Hearing that Albert wanted to design a sniper rifle, Tianyan remained not optimistic, he analyzed, "Now the United States has the M1903 Springfield rifle, the Soviet Union has the Mosin Nagant rifle, Germany has the Mauser 98K, and even Italy has the Carcano rifle. After all, in the current concept of the army, sniper rifles are used to kill people, not to deal with combat vehicles. ”

Albert, of course, knew that the too avant-garde design mentioned by Sky Eye was referring to Barrett's perverted anti-materiel sniper rifle, although the Soviet Union also developed anti-materiel weapons such as the Simonov anti-tank gun in this era, but they were not yet anti-materiel sniper rifles in the true sense.

"I didn't plan on making something like that." Albert denied the idea of Tianyan, "In 1945, which army would buy anti-materiel sniper rifles when they were full, not to mention that the sniper scope of this period was simple and fragile, and a little too much shock estimated that the mirror would be shaken open, I want to say that I plan to develop the SVD Dragunov sniper rifle." ”

SVD, a legendary firearm that spans more than half a century, began with the Soviet Army's selection of the Dragonov sniper rifle in 1963 to replace the Mosin Nagant sniper rifle, it experienced the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, experienced the Vietnam War, and made the 32nd Sniper Battalion and C100 Sniper Company of the 700th Infantry Regiment of the Viet Cong an eternal nightmare for the US military. The Grozny street fighting in the Chechen War, SVD sniper rifles, RPGs and PKM machine guns are known as the golden street fighting combination, which made the Russian army pay the most tragic price, and in the Iraq War, an anti-American armed sniper named Juba shot and killed many American soldiers with SVD.

The SVD is actually an enlarged version of the AK47 assault rifle, but with a simpler firing mechanism. Since the 7.62×54mm rounds fired by the SVD were flange rounds and were much more powerful than the 7.62×39mm M43 rounds used with the AK47, the bolt nose had to be redesigned and strengthened to withstand high pressures. However, since it can only shoot a single shot, the firing and firing mechanism is relatively simple, and the main parts are the hammer, the single-shot lever and the safety stop iron controlled by the frame, with separate hammer springs and trigger springs.

Based on the famous AK47, Dragonov succeeded in designing a semi-automatic rifle that was highly accurate, lightweight, and reliable at the time. The SVD has a dispersion of 395mm at a distance of 600 meters, which is equivalent to a dispersion of 14.17 inches at a distance of 600 yards, while the NATO countries require a sniper rifle of 15 inches, and the accuracy is even better than that of the Mosin Nagant 1891/30.

Durable, reliable and with high precision. Maozi's weapons look rough, but they have the most practical value, no wonder they were able to send the flying fox MiG-25, which is equivalent to "a large piece of stainless steel with an engine", to the sky and achieve good results.

"Listen to your tone and you're going to recommend this gun to the Soviet government?" Designing the guns that others were originally going to design in advance, and then selling them to others, this kind of shameless thing he believes Albert will definitely do.

"Ahem, business, this is business, do you understand?" "In a country like the Soviet Union, which has a vast army of several millions, I don't have to worry about the sales of SVDs," Albert stressed. ”

In the Soviet Army, the SVD sniper rifle is equipped with 1 per platoon, while in the regular US army, the professional sniper platoon is usually attached to the battalion, but the Russians do not eat the Americans' set, they think that the sniper rifle should provide long-distance accurate fire support for the grassroots infantry, and the SVD is a sniper rifle.

To quote a U.S. Army sniper, "In today's terminology, the SVD isn't a true sniper rifle, but it's been designed and built surprisingly well, and it's an excellent extended-range squad weapon." ”

Of course, the sniper said this in the 21st century, and the SVD was still an important sniper rifle for the army of the 20th century.

"And the SVD was designed to be 320mm in the early days, and it was shortened to 240mm later, but after changing the tracking distance, the accuracy of SVD's sniper projectiles dropped by 20-25%, so I planned to shorten it to 260mm, and the purpose of the Soviet army to shorten the length of the hook was only to ensure that ammunition such as armor-piercing and incendiary could fly stably. It seems that the Soviets are not only using SVD as a weapon of personnel destruction, but also considering the use of SVD as an anti-materiel weapon. Albert smiled, killing two birds with one stone is still a good thing.

"What about bullets? Do you use 7.62*54 machine gun rounds, I remember that thing is not very accurate? Tianyan asked suspiciously.

"I'm going to design the SVD directly into a dedicated 7N1 sniper cartridge, and as for the 7.62*54 machine gun cartridge, I have to write this sentence on the box: 'If you want to kill a hostage-taking bandit with a 7.62*54 machine gun cartridge, you just need to aim at the hostage's head.'" This sentence originally described the "88 hail" of a certain big country, but it is just as appropriate to put it here.

At the beginning, the Americans tested the SVD with a very low evaluation, believing that the gun was too scattered to complete the sniper mission. In fact, this is because the Americans directly used the 7.62*54 machine gun bullet that was easy to get when testing the SVD, instead of getting a professional 7N1 sniper bullet.

"Stuff like the PSO-1 optical sight is out of my mind." The Soviet PSO-1 sight had already used the most advanced optical technology when it was launched in 1963, and Albert currently did not have the strength to go to a department dedicated to the design of the scope, so he directly used the PU scope designed by the Soviet Union for the Mosin Nagant rifle.

At this time, Albert's phone rang, he stopped the communication with Tianyan in his mind, and picked up the microphone, "Hello, this is NORINCO." ”

"Your Highness Albert, I'm Seifer." On the other end of the line came Sever's somewhat tired voice.

"What's wrong, Lord Sever?" Albert asked.

"Remember the last time you commissioned me to send my FAL rifle to the official U.S. firearms department for testing?" Seifer didn't wait for Albert to answer, and continued, "The results came in, and the Americans decided that this gun was not very suitable for their army, so the Americans politely turned down the FAL rifle. ”

"Okay, I got it." Albert replied indifferently.

Apparently Seifer did not anticipate Albert's salty attitude, and he tentatively asked, "Don't you think it's a pity?" Do you want to try another country again? ”

"No need, Lord Seifer, you and I both know how well this gun performs, since the Americans are not willing to accept such excellent works, let them play by themselves."

It seems that history will not change because of their own intervention in some cases, because in 1945 the M1 carbine could not meet the needs of the Americans, so this year the United States implemented a research program for new rifles, a total of several arsenals came up with dozens of designs, and the history also included the involvement of the British Enfield Arsenal and the Belgian FN company, and finally left behind the design of the T65 model gun developed by the American Springfield Arms Company that fired T44 bullets, The EM2 sample gun developed by the Enfield Arsenal in the United Kingdom, and the T48 (FAL) automatic rifle designed by the Belgian FN company, although the T48 test results were the first in history, the United States still chose the T44 sample gun of the Springfield Company.

As for the designer of the T44 sample, it was the designer of the Garand rifle, John Canteus Garand. The T44 sample gun, which was later the M14 rifle.

Whether there is a Yankee mentality who wants to deliberately support the national brand, Albert is unknown.

"By the way, Lord Sever, I would like to discuss with you some questions about the AKM rifle." Albert still had to say hello to Seifer when designing such a thing, after all, this gun was made by FN Company.

"Oh? What's the problem? "Seifer was clearly interested, he had always been interested in what the whimsical little prince had to say, he was like a genius in firearms design, and he always came up with something amazing.

"I had the idea of mixing and matching AKM rifles with body parts." "For example, our AKM rifles now use solid wood butts and paratrooper triangular folding butts, but in fact, we can design other different butts to cope with different situations and achieve free mixing." It can also be designed with a handguard grip to make it more comfortable for soldiers to shoot, as well as silencers and drums for covert operations or fire support. ”

"Hmm...... Good idea. The person on the other side of the phone muttered for a while, "Another day, you come to Liège City, and we can discuss it in detail." ”

"No need, I've already put the blueprints out, and I'll leave for Liege the day after tomorrow at the latest." Albert said something that was expected to make Sever's squirt.

"Okay, I've been working on rumors about AKM lately, and I'll be available about the day after tomorrow." Seifer was also very sad about the gossip in the sky, "I also know about the Beretta Company, but I advise you not to do anything with them, Your Highness Albert, after all, no one knows what trap Piatro old fox dug up." ”

"So be it, Lord Sever." Albert also decided to disgust Beretta, "You send a message and tell them that FN has decided to compete with them in the assault rifle area, and will definitely come up with a good rifle to compete with them, as for the actual situation, I have other plans, but I will discuss it after I get to FN." ”