Chapter 519 Submachine Gun

Qin Chuan actually knew what Conrad said.

Germany has actually noticed the problem Qin Chuan mentioned very early on, which is the problem of the firepower gap between rifles and submachine guns.

To a certain extent, the long range of a rifle is not necessary on the battlefield. The reason is that the distance between the two warring parties is generally not that far. If it is that far, it is difficult to hit, so the long range is not of great significance.

On the other hand, there are completely replaceable weapons at long range, such as machine guns and mortars.

So what the infantry really needs is a high-rate weapon with a range of about 400 meters.

Someone once considered using the principle of a submachine gun to directly transform it into a rifle... This is actually a machine gun, and its recoil is unbearable for ordinary soldiers.

So Germany was very forward-looking in developing an intermediate-power bomb.

This kind of research began in 1934, and after repeated experiments, it was not until 1941 that the 7.92×33 mm rifle short bullet was determined.

Its length was shorter than the 7.92×57mm standard German rifle bullet at that time, the warhead was lighter, the gunpowder was reduced, and the powder charge was 47 grains (note: a grain is a unit of weight used in the United Kingdom, measured in one barley grain) The weight of the bullet is 1 grain (47 grains (approximately 3 grams)) is reduced to 24.6 grains (approximately 1.6 grams), and the warhead weight is reduced from 198 grains (approximately 12.8 grams) to 123 grains (approximately 8 grams).

As a result, the effective range is correspondingly shortened to 400 meters. The bullet length is one-third shorter than the original Mauser rifle bullet. This greatly reduces the recoil of the gun, which effectively solves the technical bottleneck of automatic bursts being unable to continuously and accurately fire.

After having bullets, the next step is to develop corresponding rifles... In fact, in the development of firearms, the development and determination of bullets is more important. There is a saying that "look at the bullet first before looking at the gun." The bullet basically determines the range and lethality. With basic properties such as force, a gun is actually a tool for firing bullets.

But he was suppressed when he reported to Hitler.

"The head of state believes that its range is limited and cannot be compared with a machine gun!" Conrad said: "So it will be suppressed by the enemy's machine guns and rifles at long distances, but it is not as good as a submachine gun at close range!"

Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh.

An assault rifle is a piece of equipment between a rifle and a submachine gun. Of course, you can say that its range is not as good as a rifle, and it is not as light as a submachine gun. But you can also say that its rate of fire is higher than a rifle, and its power is greater than a submachine gun. It depends. From what angle did you look at it?

"On the other hand!" Conrad continued: "This rifle must use new ammunition. It cannot use the original large stores of Mauser rifle bullets. Moreover, it can also fire continuously, and the consumption of bullets in actual combat must be very alarming. . This requires us to prepare a new set of ammunition systems, which will undoubtedly add a lot of additional burden to the country’s production and military logistics!”

"But you know!" Qin Chuan said: "These efforts are worth it, and it will bring us victory again and again!"

"Yes, I believe this!" Conrad nodded in agreement, but then shrugged helplessly: "But the head of state disagrees!"

"It's not important!" Qin Chuan said.

"No, this is very important!" Conrad looked at Qin Chuan with confusion on his face: "I don't know why you think this is not important. The problem is that without the consent of the head of state, no one can privately produce and equip the troops with it. !”

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan raised his head towards the sketch in Conrad's hand and asked, "Do you think it is more like a rifle or a submachine gun?"

"It's certainly more like a submachine gun than a rifle!" Conrad replied.

"So, do you think the head of state will deny a submachine gun?" Qin Chuan asked again.

"You mean..."

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "We just need to give it a submachine gun name!"

"Yes!" Conrad couldn't help but nodded excitedly: "It is just a submachine gun. The only difference from a submachine gun is that the bullets are different. But...how can the head of state pay attention to whether the bullets are the same?"

Thinking about it, Conrad couldn't help but hugged Qin Chuan and said, "That's great, Captain, you have revived another research that we have been doing for many years, and even brought it to a higher level!"

What Conrad didn't know was that this was not actually Qin Chuan's credit... This is what German researchers did in history. In order to prevent Hitler from self-righteously denying this invention that could obviously play a big role on the battlefield, they Finally, it was submitted to Hitler for approval under the name MP43\MP44. As expected, Hitler did not notice the abnormality and approved production.

However, it was too late for production by then.

"So, Colonel!" Qin Chuan then asked Conrad: "Now can you tell me what the scientific researchers you brought do? You won't tell me that you brought them here to produce equipment, right?"

"No, of course not!" Conrad replied: "Captain, since we have been friends for many years, and I consider you to be my friend for many years, I don't want you and yourself to be trapped in Holm, so I plan to Help you!”

"Help me?" Qin Chuan was a little confused.

"Guess what they do!" Conrad said, "I'm sure you can guess it!"

Qin Chuan thought for a moment, and then asked Conrad hesitantly: "Are you talking about V1?"

"Clever!" Conrad replied.

"Have you already produced the radio-guided V1?" Qin Chuan couldn't help being surprised and delighted.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded: "We have done experiments. If we make another guidance adjustment in the target area, we can reduce the error to within a thousand meters. I brought three sets of equipment on three gliders, but unfortunately there are only two left now!"

After a pause, Conrad asked again: "With an error range of one thousand meters, bombing the West Coast should not be a problem!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

Although the error of one thousand meters is not ideal, it is amazing enough for this era.

"Next, we should further improve its accuracy!" Qin Chuan said.

"Further?" Conrad asked: "How to do it?"

"Have you thought about TV guidance?" Qin Chuan asked.

Conrad opened his mouth wide for a long time and couldn't close it: "You mean... we install a camera on it and control it to hit the target?"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Great, Captain, you are a genius!" Conrad jumped up excitedly: "Why didn't we think of this? Oh no... I have to tell Braun about this method immediately, otherwise what if I die? Of course, there is also that 'submachine gun'!"