Chapter 670: Sniper Rifle (Part 1)
"Among the sniper rifles you've tried, which one do you like the most?" Zhao Yanyan asked casually as he drove all the way to the small factory where Guo Tailai developed diesel engines.
"TAC-50." Guo Tailai replied without hesitation: "It's not the best, but it may perform well in the future."
Among the sniper rifles that have been installed and used so far, Guo Tai looks good, and the first one he recommends is the TAC-50 large-caliber sniper rifle.
TAC-50 is the abbreviation of TAC-50 long-range sniper rifle (LongRangeSniperWeapon-LRSW), a sniper weapon developed by the United States in 1980 for the army and law enforcement agencies, produced by McMillan, 12.7mm caliber, using .50BMG or .50 fat microphone Ammunition, accurate to 0.5 minutes of arc (MOA) when firing match-grade ammunition.
In 2002, Canadian sniper Corporal Rob Furlong set a world record for hitting a target at a distance of 2,430 meters (2,657 yards/7,972 feet/1.509 miles). This record was broken by British soldiers in 2009. It is now ranked third.
However, in 2017, a sniper belonging to the elite special forces "Second Joint Task Force" of the Canadian military fired a TAC-50 sniper rifle from a height of 3,540 meters while performing a mission in Iraq. Shoot an IS militant who was attacking Iraqi soldiers. The soldier needed to calculate environmental factors such as wind speed and gravity, and the bullet flew for 10 seconds before successfully hitting the target, breaking the record set by British soldier Craig Harrison in 2009 with the L115A3 sniper rifle. The record for hitting a target at a distance of 2475 meters.
Can set a sniper record, and accounted for two of the top five, Guo Tailai is of course optimistic about TAC-50. However, what Guo Tailai wants to do is not TAC50, but another L115A3 (AWM-F), which is known as the best sniper rifle in the world, which is the one with the second highest sniper distance record.
This L115A3 was improved on the basis of the L115A1 (AWM) by the British Precision (AI) International Company in 2008. It has a folding buttstock and can strike targets more accurately at a longer range. The effective range exceeds 1600 meters. The zoom of the sight The multiple is also twice as large as the L96 sniper rifle previously equipped by the British army, and can be magnified 25 times.
The L115A3 sniper rifle has the range of a 12.7mm large-caliber rifle and the volume and weight of a 7.62mm rifle. It has become Guo Tailai's first choice to meet Zhao Yanyan's current goal of accurate shooting and light weight.
Another reason for choosing it is that this rifle uses .338 Lapua Magnum special sniper bullets (8.6X70mm). This bullet is an existing NATO-standard ammunition, so it is not necessary for Guo Tailai to develop a special sniper bullet.
When they arrived at the small factory, those diesel engines had already been taken away by inspectors sent by Zhao Xiangbei, and only Long Fei and his team were left to adjust the Kawasaki Ninja series motorcycle engines. This is the toy that Long Fei is most interested in, and the adjustment is extremely serious.
Of course, this series can no longer be called the Ninja series, it is too Japanese. Now this series has a brand-new name that is very in line with Chinese characteristics, called the "Guardian" series. Think about it, Guards 250, Guards 500, Guards 1000, how energetic and exciting the names sound?
After leaving the capital military region, Guo Tailai's bodyguards followed up again. The big red flag followed behind a Beijing jeep driven by Zhao Yanyan, which was also a very interesting sight.
There are too many people here, it is definitely impossible for Guo Tailai to design and manufacture sniper rifles here, he just came here to see the progress of Long Fei's work. To Guo Tailai's surprise, he saw Wan Ming.
Wan Ming didn't look for a job after graduation, but worked as an intern in his own group. Diesel engines were being developed here before, and it can be said that it was a confidential project, so it was impossible for outsiders to come in. But since those engines were moved by Zhao Xiangbei, this place has become a workshop for motorcycle debugging. As soon as Long Fei informed him, Wan Ming rushed over immediately.
I saw a series of motorcycles neatly arranged from big to small, plus each motorcycle has a color scheme and pattern specially designed by an industrial designer for coolness, and each motorcycle is more beautiful than the other. Wan Ming is going crazy!
Just like Long Fei's unpromising performance back then, Wan Ming also threw himself directly on the motorcycle with the largest displacement, fondling it for a long time, but he couldn't let it go. He didn't even care about Long Fei telling him that Wanxin Power needed to renegotiate with Zhengyifang Technology, and he was ridiculed for a long time by Long Fei, who had a higher level of vision than Wan Ming.
"Are you satisfied?" Guo Tailai asked Wan Ming.
What else can Wan Ming say? I couldn't say anything dissatisfied, so I could only nod my head non-stop. If this is not satisfactory, what other car can satisfy him?
Seeing that the people working here are still full of energy, Guo Tailai was satisfied, and left with Zhao Yanyan again. This time it was specially prepared for Guo Tailai to manufacture sniper rifles.
Closed development, Guo Tailai's factory in Gusu will take years to complete, and now he can only borrow a site from Dongfang Group. The bodyguards of the security company are all from the army and are assigned to the periphery. There is a squad of special soldiers from the Beijing Military Region responsible for the security of the entire site. Only Guo Tailai and Zhao Yanyan can enter the real work site.
Most of the time, the core processing place is actually only Guo Tailai. Zhao Yanyan would never allow himself to be by Guo Tailai's side to affect his work progress, fearing that he would be distracted, and never asked him what kind of sniper rifle he wanted to make, and let Guo Tailai do his best. As long as she made the initial request, she believed that Guo Tailai would push the performance to the extreme according to the request.
The materials that Guo Tailai requested were almost ready in the fastest time. Stress-relieving titanium alloys, cold-forged special steels, high-strength aluminum alloys, high-strength engineering plastics, the best optical glass, etc., were all waiting for Guo Tailai to process them.
In addition to ensuring Guo Tailai's daily life and rest, Zhao Yanyan is also making various preparations. Guo Tailai has already said that he will use .338 special sniper ammunition. Zhao Yanyan arranged for a domestic factory to produce a batch, and arranged for foreign purchase of a batch of high-quality imported goods. Guo Tailai also planned to make a batch by himself.
Of course, Guo Tailai can only make warheads and shell casings, primers and charges need to be made in special factories, it is absolutely impossible for Guo Tailai to manufacture firearms and ammunition in the capital at the same time, this is the bottom line. Therefore, Guo Tailai could only make the highest-precision bullet casings in advance, and let Zhao Yanyan arrange to make them.
In fact, these logistical tasks are not easy at all, especially when the two will live together at night and work hard to cooperate with each other's treatment. Every time Zhao Yanyan fell asleep in extreme joy and exhaustion, coupled with Guo Tailai's meticulous care after she fell asleep, after a few days, Zhao Yanyan's physical condition became more and more excellent. Always with a smile, indescribably beautiful.