Chapter 1093: Stearns Mk.II

Andre and Xia Bing had just left the arsenal when they heard an explosion behind them, followed by several smaller explosions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info This succeeded in attracting the attention of the French, but it was not enough to directly destroy their arsenal. The French, who heard the sound, immediately gathered around, but in front of them was an arsenal of billowing smoke, and from time to time there were continuous small explosions.

Although the fire was not raging to the extent that it could not be rescued, the panicked French missed the best time to put out the fire, and when they were ready to rescue, they could already faintly see the flames from the window. After all, their lives are more precious than important arms.

And just as they were concentrating on how to quell the accident, a Soviet armored squad suddenly attacked them from the front, which really made them completely confused, and they didn't know how to meet it.

As for Andre and Xia Bing, who initiated this catastrophe, they were hiding in a corner far away from the arsenal at this time, waiting for Natalia to lead the team to attack this French garrison, and then make some mess from the French garrison.

Although Andre and the others infiltrated the arsenal just now to create a good opportunity for Natalia to attack, thus detonating the explosives and other supplies inside. But at the same time, Andre and they didn't forget to bring some weapons and equipment, such as submachine guns and grenades, the basic configuration is naturally needless to say, Andre and Xia Bing were lucky to find the French military uniform, but even the smallest male military uniform looks a little big on Xia Bing's body, so now Andre sees Xia Bing's loose appearance, which is still a little funny. And this is also the reason why the French patrol team was puzzled when they saw the two of them just now, after all, this is just a company, and a short person like Xia Bing must be extremely conspicuous, but they have never seen it. However, the ensuing explosion attracted their attention to the other side, and Andre and Xia Bing successfully got out of this trouble.

"This, it doesn't look like it's a good thing......" Andrei looked at the submachine gun in his hand and couldn't help but scold. The submachine gun that André held in his hand at this time was not the equipment produced by the French themselves, but, as mentioned above, the equipment supported by Britain and the United States to the French. In fact, it might be good if the Americans supported the submachine guns for the French, after all, although Thomson was a weapon developed a long time ago, its performance was still quite good, and when playing against these juniors of World War II, it was not at all behind.

But how can the French who have just returned to the country have so much money, even if the Americans are their allies, this account has to be calculated, although Thomson has good performance, but the cost is a little stopping. This makes Thomson's best sales outlet not the US military, but the gangs in the United States, who for a time used the notoriety of the 'Chicago typewriter' to help the gangs stir up trouble all over the United States, and the police were even somewhat unable to fight it.

Moreover, the Americans joined the battle purely for a piece of the pie, and naturally could not be completely wholeheartedly helpful to France. In contrast, the British, who were really tied to the same boat as France, were their sincere little partners, and they did provide a lot of weapons and equipment for the French, although some of the equipment did not get a good reputation because of the ease of coming......

Speaking of giving away for nothing, the Stern submachine gun (Mk.II) in Andrey's hand is a representative of the equipment of the British army, and due to its strange shape, it is rumored in the army that it came from the hands of plumbers. This bizarre shape made it a little uncomfortable for soldiers who were familiar with other traditional firearms to hold the Stern submachine gun. Stern is also less than satisfactory in terms of accuracy, which makes it notorious even for submachine guns that cover targets with probabilistic shots.

In addition, Stern's reliability is also a point that has been criticized, such as the case of being able to fire while the insurance is closed, so some people in the British army even proposed that the soldiers equipped with Stern should go to the front, so as not to accidentally fire and injure their own people. One of the funniest jokes about this is the proposal to use Stern as a grenade, with some people laughing that if Stern is thrown among the enemy, the enemy will surely fall because of the misfire......

However, despite the poor workmanship, this did not prevent it from becoming the standard weapon of the British army, and in addition to this, it became the main light weapon that the British supported other Allied countries. The most direct reason for this is that it is cheap to build and conducive to production. Judging from the price at the time, the cost of the Stern was only 9 US dollars, which was very different from the Thomson of the US Army and Somi of Poland, and even compared with the PPSh-41 and the MP40 of the German Army, which were improved by reducing the cost, the cost was too cheap. The rapid stamping, casting, and simple assembly of this weapon made the production efficiency of this weapon several times faster than that of submachine guns in other countries.

In addition, Stern also has the advantage that when Stern fires, the sound is lower than that of other countries' submachine guns, which makes it more suitable for use by troops who need to operate stealthily. Of course, whether these forces will abandon Stearns because of reliability is another matter......

Although it may be unanimously criticized in other countries for its poor performance, it is an excellent emergency weapon for the Anglo-French forces, which were severely damaged in the early stages of the war. If the same equipment is placed in the hands of different people, it will have a completely different evaluation and historical role.

Although Andrei did not use any outstanding light weapons in the Soviet army, the performance of the PPSh-41 is obvious to all, and it is really much worse than the Stern he is holding in his hand now. However, it has to be said that Stern is smaller and lighter, and the firing sound is relatively smaller, which is extremely necessary for Andre and Xia Bing, who have an absolute disadvantage in numbers and need to adopt guerrilla tactics.

It's just that it's hard to say whether these two people, who have never used Stearns for shooting, can really use this weapon that is badly rated among the grassroots army......