Chapter 2448 In the U.S. Army One

Just as Magiffen went to the port of Kiel to discuss with Ruprecht the German navy’s participation in the war, in Hawaii, thousands of miles away, the German army delegation was also busy with the future Pacific war. As the supreme commander of the German Army delegation, General Caliput is inspecting the US Army accompanied by Major General Marshall of the US Army.

The first thing in the inspection work is to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the existing individual weapons of the United States and Germany, and to select and improve them according to the environment of the Pacific War. During this investigation, Caliput also had a clearer understanding of the growing U.S. Army. Understand the context of the future development of the U.S. Army, but one thing that needs to be explained is that the main opponent of the U.S. Army during this period is a country like Japan, and the main research object is also mountainous and island warfare, which is still very different from the large-scale land decisive battle in the future. of.

"Americans learn quickly." General Caliput picked up a semi-automatic rifle known as the M1915 Garand. At the beginning of the war, the squad leader of the infantry squad of the Prussian Army could have one. In the Bavarian Legion, the proportion of semi-automatic rifles is one-half to one-third. In actual combat, the firepower provided by this kind of semi-automatic rifles far exceeds the proportion they occupy. Some people even describe it this way, because the Bavarian infantry squad can be equipped with 6 semi-automatic rifles, so their infantry units can fight without armor In the case of support, block a wave of Russian shocks. Although this is a bit exaggerated. (Machine gun firepower is the mainstay, after all.) But semi-automatic rifles did play an important role in actual combat. So far, the Bavarian Legion has planned to completely cancel the bolt-action rifle in the future standing army.

And the Americans who have been paying attention to the war will naturally not let go of this weapon that has changed the infantry firepower structure to some extent. Therefore, the Americans also developed their own semi-automatic rifles, so the Garand rifle, which only appeared in 1922 in history, appeared in 1915 on this plane. And the designer is still John Garland!

"It's slightly heavier than our weapons, and it uses a leak feed." Major General Kars said after feeling the rifle in his hand. This major is a well-known tactical expert in the Bavarian army, and it was with his help that Bavaria's earliest storm commando tactics were perfected. In the Great War, whether it was the Eastern Front or the Western Front, Major General Kars had led his team to break through the defense lines of the Allied Powers. So in infantry weapons, he has a very say.

"I'm still used to using magazines. And after the last bullet in the gun is fired, the hang-up sound of the empty gun is too loud. In my opinion, it's like reminding the enemy to come over quickly." Major General Kars frowned. Said. Then, he picked up the rifle in his hand and emptied a magazine at a distant target. When the last bullet was fired, the sound of metal clicking sounded on the shooting range.

At this time, Major General Marshall, who was next to him, came over. "How do you feel? Your Excellency the Major General."

"It feels very good, and the accuracy is also very good. The weight is half a kilogram heavier than our M1908 semi-automatic rifle, but it is tolerable. But I don't like the missing clip feeding." Kars said one thing.

"In actual combat, when the bullets in our magazine are not enough, we want to change a magazine. Then use the M1908 semi-automatic rifle as long as you press the button and remove the magazine. We can configure it as needed. A magazine of 20 rounds or even larger. But this M1 semi-automatic rifle can only use the magazine of 8 rounds of magazines. And it does not burn the last bullet,

It is very troublesome if you want to replace the leakage clip. "

This is indeed a shortcoming of the M1 Garand. It was because of this that Crown Prince Ruprecht chose to use the SVT40 as the imitation object instead of the M1 Garand. In actual combat, the persistence of infantry firepower is a very important indicator. For example, in history, the Germans equipped artillery Luger pistols with drums with a capacity of up to 32 bullets! This is the artillery that generally does not need to face the enemy on the front line!

As for the famous box gun, it also has 20 rounds of long magazines, and even the Mauser rifle specially used by the Stormtroopers has 20 rounds of large magazines. As for later, for example, during the Cold War, the Russians gave The AK has been equipped with 50 rounds of super-large magazines, and the existence of various magazine connectors is also to improve the continuity of firepower. Therefore, this is a topic that cannot be avoided. Sometimes, suddenly running out of bullets at an inappropriate time is courting death.... Therefore, Ruprecht chose to use the clip and the SVT40 with adjustable feed, instead of the M1 Garand that used the leaky clip.

And if it's just a matter of the amount of ammunition supplied by the clip, then it's not too big, but the characteristics of the Garland ammunition supply system are a bit uncomfortable when it comes to replenishing bullets. SVT38 can be easily replaced Magazine, but if you want to add ammunition to the Garand rifle when it is half-drawn, you can only press the bullets in one by one, and if you want to take it out without firing the magazine, then you need to use both hands. Pull the trigger, and then press the clip catch at the same time to eject the missing clip and the remaining ammunition. kind of hard.

"This is indeed a problem." Major General Marshall nodded and said. After all, this is a weapon used by his own soldiers. They are going to risk their lives. You can't say that you can make do with it, right? And for those recruits who just joined the army from home, they will be very satisfied with giving them a Garand, because it is much more powerful than any rifle they have been exposed to at home before.

But for those soldiers who have been in the army and used the German M1908 semi-automatic rifle, it is not an easy task to get them to replace the German goods in their hands. After all, the empty gun weight of the M109 rifle is less than 3.8 kg, while the weight of the M1 Garand is 4.2 kg. And for masters who are used to using 20 rounds of large magazines, you suddenly give them a rifle with 8 rounds of missing clips, how can you not want to! As a result, many American soldiers said that they would rather mail a new M1908 rifle from Germany than use the Garand provided by the US Army for free...

"As for the issue of magazine capacity, I think it can be paid attention to when necessary, but after shooting for a long time, I always feel that the air guide movement of the gun is not smooth? I don't know much about this rifle, but My intuition tells me that there is a problem with the air tube of this rifle!" Major General Kars said with certainty.

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