Chapter 351 Austrian Version of M42

August 3, 1842, Tyrol Arsenal.

"Isn't the design of this helmet really too strange?" said a weapons researcher.

"Don't talk nonsense! This is the design of Archduke Franz, it must be a revolution in the history of helmets!" said Vincens August, the chief weapons designer of the Austrian Empire.

"What if it turns out to be a failed work?" said another young weapons researcher.

"What do you want? Blame a twelve-year-old child, or admit your mistake?" Vincens August said unhappily.

To be honest, he doesn't like the young people nowadays. This group of people has no idea of ​​the height of the world, and they always want big people to cover for themselves. Don't they have any responsibility?

In fact, everyone wants to take the benefits for themselves and others to take the blame. But there is always someone to do the work..

The researchers naturally understood the meaning of the words of their boss.

"But this is really ugly! It's not elegant at all. It's like a pot on the soldier's head. Do you want to make the enemy laugh to death?"

The young man's words gave Vincens inspiration, and he said quickly.

"You idiots, this pot is not there. This helmet is obviously designed to make it easier for soldiers to cook food!"

"Ah?" Everyone looked at each other.

"Look at this round hole design, it is obviously used to hang hooks. Put firewood underneath and it can be used to cook soup, water or coffee." Vincent analyzed seriously.

"But don't the army's kitchen squads have pots?"

"Idiot! What if someone poisons the pot? What if the team is on a mission? What if there is a plague?" Vincent asked back.

Everyone thought it made sense, and after a few days of high-intensity communication, the Austrian version of the M42 pot helmet was born.

Although it is also called M42, it is different from the historical M42. The first is the year. The Austrian version was made in 1842, while the German version was made in 1942, which is exactly a hundred years apart.

Secondly, the Austrian version of the M42 pot helmet is first a pot, and then a helmet.

In fact, the helmet does not have a bulletproof function, so these designers are very entangled in its use. In fact, even if the bullet does not penetrate the helmet, the huge impact force cannot be tolerated by the neck of the person.

Not to mention the helmets of this time, even the helmets of the World War II period do not have the function of blocking direct rifle fire, but can block some ricochets and stray bullets.

This kind of bullet has lost most of its kinetic energy, but the flesh and blood body still cannot resist it. A helmet may save a soldier's life on the battlefield.

In addition, the most important function is actually to defend against shrapnel and gravel produced by artillery bombardment.

These things are the most deadly on the battlefield of the "future". In the future, there will be more and more explosives such as artillery, grenades, and mines on the battlefield, and they will become more and more important. If you want to survive on the cruel battlefield, a helmet that can resist shrapnel attacks is essential.

In fact, the Austrian version of the M42 is more advanced than the German version of the M42 100 years later, except for the material. For example, the camouflage design avoids reflections, which greatly ensures the safety of secret marches. At the same time, the fabric can also reduce the secondary damage caused by the breakage and deformation of the helmet to the soldiers.

Of course, the four-color camouflage can also help soldiers better integrate into various terrains and avoid enemy searches. It's just that people haven't realized this yet, and just think it's a child's graffiti.

In fact, during the manufacturing process, weapons experts found that if camouflage cloth is used on both sides, the pot helmet will lose its function as a kitchen utensil.

So, after a period of research, this group of experts decided to adopt a net bag design inside. This can not only play a concealing effect, but also reduce the probability of breakage, and the helmet can be used as a pot.

It's just that the operation is a bit more troublesome, and the camouflage cloth on the outside of the helmet needs to be removed frequently.

The first batch of helmets were first equipped to Franz's Royal First Dragoon Regiment in Salzburg and the Marine Corps under Friedrich. These two troops were elites and were directly under Franz and Friedrich respectively. They would not spread the information about the helmets.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be concealed even if you want to, and the technical cost of imitation is very low, but Franz still hopes to gain as much advantage as possible for a while. After all, other countries in the world have not yet realized the importance and value of this new helmet.

On September 1, 1842, the Austrian Empire's Chancellery welcomed a group of "uninvited guests".

A group of girls wearing sun hats and luxurious dresses came down from more than a dozen luxuriously decorated carriages.

They were the newly employed scribes of the Prime Minister's Office. As a model of old age and young heart, Metternich, the nearly 70-year-old Prime Minister, strongly supported the graduates of the Royal Women's College to work in the government.

With the support of the royal family and the Prime Minister's Office, naturally no one dared to drop people on the tree and burn them this time. Talia said this was unfair.

Although there were hundreds of graduates, it was considered shameful to let women go out to work at that time, so only fifteen students finally started working.

Although it was only a matter of words to let them become civil servants, there were still many troubles to be solved afterwards, so Franz could only ask his "experienced" teacher for help.

Metternich also proved the saying "a man is a teenager until he dies" with his actions. The Prime Minister took care of these scribes who could be his granddaughters in a meticulous manner.

The ordinary officialdom struggles were not worth mentioning in front of him, and with the Prime Minister around, ordinary people really didn't dare to make trouble for themselves for the so-called "face".

In terms of work, people in the public office know the difference between having a master, or having the protection of family elders and being a lone wolf. Metternich used a very short time and a few small things to make these girls understand what normally they would need decades to understand.

Of course, on the other hand, old gentlemen like Metternich can easily attract these young girls. Fortunately, Metternich was no longer young at this time, otherwise this scapegoat might not live to 1848.

However, since then, Metternich has also gained the title of "Grandpa Metternich", but generally speaking, he still likes this kind of life, which makes him feel a lot younger.

Count Korolov protested, thinking that the Ministry of Finance was where women should be. As soon as this was said, the bachelors in the Ministry of Finance expressed their willingness to follow the Minister to the death.

In fact, the Imperial College for Women in Vienna has an accounting major among its university subjects, and two people have signed up to study. Franz revealed it to Count Korolov through Talia, and the latter immediately started the funding plan.

This is a bureaucratic reform. If it is done from top to bottom, it will be much easier, otherwise it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Franz deliberately created it as a scarce resource, causing departments to compete for it, rather than the so-called equal distribution, resulting in a joint boycott by various departments.

Franz did the first step of increasing the number of working population and officials, but there is still a long way to go.