In order to catch up with the progress of the OIC project, a month later, FN submitted 20 test guns to the U.S. military bidding project team, and D&F also delivered a batch of test gun cartridges, that is, the first 6mm countersunk bullets developed and began small-scale production.

In Wang Dong's opinion, it has been almost a month.

6mm countersunk shells have been in production all the time, even if the production volume is not very large, it can meet the test needs.

As for the sample gun submitted by FN Company, it is actually improved from SCAR, with the replacement of the bolt, barrel and magazine, and the receiver and stock and other parts are from SCAR.

At the request of the U.S. military, FN supplied four barrels of different lengths for the sample gun.

The first stage of the test is mainly to test the performance of the gun and ammunition, and only after reaching the basic indicators proposed by the US military will it enter the firearm test stage.

A test gun modified with SCAR was sufficient.

It's just that, in the eyes of the outside world, D&F's actions are surprisingly fast.

You know, D&F has just acquired FN and there are still many problems to be solved, such as integrating the resources of the two companies.

At this time, D&F focused on the OIC project and came up with a small-caliber countersunk bomb.

Obviously, many people will naturally think that D&F's acquisition of FN is actually to occupy a place in the OIC project, and it has the full support of BAE Systems, after all, BAE Systems is a first-tier contractor for the OIC project.

In other words, D&F is nothing more than a thug at BAE Systems.

Although this is not true, Wang Dong doesn't care at all.

Having BAE Systems to protect you from the wind and rain, what's wrong?

In addition, Wang Dong did not take the OIC project seriously, and did not think about helping BAE Systems to get orders from the US military.

It's just that the test performance of the 6mm submerged bullet somewhat surprised Wang Dong.

Because the sample gun and ammunition were submitted several months late, the U.S. military separately tested the 6mm countersunk bullet, and then announced the test results.

The main performance of the 6mm countersunk is better than that of H&K's small-caliber countersunk!

The only drawback is that the 6-mm submerged bullet is larger and heavier, and its carrying capacity is slightly worse, but it has already met the requirements of the US military.

This test result has long been expected by Wang Dong.

Although according to Zhao Yu, the development space of small-caliber countersunk ammunition is extremely limited, and with the development of ammunition technology, it will definitely be replaced by general-purpose bullets, but thanks to the larger size, 6mm countersunk bullets can be loaded with more propellant, and the muzzle kinetic energy far exceeds that of H&K's small-caliber countersunk bullets, and the main performance indicators are definitely better, and it is not surprising that better test results have been achieved.

Strangely, it took only half a month for the US military to complete the basic performance tests.

The OIC project has dragged on for more than a decade, is it necessary to rush for a while?

In addition, D&F provided only ordinary bullets for testing, using ordinary hard bullets, and the test results were not convincing.

You know, after the basic size of the bullet is determined, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Take the 5.56mm NATO bullet as an example, in the past few decades, the United States and other NATO bloc member countries have developed dozens of kinds of ammunition, and the M995 bullet provided to the US special forces has a penetrating ability far exceeding the SS109 bullet, and the comprehensive performance is comparable to the M80 bullet.

Obviously, there is no reason for the US military to make such a hasty decision.

Unless, otherwise!

In fact, this is exactly what Wang Dong is worried about.

Before sending the sample guns and ammunition to the United States for testing, Nicholas provided information that the U.S. Secretary of Defense had approved the Blue Team's plan.

Of course, there are still many details that have not been resolved.

For example, H&K insists on using the technical achievements of the G11 caseless rifle, that is, it wants to use the OIC project to revive the soul of the G11.

For this purpose, H&K insisted on a warhead of 4.7 mm caliber.

In fact, the bullet that the BLU team put in the bid for was an improved version of the 4.7mm caseless round, that is, a plastic cartridge case was added to improve the stability of the ammunition.

According to H&K's plan, the caseless bullet is the final result.

For this reason, H&K has made a lot of reservations in the design of the new rifle in order to fire caseless cartridges in the future by modifications.

In the direction of the development of ammunition technology, the US military coincides with H&K.

Disagreements, mainly calibers.

The most prominent advantage of small-caliber bullets is muzzle velocity, that is, through higher muzzle velocity, better performance is obtained, and the biggest disadvantage is quality.

According to the tests done by the US military, the caliber must exceed 6 mm in order to give the warhead sufficient mass.

For this reason, the US military has been cooperating with H&K, hoping that H&K will design a slightly larger caliber countersunk bomb according to the requirements put forward by the US military.

As for the 4.7mm countersunk projectile, the US military believes that it is more suitable for defensive weapons such as PD.

With the strength of H&K, there was no difficulty in developing a 6-mm countersunk projectile.

There is only one question, who pays for this?

The development of a completely new gun cartridge would cost at least tens of millions of dollars.

Before D&F came out to disrupt the situation, H&K had been negotiating with the US military, and the Pentagon agreed in principle to provide research and development funds.

Of course, the main thing is how much money is paid.

So, at this time, the U.S. military announced that D&F's 6mm guns were better, was it to put pressure on H&K?

If this is the case, the probability of D&F winning the OIC project is zero.

Quite simply, D&F submitted only test cartridges, while H&K, sensing the threat, was quickly able to design a larger countersunk cartridge according to the requirements of the U.S. military to participate in the second round of testing and finally win the Pentagon's order.

Actually, it won't be that day at all.

After D&F sent the 6mm submerged bomb to the test, it has become a sworn enemy of H&K, and H&K will definitely try to deal with D&F and get D&F out, the best way is actually to dig out the background of D&F.

This matter is related to the standard guns and ammunition of the NATO bloc for decades to come, and it is certainly not a matter for one company.

During this period, Wang Dong went to Saudi Arabia.

The firearms production plant has been completed and the production line is being commissioned, which will replace the Edinburgh plant in a few months to produce the DF762 series of firearms for Saudi Arabia.

Construction of the ammunition plant has also begun, but it will not be completed until next year at the earliest.

Saudi authorities have been procuring DF762, mostly to equip the Saudi Army, with a small amount of aid going to friendly countries such as Pakistan.

In addition, the Royal Saudi Arsenal set up a project team to design and develop a variant of the gun for the DF762.

The key point is that the Royal Saudi Arsenal became a distributor of the DF762 series of firearms, and began to sell to Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait.

With the Saudi Army as an example, it is also to save face for the Saudi royal family, and several Gulf countries have each purchased a batch of DF762 firearms.

D&F Saudi Arabia has begun to take shape, at least with the ability to operate independently.