Chapter 56: Another Caliber
After a period of hard work, the fire on the dry turf in the test site was finally extinguished, which also gave everyone a sigh of relief. It's the beginning of spring, the wind is relatively strong, and if there is a sudden change in the direction of the wind or a spark flying out, it will be absolutely disastrous for the entire B17. This also prompted everyone to start thinking about the feasibility of re-planning the shooting range, anyway, the land that Jiang Chen circled when he was testing the bazooka before was completely sufficient.
After they were free, everyone began to fiddle with the guns in their hands, and one by one they were eager to try, as if they wanted to shoot a few shots to see how the gun was. Under Jiang Chen's arrangement, it finally started, and everyone picked out their favorite firearms and started shooting. Of course, not everyone can get their wish, after all, there are only a few guns, and they can only be exchanged.
And Jiang Chen began to explain the methods and precautions when using these guns to everyone later, after all, it is a new gun, which is very different from the previous guns, and these people will inevitably be unsuitable for using them.
Just as he was talking, Jiang Chen was called over by Chen Guorong and asked, "Xiao Jiang, this gun, why do I feel powerless when I fight?"
"Ah, why is it powerless?" Jiang Chen said with some confusion.
"I can't put it into words, I don't feel like I have the same strength as the 56 rush. Chen Guorong said with a slight frown.
"That kind of strength?" Jiang Chen suddenly realized, what Chen Guorong said was that this gun does not have as much recoil as the 56 punch, and when you get used to the recoil of the 56 punch, it is naturally a little difficult to adapt to these guns with small recoil, and I feel that I can't use the force.
This recoil is the reaction force of the firearm when it fires a bullet, and it is with this reaction force that automatic weapons appear. As for the problem of the recoil of this automatic weapon, it is determined by the amount of reaction force consumed by the automatic mechanism in the gun, and the previous 56 punch only considered simple, cheap, reliable and usable, but there was less consideration for this detail. In order to increase the shooting accuracy of this gun, Jiang Chen had to consider these details, so as to reduce the impact of the firearm vibration caused by too much recoil on the shooting accuracy.
"That's right, Uncle Chen, the power of this gun has not decreased, but we have reduced the recoil of the gun, so you are naturally a little unaccustomed to fighting. Jiang Chen explained to him with a smile.
"Oh, yes, I still don't feel like 56 is as refreshing. Chen Guorong pouted.
Xu Shijie on the side couldn't stand it anymore and scolded with a smile: "Lao Chen, do you think everyone is as iron as you, the previous 56 punch was so recoil that the shoulders were blue and purple, and this one doesn't feel like this at all, I like it very much." ”
And Deputy Director Lu on the other side also said with a smile: "Well, this gun is still comfortable." ”
Chen Guorong was still speechless when he heard this, he picked up the 56 punch next to him as a comparison and loaded the magazine and shot a few rounds, and then took the new gun to shoot a few rounds, and finally picked up the gun and said: "Well, it's still comfortable, I feel more stable to fight, and I don't have the tremor of 56." ”
"Hahaha. Everyone laughed when they saw Leslie Chan being soft, you must know that Leslie Chen's temper is notoriously stubborn, and it is not easy to make him soft.
After playing for a while, everyone also stopped, and began to wait to check the results, and they didn't plan to play anymore, everyone was just an adult to play. Only Lu Chunyang, the representative of the army, and Zhang Sai, the chief of the security section, were still playing happily after changing the target paper, and the more they fought, the more excited they became, and they did not have the slightest intention of stopping.
The results are back, and everyone starts to have fun with their own results, what such a high grade, the first time or something endlessly. Judging from their expressions, the results this time should not be bad, and by looking at their appearance, you can tell that they have already approved of this gun.
At this time, Xu Shijie suddenly reacted and asked Jiang Chen, "Your gun uses the same bullets as our sniper rifles?"
Jiang Chen nodded and replied, this gun uses the same 7.62mmX51mm bullet as the sniper rifle, and the second does not use the 7.62mmX39mm bullet of our original rifle to ensure accuracy. Moreover, this bullet is common with sniper rifles, which just forms a series, which is more suitable for the current war operations, and also reduces the pressure on logistics supply, and it is also easier to enter the Western market.
"Stop, don't waste bullets, this bullet is expensive. Xu Shijie immediately ran over to stop the few people who were shooting. While some of them can be recycled, a large part of them cost money. For example, the propellant and primer required for bullets are not available for B17, and these need to be purchased from other brother factories and assembled by themselves.
"Why do you still use this bullet, can't our bullet be used?" asked Lu Chunyang, the military representative, with a frown.
Jiang Chen couldn't tell him so much detail, so he only explained slightly: "I'm also here for export." ”
Lu Chunyang nodded and agreed with this statement, but he asked again: "Now that the West is biased towards a small caliber of 5.56 mm, why don't you produce this caliber." ”
"We need a lot of bullets for testing, and we don't have them. Jiang Chen said helplessly.
"Can't you produce it yourself?"
"We don't have a production line for this model. Jiang Chen said with a wry smile. Yes, the B17 does boast of being a military factory that produces firearms, that is, it has four bullet production lines. This is not available in many factories in the country, you must know that it is easy to produce a gun, but it is difficult to produce a bullet, and many countries in later generations are importing bullets from other countries. And these four bullet production lines were built with the help of the Soviet Union back then, and they have been preserved since then. Previously, Jiang Chen renovated one of the production lines in order to develop a sniper rifle, from the original Soviet-style 7.62mmX39mm bullet to a 7.62mmX51mm bullet, and now if he wants to change another production line for this caliber, the factory leader will definitely not agree.
"What's not?" asked Chen Guorong on the side.
"Xiao Jiang wants to transform a bullet production line, I'm afraid you won't agree. Lu Chunyang replied with a smile.
"Oh, that's right. Chen Guorong frowned, thought for a while, and asked Jiang Chen, "What do you think?"
"That's right. Jiang Chen looked at Chen Guorong and asked and replied helplessly, originally he thought about it: "You know that the domestic production of this kind of bullet is far saturated, even if it is used for thirty years, it will not be used up, so I want to transform it into a Western standard 5.56×45mm bullet, and then go to those places this time to see if I can take some orders to produce, after all, it is not a matter to be idle like this." In addition, I want to increase the caliber of this gun, which is this caliber, so that it can better meet the needs of the international market, but there are no bullets for testing. ”
"I support. Xu Shijie on the side began to express his position: "Xiao Jiang is right, it is not a matter to be idle, and these production lines will be abandoned for another two years, so it is better to transform them to earn some foreign exchange." ”
"I also agree!" The chief and deputy director on the side also nodded in agreement.
"I agree!" Ma Guoliang, who came around, also responded.
"Are you sure you can get it?" Shan Chen Guorong looked at Jiang Chen and asked.
Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know, but as long as we produce it and can meet their standards, they will definitely come to buy ours." After all, our production costs are relatively low, so the prices are relatively low, and these capitalists are all in the eyes of money, and it is strange that they don't make this profit. ”
"Okay, you can start the transformation, we have your back. Chen Guorong nodded.
Jiang Chen asked with some hesitation: "Is it necessary to hold a Standing Committee to decide such a big matter?" ”
"Silly boy, you see that the majority of the Standing Committee members present to support this plan now make up the majority, isn't this matter decided, and it is still up to the Standing Committee to vote. Xu Shijie looked at Jiang Chen with a smile and quipped.
"Huh. Jiang Chen was a little embarrassed and touched his nose and smiled.
Next, Jiang Chen began to organize the R&D center to start developing 5.56 caliber guns while grasping the extreme environmental tests of these produced guns, and at the same time organized manpower to start modifying another bullet production line.
The extreme environment test of firearms is the same as the previous sniper rifle test, but the requirements are stricter, such as the test in a hot shower for a long time simulates the impact of tropical humid climate on firearms, as well as the sand blowing environment test, the water and mud infiltration test, the extreme cold environment test and so on. Of course, there were many problems under this series of sequencing, and Jiang Chen and the technicians also began to improve according to these reasons, and finally reached a high level. This made the factory leaders who knew the results full of confidence in this defense exhibition.
Soon, the 5.56 mm caliber firearm series was developed and produced, with the previous mature technology and reference blueprint, what is now to do is to reduce the size as a whole, so it is not a high difficulty, and it will be produced smoothly.
Now waiting for the bullet to start testing, in order to speed up the transformation, these workers also began to fight, without any request from anyone, they took the initiative to start 24 hours a day 4 shifts to speed up the transformation, and strive to produce it as soon as possible. When Jiang Chen asked them the reason, they just said lightly, I am from B17, and I see the hope of its glory again. Jiang Chen was also full of emotion when he heard this, it was with these workers that there was a Chinese-style miracle. In their view, there is nothing impossible, nothing unconquerable, as long as you dare to fight! Jiang Chen has been used for life for this purpose.
Thanks to the hard work of these technicians day and night, the bullet production line was finally revamped and the first bullets were produced. And this also contributed to the successful completion of all the tests of the small-caliber series rifle and achieved excellent results. Now it's time to get it out to the world.
Finally, as soon as everything was over, the notice of equipment export testing also came as scheduled, and I don't know if these weapons produced by Jiang Chen can successfully pass the test?
Stay tuned for the next chapter!
ps: The right shoulder is still not very comfortable, in the observation of a few days to see, if not, go to the hospital to see! What tips do you have for home remedies to share with me in the group and message area, and I will adjust it as soon as possible to code the word. Finally, please support it, it's really not easy to code words.