On January 27, 1914, two models of tanks were secretly tested outside Sydney.

This time, the test site was chosen at the training place of the 1st Guards Division, which had the advantage of using the Guards Division as an excuse to cover up the bombing sound during the tank test.

Thankfully, the performance of the two tanks in the actual test is no different from the predicted data, and there is basically no difference in speed, stability, etc.

Although the real test will last for a long time, it will also be necessary to test the actual stability of the tank in a variety of environments.

But what can be guaranteed is that, according to the current experimental data, the second-generation tank has been able to be put into real combat, and after the test is completed, it can be equipped on a small scale and become the secret weapon of the Australasian Army.

As for mass-equipping tanks, it will take at least more than a decade to wait until the third or even fourth generation of tanks comes out.

If tanks are equipped on a large scale now, the logistical and repair problems faced will collapse the entire military system.

Imagine that hundreds of tanks in a war are lying on their stomachs en masse, and I am afraid that they don't have to fight, and they can directly laugh to the other side.

While there's nothing wrong with adding some comedy to the war, Arthur certainly wouldn't want to lose his own soldiers as a result.

The only high-ranking military officials who participated in the secret test of the tank were Defense Secretary Raul, the former Secretary of State for Defense and the current Prime Minister of the government, Kent, and the division commander of the 1st Guards Division, Thomas.

After all, it was a test at the station of the 1st Guards Division, and it was impossible for Division Commander Thomas not to know about it.

What's more, as the division commander of the 1st Guards Division, Division Commander Thomas is definitely a high-ranking member of the Australasian military and a strong contender for the next Secretary of National Defense.

In the order of promotion of the Australasian army, the deputy commander of the Guards Division is equivalent to the commander of the regular division, the commander of the regular division is promoted to the commander of the Guards Division, and the commander of the Guards Division is promoted to the Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister.

Although the rank and rank of the commander of the Colonial Division were equivalent to the deputy commander of the Guards Division, none of the deputy commanders of the Guards Division were willing to serve in the Colonial Division.

The difference in the treatment of the Guards Division and the Colonial Division is much greater than that of biological and adopted divisions.

Although the number of soldiers in the Guards Division and the Colonial Division was about the same, the difference in military spending between the two was at least ten times higher per year.

Although the matter of tanks has come to an end for the time being, the inspection of military equipment has only just begun.

The most important thing at the moment is the work of Browning, the chief expert in light weapons at the Royal Arsenal.

As a very famous expert in light weapons in history, Browning's attainment in light weapons is undoubted.

Two years after arriving in Australasia, Browning finally completed Arthur's assignment to research new pistols and submachine guns.

The Australasian pistol can be traced back to the AS-1898 semi-automatic pistol, which was designed more than ten years ago, and has significantly lagged behind the current mainstream automatic pistol in the world.

But the role of the pistol is very important. Officers, tank crews, pilots, policemen, and even some intelligence officers and Arthur's bodyguards, guards, etc., used and armed pistols on a large scale.

Fortunately, police officers and pilots, like officers and soldiers, intelligence officers and guards, urgently need to strengthen their combat effectiveness with more advanced automatic pistols.

After two years of research, with Browning's efforts, the AS-1914 automatic pistol was officially released, and it has very excellent combat capabilities.

The AS-1914 pistol is an evolution of the AS-1898 semi-automatic pistol, and combines the advantages of Browning's M1910 semi-automatic pistol and M1911 semi-automatic pistol.

In particular, the M1911 semi-automatic pistol, which is not only the standard pistol of the current US army, has experienced two world wars in history and was not retired until 1986, setting a record for the longest service time of a pistol.

With over 2.5 million units produced, the recorded M1911 semi-automatic pistol was the best-selling pistol of all time.

The reputation of the pistol may not prove the performance and popularity of the pistol, but the sales of the pistol certainly does.

This pistol, which has been the best-selling pistol since its lifetime, has an undeniable level of performance leadership.

The AS-1914 automatic pistol, designed by combining the advantages of the M1911 semi-automatic pistol, not only improves its power and stability, but also improves the degree of safety, magazine capacity and so on.

The AS-1914 pistol has a total of three types of insurance, one is a safety bolt, one is a safety grip, and the last one is a short position insurance.

It can ensure the safety of the firearm user and the people around it, and this pistol is more suitable for use in various scenarios.

Due to the use of .45 caliber bullets, the pistol was also somewhat smaller and more suitable for use by intelligence officers.

In terms of concealment of firearms, the AS-1914 pistol also does a very good job, with a smaller body size that can hide in more places and reduce the chance of exposure.

At the time of Browning's report, the pistol had undergone various tests and was made sure that it was ready for market and war.

According to the information reported by Browning, this pistol has undergone high and low temperature tests, dry and wet environment tests, long-term use tests, different environment tests, etc., and the data shown are not bad, compared with the previous generation of pistols, there is a relatively large improvement.

Arthur still trusts Browning, not to mention that the military was invited to participate in the test organized by Browning, so there is no doubt about the data from the test.

After Arthur's determination, the Australasian army began to fully replace the AS-1914 automatic pistol, followed by the guards, intelligence officers, police, etc.

The good news is that the production capacity of the AS-1914 pistol is barely enough to ensure that the Australasian army can complete the refitting within half a year, after all, because the pistol is only for officers and some of the military branches, and the ordinary soldiers are equipped with Lee Enfield rifles.

Along with Browning's report, there was a request for an order from the military for 30,000 AS-1914 pistols.

Among them, the four divisions of the Guards Division accounted for more than half, and there were orders for nearly 18,000 pistols.

Regular divisions, colonial garrisons, colonial divisions and other troops combined, and only then did they apply for an order for 12,000 pistols.

Pistols weren't expensive to build, at least compared to the Lee Enfield rifle. Arthur nodded, agreeing to the purchase of pistols by the Ministry of Defense and the Guards Division.

In addition to pistols, Browning also reported on the study of an important firearm, the submachine gun.

Like the previous pistols, the Australasian submachine gun had only one series before, and it was the Cassadine submachine gun studied by the submachine gun expert Cassadine.

However, the Cassadine submachine gun can only be said to be an exploratory version of the submachine gun, and its actual use also exposes some problems.

After two years of research, Browning finally made a lot of improvements on the basis of the Cassatine submachine gun, and designed a completely new submachine gun, which was named the 1914 submachine gun by Browning.

Of course, the name at this time was only a code name to distinguish the submachine gun, and the real name of the submachine gun could not be discussed until Arthur determined that the design of the submachine gun was feasible.

Submachine guns are no less important than pistols and play an extremely important role in all aspects.

Whether it is equipped to the army, the intelligence bureau, the guards, the police, etc., this weapon is shorter and lighter than the rifle, and it can be extremely useful.

Although submachine guns are far less effective at long range than rifles, there is no doubt about the power and lethality of a firearm at an effective firing range, no matter what kind of firearm it is.

This is not like the design of the game to drop a little blood with a single shot, and in real life, if you are hit by any firearm, you will be seriously injured, or the wound will be infected, or even killed.

Especially hits to the brain and heart, the mortality rate is almost 100%.

The advantage of a submachine gun is that the rate of fire is much faster than that of a rifle. Although less powerful, this more portable weapon is obviously more suitable for intelligence officers and guards.

Since the performance of the submachine gun studied by Browning was much ahead of that of the Cassatine submachine gun, there is no doubt that the replacement of the submachine gun studied by Browning was inevitable.

Regarding the naming of this submachine gun, Arthur also fulfilled his original promise to Browning, and the weapons developed by Browning himself can be named after Browning.

Taking three initials of the full name of Browning, this submachine gun, born in 1914, was named the JMB-1914 submachine gun by Arthur.

The full name of Browning is John Moses Browning, and the submachine gun series is named JMB, which can not only directly highlight the designer of the submachine gun, but also be regarded as a kind of reward for Browning.

After all, none of the various weapons that Browning has developed so far have been named after Browning.

Even some of the weapons developed by Browning are still under the production of foreign arms manufacturers.

For a small arms expert with considerable ambitions, it is a good idea to own a weapon that bears his own name.

Of course, to really go down in history, the actual performance of the JMB-1914 submachine gun is also important.

However, Browning is very confident in the performance of this submachine gun, and the level of confidence is higher than that of the previous AS-1914 pistol, which shows Browning's confidence in the combat ability of a submachine gun and his confidence in his own research and development capabilities.

Like the pistol, the JMB-1914 submachine gun has been tested by the Royal Military Factory and the military, and the real performance is already guaranteed.

Arthur quickly decided to replace the military with new submachine guns, including police forces, intelligence officers, and more.

As for the old weapons that have been eliminated, there is no need to throw them away, because in the future World War, some countries will lack weapons.

Even Britain, France, and Russia, which do not need backward weapons that Australasia has eliminated, will be needed by other countries that have joined the Entente.

What's more, when the war really broke out, no one would be disgusted with the backwardness of weapons. At that time, it would be nice to have weapons, and as for picking, not many countries had such qualifications.

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