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The Third Empire - Chapter 114

Published at 19th of October 2021 12:01:06 PM


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The Mauser series rifle with 7.92mm caliber has been used as the German army rifle since its birth in 1898, and the latest Mauser 98K has been equipped with the army since 1935, becoming the main rifle of Germany in World War II.

Mauser 98K inherits the classic rotary back pull gun of 98 series Mauser rifle, and the tail of the gun is a safety device. A built-in magazine with two staggered rows of bullets, which is filled with 5 cartridges.

Mauser 98K is a reliable and accurate rifle. It is considered to be one of the best rotary rear pull rifles in World War II.

Yes, it's just a bolt rifle!

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

Hearing what xierik said, sherner was more angry: "even a stupid pig will not do the stupid thing of distributing Mauser rifles to our armored division!"

Just when reviewing the troops, hilrick had seen that the troops were neat and most of the soldiers were carrying Mauser rifles on their shoulders!

Needless to say, this scene is not harmonious.

As an armored force, because of the use of vehicle mounted weapons such as artillery and machine guns, it has great lethality for long-range targets and is a sharp weapon for tackling tough problems.

However, armored vehicles often encounter attacks from various weapons at close range in complex terrain. Due to the limitations of the armored vehicle itself, it has a slow response to short-range attacks.

For example, although there are two machine guns on the tank, the dead angle of shooting is still very large.

Therefore, tanks need vehicle mounted infantry to protect their safety, which is generally within 150 meters. Germany needs to use high-speed weapons to throw a large number of bullets at the enemy in a short time in order to stop the enemy!

However, the traditional Mauser rifle can not achieve this goal. From the perspective of firing speed, the firing speed of single shot bolt rifle is too low! Too little firepower!

So, in contrast, submachine guns are suitable!

At first, when Shrek first came here, he used an mp18 submachine gun.

In the trench war of World War I, this weapon was called. The submachine gun, known as the portable machine gun, came onto the stage. With pistol bullets and extremely high firing speed, this weapon was called the favorite weapon of infantry.

At present, Germany is constantly improving submachine guns, and mpl8 / L, mp28 / ll, MP34 / L, mp35 / L and Elma submachine guns have appeared one after another. However, these weapons still maintain the level of World War I and have not developed much.

What first comes to mind when it comes to World War II? The flying ten thousand character flag, the passionate Tiger tank, the Stuka bomber falling from the sky, the crisp mg42 light machine gun, and the mp40 submachine gun equipped by the elite German army!

Yes, it's the mp40 submachine gun! Compared with the mp18 submachine guns born from rifles before, mp38 and mp40 series submachine guns are completely different from the previous ones!

Historically, this submachine gun was first designed by Hugo Schmeiser in 1936 and developed at the Elma Arsenal to produce the mp36 submachine gun.

Compared with the famous mp38 submachine gun, the main appearance difference is that the magazine of mp36 submachine gun is inclined to the left by 30 °, which is convenient for holding the magazine with the left hand.

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

In 1938, after improvement, the submachine gun was officially produced and named mp38 submachine gun.

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

In the short and fierce Polish campaign, in the face of the tenacious resistance of Polish soldiers, mp38 successfully protected type 1, type 2 and type 3 tanks and German armored vehicles with fragile defense ability. Mp38's fierce firepower made Polish anti tank soldiers holding cluster grenades and incendiary bottles uncomfortable!

In order to further simplify the production process and improve the production efficiency, the submachine gun was improved again in 1940. A large number of parts with stamping and welding process replace the parts with machining process of mp38 to reduce the cost.

At the same time, standardized parts are produced separately in various factories and assembled uniformly in the general assembly plant, which is easy to produce in large quantities. 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 generation of famous guns and the symbol of Germany in World War II.

Now, it's only one year from 36 years, and it's not beyond the times. At this time, you should be able to beat up this submachine gun without any tips!

Similarly, this is a short-term plan. In the long run, there is still a fire gap between Mauser rifle and submachine gun. This fire gap is best borne by assault rifles with intermediate power ammunition!

The development of AK series rifles similar to the later Soviet Union will also be the focus in the future. However, from now on, it is also very necessary to develop mp38 series submachine guns.

After all, submachine guns already have ready-made ammunition that can be improved, and the ammunition with intermediate power needs to start from scratch.

Historically, in 1941, Germany successfully developed and began to produce 7.92 × 33 mm rifle cartridge, cartridge case length from original 7.92 × The 57mm standard rifle bullet has been reduced from 57mm to 33mm.

At the same time, in 1943, the Soviet Union also successfully developed 7.62 of the intermediate bullet between pistol bullet and rifle bullet × 39mm m1943 cartridge.

After that, small calibre became popular. The Soviet Union developed 5.45x39mm bullets in the 1970s, while China was 5.8 × The 42mm dbp87 bullet is the NATO standard bullet of 5.56x45mm.

So many, which is suitable? This requires several years of experiments and judgment by military personnel before it can be finalized. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to achieve it overnight. If you want to serve as soon as possible, submachine guns are still suitable.

After the model selection is completed and similar assault rifles are developed, the second-line troops, servants, artillery, transporters and other indirect combatants in the occupied area are equipped with good weapons and submachine guns! Even if the troops are eliminated, they can use them!

Therefore, after some thinking, Herrick finally made a decision: "since Mauser rifles are not suitable, we will equip our troops with more proportion of submachine guns. We need a new submachine gun to meet our needs."




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