The Beijing 208 Institute is the only specialized research institute for light weapons in China, located in Mafang, Nankou, Changping, the scale of this institute is very large, there is a large test range, and because of its particularity, there are no residents around, very low-key, rarely known by the outside world.

The Institute of Automatic Weapons is responsible for the research and development of advanced weapons such as automatic rifles in China.

A few old poplar trees, a row of red brick houses built in the early sixties, the winter sun shines through the glass on the tabletop, and a person quietly buries his head between pen and paper.

There are still ten days to go before the New Year, and the small research institute seems to be particularly deserted, and Duo Yingxian is looking up the information while writing something.

At this time, the door was opened, and a middle-aged man in a military uniform walked in, saw Duo Yingxian and asked with a smile, "Old Duo, what are you writing?" ”

Duo Yingxian said: "In summarizing the G36 test report, this gun is very well designed and has reached the international advanced level. ”

The middle-aged man asked curiously: "It's that high-tech assault rifle, what's it called, G36?" What a strange name, does it make any sense? ”

Duo Yingxian also shook his head suspiciously, and said: "G36 assault rifle, it is estimated that the designer obtained the name, and I can't guess what it means."

This automatic rifle has been tested by us, and found that its accuracy is very high, and it is strong and durable, its scientific and technological content is very high, and a lot of new materials and new processes are used. ”

The middle-aged man said regretfully: "It's good, it's good, but this one is expensive at a glance, and our army will definitely not be able to afford a large amount of equipment." It is really untimely to let the troops try it out with small-scale equipment! ”

Duo Yingxian also nodded, he agreed with this, the G36 is good, but the army with a good gun may not be able to equip it.

"yes," he said, "the cost of this gun is really expensive. But as a foreign trade product is still good. I am also thinking that maybe we can produce on a small scale, equip the troops in small batches, and go to southern Xinjiang to participate in the test of actual combat, and really test the performance of this G36 in the actual combat environment! ”

While the two were talking, many people came in one after another, and the room gradually became lively.

The Light Weapons Research Institute is shouldering the heavy task of designing future modern weapons for the whole army, and researchers are also making tireless efforts for the exploration of light weapons in our country. In particular, their individual equipment has improved a lot.

In order to meet the needs of modern warfare, many countries have also successively carried out research on light weapons, and the elimination of obsolete weapons has become a tactic adopted by various military powers and regional powers.

Rapid-fire, lightweight, small-caliber, and modernization are the development directions of light weapons, and China is no exception, and the Institute of Light Weapons has undertaken this task, and the development of 5.8mm caliber assault rifles has fallen on them, and the G36 assault rifle has made these technicians shine. After a long time without ideas, they thought of improving this gun and changing it to a 5.8mm small-caliber rifle. See how it goes.

After the reform and opening up, China's light weapons manufacturing technology is very fast, several key arsenals in various places to vigorously carry out self-reliance and technology introduction, in the mountains of Sichuan Province deep in the state-owned 216 factory in 83 years produced with barrel precision forging technology CQ5.56mm automatic rifle, the gun is the United States M16A15.56mm automatic rifle improved products, in addition to the butt, grip, handguard three parts to improve. The rest of the structure and performance are the same as the M16A1 rifle.

In the 80s, the 216 factory took the lead in using a large number of aluminum alloy materials on small arms, and the aluminum alloy parts such as the receiver and the launch base adopted the hot die forging process, and the hard anodizing technology was used to surface treat the aluminum alloy parts; The buffer reed is formed by temperature compression, and the butt is made of polycarbonate injection molding; These machining methods reduce the amount of material removed or even no cutting. The utilization rate of materials is improved.

However, due to the short mastery time of these technologies and backward process technology, the CQ5.56mm automatic rifle developed by using more than ten aluminum alloy parts, all of which were hard anodized.

But in the 80s, these processes were very advanced, and this plant was at the forefront of the country's small arms enterprises, and was the only automatic rifle manufacturer that mastered these technologies!

Although the factory's technicians have never been exposed to these technologies, they have the courage to explore and overcome one difficulty after another, using the new technology not only to successfully imitate American weapons, but also to accumulate valuable experience for the factory's subsequent CQ-A 5.56mm carbine, CQ7.62mm general-purpose machine gun and other products.

Although this enterprise is deep in the mountains, it is one of the most important light weapons research and development bases and production enterprises in China, and everyone in the research institute has also taken out the CQ5.56 automatic rifle, as well as some other advanced weapons in the world.

There are Germany's G3 assault rifles, the United States' CAR-15, France's Famas, Austria's AUG, etc., comparing several advanced light weapons back and forth, everyone's faces showed a solemn look, looking at these guns representing the world's advanced level, it is obvious that the technological gap between China's light weapons and foreign countries is not ordinarily large!

Duo Yingxian put the G36 assault rifle and several guns together, and the wide table was full of pleasing world-class weapons, which made people mistakenly think that they were in the arsenal for a while.

Cheng Erkang held a sample of the German HK33 automatic rifle, he is a domestic small-caliber weapons research expert, deliberately put this gun and G36 and AR-15 together, pointed to the three guns and said to everyone: "Look, what do these three guns have in common?" ”

Duo Yingxian immediately said: "Many of the G36's gas conduction structure and internal design are derived from the AR-15, and the designer may be familiar with American firearms!" ”

"The style of the three guns is similar, and the G36 really looks like a gun designed by Westerners! It's weird! Someone said with a smile.

Cheng Erkang said: "The G36 has both the fierce and sophisticated characteristics of a German firearm, and the simple and smooth style of an American firearm, and at the same time, this gun has not lost its own characteristics, such as its butt and optical aiming design!" ”

"Not to mention anything else, this gun is also very good as a foreign trade product, there must be a market, I am really happy, we in China have also designed an excellent automatic rifle, Europe and the United States will be impressed by us from now on, Chinese weapons can no longer only imitate!" Another thin middle-aged man said with a smile.

Then he remembered an important thing, and hurriedly said to everyone: "Oh yes, do we want to apply for an international patent, usually our foreign trade products have suffered this loss, and Americans always talk about patents!" ”

"This matter, we have to hurry up, let's contact the designer first!" Cheng Erkang nodded and said, agreeing with his colleague's opinion.

Another person said with a little doubt: "The designer of this weapon, I heard that it is a bit special, if we want to mass-produce this gun, we have to ask for his opinion!" ”

Duo Yingxian waved his hand and said: "I want to visit the designer of this gun and ask him for advice, I will ask him about the production of this matter, and I guess I will not object, after all, it is a national matter!" ”

"Lao Duo is not convinced, it is called asking for advice, but it is really to find fault!" One man's words caused everyone to laugh.

Duo Yingxian also laughed and said: "It's not a matter of being unconvinced, the design of this robbery is very good, and the workmanship is also very good, there is no doubt about it!"

However, have you ever thought about the manufacturing cost of this gun, according to me, it is definitely not cheap, only equipped with automatic weapons, which are needed by the country and the army, so we still have to continue to work hard, this gun is destined to be an expensive luxury, and it is still possible to equip special forces in small batches!

We go to the designer to understand his design ideas, as long as he has flaws in the design, we can take advantage of his loopholes! ”

"In what name do you ask for advice?" Seeing Duo Yingxian talking to himself, someone asked rhetorically.

Duo Yingxian had already thought about it and said: "In the name of the Ordnance Society, let's go to Bincheng!" ”

Cheng Erkang nodded in agreement with Duo Yingxian's thoughts, and said, "It's right to ask people for advice, since we have this convenience, we have to use it." It's not like those foreign firearm design masters, we invite people, people don't want to come, they don't say anything, it's better not to come! (To be continued.) )