Chapter 455: Stockless Rifle
Although Zhao Zhongyao asked Chen Dongshan and Zhang Lianying to design the drawings of the new gun, it was used to produce the first experimental gun of the 308 base. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but he really didn't have much confidence in the new guns designed by these two people. Because he already knows something about this firearm. Even if it hasn't been produced yet. I also know that it is not good.
As a parallel space that has come to this backward military technology from the 21st century, Zhao Zhongyao already has a considerable understanding of the guns and weapons designed by Chen Dongshan and Zhang Lianying.
This kind of stockless long barrel type rifle, he also saw it before his death. Although it was also popular for a while, it was eventually eliminated by the market and did not become the direction of development of light weapons in the future.
The stockless structure rifle is a major change in the history of rifles, and the stockless structure rifle is not really "stockless", in fact, the "stockless" rifle has a more complex internal structure of the "receiver". That is, the traditional butt was removed and the receiver was directly put against the shoulder. This structure essentially encloses the receiver and firing mechanism in a large butt, with the grip in front, the magazine and the automaton in the rear, thus shortening the length of the whole gun while keeping the barrel length unchanged. This is the most striking feature of the supportless structure.
Since the receiver is directly used as a shoulder, the structural layout constitutes a "straight butt" with the axis of the barrel and the main support point in a straight line. The advantage of a straight butt is that the recoil generated by the shot is transmitted in a straight line, the moment of the barrel jumping or swinging is almost zero, and the use of high-muzzle velocity small-caliber bullets with low ballistic extension makes the shooting accuracy higher than that of traditional rifles. But things are divided into two, due to the height difference between the butt and the eyepoint, in order to meet the ergonomic needs of the user aiming according to the gun, straight butt rifles, including the American M16 rifle, have to relatively increase the distance between the aiming baseline and the axis of the rifle, which is why the stockless rifle sight appears higher than the traditional rifle, and the human head is relatively much more exposed.
Due to the abandonment of the traditional buttstock, the length of the gun has been shortened, and the height and width have been increased under the dual requirements of structural layout and ergonomics. Because the grip is placed in the middle of the whole gun, the mass of the front and rear tends to be even, and the center of mass of the whole gun generally falls just near the grip, and the feeling of holding the gun in one hand is obviously better. Due to the "lack of butt", when aiming at the gun, the gills were directly attached to the receiver cover where the automaton was frequently moved, and a thicker outer sheath had to be added here. At the same time, in order to make the whole gun coordinated, many parts of the gun, such as handguards, were also thickened accordingly. This is not inappropriate, the outer sheath is thicker, especially the use of a large number of reinforced nylon injection molded outer sheath, so that the gun itself anti-drop and anti-collision performance is greatly improved. At the same time, it is also good for protection against high RF causes of scorching heat, as well as stability and grip comfort for shooting from the gun. The average distance between the grip of the stockless gun is 400mm, which is greater than the distance of the traditional assault rifle, so when the shooter is against the shoulder of the gun, the distance between the two arms is also larger, if it is a short shooter or wearing an overcoat and body armor, it will be more difficult; if you are forced to fight with the enemy, then the front hand holds a wide handguard, and the rear hand holds a wide butt, which is obviously not so handy.
Since its inception, the stockless rifle has been favored by the armies of some countries mainly because it has the power of an assault rifle and the length of a submachine gun, which is especially suitable for combat use in narrow spaces and complex terrain conditions. However, due to the limitations of its structure and layout, in addition to the shortcomings mentioned above, the "five-short-stated" stockless rifle still has the following shortcomings in combat use: First, the shooter's eyes are above and behind the shell window, and the gunpowder gas that overflows during shooting irritates the eyes; second, it is not conducive to making full use of terrain and features to exert firepower, such as using the corner of the right wall to shoot backhand; third, the rear magazine is often limited by the firing position, and it is inconvenient to shoot at elevation or depression angles, and so on.
Rifles, as the most common individual weapon in the army, must have the greatest possible tactical utility, battlefield adaptability and human-machine adaptability. The reason why the two major rifle powers, the United States and Russia, did not adopt the "stockless structure" rifle may be related to this.
Zhao Zhongyao is also quite familiar with guns of this structure. The shape of the gun on the gun drawings designed by Zhang Lianying and Chen Dongshan together is similar to an assault rifle without a stockless structure that he had seen during his lifetime.
Since Zhao Zhongyao already knew that this assault rifle had many shortcomings, it would eventually be eliminated by the AK-47. Therefore, he does not pay attention to the task of designing and producing the new gun this time at all.
When he was in a meeting, he said so seriously, it was just to let everyone have a high sense of responsibility and discipline in the production of weapons.
Because, he knows, the kind of gun he wants to produce can be said to be the most difficult gun in the world. And if this kind of gun is to be produced, the workers who produce this kind of gun will never be ordinary workers.
But these workers had never produced a rifle as demanding as the AK-47 before. How can they have the same high sense of responsibility and self-discipline as they did when they produced the AK-47? This requires them to put a certain amount of mental pressure on them first, and then conduct an experiment with an ordinary firearm weapon.
Zhao Zhongyao said that he was very important to the task of weapon production this time. In fact, he had long planned in his heart to put the drawings designed by these two old guys in the garbage can, so that everyone could directly produce the AK-47 drawings he designed.
It's just that he can't do this now, and the guns of the two old guys haven't been designed yet, so how can you say that the design is not good. Everything, only when this kind of gun is produced and there are many problems, then it can be shown that the guns they designed are not very good.
For Zhao Zhongyao, his first task now is to get the design drawings of his AK-47.
Although he had already drawn the sketch before, he could make it into a blueprint and take it to the workshop for production and processing, which required further 'detailed drawing'.
Zhao Zhongyao set up a production task commando team, and let Zhao Gang be in charge, that is, he had to buy some time, and after the new gun was produced, he could also get the design drawings of this AK-47, and when the time came, if the new guns designed by these two old guys were not very good, then their own drawings could come in handy immediately, which would not delay time.
You must know that it is now less than a month before going to country M to participate in the light weapons exhibition, and there is even less time left for Zhao Zhongyao and Zhao Gang to produce new weapons.
Of course, it can be said that the drawings of this kind of gun that Zhao Zhongyao is designing are still being carried out secretly! No one else knows about it, and he doesn't want others to know about it for the time being.
Every day after going to work, Zhao Zhongyao will symbolically go around the workshop to see how the new weapons produced by everyone are doing.
At the same time, he will also chat with Zhao Gang and ask him to strictly check the quality of each process. The new gun must be produced smoothly.
Zhao Gang also nodded in agreement. At the same time, it is guaranteed that three experimental new guns will be produced within a week.
For the first two days, everything went smoothly. It seems that everything is going well, and new guns will be produced soon.
Zhang Lianying and Chen Dongshan will also go to the workshop from time to time to take a look. They were also happy when they saw that the individual gun parts they had designed had been produced by the workers.
You must know that the rifle designed by Zhang Lianying was not designed by himself. It's just that he 'plagiarized' someone else's work.
And Chen Dongshan also knows a lot about this. Therefore, the two of them can be said to not know much about the situation of the new gun. It's just curious what this kind of gun looks like when it is produced, after all, the two of them have never seen this kind of gun before.
The first two days went well, but on the third day, something went wrong.
Because this firearm has a long barrel. And an ordinary rifle barrel is not so long. Previously, lathes were used to produce short barrels. Now it is a bit difficult to produce long barrels.
The lathe is not suitable, and it is necessary to replace it with a large lathe.
However, it will take a long time to change the lathe. It will take at least half a month to apply to the superiors to get the approval, and then transport the large lathe from other bases.
And Zhao Zhongyao, they couldn't wait so long. They had to produce the three new guns within a week.
When there is a problem, no one can solve it. As the commando captain, Zhao Gang was also sweating urgently, but he really couldn't think of any way.
So he had no choice but to go to Director Zhao.
At that time, Zhao Zhongyao was in his office and continued to draw drawings of his AK-47 assault rifle! He thought, the workers had gone to work, and no one bothered him. So he made drawings in the office with peace of mind!
At that time, he left the door of his office open, and because the weather was hot and humid at the time, it seemed that it wanted to rain. Zhao Zhongyao felt a little stuffy, so he opened the door to breathe.
But at this moment, Zhao Gang came to the door of his office.
When he saw it, the office door was open, and Zhao Zhongyao was sitting at his desk, concentrating on drawing drawings.
So he came directly to Zhao Zhongyao.
Because Zhao Zhongyao was very attentive, he didn't notice that someone was standing in front of him for a while.
"Director Zhao, what are you busy with!" Zhao Gang felt a little strange when he saw that Zhao Zhongyao was drawing a design drawing that seemed to be also a gun.
However, he is no longer interested in these things now, he has something to come to Director Zhao and ask him to solve it quickly!
"I'm --- I'm learning how to design guns and weapons!"
When Zhao Zhongyao saw that it was Zhao Gang, he was a little embarrassed. I wanted to put the drawings up first, but I felt that Zhao Gang had already seen it, so what was the point of doing it again, so I casually said a reason.
"Director Zhao, isn't our base led by Expert Zhang! Isn't he just a firearms expert, who specializes in designing guns and weapons, why do you still have to learn these things yourself? ”
As soon as Zhao Gang heard Zhao Zhongyao's words, he was a little puzzled. He thought, there are ready-made firearms experts in the base, and they still use you, the leader, to learn this technology.
"This --- it's just my hobby, what's the matter, aren't you thinking about designing a gun!" Zhao Zhongyao listened to Zhao Gang's words, he was a little unhappy, thinking why this person asked so much, so he asked Zhao Gang instead.
"I --- I've thought about it before, but my stylistic level is too low, and I don't have enough power for things like design drawings!"
Zhao Gang also wants to progress to become a designer! But due to the limitation of his cultural quality, he has never dared to do this kind of thing.
"Zhao Gang, what you said is wrong. What cultural quality, as long as you like it, as long as you do it, no matter what kind of cultural quality, you can become a designer. ”
Zhao Zhongyao listened to Zhao Gang's words, and he had some different opinions. After all, he himself is such an example.
Originally, he was just a theoretical physicist who studied physics. It has little to do with the design of military-industrial weapons. He also did not design any missiles, guns, weapons before.
It's just that his original big dream, in this world, seems to be not so easy to achieve. And the reality is that the country's military-industrial weapons are very backward. It takes a military expert to change all that.
It was precisely when Zhao Zhongyao saw such an opportunity that he changed from a theoretical physicist to an experimental military expert.
Of course, this is also inseparable from his hobby of military weapons during his lifetime, how to say, he was an old military fan during his lifetime. This is the premise for him to become a famous military expert in this world. If he had no interest in military weapons, how could he have designed many advanced weapons.
Therefore, hobbies are very important, with hobbies, you can do a thing well, if you don't have a hobby, it is impossible to do a thing well no matter what.
Didn't the great Dr. Albert Einstein famously say, "Love is the best teacher." No matter what kind of work you do, you can only do it well if you love it, and if you don't have any interest in it, you can't do it well.
As long as you are interested, even if you are not highly educated, you can become a designer. Whether you can become an excellent designer is mainly a matter of personal hobbies, not a matter of education.
"Really, I've always been interested in designing guns, but no one taught me, so I didn't know where to start. I don't know how Director Zhao learned these things, and who taught you. ”
Zhao Gang looked at the design of a gun in front of him, on which a very advanced looking gun was drawn. And the drawing is very similar, and the gun on the drawing designed by Zhang Lianying that he saw, although it is different in appearance, judging from the level of the design drawing itself, it is even better than the one drawn by Expert Zhang! )