"A machine gun with a fast rate of fire? Our machine guns were not constantly complained about by the soldiers that the rate of fire was too slow, and that heavy disc, the body of the gun and the cartridge disc together weighed more than twenty kilograms! So much so that the fighters usually carried the two separately and assembled them immediately before the battle. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After listening to him, Yang Mingzhi was puffed up: "I'm not talking about DP machine guns!" It's German! ”

"German? mg34？ There are still a small number of MG13s in these captured firearms, but fortunately they use the same bullet strands as the former, and they can be used universally. If we talk about the rate of fire, are the Germans sick in the brain? The rate of fire is insane. ”

"That's right! They are sick in the brain, because the MG34 can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun! But it is used to kill people, it is simply inhumane, its rate of fire is twice as fast as our water-cooled Maxim, and it can shoot 1,200 rounds in a minute. ”

"But in actual combat, soldiers will not strafe wildly, they should shoot continuously, so the rate of fire is not very fast." Rygushkov said.

Yang Mingzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, because the actual combat proved that most of the data soldiers had not yet mastered the correct use of this weapon. In this battle, because of the abundance of captured ammunition, the large number of captured machine guns, and the long-term habit of using Soviet-made machine guns, the enemy's offensive was very fierce and forced Soviet soldiers to temporarily pick up German weapons.

General-purpose machine guns such as the MG34 were used on a large scale, and their firepower reached the pinnacle, but soldiers often pulled the trigger for too long. Even veteran Heavy will have a hard time controlling its rhythm, as it used to operate the slow-firing DP machine gun. The 75 rounds were exhausted in five seconds, and the chain took longer to fire, and 300 rounds were exhausted in a dozen seconds.

More fierce than the bullet consumption is the barrel, as the early general-purpose machine gun barrel processing technology is poor, the ultra-high rate of fire forces the barrel to heat up quickly, knowing that the barrel can be burned on the iron plate, some soldiers are still shooting, resulting in accuracy to the level of a smoothbore gun, or direct gas conduction failure.

Yang Mingzhi said some of these things to Rigushkov, and some of them were also clear to this person.

Yang Mingzhi scratched his head: "Now you know the reason for my sigh!" As you said earlier, we don't have much of our original 7.62 mm ammunition left, but Germany has a lot of 7.92 mm ammunition. At present, as a division headquarters, I cannot guarantee the fighters that the higher authorities will send transport planes to airdrop the ammunition we need most. They may send, but we have to make adjustments. Yesterday Roshakov's men were dressed in German equipment on our orders, and a large number of damaged Mosin Nagant in their hands will be delivered shortly. In future battles, we will have to use German weapons in large quantities, and our tactics will have to be adjusted. ”

Rigushkov understood, nodded and asked, "Deputy division commander, you are always wise, have you also thought of some countermeasures now?" ”

"That's right! The consumption of ammunition is too large, and it is necessary to open up sources and reduce expenditure. Open source is your workers to improve the efficiency of bullet reloading, and throttling is to find a way to modify the firearm. ”

"Change the gun?" Riguskov looked at this commander, when it came to renovating firearms, he already had the nickname "factory director", and the first thing he did when he came from China was to repair guns in the barracks.

"Yes, it's time to change the gun, MG34 has a rate of fire of 1200 rounds a minute, it's too fast! First of all, it destroys the barrel, and secondly, the soldier needs to be trained, and he can't change the barrel quickly, and he can fire with a machine gun, and a good machine gun can be returned to the furnace very quickly. The solution is to slow down, and that's one of the things I've come to you for today. Speaking, Yang Mingzhi took out the memo, and Riguskov glanced at it, which was painted with strange symbols, and he estimated that it should be Chinese.

There are several articles on the document, and it seems that the chief came prepared this time. He asked: "Deputy division commander, the warehouse is like this, the place that was originally full is not much in stock now, and it will be restocked with ammunition for a period of time in the future." As soon as tomorrow, the shell embryos cast in the blast furnace that have resumed work will be able to start loading. Since we're going to talk about something, let's just go to the office. ”

Yang Mingzhi looked left and right again and said, "It's okay, you lead the way, and my people and I will go and talk to you about business." ”

Regarding the modification of the rate of fire of MG34, ordinary people will think of adjusting the airflow valve to reduce the pressure of the conduction air. However, the MG34 is a retractable structure, and the recoil of the shot makes the barrel and the bolt retract at the same time, and the airflow valve does not exist at all.

After a little research, Yang Mingzhi found the right way to modify it.

When he arrived at the office, he cheered up several of the entourage in the design department. Then he said straight to Riguskov: "The reason for the fast rate of fire of the German general-purpose machine gun stems from its structure, our DP machine gun and the captured ZB26 are all gas conductive type, but this MG34 is a retractable type, relying on the recoil of gunpowder gas for bullet re-entry, firing and shell throwing, the greater its recoil, the faster the rate of fire." Looking at its muzzle structure, a muzzle retractor has also been added. ”

Speaking of which, Riguskov never paid attention to this, "I thought the Germans were using muzzle removers." The recoil of this weapon is high, the fighters have complained, I thought that the muzzle device had greatly reduced the recoil, but I did not expect it to increase this power. ”

"That's right! It is also this device that makes the recoil force rise significantly, so that the spring can be pressed to the bottom in a shorter time to complete the shell throwing and loading action, and the rate of fire is naturally high. The solution is simple, it is to remodel the device. It accelerates the gunpowder gas backwards, and we let it move forward. ”

Ryguskov slapped his thigh, "Now I understand!" As long as the aid is removed, we can build the back aid and press it again. This will reduce the rate of fire a lot. ”

"How much to reduce is still experimental." Yang Mingzhi turned to the personnel of the design department and said: "Your current task is this, study the MG34, design a muzzle drawer that it can install and use, and also have a flame suppression function, I want to see the finished product in the shortest possible time." ”

"Guaranteed to get the job done." Several people stood up and saluted.

Yang Mingzhi turned around with satisfaction, "You have seen it all, among these people are members of the Communist Youth League and college students." Rigushkov, it's not difficult to produce a drawer, and if you can, can you produce a spring. ”

Spring? This one is a little confused. "Springs are more advanced, the processing technology is complicated, I can produce carbon spring steel, but I need a professional machine to process it. I'm afraid this point is not as clear as you, if this little arsenal could be higher than the spring, the problem of the tail part of our rocket-boosted grenade would have been easily solved long ago! ”

Thinking about it for a while, Yang Mingzhi scratched his head and was happy.

"Okay, I'll arrange for my people to design it immediately, and get the process drawings to you as soon as possible. After entering the swamp, our army was equipped with nearly 700 German-made general-purpose machine guns and the newly captured ones, and once the experiment met the standards, I wanted to completely reequip the whole army. ”

This is a relatively large project, but if it is done well, it can greatly save bullets.

After Yang Mingzhi explained to the design department, they left immediately, only he had no intention of leaving.

Rygushkov saw that this man's memo was densely written, and he had already been mentally prepared for all kinds of new problems. He said slowly, "Sir, they are all gone, and there are only two of us in this office at the moment. If there is anything else you want me to do, you can tell me, as long as there is a theoretical basis, I will rush to work. ”

"Good! Then I'll say ......" (To be continued.) )