Although the semi-automatic shotgun Jochen can wait, after all, the number of semi/fully automatic shotguns that will equip the army in the future is not much, and Jochen himself remembers that only the US military was in the Vietnam War, and SEAL was very interested in using fully automatic shotguns in jungle environments, so it has not been equipped with such weapons except for semi/fully automatic shotguns equipped with Remington 7188, Amalet AR-17 and other models.

For example, the AAICAWS, a product of the U.S. melee weapons program, did not come to fruition due to the cancellation of the plan, and although the AA-12 was very famous, it was only tested by the U.S. Marine Corps by the time of Jochen's crossing, and was not officially adopted. On the contrary, some of the more successful semi/fully automatic shotguns are mostly used by law enforcement and security departments, such as the SAIGA series of Russians. Therefore, even if the semi/fully automatic shotgun is researched, it will only be equipped with a small number of units with special needs, so the priority of research is very low.

However, Schlegelmir said that the army reacted to the problem that the current pump-action shotgun was too slow to reload, but it had to be taken seriously, and since the progress of the semi-automatic sniper rifle was very smooth, let Schlegelmir do a little more work.

"Semi-automatic shotguns can continue to be studied, and fully automatic shotguns can be considered on the basis of them, but these improvements are not in a hurry, even if they are developed, it is unrealistic to completely replace the Fli.88 pump-action shotgun that is now commonly equipped, isn't it?" Jochen smiled and said, "However, the issue of the troops' request to increase the reload speed cannot be rushed, I hope you can change the Fli.88's ammunition feeding method to magazine feeding, this should not be difficult, right?" ”

"I'll do this right away, it's not too difficult, Your Majesty." Schlegelmir immediately replied confidently: "This change will not change the Fli.88 too much, and it will soon be possible to produce a sample." ”

Jochen nodded in satisfaction. This kind of change is as Schlegelmere said, it is indeed not difficult, the Americans in the Vietnam War DIY Remington 870 with magazines, think this kind of thing is not difficult for an experienced gunsmith.

Of course, this does not mean that switching to a magazine feed is necessarily better than the traditional barrel feeding method, which has a huge advantage in changing ammunition. As long as there is no bullet in the chamber, it can be immediately loaded with a round of ammunition that needs to be used immediately, which provides great flexibility for needs such as firing a single bullet to break the door, firing tear gas to suppress, etc.

However, considering that the environment of World War I was basically trench warfare, rather than law and order warfare, this flexibility was of little use on the battlefield, and the continuity of firepower came first, so the advantage of magazine supply was more obvious.

Seeing that Schlegelmir finished speaking, Makqin began to introduce his work: "Your Majesty. Actually, my improvement was not much of an improvement, and after fully automating the Gew.98, John found that it was difficult to control continuous fire with rifle rounds, so he began to consider reducing the number of ammunition. I just changed my thinking, if you can't use rifle cartridges as a single weapon, then you can't use them as support firepower, so I'm thinking about using the fully automatic Gew.98 as a machine gun. ”

After listening to Makqin's words, Yochen's eyes lit up, and the fully automatic rifle was used as a machine gun, isn't this the idea of BAR? Such a machine gun is a real light machine gun of the same type as the BAR and ZB-26. Moreover, it is common to a large number of parts of the Gew.98, which has the concept of a machine gun version of the squad weapon derived from the assault rifle such as the M27IAR, RPK, and QJB95.

"Oh? If the fully automatic Gew.98 were to be used as a machine gun, it would be much lighter than the MG.4. Jochen said with interest.

"That's true. However, even with heavy barrels, the problem of overheating of the barrel for continuous firing cannot be solved, and it is difficult to replace the barrel due to the design of the rifle itself, so it is now encountering considerable difficulties. Makqin gave a rather frustrating answer.

"Well, that's a big problem." Jochen nodded, "This problem needs to be solved as much as possible." ”

"Yes. 陛xià. Makqin replied: "It is a huge flaw that I can't even finish a 250-round chain now. ”

"250 rounds of bullet chains?" Jochen was stunned: "You changed it to a chain feed?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, you have always emphasized that the weight of the machine gun should be reduced, but if the sustained firing ability of the new gun is weaker than that of the MG.4, it is also quite a problem to convince the army to replace it." "So I tried to combine the automatic mode of the Gew.98 with the ammunition feeding mode of the MG.4," Maxim said. Development of a new machine gun. ”

Hearing this, Yoheng couldn't help but hold his forehead, it turned out that the thing that Makqin had made was something like HK21.

Seeing Yoheng holding his forehead, Ma Qin immediately became nervous: "Your Majesty, may I ask if there is any problem?" ”

"You're asking too much, Halleym." Jochen waved his hand: "If you lower some standards, then none of these problems will be a problem. ”

"What do you mean?" Makqin asked with some confusion, he was not sure what His Majesty wanted him to lower the standard of.

"Wouldn't the problem be solved by abandoning the chain feed, keeping the magazine feed mode, and using a 30-round magazine?" Jochen said.

"But Your Majesty, in this case, the ability to continue shooting will be greatly reduced." Makqin objected.

"We have MG.4 and MG.3 for sustained firepower, and I have always asked the machine gun to reduce its weight in order to serve the offense, and if the machine gunner is attacking, it is impossible for the machine gunner to stay in one place all the time, so he needs to move, and reducing his weight and increasing his movement speed is the most important thing, so the requirement for sustained fire can be reduced." Jochen said.

Jochen's belief is also well-founded, as the Heavy and Mortar are the most "cared for" targets on the battlefield, so the Heavy is easy to take out while marching and changing cover. The heavier the weight you carry, the slower you will move, and the higher your chance of being killed.

In the leap tactics of alternate cover, the requirements for the duration of fire are not high, so the disadvantages of using magazine feeds are not obvious. And when it is necessary to suppress fire for a long time, it is only when the continuous firing ability of the heavy machine gun, which belongs to the fire of the company and platoon, comes into play.

Moreover, most of the gun parts are common to other gun parts in the infantry squad, and they are used in much the same way. The advantage of being easy to repair and finding a replacement shooter in the event of a wounded or killed machine gunner is obvious.

Although BAR as a light machine gun has such things as too light weight, it is difficult to control when firing fully automatic, and it is difficult to compare with real light machine guns such as Bren and DP, but BAR's performance in World War I and World War II and the importance that the U.S. military attaches to it make Jochen very reassured, after all, a weapon that was not completely withdrawn from the United States until the 70s of the 20th century cannot be said to have a problem with its design ideas.

What's more. Light machine guns like BAR can shoot on the move, not to mention heavy machine guns like Browning and Maxim, even light machine guns like ZB-26 and Bren can only be operated by a single person to shoot at the waist or in the chest, and the BAR that shoots between the lines was extremely effective in World War II.

On August 3, 1944, during the Battle of Guam, a BAR shooter of the 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment, 3rd Division of the U.S. Marine Corps, Private Paul? Witaker's platoon was suppressed by fire, and Witaker stood up and used BAR to suppress Japanese machine-gun fire, allowing his comrades to treat the wounded and withdraw from the danger zone, and then he fired as he pushed until he was 5 to 10 yards away from the enemy position before throwing grenades. Eight Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot, and he was subsequently shot by the Japanese, but was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions that kept his platoon out of danger.

"His Majesty makes sense, if an infantry squad is equipped with 2-3 of these machine guns and alternately shoots at each other for cover, there will be enough time to change magazines." Ujezd added.

"Yes, that's what I thought too." Jochen agreed.

"This makes my job the easiest." Makqin laughed: "Except for changing the barrel and adding a tripod, there is nothing that needs to be changed." ”

"I can't say that. Halleym. The rate of fire of the fully automatic Gew.98 is too fast, and you have to find a way to reduce the rate of fire. First, it improves the controllability when firing fully automatic, and secondly, it does not leave the inside of the magazine empty as soon as the shooter pulls the trigger. Jochen smiled and said: "There is also a 30-round magazine that uses a curved magazine with a larger arc as much as possible, and now the height of the Gew.98's 20-round straight magazine is not low, and the height will be increased by a third, and when the shooter is designed in a lying position, the entire upper body will really be raised." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Makqin is also full of confidence: "It's not difficult. ”

"陛xià. My research is similar to that of Halleym, which is based on the fully automatic Gew.98, but I think differently from Hiram and John, who is preparing to use rifle cartridges to develop machine guns for fire suppression, and John is preparing to use reduced ammunition to develop medium-range automatic rifles. My idea was to use a melee weapon with pistol rounds as a supplement to the shotgun's firepower. Ujezd spoke.

A fully automatic weapon that uses pistol cartridges? Isn't that a submachine gun? As for the use of the air conduction automatic principle, this is not surprising, although the free bolt type of automatic principle is more common on submachine guns, but the air conduction type submachine gun is not uncommon, 79 micro punch, MP7, SR-2 and other submachine guns also use the air conduction automatic principle.

It's a safe idea to switch to a submachine gun from an existing gas-guided automatic weapon, but if the submachine gun weighs as much as a semi-automatic rifle, it would be ......

Jochen immediately asked, "What about the length, weight, and ammunition capacity of such a weapon?" ”

"Please rest assured, because considering that it is a melee weapon, the length and weight naturally cannot be like a rifle, and there is no need to be like a rifle." "So I shortened the barrel significantly, and because I used pistol cartridges, the recoil was also very low, so I also shortened the original butt, so as to save a lot of weight, the 30-round magazine can strafe any target at close range, quickly form suppressive fire, can be an effective supplement to the shotgun, and the development of two models of 9mm and 10mm pistol cartridges is carried out at the same time." ”

For the gun itself, Jochen doesn't have too many requirements, but Jochen still has other requirements for accessories: "I'm very satisfied with the research idea of the gun, you can continue, but since it is a pistol bullet, then the current subsonic heavy bullet should also be able to fire the same, right?" This firearm must be able to use a silencer in order for it to be more valuable. ”

Due to the special needs of KSK and GSG, Makqin himself researched the silencer earlier, and in line with the research where there is a demand, Maxim also realized the practical application of the silencer faster, and the subsonic heavy bullet, a special bullet to reduce noise, was also realized earlier on the pistol bullet. They can now be used on submachine guns to make them even more useful.

"I see, Your Majesty." Ujezd nodded, such a special request will make his weapons more quickly favored by those units with special needs, and he naturally has to do his best to achieve it. (To be continued......)