Chapter 52 The current state of weapons production at Krupp

Young Master Ondete, this is going to do a lot of work! Let's massively expand the research institute of Krupp, then, a lot of equipment can be available in advance, how can Neymar not be elated! At that time, I asked excitedly:

"So where are we going to find so many researchers?"

"Immediately advertise, high salary to recruit all kinds of experts, we Germany is not lacking in all kinds of talents and experts, you will contact the major newspapers this afternoon!"

"Thank you, Young Master Ondet, Neymar will successfully complete this extremely glorious task, but do we want the general manager to sign it! Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to do it, please understand my hardship. ”

Li Mo thought about it, and also felt that he was a little arbitrary, now that he is still the head of Krupp Company, it is better to let his father sign and approve our major decision first:

"That's fine, you go now! Please tell the general manager and be sure to approve it immediately. ”

Neymar immediately went to Krupp to sign, and Li Mo and Messi began to discuss some weapons issues, according to Li Mo's historical knowledge from later generations, Germany's major arms companies in World War II have launched their own weapon systems, Germany because of the urgency of the war, and those who come do not refuse to purchase, as a result, Germany's weapons are complicated, and the logistics are extremely heavy, thus reducing Germany's combat efficiency:

"Manager Messi, tell me about the production of our various types of weapons! I'd like to know ...... Come on, Manager Messi, don't be nervous, how about we talk over coffee. ”

Li Mo saw that Messi was a little nervous, so he invited Messi to sit down on the sofa used for the guests, and then personally brewed two cups of instant coffee and brought them to Messi. Li Mo's considerate approach immediately won Messi's incomparable favor, and it is easier for superiors who respect their subordinates to gain the respect of their subordinates, and countless management experiences in later generations have been made clear.

Messi and Li Mo drank coffee for a while, calmed their mood and continued:

"Master Ondet, our company produces a lot of weapons, so I'll start with the pistol! There are seven kinds of pistols produced by our company, seven production lines, models such as Luger, Mauser, Walter, etc., the demand for pistols in Germany is not very large, so we export more, for the production of pistols, our Krupp company can fully meet the needs at home and abroad, no pressure. ”

"Yes, let's move on to rifles and machine guns!"

While listening to Messi's report, Li Mo recorded it in his small notebook with a pen, which is a habit that Li Mo developed in later generations! Every time there is a meeting, the leader asks to make meeting minutes, and after the meeting, he will check the meeting minutes, which is too fucked up, this habit was brought by Li Mo after crossing, which fell into Messi's eyes, it was simply incredible, especially the boss recorded the reports of his subordinates, which made Messi feel that Li Mo was a very rigorous, serious, and responsible boss, and when Messi went back, he would talk about his cognition of Li Mo at the same time as himself, Messi praised Li Mo, and said that Li Mo was worthy of being the heir of the Krupp family. Inheriting all the fine traditions of the Krupp family, loyalty, faith, sacrifice, gentleman and all other good qualities, these words finally reached the ears of Krupp, and Krupp was proud of his son.

"Okay! Master Ondete, the main machine guns produced by our company now are MG15, 30, and 34 general-purpose machine guns, and our company has a total of three machine gun production lines, because the production line of MG15 and 30 models was established a long time ago, and before the rebuilt production line, MG34 could not be produced, so we can only continue to produce these two old models of machine guns.

The MG34 took a long time to produce and cost a lot of money, requiring 49 kg (108 lb) of steel to drill each to produce the 12.1 kg MG34, and the barrel was prone to overheating due to its high rate of fire, but the MG34 was definitely a very good machine gun. This machine gun cannot meet the needs of our domestic army expansion, because the production capacity cannot keep up.

The MG34 can be fed directly from the chain, or with a 50-round single-chamber drum or a 75-round non-chained double-chamber drum hung on the left side of the receiver for feeding, but it cannot be directly changed back to the chain after being converted to a 75-round double-chamber drum. The barrel of the MG34 can be quickly replaced by opening the fixed lock between the receiver and the barrel sleeve and rotating the entire receiver to remove the barrel inside the barrel sleeve. The MG34's trigger has a unique design with a double semi-circular trigger inside the trigger guard, the upper semi-circular is semi-automatic (with an "E" printed) and the lower half-circle with a push-to-fuse trigger is fully automatic (with a "D" printed).

The MG34 with a bipod weighs 12.1 kg in light machine gun mode, a 6.75 kg tripod or a larger 23.6 kg tripod in medium and heavy machine gun mode. ”

"Hmm...... Rustle......"

After Li Mo said "um", he continued to write in his notebook, what Li Mo wrote at this time was the rectification measures, Li Mo wrote in his notebook at this time:

"Although the MG34 machine gun is excellent, it takes a long time to produce, consumes and wastes too many resources, and this machine gun can be upgraded to stamping parts for mass manufacturing, so as to solve the problem of insufficient production, and can also reduce production costs and material consumption. In addition, the MG15 and 30 production lines were immediately reconstructed. ”

In fact, the later MG42 and MG34,34 are turned, high cost, difficult to mass production, 42 is stamping, very easy to mass produce, the performance of the two is similar, 42 is actually a simplified and upgraded version of 34, this problem is no pressure for Krupp, research and development can be completed within a few months. But it would take a lot of money to build a production line, and it would take about 100 million marks = 40 million dollars to build a production line for MG42. ($1 = about 1 gram of gold)

After Li Mo finished writing about his measures, he looked up and said to Messi:

"Manager Messi, I'm going to see the machine gun production line this afternoon, I decided to transform three machine gun production lines, MG34 machine guns will all be made of stamping parts in the future, except for the barrel, of course, in this way, not only can reduce losses and costs, but also can be manufactured on a large scale, you say!"

"Good! My young master, that is, our Krupp company's rich funds are not much, because our German resources are not very sufficient, so we need to hoard a large number of various resources, which undoubtedly occupies a lot of our working capital, which is a problem that Krupp company has not been able to solve for a long time, you must know that it takes at least 100 million marks to transform or build a new production line!! Can the general manager support our decision? ”

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