When he received that FN was ready to give up the submachine gun and compete with Beretta in the automatic rifle, Piertro finally had the feeling that this group of damn Belgians had finally been fooled.

He never thought about competing with Albert's AKM and FAL rifles on automatic rifles, it was simply Beretta giving up his advantage and then putting his face up to hit him, at least he consulted with the designer Tulio. Mangoni, he said that with the current design of Beretta, unless the AKM or FAL rifles are improved, it will be possible to make better rifles than the two FN companies, and of course, Beretta will be able to get the license in Albert's hands first.

Italy has always developed a good submachine gun, after all, the world's first submachine gun, the Ville Palosha submachine gun, was equipped with Italian troops in 1915.

At present, Albert, the sworn enemy, does not have the design of the submachine gun in his hands, so the Beretta company can only hope that the Italian submachine gun design masters and Kalashnikov from Kazakhstan will strive to improve and design the submachine gun brought by Kalashnikov in a short period of time, so as to meet the needs of the army to the greatest extent.

Now that they have successfully shifted Albert's attention from submachine guns to automatic rifles, Beretta is so unhappy that he is dying, and as for what he said before to design a good cross-era rifle, Pietro said that he can say as much as you want to hear this kind of swearing.

Pietro Beretta, who was in a good mood, came to inspect the progress of the submachine guns, Demenico Salza, Vittorio Val, Tulio. Mangoni and Gunnar Johnson were discussing the blueprints of several submachine guns in front of them, while Kalashnikov just stood and stared at the blueprints, not participating in their heated discussion.

"How's it going, gentlemen?" Pietro was in a good mood today.

"Mr. Pietro, now we have a total of two submachine gun designs, please take a look." Gunnar John was very attentive to pushing his design in front of Pietro.

"This is an improved model from the M/45 submachine gun, with a 36-round double-row double-feed magazine, the previous 50-round capacity magazine may cause a feed failure due to incorrect reload position, and the addition of a fast and slow machine, you can choose between a fully automatic or semi-automatic firing mode." "And it didn't affect the accuracy and reliability of the submachine gun. ”

The M/45 submachine gun, because it borrowed or improved on the successful elements of many famous submachine guns during World War II, did not have many creative designs, and was the successor of the excellent elements of the decency.

Not to be outdone, Demenico Salza and Vittorio Val also presented their own designs, "Chairman, this is the design we came up with, tentatively named the M12 submachine gun. ”

"The M12 submachine gun adopts an envelope design, which is also known as a nested bolt or buried bolt, which is a bolt structure with the nose wrapped around the barrel, which can shorten the full length of the gun while maintaining the length of the barrel, and can reduce the barrel vibration and body jump when firing, which is conducive to improving the accuracy of continuous fire."

Although Salza is not the only one in history who claims to be the inventor of the envelope bolt, the design of the M12 submachine gun is relatively successful.

"The M12 has two safety devices: one is the automatic grip safety, which is located under the trigger guard, and the trigger can only be pulled when the shooter holds the grip, and whether the bolt is in front or behind, the grip safety can be released to stop the bolt from moving. Such a design prevents the gun from misfiring due to collision when it falls to the ground; The second is the push-type safety button, which is located directly above the grip and is used to lock the grip safety and push it to the right to the safety state. The Beretta M12's fast and slow machine is located in front of the grip, and it is semi-automatic when pressed in from the left and fully automatic when pressed in from the right. ”

"The foregrip, magazine socket, transmitter mount and rear grip are integral parts and are part of the receiver. There is a deep longitudinal sand drainage groove on the inner wall of the receiver, which can hold dirt, so that the mechanism of the gun can still operate normally in harsh environmental conditions, such as sandstorms, smoke, rain and snow. ”

"We designed three magazines with a capacity of 20, 32 and 40 rounds. The butt made of metal tubing can be folded to the right side of the barrel or a removable wooden fixed stock can be installed instead. Due to the small transverse dimensions, combined with the use of an envelope bolt and a collapsible butt, the overall dimensions of the M12 submachine gun were compact, easy to conceal and carry. ”

In addition to the acclaim of the future M/45 submachine gun in the Third World, there was a loyal user during the Vietnam War, and many American special forces who carried out covert operations in South Vietnam, as well as special units of the Air Force and the CIA, liked to carry foreign weapons without batch numbers. At that time, the United States purchased a small number of M/45 submachine guns from Sweden and issued them to special forces and special agents in Vietnam. However, SEALs found the weapon to be reliable in wet and muddy conditions, capable of firing immediately out of the water, and capable of short-range firepower in jungle encounters, so they made extensive use of the submachine gun on infiltration patrol missions.

As for the M12 submachine gun, it was officially adopted by the Italian government in 1961 in history, and was first equipped with special forces at the beginning, but soon became the standard equipment of the Italian Army, and then the Italian gendarmerie and other law enforcement agencies also began to use it, and the Beretta M12 submachine gun was also purchased and used by Lebanon, Brazil, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and other countries, and Brazil also obtained the right to license production.

The M12 submachine gun still has a place in the world arms market because of its outstanding performance, low price and reliable operation, and those who have used this gun praise it for its easy control, good natural directivity, compact structure and simple maintenance.

The further expansion of the butterfly effect made Albert's submachine gun, which had not yet been interviewed, set up two difficult opponents at once.

"Comrade Kalashnikov, what do you propose for these two guns?" Piertroo specifically used the term comrade.

"I'm very grateful to the three designers for bringing us such a great design." Kalashnikov saluted before soldiers, "but with all due respect, these two guns have no bright spots." ”

When the interpreter carefully euphemized the words, Demenico Salza, Vittorio Val and Gunnar John changed their faces at the same time.

"And what advice does Comrade Kalashnikov have?" Gunnar John was first aggressive, "We have seen the blueprints of the submachine gun you brought, and there are not many highlights. ”

"I know, because its design is not much superior to the PPSH41 submachine gun." Kalashnikov took a manuscript in Russian from his manuscript and pushed it to Pietro without hurry.

"This is an improvement I made on the original AKM rifle, and since the AKM rifle was introduced, I've been making some simple improvements to its original." Kalashnikov explained to the crowd, "Gunnar John and Mr. Salza had a great design, but they both neglected the problem of range and power of the submachine gun, so I improved on the AKM rifle and designed a gun with a power and range that was between a rifle and a submachine gun." ”

If Albert heard this, he would definitely scold: What is this special submachine gun design? This is simply the concept of a weapon for individual self-defense.

"My preliminary assumption was that this gun would use a 5.45×39mm caliber bullet, of course, the body was shorter than the AKM, only 490mm with the tail stock folded, but due to its short barrel and the location of the air vent too close to the muzzle, the muzzle needed to be fitted with a gas expansion chamber device. The function of this muzzle device is to allow the insufficient combustion of gunpowder gas to expand sufficiently to reduce the muzzle flame. ”

"AKM uses a wooden handguard, which dissipates heat quickly and does not get hot, while we can design a metal handguard, but the upper part has a fine-hole structure, and the lower part can have its own grip to facilitate the soldier to hold the submachine gun."

"This gun is a problem in terms of range, not comparable to rifles, but it is slightly better than submachine guns, so it is mainly equipped with members of special forces, airborne troops, engineers, signal troops, artillerymen, vehicle drivers, and special forces of law enforcement agencies."

Kalashnikov was deeply influenced by Federov's book The Evolution of Small Arms, in which Federov mentioned that the future evolution of individual weapons could lead to two types of firearms: a submachine gun and a light carbine, using new bullets, and light automatic rifles, which should use more powerful bullets. And the former is the immature concept of individual self-defense weapons.

"I intend to designate this firearm of the design as the AKS submachine gun." Kalashnikov said calmly.