69novels Chapter 254
Chapter 254
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Since the relationship with the Mauser Factory became a little stiff due to the issue of the Celestial Empire two years ago, Mainz rarely came here.
However, in the past two years, William Mauser, who was promoted by him, successfully cleared out all the supporters of his brother Paul Mauser with the help of Mainz’s power. Now half of the shares of the Mauser Factory belong directly to the German army, and the other part of the shares are in William’s hands.
Of course, William also understands that this part of his shares was obtained with the support of Mainz. Without the support of Mainz, his position would definitely not be stable. Therefore, for the requests of Mainz, a big backer, William simply responded to every request!
“Now we will start the production line of Mauser 98K rifles and produce new rifles with all our strength!”
The production technology of Mauser 98 rifles was previously sold exclusively to China. Since then, Mainz has planned to gradually eliminate the Mauser 98 rifles in the army and replace them with Mauser 98K rifles.
Of course, this rifle is not the best choice in his mind, but just a transitional product!
As Mainz said this, he handed the design drawings of Mauser 98K to William Mauser. Although William Mauser took charge of the Mauser factory with the support of Mainz, he himself is a member of the Mauser family and grew up in this factory since he was a child, so he still has basic professional knowledge.
When William Mauser saw the design drawings of the rifle handed over by Mainz, his eyes suddenly lit up. This firearm was modified on the basis of the Mauser 98 rifle. The main modification was to shorten the barrel by 6 inches!
This six-inch shortening has gradually transformed this rifle from the original old-fashioned rifle into a carbine-like existence.
Of course, compared to the carbine, this rifle is still within the scope of traditional rifles.
“Is this gun for cavalry? General!”
Currently, the mainstream firearms in various countries in the world are those with barrels of more than 600 mm. The advantage of a long barrel is that the range is longer, the acceleration time of the bullet in the barrel is longer, and the initial velocity of the bullet is faster, so the trajectory is stable and the accuracy is very high.
In World War I, the armies of various countries squatted in trenches, aiming and shooting at each other with rifles at a long distance. After that, range and accuracy replaced shooting speed and firepower intensity and became the most critical performance.
So far, this situation has not changed. Although the German army used blitzkrieg and armored forces to defeat the Polish army in the German-Polish War, which brought certain influences to various countries, the main research of military scholars in various countries is still the first war. The war of World War I!
Before the second war of the same scale and influence, people’s main reference can only be World War I, so in a decade, the rifles of World War I will not be outdated, not to mention that Mainz deliberately dug a pit for each country to jump into, which will also affect the research and development progress of their new firearms!
Influenced by this, William Mauser is also a supporter of traditional firearms. Although he was amazed by the new drawings provided by Mainz, he did not regard this kind of gun as mainstream.
The other party’s reaction made Mainz feel relieved. Even his own people were deceived, so wouldn’t people in other countries be fooled?
It seems that his war plan is very successful!
“No, this is for the infantry!”
Mainz shook his head. He fooled foreigners in order to create advantages for his own country, but it was totally unnecessary to fool his own people.
“”Ah? Wouldn’t such a short gun be a bit of a disadvantage?”
Although William Mauser had never seen the real body of this gun, based on his years of experience, he roughly judged the range of this gun by just looking at the length of the barrel of this gun: the effective range would not exceed 600 meters!
Generally speaking, there is a great correlation between the barrel length of a gun and their maximum range. Within a certain range, the longer the barrel, the longer the range. Basically, the range is equal to 100 times the length of the barrel. For example, the barrel length of the Mauser 98 rifle used to be 800 mm, and their effective range was 800 meters. At this time, the barrel length was reduced to 600 mm, so the effective range would definitely be reduced to within 600 meters!
“It’s not short, and it’s not a disadvantage. For long-range enemies, we have assault guns and heavy machine guns, and for close-range enemies, we can just use artillery fire and assault rifles. In future wars, there will be no situation where people squat in trenches and shoot at each other!”
Mainz knew what happened in World War II, so he was very confident in his judgment.
Although William still had doubts in his heart, he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.
He chose to obey Mainz’s arrangement. Since the general made this judgment, the general must have his own basis for judgment. After all, he was a person who had personally fought on the front line, so he had the most say!
“Of course, the original Mauser 98 rifles are not to be completely eliminated. You can still keep some of them. We can export them and earn foreign exchange!”
The Mauser 98K is not suitable for being installed as a sniper rifle, but the Mauser 98 is very suitable, so Mainz plans to retain part of the Mauser 98 rifle production line and keep these rifles for future snipers to use as sniper rifles.
Of course, converting a rifle into a sniper rifle still requires some effort, and it is not just about installing an eight-fold scope.
However, this kind of thing is not difficult. During World War I, many German snipers still used hunting rifles. As a result, they still firmly suppressed the Gaul and the British snipers on the battlefield!
It can be seen that the biggest constraint affecting the sniper’s combat capability is not the weapon, but the marksmanship!
“By the way, the M1911 heavy gun can reduce production. From now on, these two machine guns will be produced!”
Mainz almost forgot the main purpose of coming here. He did not come here for the Mauser 98K, but for the MG-34MG42 general-purpose rifle!
“This is……”
When William Mauser saw these two strange guns, a lot of question marks popped up in his head.
This kind of gun looks like neither a rifle nor a machine gun. If it is a light machine gun, this gun is much heavier than a light machine gun. If it is a heavy machine gun, this machine gun has no water cooling equipment. In short, this gun seems to have mixed the characteristics of too many guns, which makes it a bit out of place and looks very weird!
“General purpose machine gun!”
“Next, the machine gun production line will be mainly converted into the production line of these two firearms. The weight of MG-34 will be controlled within 7 kilograms, and the firing rate of MG-42 will be increased to more than 1,200 rounds per minute. Before 933, the production capacity must be increased to at least 2,000 machine guns per month. Can this task be accomplished?”
Mainz said to William Mauser with a serious expression that this gun is extremely important to the German army, so it must be produced as much as possible, and the production capacity must be increased as much as possible, so that once the war breaks out, the German army will have enough general-purpose machine guns to use!
According to Mainz’s prediction, if the world’s economic crisis still breaks out in 1929, then the situation in various countries will hit the bottom around 1933. At this time, if anyone wants to divert domestic economic pressure and divert the public’s attention, then provoking a foreign war will become possible!
Therefore, the world war may break out in advance!
As for Hans, regardless of whether the world war breaks out in advance, they must prepare in advance!
Because Mainz knows too well that for a country like Hans that lacks strategic depth, once it is suddenly attacked by other countries, what serious consequences will arise!
Therefore, if a war really breaks out, it is best for Hans to fire the first shot!
After arranging all this, the one-month vacation soon ended, and Mainz returned to Berlin with Elizabeth.
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