Chapter 45: Heated Debate in the Forum

Philip walked to the podium and said loudly: "Next, I would like to invite Mr. Carl Gustaf, Chairman of Bofors Defense Industries, the organizer of this forum, to give a wonderful keynote speech!" ”

Carl has made enough preparations for today's speech, and the company's top management, including Philip, has come up with a lot of ideas for him, and he wants to make a splash today.

Walking to the podium, Karl said in a deep voice: "Welcome to the Defense High-end Forum, the topic of my speech is to build a high-end defense platform for the world through win-win cooperation." Ladies and gentlemen, our Stockholm International Defense Exhibition has achieved good results on the first day, and people from many defense companies have come to me and said that this defense exhibition is very well organized, and they have done them a great favor, and they have signed a lot of orders on the first day. In addition, I was approached by military delegations from several countries, who were also full of praise for the International Defense Exhibition and wanted to buy our company's products. What does this mean? ”

"Our defense show provides an excellent platform for buyers and sellers of weapons, as well as an excellent platform for technical exchanges between defense companies! Promoting exchanges and cooperation between international defense companies around the world, enhancing the competitiveness of the weapons manufacturing industry and the visibility and reputation of enterprises are the high-end defense platforms we should strive to build. The weapons of the future are becoming more advanced and complex, and even require multiple defense companies to work together to develop and produce them. On this defense platform, defense companies from various countries can deepen their understanding of each other and lay a good foundation for future cooperation. ”

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At the forum, representatives of world-famous arms companies also took the stage to deliver wonderful speeches. Among them, there are some unique views and insights, such as the future development direction of light weapons, the caliber of tank artillery, the installation of aviation guns, and so on, especially the assault rifle and Gatling tube gun developed by Philip, which have aroused heated debates. Some weapons designers took the stage to comment on assault rifles and Vulcan cannons.

Finland's Raday, a well-known light weapons designer, is more enthusiastic about the development of submachine guns, so he is not interested in assault rifles such nondescript weapons, he said on the stage: "I think the future direction of infantry weapons should be submachine guns, and large-caliber submachine guns. A submachine gun is a single-soldier repeating firearm, which is shorter and lighter than a rifle, has a high rate of fire, fierce firepower, is suitable for close combat and charge, and has good combat effectiveness within 200 meters. And the so-called assault rifle, although it is a little shorter than the rifle, has not lost much weight, and the caliber is too small, and the power must be limited! ”

"Our company is developing a new type of submachine gun that fires 9 mm Pyra Belum pistol cartridges with an effective range of 200 meters, a theoretical rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute, and a variety of ammunition feeders, with a maximum capacity of 70 rounds of drums. This kind of light weapon with powerful firepower and easy to carry by soldiers is the trump card on the battlefield in the future! In the end, Leddy didn't forget to advertise his company's products.

Philip was well aware that submachine guns did play an important role in World War II. But after the Second World War, its tactical position gradually declined. In addition to the miniature, light and micro-sound submachine guns, which still have vitality, conventional submachine guns have been replaced by small-caliber assault rifles.

The more famous submachine gun, like the British "Stern" submachine gun, has several of the best of World War II: the simplest structure, the poorest workmanship, the cheapest construction, the ugliest appearance, and the most hated by the Allied soldiers. The gun was developed by the British in response to the threat of German invasion and came in a variety of models, one of which was the only submachine gun in World War II that could be silenced. Several "most" of the gun also summarize its good and bad characteristics. Its design is a representative of "more, faster and more economical", and the structure and processing and manufacturing are extremely simple. However, the unreliability of its ammunition supply and safety devices has also often attracted criticism. It produced 4 million units in World War II. The gun fires 9 mm Pyrabylum pistol rounds, and the foul is fed with magazines. Because this gun inserts a magazine from the side, it is commonly known as "partial shuttle" in China.

However, with the early advent of the assault rifle, the fate of the submachine gun was about to take a turn.

Needless to say, Philip took the stage to argue, but Halik, a famous Czech firearms designer who was already a fan of the Gungnir assault rifle, stepped up to the stage and said to the attendees: "I have a different opinion. I think the advent of assault rifles is a revolution in firearm design! Let's not talk about how effective and powerful it is! Let's just look at it in terms of material selection, and it's very successful. The application of plastic and aluminum alloy has reduced the weight of this rifle, and is more conducive to mass production, and the design of the upper and lower aluminum receivers is a must, and the upper receiver can be directly mounted with an optical scope, avoiding the drawbacks of easy loosening and inconvenient disassembly caused by the installation on the side of the receiver. Moreover, its small-caliber bullets not only allow soldiers to carry more bullets, but also reduce the consumption of precious metals such as copper, which is a successful design! And I've heard it's even more powerful than the Mauser rifle! ”

Khalik's statement was echoed by the majority of those present, including representatives of countries that had purchased Gungnir assault rifles. Everyone applauded, because Halik's analysis was so good that even Philip was a little surprised!

Messerschmidt, a well-known German aircraft designer, had also been given a booth at the defense show to promote his company's products, but he was intrigued by Philip's Vulcan because he felt that once it was installed on a fighter plane, it would be highly effective.

The predecessor of the Messerschmitt AG was the Bavarian Aircraft Factory, which was reorganized in 1926 in Augsburg, Bavaria. At that time, BMW still held a significant stake in the company, and the following year Willy Messerschmidt joined the company as chief designer and chief engineer. After joining the company, Messerschmidt began designing the M20 aircraft for Lufthansa and other airlines. The aircraft made its maiden flight on February 26, 1928. It is powered by a 500 hp BMW-V1 engine.

In addition to this, the company also began to develop fighter jets for the military, and this time at the Stockholm International Defense Exhibition, Dr. Messerschmidt was a treasure trove for Dr. Messerschmidt, because it could be designed into an intimidating aviation artillery! This time, it was the opportunity to use the forum to learn more about this weapon, so Dr. Messerschmidt took the stage to speak.

Dr. Messerschmidt walked up to the stage and smiled, "Guys, I found an interesting weapon, and that is the Vulcan cannon on the Bofors Defense booth. I heard that even the chief engineer of Bofors objected to the rapid-fire gun, which had just begun to be developed, believing that this small-caliber gun had no future. So I inquired and found out that its designer was actually the moderator of this forum, Mr. Philip. And I heard that Mr. Philip is still us Germans! ”