Chapter 351: A breech gun in one step

Produced by the Age of Empires system, it must be a high-quality product, and Zhao Dutian was still worried about whether the system would only reward the unstable breech gun that was originally developed in the history of the previous life, and the probability of exploding the hall jamming is very pitiful compared to the flintlock gun!

After receiving the mission reward, Zhao Dutian's worries disappeared completely, because the Imperial Age system rewarded Zhao Dutian's first large-scale use in his previous life, the quality of which was reliable, and allowed Prussia to defeat the Austrian Empire within seven weeks - the Dresser rifle!

The Dresser rifle can be described as an epoch-making rifle reform, before the Austro-Prussian War, there are basically not many people in the mainstream countries of Europe who agree with the utility of the breech gun, this is not a simple gentleman's spiritual role, the Dresser rifle before the breech gun, not to mention the complex operation, and often have accidents such as jamming and bombing, compared with the mature design of the breech gun, the practicality is really not good!

In addition, a large number of conservative generals are accustomed to using breech guns, so they are naturally reluctant to use breech guns without any record!

Even in the Kingdom of Prussia, the country where the Dresser rifle was invented, there were many voices against the installation of this breech gun!

It is said that a Prussian general hated rear-loading guns so much that he left a last word when he died, asking for a burst of gunfire from a front-loading smoothbore gun on his grave, otherwise he would not die. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When a Swiss military delegation visited Prussia, the Swiss general, who had inspected the Prussian breech-loading units, shouted as he walked: "Eating with the mouth is noble, and a Swiss shooter would never be so humble as to shoot with a tail-loading '**gun' (referring to a rear-loading gun)." ”

Of course, after the Austro-Prussian war, all opposing voices were silenced, and all European countries began to load breech guns!

The reason is simple, the Austrian Empire, which used front-loading guns, was defeated too badly and too quickly!

The system directly rewarded Zhao Dutian with a full set of mature skills of this Drysa rifle, how could he not be happy?

The technology of this era is similar to that of the pre-Napoleonic period, and even front-loading rifled guns were not popular, let alone breech-loading guns!

European countries are still at the level of firing flintlock rifles at a distance of 50 to 100 meters, so one can imagine what will happen once the Dresser rifle with an effective range of 600 meters appears on the battlefield?

Of course, the effective range of the rifle does not mean that the range really used in war, after all, the aiming distance of the human eye is limited, and in the absence of professional sniper scopes, a trained soldier can hit a human target 3 or 4 hundred meters away, which is considered good!

This is also the reason why during World War I and World War II, the range of firearms was very long, but the combat distance was far less than the effective range of firearms.

And of course, snipers get extra scary!

Zhao Dutian, who received the task reward, quickly pulled out the data of the Dresser rifle on the Age of Empires auxiliary system, as a military dictator tyrant, Zhao Dutian can not use his own weapons, but the performance data of the weapon must be understood!

After all, the dictatorial Zhao Dutian is not only a politician, but also the supreme military commander of the Han Empire, and he has participated in the military plans of the Imperial General Staff, so he naturally wants to instill as much military common sense as possible in himself!

Don't you see, during World War II, whether it was Hitrerick or Stalin, every time a new weapon was developed and produced, did it have to be inspected in person?

Understanding the level of weapons in one's own army is the basic quality of a military dictator!

The Dresser rifle uses the principle of "needle prick" firing projectile, initiating charge and black powder all in a cylindrical paper cartridge case, but the initiating charge is not mounted at the tail of the cartridge case, but in the middle of the bottom surface of the projectile. When the trigger is pulled, the force of the spring releases the slender firing pin, which pierces the bottom of the cartridge case from the front end of the bolt and continues to the front until it pierces the detonator at the bottom of the projectile and detonates it, igniting the black powder inside the cartridge. Before the bolt can be opened, a wrench at the rear of the firing pin must be moved before it can be rotated and rear-opened, reloaded with the next round, pushed into place and rotated to close the chamber. Before firing, you need to hand hold the wrench on the back of the firing pin up and rotate it back to the position where you want to fire.

In the early days of muskets, ammunition was loaded from the front of the barrel, while reloading guns were loaded with bullets from the back of the firearm. Then the advantages are obvious. If a person is to load ammunition from the muzzle, then the person must stand up, and in the absence of cover, the whole person will be exposed to the enemy's gun; The rear loading gun is different, with the rear loading gun, you can reload ammunition while lying down, and it is difficult for the enemy to attack. Moreover, the Dresser rifle uses a rotary rear-pull bolt, which greatly increases the rate of fire. The rate of fire of the Dresser rifle was nearly 5 times higher than that of the front-loading guns that were commonly used by the troops of various countries at that time. It was these two advantages that allowed the Prussian army to defeat the Austrian army in seven weeks.

The Dresser rifle uses a firing pin, but one problem with this firing pin is that it is too long. If the firing pin is too long, it will be constantly exposed to the hot gunpowder and cause damage to the firing pin. Rear loading ammunition is an advantage of the Dresser rifle, and at the same time a disadvantage. The airtightness of the breech was poor, and the powder gases that poured out could interfere with the shooter's aiming, and in severe cases even burn the skin. Of course, this is inevitable now!

Caliber: 15.4 mm (0.61 in.)

Weight: 4.7 kg (10.4 lb)

Length: 1420mm

Barrel length: 910 mm

Bullets: Paper shell acorn-shaped buckshots

Loading method: rear loading

Rate of fire: 10-12 rounds / min

Muzzle velocity: 305 m/s (1,000 ft/s) Effective range: 600 m (650 yd)

Feed: Single-shot feed

The Dresser Rifle technology rewarded by the mission is directly to Zhao Dutian with a professional manufacturing team of experts, who can not only make the Dresser rifle, but also continue to modify the rifle over time!

Soon, under the hand-built by firearms experts, the first Dressey rifle appeared in the hands of Zhao Dutian, although this rifle can be completely used on the battlefield, but for Zhao Dutian, who has watched the anti-Japanese drama, it is still too pitiful......

The steps of this single-shot rifle to shoot a bullet and load a bullet are much more laborious than pulling the bolt with one shot!

However, what Zhao Dutian got was not only a Dresser rifle, but also the accompanying thunder mercury technology!

It won't be long before the first close-quarters combat artifact, the revolver, will be available!

The Han light cavalry can also replace the copycat version of the revolver carbine, eliminating the problem of inconvenient reloading!

It's a pity that the gap between technology and real equipment is not small, and the production of a Dresser rifle is fast, but it takes a long time to produce tens of thousands of Dresser rifles!