Riyadh, D&F Saudi headquarters.

After a month, under the expectation of the public, D&F finally held a product launch conference and officially launched the countersunk bullet and supporting firearms.

The scale of this launch was much smaller.

In addition to Saudi Arabia and members of the royal family of several Gulf countries, there were less than 100 media reporters from the same Gulf countries.

Of course, the launch will be broadcast live online.

In fact, after H&K's press conference, major news media predicted that D&F would hold a new product launch event in the near future.

Today, the only company that can compete with H&K in the international market is D&F.

More importantly, in the OIC project, the 6mm countersunk bullet submitted by D&F was better, and H&K won the favor of the U.S. military through unfair competition.

As for the countersunk bomb developed by H&K, it is obviously worse.

Because D&F has not held a product launch conference for a long time, the outside world agrees that D&F must be developing a better performance submerged bomb.

Of course, there are also some news outlets that believe that D&F is having trouble with development.

Although there are excellent products such as DF762, in terms of design capabilities, D&F is still not comparable to leading companies such as H&K.

After the loss of FN, D&F may not have been able to design a high-performance rifle.

Otherwise, why hasn't D&F been delayed in introducing a firearm that fires 6mm countersunk rounds?

Obviously, all of these speculations were wrong.

This is no ordinary launch.

On the same day, not only one bullet was released, but a series of bullets, a "bullet family" that included three calibers and nine different bullets.

There is also not only one new type of firearm released, but a "gun family".

The key is that the three caliber bullets, as well as the corresponding firearms, have a high degree of versatility.

The first thing shown is a 6mm countersunk round, but instead of a rifle round, it is a pistol round.

There are two types of 6mm countersunk ammunition, namely the normal version and the enhanced version.

Both have exactly the same external dimensions, that is, the same cartridge case is adopted, the difference is only the warhead.

Ordinary bullets use steel core coated lead bullets, mainly used for self-defense weapons such as pistols, and their main performance is far more than that of 9 mm Barabelu bullets.

The reinforced bullet adopts a large aspect ratio steel core warhead, which is mainly used for submachine guns and other defensive weapons.

Because the external dimensions are exactly the same, ordinary bullets and enhanced bullets can be replaced, the difference is only the lethal power of the two bullets against the target.

D&F did not introduce a pistol with a 6mm countersunk cartridge, while a submachine gun for the design was still being designed.

At the press conference, only a demonstration of the design of the 6 mm submachine gun was provided.

Of course, this is just an appetizer.

The real emphasis is on the 8-mm countersunk projectile.

Bullets of this caliber are divided into short and long bullets according to the length of the cartridge case, and according to the ratio of the length and diameter of the bullet, they are divided into ordinary bullets and reinforced bullets.

To put it simply, short bullets are rifle rounds, and long bullets are machine gun rounds.

There is nothing special about ordinary bullets, and the warhead also adopts a steel core coated lead structure, relying on the unique advantages of countersunk bullets, it has obtained a performance far exceeding that of 7.62 mm NATO bullets.

What really shines is actually the enhanced bomb.

Regardless of whether it is a short or long bullet, its reinforced bullet is a "full-length warhead", that is, the warhead is directly connected to the primer mounted at the bottom of the shell.

In doing so, the aspect ratio of the warhead can be maximized.

For a bullet, the length-to-diameter ratio of the bullet is an extremely critical statistic, which determines the basic performance of the bullet, especially the penetration performance.

Simply put, the longer the warhead, the better the penetrating performance.

In fact, this is the inherent advantage of countersunk bombs.

Because of its larger aspect ratio, the performance of the 8mm reinforced bullet is so good that it can even be described as "shocking".

According to the test data released by D&F, the effective range of the reinforced bullet with a length of 60 mm has reached 1500 meters, and it can penetrate all existing helmets within the full range, can penetrate body armor within level 4 within 1000 meters, and has a penetration distance of up to 800 meters for level 4 reinforced body armor, and can penetrate armor steel plates with a thickness of 25 mm within 400 meters!

Is this still a rifle bullet?

You know, even the .50 machine gun cartridge does not have such a strong penetrating performance.

As for the long bullet with a shell length of 80 millimeters, the performance of the enhanced bullet is about 20 percent higher.

In other words, a general-purpose machine gun that fires 80 mm long bullets can replace all current heavy machine guns, extending the infantry squad support fire to 2000 meters!

Previously, the suppression distance of the infantry squad's support fire was only 800 meters.

2000 belongs to the suppression range of battalion and company-level support fire!

In other words, with the same tactics, it is possible to completely replace the existing large-caliber heavy machine guns with universal machine guns that fire 8-mm long rounds.

This is definitely a leap forward in terms of increasing the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

In fact, even with ordinary bullets, the fire suppression range of the 8mm general-purpose machine gun is 1500 meters, while the infantry using the rifle can hit targets within 1000 meters.

Although normally, infantry rarely fired at targets up to 400 meters away, the advent of 8mm countersunk shells made all existing body armor an ornament.

You must know that within 400 meters, any kind of 8mm countersunk can penetrate the highest level of body armor.

In addition, the four 8mm countersunk cartridges from D&F are only basic products and can be modified for special needs.

At the press conference, D&F showed the design renderings of the special gun bullet codenamed 8.

This bullet is a full-length bullet reinforced bullet, but the tungsten alloy core is used to further improve the penetration performance to meet the needs of special operations.

Of course, the price of special ammunition is also extremely expensive and will not be provided to regular troops.

The third type of ammunition is the 12mm countersunk round, which is the machine gun cartridge developed by D&F.

There are three types of this type of bullet, namely ordinary bullets, armor-piercing bullets and armor-piercing incendiary bullets.

All three models have exactly the same external dimensions, i.e., they use the same cartridge case to make a full call, while the three cartridges differ only with their warheads.

Unlike the 8-mm countersunk projectile, D&F did not make a fuss about the length of the warhead.

After all, the penetration performance of a 12-mm countersunk projectile is quite enough.

Ordinary shells are capable of piercing armor plates up to 20 mm thick at 2000 meters, while armor-piercing shells reach 30 mm and are capable of penetrating almost all armored vehicles.

In addition, large-caliber machine gun shells were mainly used against large targets.

The only special thing is that there is also a high-precision bullet improved on the basis of ordinary bullets, which is specially intended for large-caliber sniper rifles.

In fact, it is the bullets selected from the production line with the best accuracy.

Obviously, these three caliber bullets, ranging from pistols to large-caliber machine guns, are able to fully meet the operational needs of any army.

It's just that, compared to the bullets, the guns launched at the press conference are more eye-catching.