The 74th Army is considered one of the richest units in the whole army, but it still has requirements for machine gunners, that is, they can't keep fighting according to their own pleasures, and they must always pay attention to the amount of ammunition consumed.

So as far as the shortcomings of these short guns, long guns, and machine guns are concerned, this Garand semi-automatic rifle almost makes up for these shortcomings, and it is simply a god-like existence.

Especially for an infantry battalion like the Third Battalion, which is located in mountainous areas, the equipment of semi-automatic rifles will definitely be able to raise its strength to a higher level.

It is also a good entry point for the tactics of enriching the offensive and defensive detachments, and the increase in the firepower of the infantry detachments must be reconsidered in terms of the allocation of numbers and the control area.

The Garand semi-automatic rifle has entered China before, but it has never become a standard weapon, mainly purchased and used by private armed forces or local warlords.

Sangou used to hear people say that this kind of rifle is commonly known as "big eight grains" in our China, or "eight grains fast", and it is very vivid to describe the magazine that can hold eight bullets.

It's just that the caliber of the bullet is also 7.62, which is not compatible with the official 7.92, but the Springfield rifle is the same caliber, and its muzzle velocity has reached more than 860 meters per second, which is a little faster than Springfield's.

The muzzle velocity is fast, and the natural range will be a little farther, reaching an effective range of about 700 meters, which has made Sangou very satisfied.

made Xiucai even more surprised, this can be used as a legendary sniper rifle, and the excellent shooters of the third battalion are blessed.

If each individual soldier of the three battalions had such a rifle, the firepower would be close to the rifle effectiveness of an infantry regiment in an ordinary army.

Under the disassembly and explanation of military experts, in addition to high reliability and high shooting accuracy, this gun is also easy to disassemble and clean, and has been repaired independently.

In the professional terminology of military experts, the characteristics of this gun are that the bullet is loaded during the re-entry process, the bolt is locked, the frame continues to re-enter into place, and the gun is in a state of readiness.

Compared to the pull-back bolt rifle (manual loading), the rate of fire of the Garand rifle has been qualitatively improved. On the battlefield, its firepower superiority can effectively suppress manually loaded rifles.

But the problem now is that there are not a lot of US-aided weapons this time, and they cannot be a lot, and the share allocated to the 74th Army is relatively large, but it is still not enough.

Everyone wants such a good weapon, but it is impossible for everyone to have a shot, and even if there is, this ammunition supply cannot keep up.

Sangou and Xiucai discussed, the Springfield rifle is not much different from the official one, and you can get less, but the Garand semi-automatic rifle is the more the better, and the more the merrier.

Even if the score is not much, it is to match the excellent shooters of each company first, and try to have a quota of excellent shooters for each class.

At least at a certain point, a certain amount of fire suppression, if the ammunition is not enough, in a quick sniper, you can implement the tactics of attacking the opponent's leader and disrupting the opponent's command.

In addition to rifles, there are also submachine guns in US aid, called Thomson submachine guns, which we have seen before, we Chinese call flower organs or Thomson portable machine guns.

We Chinese call this submachine gun a machine gun, it can be seen that its firepower is strong, first of all, this bullet is not a small bullet of an ordinary submachine gun, but a large bullet with a caliber of 11.43, which shares bullets with Colt automatic pistols.

Secondly, the effective firing range has reached 200 meters, which is close to the ordinary carbine, and the key is that it is a burst weapon, but also because of the fast rate of fire, a single shot can reach 40 rounds per minute, and the burst can reach a terrifying 700 rounds.

Large warheads, medium and short range, 700 rounds per minute (I heard that the original development can reach more than 1,000 rounds), these terrifying data show that it is like a harvester, to kill the enemy at close range in seconds.

Listening to the explanation of military experts, the Thomson submachine gun advertises that this gun is a "trench broom", which is indeed the same as a broom, which can sweep away all enemies in front of you in an instant.

In the United States, the Thomson submachine gun was favored by the underworld because of its short, concise and powerful firepower, and became the standard equipment of bandits.

They removed the wooden tray and drum of this submachine gun, and it could be easily hidden in a violin case, so the criminals called it "Chicago violin".

Chicago in the United States was the most rampant area of gang activity at that time, and because of its rhythmic gunfire during the burst, it was often called the "Chicago typewriter".

At present, the Soviet-style Bobosha submachine gun equipped with the third battalion has a bullet caliber of 7.62, and the effective firing range is more than 100 meters, less than 200 meters, and its power is at least one grade smaller than that of Thomson.

However, Bobosha's 100 styles against the Japanese army were much better, and the key Japanese troops were rarely equipped with submachine guns, and few sides used submachine guns to hedge.

But both Bobosha and Chicago typewriters have several shortcomings, that is, they are a bit heavy, and for foreigners' body size and arm strength, there may not be much problem with a submachine gun weighing more than ten pounds, and it is a challenge for thin Chinese soldiers.

Both of these guns use drums to feed ammunition, and one drum can hold 50 to 100 bullets, and the bullets alone weigh seven or eight pounds, plus the weight of the gun itself, more than ten pounds is normal.

A gun of more than ten catties, the rate of fire is so fast, the recoil is very large, and it is not the mass of more than ten catties when it shakes, at least dozens of catties of strength can be grasped, and in the long run, it not only consumes physical strength, but also affects the operation.

The circular drum itself is complicated to process, and it is easy to be damaged when bumped. The exposed drum shoot is located on the left side, and the shoot can be rotated counterclockwise to release the drum.

However, the rotating surface is on the side and the operating part is flat, which is inconvenient to operate with gloves, and the surface of the drum that is hot without gloves will burn the hand, and when playing, the left hand is not easy to hold the gun, which is very troublesome.

Although there are also magazines to be compatible with the supply of ammunition, the large bullet of 11.43 is also very heavy, the key is that the rate of fire is fast, the bullet consumption is large, and the ammunition hand will be very painful and have to carry a large number of bullets.

Generally, a Thomson submachine gun bullet base, the standard ammunition carrying capacity is 300 rounds, divided into 15 20-round magazines, except for the 1 that comes with the gun, the remaining 14 are packed in the chest bullet bag.

But according to the rate of fire of this cargo, a base amount of ammunition cannot support a mid-level battle at all, and ammunition is needed to supply it in the back.

In addition to its weight, the Thomson submachine gun was expensive, and this Thomson submachine gun without any accessories (oil can, gun strap, maintenance tools, magazine, magazine bag) cost $209.

Compared with the light weapons of the same era, this price is quite high, and you can buy a Czech light machine gun, not to mention that our own military factories in China can already imitate Czech machine guns.

Such an expensive price that even the British could not afford, and they also imitated the Stern submachine gun based on this gun, which was a simple Thomson submachine gun, and equipped their own army in large quantities.

China has also imitated the Thomson submachine gun, and the bullet caliber of the domestic Thomson submachine gun has been changed to 7.62 mm, in order to be common with the barge gun bullet.

But it was not very successful, or it could not be mass-produced, after all, the production cost was too high. Why is the cost so high, because except for a few parts, this gun is basically machined from a single piece of steel, and the magazine body is stamped and welded with steel plates.