Chapter 118: Improvements to submachine guns
"General Cyric, your opinion is correct. I wonder if you have any ideas for improvement?" Berthold said.
"Improvement can be started from two aspects." Cyric said: "Since one magazine is not enough, then we can use two magazines."
This kind of thinking will be there in later generations.
Use a double magazine magazine to connect two standard 32 rounds magazines into one, and slot the bottom end of the shield between the barrel and receiver so that the double magazine magazine can follow the bottom groove of the shield slide.
The two square magazine shoots are located behind the magazine compartment. There are two indicator locators in the front of the magazine compartment. When the bullets of the left magazine are used up, push the magazine compartment to the left. At this time, the right magazine Under the action of the locator, it is located at the bullet supply port.
Compared with taking the bullet from the bullet bag and then pushing it into the barrel, this method requires only a single operation, which greatly simplifies the steps! It can be said that it is quite clever!
When Cyric said it, everyone nodded in admiration!
One is not enough, then two!
"As for this kind of magazine, I think it can be improved. The current magazines are rectangular in cross section. We can change it to a trapezoid, which can improve the reliability of the bomb supply."
In later generations, a 36-round double-row double-input magazine was considered the best magazine with 9mm Bara Bellum pistol ammunition.
The biggest feature of this kind of magazine is that the front and rear widths are different, the front part is slightly narrower, and the rear part is wider, so that the cross section of the magazine is approximately trapezoidal.
The advantage of adopting this shape is that the bullet axis is not parallel to the bore axis, and the left and right rows of bullets have a small angle with the center axis of the bore. It is easier to correct the bullet when pushing the bullet into the bore, so the reliability of the bullet supply is relatively high. high.
At the same time, this type of magazine is not sensitive to dirt and temperature differences, which can reduce the phenomenon of the magazine shrinking and "squeezing" the internal bullet in cold weather.
Cyric only provides ideas, specific scheme design, let them do it.
"The other option is to use drums." Cyric continued.
Actually, although the MP38 series looks majestic, it was not mass-produced until the end of World War II. After fighting the Soviet Union, the German army disliked the MP38 series and would often pick up the Soviet Bobosha to fight.
Why? Because Bobosha is a 71-round drum!
When the firepower is interrupted, it is often a prelude to the arrival of death!
71 rounds of the drum, the firepower is much higher than the 32 rounds of the MP38 magazine!
In later wars, due to the excessive use of Bobosha submachine guns by German soldiers, the German army actually studied an improved version of the Bobosha submachine gun. This improved model improved the Bobosha barrel and magazine interface. So that it can fire the 9mm Parabellum pistol fired by MP40.
So, at this moment, Cyrek put forward another opinion, can I play the drum?
If you play the same 71 rounds of drums, it will definitely be more popular with frontline fighters! Although the Mp38 with drums is more funny when you think about it, this is a more suitable choice for the battlefield!
"Yes, General Cyric, we will make improvements seriously," Berthold said.
In the past, the equipment department only asked questions, but now Cyric has even explained the ideas for improvement. This is undoubtedly more effective. Berthold was very excited and continued to ask Cyric: " anymore question?"
"The second question is the insurance of the submachine gun." Cyric continued to put forward his own opinions. In fact, this opinion is not so easy to find. It was raised in the World War II materials of later generations. Mentioned it without hesitation.
The insurance mechanism is just a simple stick in the receiver, jamming and pulling the handle to make the weapon stand by. When the gun is in the front position, the weapon that is already on standby has no insurance.
In this way, once the bolt is hit, it will return to the rear position, and it may hook a bullet into the chamber and fire it! In simpler words, it's easy to escape!
When they arrived on the battlefield, the soldiers' response was to get on the horse by using native methods, temporarily pulling a belt on the barrel of the gun, and fixing the handle with the pulled end. Later, a bolt insurance was added to solve the problem.
Now, in the design stage, this problem must be solved!
Cyric is talking, and many people are remembering that Cyric is definitely not a layman, and his thinking is quite broad, even better than their weapons experts!
"Okay, let's talk about the last question now." Cyric has already said almost the current question ~www.novelhall.com~ There is only one last question left.
"Simplify the production process, so that this gun can be produced in large quantities at low cost! Save our precious raw materials." Cyric said.
The German craftsman spirit is to strive for perfection. For example, the most important receiver is definitely cut. A large piece of metal is cut on a lathe, and then it becomes a small receiver, which is quite a waste! The waste is even heavier than the receiver!
If you change to the stamping process, you will greatly save raw materials! There is almost no waste! Then it is completed by riveting and welding processes.
Historically, Germany didn't start to simplify the process until after the war, but now, Cyric has proposed that the process must be simplified and efficiency improved!
For this reason, even if the machining accuracy is slightly reduced, it is worth it! The processing accuracy of Soviet weapons is far lower than that of Germany. Instead, weapons produced are more popular. Why? Simple and reliable! During the war, it can be mass produced!
For Germany, which lacks resources, these are even more important!
Cyric’s trip had a great impact on Irma. Cyric provided suggestions for improvement. Moreover, he personally promised that this weapon would be mass-produced and equipped. Historically, Irma In 35 years, it was the main producer of Mauser 98K rifles, and now it has become a company specializing in submachine gun production!
A few months later, the improved submachine gun, named MP35, first entered the armored service, and then entered more army units, and was well received.
And Cyric’s mission is not over yet. After all, Cyric knows that the submachine gun is not the most suitable for future war needs. It is just a helpless substitute.
You will know by looking at later generations, what is the most suitable? Of course an assault rifle!