Chapter 2450 In the U.S. Army 3

"There is indeed a problem with firepower continuity, so our solution to this problem is to assign more BAR machine guns to specific infantry squads. In our elite assault troops, we are preparing to assign each 13-man squad to 3 BARs, this kind of assault force is close to your country’s Stormtroopers in terms of positioning. In this case, there will be no problem of insufficient firepower. And if I remember correctly, there are also stormtroopers on the Western Front. Equipped with the Danish Madsen light machine gun and the captured British Lewis light machine gun. These light machine guns have greatly improved the flexibility of your infantry's firepower." John Browning explained.

"Holding grass, you are so wealthy?!" Calypt could only say he admired Browning's answer. Complementing quality with quantity has always been a solution to the problem. And the Americans took them to the extreme…. As for the fact that the German Stormtroopers on the Western Front used foreign light machine guns, this is also true, but this is definitely not a question of the so-called foreign light machine guns being more useful, but because the size of the Western Front Army was too large, which led to the Prussian production of There are not enough MG machine guns…. Regarding this issue, Caliput and others have explained it to the US side, but judging from the current situation, the other side seems to think that this is an excuse made by the Germans...

As for Browning's explanation, it is difficult for Calipt to refute. After all, his experience was mainly gained in the European battlefield environment, and his main business is grand strategic battles and armored forces. He really didn't do much research on infantry weapons. He just felt that there was something wrong with the Americans' statement, but it was difficult to refute... So, this is a bit embarrassing.

"Mr. Browning, why don't we do an experiment?" At this moment, Major General Carls and Marshall came up. "Now, how about we let the soldiers shoot at multiple targets within a certain arc sector using their desired attitude?"

"Strafing multiple targets within an arc-shaped sector?" Major Garland frowned.

"Yes, it is strafing. You see, this BAR machine gun has two fire rate modes, one mode is single shot shooting, and the other is continuous shooting. If it is single shot shooting, then this weapon weighs more than 7 kilograms In fact, it is the same as the Garand semi-automatic rifle. There is no difference. There are more M1 semi-automatic rifles and they are lighter. Therefore, I think the single-shot shooting mode of this weapon does not make much sense, so only continuous fire is left. Pattern, do you agree with my point of view?" Major General Karls said with a smile.

"Yes, the single-shot mode is only for special situations. After all, we have Garand." Major General Marshall thought for a while and said, BAR is an automatic rifle, but at the same time, it also assumes the mission of a light machine gun in the firepower structure of the US military. So strafing is also necessary.

Continuous shooting is generally divided into two types, one is burst shooting and the other is strafing. Burst firing is also divided into short burst firing, usually 3 to 5 bullets, and long burst firing, usually 10 to 15 bullets. In the view of Major General Karls, the BAR weapon also has the problem of poor firepower continuity. Damn, it only has a 20-round magazine, and it is almost gone after a long burst. The ammunition capacity is too small! It is unqualified as a light machine gun.

(There are some things. How should I put it? It cannot be said that their existence is reasonable. Don’t think that the choices made in the history of American military affairs are all right. At least when it comes to the issue of team machine guns, the BAR problem is huge. From a general point of view, no one thinks that The BAR is the best squad machine gun...)

And if it is strafing, well, then the problem is even bigger. The small ammunition capacity is one problem, and the rate of fire is another problem. When intensive firepower is needed to suppress it, there are only 20 rounds of magazine and a theoretical rate of fire of 500 to 600. The BAR is definitely far inferior to the German MG machine gun.

Not even as good as the British Lewis! Of course, this is data that can be seen on paper. In fact, there are many problems in its use.

"Actually, in our future combat environment design, we did not consider the issue of long-term fire suppression, so it is understandable that the fire power is less sustained." Major General Marshall came out to smooth things over.

"I'm not talking about firepower continuity, I'm talking about another issue." Major General Karls said.

"Okay, let's try it out." Major General Marshall nodded and said.

In the next 20 minutes, machine gun shooters selected by the U.S. Army used BAR and German MG machine guns to fire multiple times in a small arc at the dense target 300 meters away. Without considering the continuity of firepower, after the design was completed, when a group of people walked in front of the target, everyone knew what the problem was. The accuracy of the BAR was not good!

“The weight of the BAR machine gun is just over 7 kilograms, which is an advantage, but it is also a disadvantage. I can clearly see that Mr. Browning used a light barrel to reduce the weight of this weapon and did not use a machine gun mount. However, the weight of the gun is very important for stability during continuous shooting. Even though the BAR can be fired over the shoulder, this is only a stopgap measure because the gun body vibrates greatly during continuous shooting, which directly affects the accuracy. And if If you want to lie down and shoot, this weapon does not have a stand... Can you imagine how a rapid-fire weapon without a stand can ensure accuracy? I didn't think about it before, but now I know." Major General Karls said with a smile. .

In fact, the accuracy of BAR machine guns during continuous shooting was very poor in history, so much so that the Americans added machine gun bipods to subsequent BAR improvements. As for replacing heavy barrels, some were replaced on the early M1922, but a large number of BARs were not replaced. Considering that historically, the U.S. Army had only one BAR for each squad, and the remaining rifles were all Garands, it was okay to compete with the Germans’ standard MG machine guns and Mauser rifles. Therefore, the BAR’s firepower problem It's not outstanding. After all, the rifle firepower of the Germans is one dimension behind that of the Americans. As for the German STG, that is another issue. As for submachine guns, because the shooting distance is closer, we will not discuss them together for the time being.

(Yes, historically the firepower of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army infantry squads in World War II was different. The U.S. Marine Corps had an infantry squad with three BARs plus bolt-action rifles, while the U.S. Army had one BAR plus a semi-automatic rifle. .)

"It doesn't matter. If we need long-term fire suppression, we will use the M1913 Browning medium machine gun. The performance of the BAR can fully meet our requirements." Marshall came out to smooth things over.

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