"This gun has high single-shot accuracy, good continuous firing accuracy, low recoil, reliable and durable, easy fire control operation, no exposed pull handle to give way to the slot window, good manufacturability and low price." "The biggest problem was that the gun was 7.62mm and we needed a small-caliber rifle, so if we chose this rifle, we would have to change the calibre, which was a big project," Nalas said. ”

A gun, the most important thing is the caliber, this is the first technical indicator to choose, changing the caliber, it is almost a redesign.

"Is there anything else besides changing the caliber?" Mhammad asked.

Mhammad is quite familiar with light weapons, and such a question is almost with the meaning of questioning the person in charge; after all, what kind of weapons to choose is related to the change of light weapons in Pakistan's army, and we cannot be careless.

"The Type 81 rifle uses a low-cost AK/SVD receiver, which is not convenient for adding optical sights; Our standard light weapons need to be easily added with various attachments, preferably the popular Pila Tini rails like the West, which can be equipped with tactical flashlights, laser/infrared sights, optical sights, American-made MK203 grenade launchers and other accessories, so as to greatly increase the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers. The person in charge continued.

Multifunctional tactical rails, which are already popular in this era, this rifle from Huaxia is already far behind in this regard.

"Anything else?" Mhammad continued.

The person in charge felt some sweat on his forehead, what else? Anything else? After a year or two of comparison, we have found these main shortcomings.

"This gun, there is another drawback, that is, it is too long!" Mhammad said.

Too long! In World War II, the devil's three-eight big cover. Plus bayonets, almost all of them were one person high, and the rifles at that time were not too low, mainly for bayonets!

And now, decades have passed. The supply of bullets is far from being comparable to what it was at the beginning, and the tactics of fighting bayonets are already very rare. And when this rifle was developed, I don't know what the designers and clappers at that time thought, probably still thinking about fighting bayonets on the battlefield, greatly stretching the length of the 81 rifle, and reaching 955mm without a bayonet, compared to the prototype AKM. Type 56 is much longer, and this lengthening method is brought by lengthening the receiver, as a result, the length of the whole gun increases, and the aiming baseline is too short, even inferior to the Ak47, which must undergo rigorous training. to be able to improve accuracy.

In Huaxia's training syllabus, bayonet fighting has always been a key content. However, the purpose of this bayonet is no longer to be used on the battlefield, but more to train the brave spirit of the soldiers.

The whole gun is too long, which brings all kinds of problems, such as: With the popularity of infantry fighting vehicles, it will become more and more common for fighters to arrive on the battlefield in infantry fighting vehicles, and at the same time, they will also fight in infantry fighting vehicles, which do not have much space inside the infantry fighting vehicles, in which Type 81 rifles are used. It's simply a kind of torment, and you have to beware of accidentally injuring your comrades due to your own carelessness.

Therefore, in later generations, the length of the rifle was shortened as much as possible, and even the extreme method of stockless rifle was used to greatly shorten the total length of the gun body while ensuring that the length of the barrel remained unchanged.

Now Mhammad points out another flaw of this rifle, too long! This is also the reason why the Type 81 used a folding butt when it was improved, right?

Changing the caliber, changing the length of the barrel, and changing the multi-functional tactical rail, after such improvements, I am afraid that it is almost the same as the development of a newly developed rifle.

With his rifle in his hand, Mhammad aimed at a target two hundred meters in front of him and gently pulled the trigger.

"Dah." With a single gunshot, the bullet flew out of the muzzle and flew towards the opposite target.

Nalas picked up the telescope and looked at the target opposite, Ten Rings! The president understated it, and actually hit ten rings! Naraston is full of respect for the president, who has come out of the front line and participated in many battles.

"Let's go, let's see the next one." Mhammad said.

The next, also a type of rifle that Pakistan is heavily equipped with, the American-made M16 rifle.

This rifle is a standard rifle equipped by the United States after World War II, and it is also a rifle that promotes the development of small-caliber rifles around the world, which is a 5.56 mm caliber rifle, and it is this rifle that has led to the current NATO standard rifle caliber, which is 5.56 mm.

The biggest advantage of this gun is high precision!

Soviet-made weapons pay attention to the durability of leather, simple structure, and easy mass production, while American-made weapons pay attention to performance. The shooting accuracy of the M16 rifle is quite high, and when compared in later generations, the shooting accuracy of the M16A2 rifle even exceeds that of the Huaxia Type 88 sniper rifle! The performance of a special sniper rifle is not as good as an ordinary assault rifle, I don't know how the rifle experts in China should feel, in later generations, when they saw the shooting accuracy of guns in the Western world, they just thought it was commercial hype, and it was impossible to reach such a high standard, until they really came into contact with it, they were shocked and found that Westerners are not bragging at all, but behind closed doors, and they are getting farther and farther away from the world's advanced level!

When the M16 was first equipped with troops, the proud American company told the troops that the M16 was an epoch-making weapon that did not need to be cleaned and was not equipped with cleaning tools. As a result, it was not long before the Americans were bogged down in the quagmire of the Vietnam War, and on the battlefield, they found that the M16 in their hands often had jams, severe dirt in the breech, rusted barrels and chambers, broken cartridge cases, and damaged magazines. Some soldiers even lost their lives because of this situation.

And the same AKM rifle, even if it is in the mud, can be fired with a few shakes of the hand and the mud in the barrel, and there is even a scene where the so-called American soldiers on the battlefield throw away their guns and pick up the opponent's guns to shoot.

However, this was all the case at the time, and now, almost two decades later, the rifle is constantly being improved and its reliability has been greatly improved.

The rifle in Mhammad's hand is the M16A2, compared to the M16A1, it even cancels the form of fully automatic shooting, which is considered a pure waste of ammunition, and at the same time, the reliability is greatly improved.

Seeing that Mhammad held this assault rifle in his hand and kept playing back and forth, Naras said: "In the Western camp, this M16 rifle is the most heavily equipped, and this is also one of our alternative guns." ”

The M16 rifle of the United States is not only equipped by itself, but also exported in large quantities, and is used by many countries.

"Let's talk about our rifle caliber first." Mhammad said: "What caliber do we need for our light weapons? ”

"5.56 mm." Nalas said almost without hesitation.

There is no other choice, the caliber of 7.62 mm is outdated, the small caliber is the trend, as for the 5.45 mm caliber of the Soviet Union, only the Soviets are using it, most of NATO are 5.56 mm caliber, and now Pakistan has a very close relationship with the West, after all, it has been fighting the Soviets in recent years, so although Pakistan is not a NATO country, using 5.56 mm caliber is also the most reasonable choice.

Mhammad nodded, in fact, from later generations, he prefers Huaxia's 5.8 mm caliber, which is the most suitable caliber selected by Huaxia after years of comparison, but unfortunately, it is too early, even if Huaxia develops a Type 95 rifle, Mhammad is not able to look down on it, no rifle, an absolute pit father.

There is no other choice but 5.56 mm caliber, not only to be equipped with a large number of such rifles, Pakistan must also be able to achieve independent production of ammunition, from the West to import a full set of production lines, that is a must.

Since it is a 5.56 mm caliber, it seems that the M16 in front of you is already the best choice?

No! Of course not! Mhammad knows what rifle performance is most suitable, just look at the large number of U.S. troops equipped with M16 rifles, and what foreign weapons they use. After all, the military science and technology of Western European countries are very high, and there are many companies that develop light weapons with performance above the M16.

In Mhammad's impression, the best thing to fear is the SCAR assault rifle manufactured by the Belgian FN company, this rifle adopts a modular design, which can be combined in different ways, there are 5.56 mm SCAR-L that can fire NATO and SCAR-H that can fire 7.62 mm, the accuracy is quite high, the range of the long barrel reaches 800 meters, and the accuracy is better than the sniper rifle of the SVD category, which is tailored for the US special forces.

If this rifle is equipped with a large beam, the troops can save even a medium-caliber sniper rifle, but unfortunately, this rifle will not appear until the 21st century.

In addition to these, there should be other rifles.

Mhamad continued to move forward along the firing position, passing several other guns and stopping in front of another position.

"This is..."Naras wanted to introduce to Mhammad, and Mhammad followed: "The Swiss SG550 rifle was successfully finalized last year and equipped with a rifle for the troops. ”

The president really understands everything! This newly developed rifle in Switzerland, the president actually knows it! In an instant, Nalas really wanted to resign, President, you are so good, why don't you take charge of the decision, and see what kind of rifle equipment we introduce! (To be continued......)