In fact, there are not a lot of modular rifles now, changing the barrel and related parts, the small caliber can be changed to a large caliber, or from an assault rifle to a sniper rifle, the most typical of which is probably the big viper and SCAR, as well as XM8 in Xiao Yang's concept.

XM8 Needless to say, in the past few years, it was rumored that the Mi Army was going to replace all the M16 and M4 series, and it was the people behind the XM8 who were pushing it, and as a result, many people objected on the grounds that the Mi Army did not bid for bidding and directly designated other arms companies unfairly, which eventually led to the interruption of the project.

As for the big viper and SCAR, at present, both guns have been installed in a small number of special forces of the Mi Army, and it is rumored that users have responded well to them, but what the actual result is, outsiders are not clear, but from the point of view that the Mi Army is not equipped in large quantities, there must be some mystery in this.

Kutos also has these two guns here, and as soon as Aman heard Xiao Yang say it, he said that he would go to the warehouse to get a gun and try it.

"I haven't used the big viper, so I've tried it a few times, but SCAR has used it a few times, and I'm used to AK and M4, I really didn't pay much attention to it at the time, so let's try it today."

Anyway, it was okay, Xiao Yang didn't object, so the two went to the warehouse together to get two guns and several models, and then came to the shooting range of the training base.

Little Ivan was leading the team in shooting training, and when he saw the two of them coming, he immediately handed over the matter to his deputy and ran over.

"Why did you two come here?" After asking, I saw the guy in the hands of the two of them, and said in surprise: "Why do you play with this thing?" The gun is good, and it is not used to it. ”

The military version, no one buys this thing in Africa at all, the goods in their warehouse are all civilian versions, but if the two versions are to be converted, it is not difficult, just move a little, they just want to test the gun this time, and they don't have to test it so finely, so they don't bother to move.

Xiao Yang handed the gun to Oman, and he himself loaded the bullet into the magazine, "Colt is preparing for the development of modular rifles, the two of us didn't know much about these two guns before, so we just tried ...... today."

Modular rifles, in the past for a period of time, used to be very hot, but at that time Colt was in bankruptcy, naturally no one cared about this anymore, but now the heat of this matter has faded a lot, little Ivan was a little puzzled by Colt to start this project, and asked why he suddenly had this idea.

"The Mi Army plans to replace the M4 and M16." Aman whispered.

Hearing the news, Xiao Ivan had the same reaction as Xiao Yang when he heard it, "How likely is it this time?" ”

"According to the news, it is very likely, and behind it is FN and other companies to promote." It was Xiao Yang who answered him, "Otherwise, how could we suddenly start this project?" In summary, Colt is the last, at a complete disadvantage, and he is not sure that he can fight, so he will not waste that time and energy. ”

In the final analysis, they are just businessmen, and they will definitely not do loss-making business, Xiao Yang has never cared about his identity as a Mi countryman, and he doesn't even realize that he is still a Mi country man most of the time, so he didn't think about the so-called contribution to local brands and century-old enterprises.

Little Ivan listened, smiled, and quickly asked the most important question: "Since there is news, it shouldn't be too long, is it still too late?" ”

Two years is really tight for the development of a brand new gun, and it is no wonder that he is worried, "Bakken they already have this idea, and they have also used some spare time to conduct relevant research, and if the project is established, there is still some foundation, not from scratch, I told them, two years, you can give it a try, if the gun type, they can come up with it in half a year, mainly for some follow-up work......"

"The follow-up work is the most time-consuming." Little Ivan sighed.

He has followed Big Ivan in and out of various military factories since he was a child, and he still knows a lot about weapon research and development, a new gun, the initial finalization is not difficult, it is rare to have various problems after the finalization, often one of the parts needs dozens or hundreds of modifications and attempts to finally solve the problem.

"Listening to him, they still have confidence, let's try it first, in a year, we can almost have a result, it's really not good, then we will think of other ways."

Pistols are different from rifles, once the Mi Army really wants to replace the rifle, the number is at least one million, and what is the price of a rifle, even if it is the lowest, it will not be less than four figures, that is to say, this order is worth at least billions, plus the subsequent additional benefits, the final value may be in the tens of billions, Colt gets such an order, at least within 30 years, there will be no more worries such as bankruptcy.

With such a big interest, no matter what, they will find a way to intervene.

After talking about this topic, the three of them put their minds on testing the gun, and their test gun this time is not just to test its power and accuracy, but mainly in terms of user experience, modular firearms, where is the biggest advantage?

It's all about versatility and flexibility, portability, and more.

To test, of course, the main thing is to test these.

The three of them did this in the morning, and when it was almost time to eat, they didn't put away the guns anymore, and directly threw them to the range management and put the guns here.

"I haven't officially used it before, I don't feel anything, I tried it this time, I have to say that modularization still has certain benefits, the future trend, it may indeed be the development of this aspect, which we were negligent before, I think Colt set up this project, whether it is changed or not, it is necessary......"

Modular guns, which are now mostly used by some special forces in various countries, are indeed rarely exposed to mercenaries and people in the Middle East and Africa, which makes them lack understanding of this aspect.

Oman is right, after really experiencing it with their hearts, they know their negligence, in terms of flexibility, the idea that modularity will replace the current gun clan is not something that some people have pushed for hype, but a fact.

"You're right." Xiao Yang nodded, "Fortunately, there is still time." However, the NATO system has been in place for so many years, and it is not so simple to replace it, which can also be explained by the fact that there are not many modular guns now......"

He was right.

5.56 Small caliber is basically a standard for NATO countries, and the relevant arms enterprises of dozens of countries have become an interest group, and the conditions are not mature enough, where will it be so easy for a new standard to replace the old one?

Those companies that can't even drink soup don't come out to make trouble!

"It's not easy, but since there is a rumor in the country, it means that some people have some certainty, wait for the big dog to check the information in this regard, we have to get a good understanding."

"That's as it should be. I'll call later. ”

Separated outside the training base, each going home or returning to the company, Xiao Yang was on the way, so he called Mi Qilin and asked him to collect relevant information, and check it out to see if he could find out who was behind the scenes.

The information about modular rifles is very easy to check, and after lunch to the company, Mi Qilin passed over a piece of information.

Usually I don't pay much attention to it, but when the information is in front of him, Xiao Yang knows that there are really many countries in the world that have this project, many countries in NATO, Russia, even China, the South Peninsula, etc.

After taking a closer look at the projects or achievements being developed by various countries, he really determined what Oman said before, in this regard, it is indeed their negligence, so many countries in the world are developing in this direction, and it will definitely not be possible to do it only by hype and promotion, but the development trend of the fact may be so.

Colt wants to continue to be stronger and bigger, this kind of thing, even if it is a loss, it must be done, in case one day the market matures, but they can't keep up with the product, won't it be a road to bankruptcy again?

However, he was also a little strange, he and Aman did not know this aspect, and the high-ranking officials of Colt did not realize this, only Bakken and they took action? If it weren't for Bakken this time, when would this matter be discovered?

Suddenly, he remembered a document that seemed to have been sent by Colt before, which seemed to mention it, so he sat down in front of the computer and wanted to look through the records that had been kept, but as soon as he sat down, he stood up again: I don't remember when it was, I went to look for it one by one, and when did I find it?

He went straight out to Oman's office, Aman was bored playing a game, saw him, quickly put down the mobile phone in his hand, and asked him what was going on.

"Did Colt mention modular rifles before? I'm vaguely impressed, but I'm not sure. ”

Aman nodded, "I realized it in the morning, after coming out of the training base, I went back to the company to check, but I mentioned it to us, it has been a few years, and it was cooperating with country F on the P41 project, and the R&D department has developed a police type, so I deni......ed it."

"I see." The management is not derelict in its duties, Xiao Yang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Then it's no problem, I thought they hadn't noticed this problem, if that's the case, I have to consider starting to replace people." ”

The management of an enterprise will only maintain and will not expand, which is definitely not good, but they cannot be blamed for the current situation, and of course it is impossible to change people at will.

"It's my problem, although it wasn't suitable to start a new project at that time, I couldn't have thought about it enough."

"If you say that, I have a problem." Xiao Yang smiled, the responsibility is not responsible, it's all in the past, no matter how much you say, it's really wrong, that's just to pay attention to it in the future, blame yourself for these, there's no need for that, "After all, I also read those emails, come on, let's not talk about this problem, I have an idea, in case Bakken's research and development doesn't go well, then we'd better acquire related technologies, what do you think?" ”