Chapter VI General Purpose Machine Guns
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"John, you guy is a pure exploiter, and your eyes are shining when you see the profitable business, why don't you see that you are interested in tractors?"
"And say that, what project are you not doing well, what tractor do you have to do, and who do you sell the tractor you produce? You think this is the United States? I see, you're just fooling around. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"John, don't be short-sighted, look at everything from the perspective of development, the land here is fertile, the vast wilderness is just suitable for large-scale mechanization, and modern agriculture has broad prospects."
"Okay, what you say is reasonable, let's wait and see." Feng Tian's stubbornness made John helpless, and he didn't talk nonsense anymore.
Feng Tian and John finalized the specific matters, and William observed from the sidelines, and he found that Feng Tian was serious about doing business, and it was by no means false.
Although William felt a little unbelievable at first, he didn't believe that Feng Tian would be able to come up with such a huge amount of money.
However, the two of them have now negotiated, and even John has been involved.
Nima, it's true!
William was a little surprised, although he was not very interested in investing in black gold, but who could not care about making money?
William was very entangled, so he didn't know if Feng Tian had any projects in his hands that William was interested in.
I want to get involved in it if I have money to make: "Feng, John can participate in the project investment, should you treat it equally...... Do you have a project in hand that suits me? Don't underestimate people, the Junkers are very well-established. ”
This guy finally couldn't help but take the bait, and Feng Tian was secretly happy in his heart.
"William, don't worry, don't I have to implement the affairs of the United States first? You know, I have a soft spot for German machinery, absolutely.
Well, I have a new weapon in my hand, and there is no machine gun in the world that can match it at the moment. It's data, you take it back and go to a professional to see it. ”
John thought the two of them were talking about something, but when he heard that it was a weapon, he was immediately deflated.
John despised William Junker in his heart, and the German bear knew in his heart that he was a rude guy who danced with guns and sticks!
At the moment, John seems to be only interested in black gold, and his heart is all focused on this, and the dream of black gold is enough to ignite John's passion, and naturally he has no time to listen to what nonsense William has to say.
Then he stood up and said to Feng Tian and William: "I'm going to go first, go back and arrange for someone to understand the market in the United States, time is money." ”
William was looking at the data in his hand, and he didn't raise his head and waved his hand to express his meaning: You can play wherever you like, don't you see that I am busy?
John left, William also raised his head, looked at Feng Tian like a monster, and almost shouted in his heart: the theoretical rate of fire is 1200 rounds per second, which is simply impossible, completely subverting the existing concept of machine guns.
Although I don't believe it, since Feng Tian can come up with this data, he must have a reason, otherwise is it interesting?
William shook his head, then shook the paper in his hand and asked suspiciously, "Do you really think that there is such a weapon in the world, can it be made?" ”
"Hehe, when there are no hot weapons, do you think people can trust the rifle or other weapon you describe?
The principle is the same, since I can come up with the data, it must be able to be produced, is it good for me to deceive you? ”
In fact, the data that Feng Tian showed Wilhelm was a German-made machine gun that was hailed as the best machine gun in World War II, and the Germans proudly called it the "sharp blade of the soul of the German army" - the MG42 general-purpose machine gun.
In World War II, under the suppression of this machine gun, the Allied soldiers, especially the American GIs who were invincible and domineering, were depressed, unmotivated, and demoralized, and regarded it as an "infantry nightmare".
It is the phrase used by critics of light weapons as one of the three superlatives of adjectives: "the shortest time, the lowest cost, but the best weapon."
Before the MG42, the best machine gun in Germany was the MG34, a new concept machine gun that combines the advantages of both heavy and light machine guns.
The MG34 is air-cooled and has a replaceable barrel, so it can be used as a heavy machine gun with a tripod for maximum firepower. And when it is equipped with a foldable bipedal mount, it can be used as a more mobile light machine gun.
Its appearance completely changed the tactical principle of separating light and heavy machine guns in the past, so it was called a general-purpose machine gun.
However, the MG34 still has two fatal flaws: one is that it is still too large for highly mobile infantry.
Second, the structure of parts and components is relatively complex, and manufacturing and production are difficult.
After the outbreak of the European War in 1939, after the German army quickly occupied Poland, according to the suggestions made by the soldiers at the front in the process of using the MG42 machine gun, Dr. Gruno of Germany successfully developed the MG42 machine gun after referring to some Polish machine gun designs.
The performance data of the MG42 machine gun are:
Caliber: 7.92 mm
Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s
Theoretical rate of fire: 1200 rounds / min
Automatic mode: short recoil with a barrel
Locking method: Intermediate part (roller) type
Launch mode: burst
Ammunition supply method: bullet chain
Ammunition capacity: 50 rounds and 100 rounds
Full gun length: 1219 mm
Barrel length: 533 mm
Rifling: 4, right-handed
Full gun mass: 11.05 kg with bipod, 19.2 kg with tripod.
Sighting device: mechanical sight. The sight consists of a curved gauge and a crosshair, both of which can be folded.
Ammunition: Mauser 7.92×57mm rifle cartridges.
Among them, the biggest feature of the gun is the use of a large number of riveting parts, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the weapon.
At the same time, this is the first of its kind in the history of mechanical engineering.
Because of this, as soon as the MG42 machine gun came out, the reports of Allied spies were almost the same: "The Germans are no longer good, there are no raw materials, and the production of such a simple and crude machine gun is ironclad proof." ”
In fact, this was not the "death throes" of the resource-exhausted Germans, but a genius breakthrough in mechanical manufacturing.
This process is of immeasurable significance for reducing costs and reducing the weight of weapons, so it is common to use stamped parts in large quantities in today's machine building.
In this way, the prejudiced Allies can only experience its power on the battlefield.
In the autumn of 1942, during the Battle of Kasseling Pass in North Africa's Tunis, young American GIs with little combat experience were stunned by the hail of bullets pouring down MG42, and the sound of tearing linen made a terrifying impression on them......
Soon, more than 2,400 American GIs raised their hands and surrendered.
What is valuable is that this kind of stamping, riveting, spot welding, automatic production line is mass-produced and can be supplied to the front line.
The significance of the successful development of this weapon has far exceeded the scope of firearm design and production, because most of the newly developed and produced machine guns after World War II are general-purpose machine guns, and the development of military guns was influenced by it to form a gun family.
In fact, in the real battle, the MG42 machine gun will not fire continuously in the hands of veterans, but will take 3 shots, 5 rounds and 10 rounds of point fire and pursuit!
Strafing will only be sustained when a large number of infantry is ongoing, but it will not last long, and even if it is fed by a chain, it will not last more than three minutes!!
At the time of Normandy, the Germans did exactly that.
The machine gun fired non-stop, so much so that the barrel had to be changed every 10 minutes or so!
Amazingly, its rate of fire also reached about 800 to 1100 rounds per minute!