Chapter 65 What a Damn Good Gun!

The day after the brigade commander left, a total of five FM-24/29s were produced from the military factory of the logistics department.

According to convention, this batch of weapons will be tested first, and then sent to the headquarters and brigade after everything is fine.

The last time the performance of MAS-36 was tested, Huang He did not come out of his office, which made Zhang Wanhe a little upset.

This time he specially notified Huang He in advance and invited him, a great hero, to visit.

Huang He came to the shooting range of the logistics department at about the same time, and a group of leaders from the military industrial area had just arrived here. After greeting everyone, he saw the five light machine guns to be tested today.

When it comes to Gaul and light machine guns, normal people will think I am reporting Chauchat's ID number.

But to be honest, as a weapon of F country, FM-24/29 reveals a different taste.

Because of the torture of Chauchat, the Gaul Army urgently needed a new machine gun to treat the high blood pressure of frontline soldiers after the end of World War I.

When selecting new weapons, the scene was as lively as the World Arms Expo.

All the light machine guns with good reputation at that time, such as Vickers-Berthie, Madsen, Lewis machine gun, Hotchkiss M1922 light machine gun, Browning automatic rifle, were sent over.

At that time, their army leaders were interested in Browning automatic rifle, but unfortunately they failed to reach an agreement on production license.

The Gauls thought it was too expensive, after all, most of the country's financial resources were used to repair the Maginot Line at that time.

At this time, their inexplicable arrogance came into play again, and the army leaders decided not to fight for face and do it themselves!

So in 1924, this light machine gun was officially designated as FM-24.

As the saying goes, make bullets first before making guns. We have said before that the new bullet caliber of the Gauls is 7.5x 54 mm. They made dumplings for this dish of vinegar and designed a new weapon.

But at the beginning, the length of this bullet was 57 mm.

Since they seized a large number of weapons and ammunition from the enemy after World War I, it was easy to confuse the new bullets with the same shell length as the enemy's 7.92x57mm bullets.

In order to avoid using the wrong size of ammunition and damaging the weapon, the Gauls reduced the length by three millimeters without changing the charge.

This resulted in the final version of 54mm, and the new light machine gun was also re-chambered in 29 years and was finally named FM-24/29 light machine gun.

This gun looks similar to the Czech light machine gun, and the sight is also placed on the left.

It uses a 25-round top magazine for ammunition supply, and this ammunition supply design can easily make comrades in the base mistakenly think that this is another imitation of the Czech light machine gun.

After all, the Japanese also imitated a Type 99, although it was mainly used to deal with the troops in the Pacific battlefield, but the troops also seized a small amount.

However, the gun was indeed a product developed by Gauls themselves, and it was born earlier than the Czech light machine gun.

The structure of this gun has many local features, such as its rear sight can be folded, and the bipod can also be folded and fixed on both sides of the barrel. The folding part of the Gaul Chicken is very well grasped.

Another feature is that this light machine gun is not designed with a handle, but a thick handguard, which was rare at the time.

Most of the mainstream light machine guns on the domestic battlefield are gas-operated, and air cooling will make the machine gun very hot.

With the handguard, you no longer have to worry about ruthless iron hands when shooting at the waist, but it is still a little lack of momentum when charging with a light machine gun.

"Zhang Dabiao (epic weakened version): This machine gun can't be carried, you can only carry it away."

After suffering from Chauchat, this time the Gaul Chicken learned from experience and lessons and added a dust cover to the gun very considerately.

Since this machine gun was designed a little earlier, there is an obvious problem. That is, the barrel cannot be quickly disassembled, so it is not suitable for continuous shooting.

The teaching standards issued by the Gallic Army recommend that continuous firing should not exceed 400 rounds. If it exceeds, it will take 10 to 15 minutes to cool the bolt and barrel.

The best shooting tactic is to fire 4 to 5 magazines, then pause for a while, and then continue shooting.

Although Zhang Wanhe is the head of the logistics department, his job is more inclined to ensure the daily consumables needed by the troops.

Although he was very happy that the military factory produced a new machine gun, Lao Zhang was not in the combat sequence after all, and he could not give much feedback on the test firing, so he did not rush to join.

In the end, with everyone's humility, Li Yunlong took up a light machine gun and walked to the shooting position.

There was a reason for him to be responsible for the test firing.

First of all, he was the head of a front-line unit and had been exposed to many light machine guns.

During the test firing, he could compare with other weapons in service in the army.

Secondly, he was also the one who tested the Chauchat at that time. He still remembers that feeling. Li Yunlong wanted to use the new weapon to clean his mind.

After arriving at the shooting position, Li Yunlong did not rush to test the gun, but spent a few minutes getting familiar with the new weapon. After he felt everything was ready, he turned around and said to everyone:

"Hey, I, Old Li, will not be polite to you, just watch!"

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Yunlong pulled the trigger, but the machine gun only made an empty sound.

The faces of the leaders of the military factory changed instantly. If there was a problem with the gun, their time would be wasted.

Just as everyone was about to go forward to check the problem, Li Yunlong suddenly touched the back of his head awkwardly, and this rough man actually showed a rare shyness on his face.

"Sorry, sorry, I was too excited and forgot to load the bullets."

Li Yunlong, who had not participated in the battle for three months, was very excited to see the light machine gun made by his base. After getting the qualification for test shooting, he actually made a rare mistake among new recruits.

Under everyone's contemptuous eyes, Director Li pressed the bullets into the magazine one by one and inserted them into the gun.

He placed the FM-24/29 on the sandbag at the shooting position, with his left hand against the butt of the gun on his shoulder, his right hand on the trigger, and his legs standing in a lunge.

He adjusted his breathing, suppressed his excitement, and aimed at the target in the distance through the sight on the left.

Da Da Da.

Everyone looked at the target in the distance along the muzzle. Although he hadn't used a light machine gun for a while, Li Yunlong's shooting accuracy had not regressed.

His body swung back slightly with the recoil of the gun, and he fired five short bursts, with the shells ejected from the right side.

Li Yunlong used the remaining few bullets to experiment with the burst trigger in the double trigger.

After the first magazine was finished, he did not immediately report his experience to everyone, but pulled out the magazine and reloaded it.

Then he changed his posture, still standing forward and backward with his legs in a lunge, but this time he moved and shot with the gun.

He pressed the butt of the gun against the side of his waist, and clamped the butt of the gun inward with his arms to prevent it from swinging left and right. After aiming, he exerted force backward with his right hand while squeezing the trigger tightly, and pulled down the handguard with his left hand to prevent the muzzle from jumping up.

Li Yunlong stared at the target with his eyes, adjusted the bullet point while shooting, and moved forward in small steps.

After experimenting with waist shooting and standing shooting, Li Yunlong tried lying and kneeling positions with a magazine of bullets.

After shooting a total of 75 bullets, he put down the light machine gun and left the shooting position with some reluctance.

The people around him immediately gathered around him. Some asked him how he felt after shooting, and some stroked the still-warm machine gun.

Facing the expectant eyes of the crowd, the famous cultural figure in Northwest Shanxi said only one sentence after a long pause.

"Good! It's a damn good gun!"

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