in firepower is best undertaken by an assault rifle with intermediate power ammunition!

The development of AK series rifles similar to the later Soviet Union will also be the focus of the future, but from the current point of view, the development of the MP38 series of submachine guns is also very necessary.

After all, there are already ready-made submachine guns that can be improved, and ammunition of intermediate power, then you need to start from scratch.

Historically, in 1941, Germany successfully developed and began to produce 7.92×33mm rifle cartridges, and the length of the cartridge case was reduced from 57 mm to 33 mm of the original 7.92×57mm standard rifle cartridge.

At the same time, by 1943, the Soviet Union had also successfully developed the 7.62×39mm M1943 type cartridge for an intermediate type of cartridge between a pistol cartridge and a rifle cartridge.

After that, small calibers became popular, and in the 70s the USSR developed the 5.45x39 mm cartridge, while the Huaxia had a 5.8×42 mm DBP87 cartridge, and NATO had a NATO standard cartridge of 5.56x45 mm.

With so many of them, which one is suitable? This requires several years of experimentation and judgment by military personnel before it can be finalized, so it is absolutely impossible to achieve it overnight now, and if you want to enter service as soon as possible, it is still suitable for submachine guns.

After the selection is completed and a similar assault rifle is developed, the second-line troops, servant troops, artillery, transport troops and other indirect combatants in the occupied areas who maintain law and order are equipped with weapons and submachine guns are still good! Even if they are eliminated in the army, they can be used!

So, after some thought, Ciric finally made a decision: "Since the Mauser rifle is not suitable, then we will equip our troops with a larger proportion of submachine guns, and we need a new submachine gun to meet our needs." ”