Chapter 2451 In the U.S. Army IV

"Okay, just think I'm talking too much." Major General Karls made a helpless gesture and then left.

"Here, can the BAR machine gun be modified?" Marshall asked John Browning after the Germans left. "This firepower continuity is really bad. And I have always been worried about this problem. In fact, the boys now like BAR because it is lighter in weight. Before going to the battlefield, they will never pay attention to the importance of firepower continuity. I have a very deep understanding of sex.”

It is light to hold, which is definitely the biggest advantage of an infantry weapon in peacetime... Infantryman after all? Nowadays, we are still a military branch that walks out on two legs. If there is no war, would you rather carry a BAR weighing 7.2KG or an MG general machine gun weighing 12KG? Definitely leaning towards the former! After all, there is no need to go to the battlefield.

Major General Marshall has been to the front line for inspections. He can see many German soldiers on the battlefield, especially those responsible for assault missions, who are frantically improving their weapons in order to increase the amount of ammunition! For example, the Mauser rifle has a 20-round long magazine, and the Ruger long-barreled pistol uses a drum magazine.

Even the MG machine gun, which had good firepower sustainability, has been improved. Without the ammunition chain, the MG machine gun used a 50-round drum magazine. However, the German assault team soldiers thought that the 50-round drum magazine was too small. , so during the war, the German side equipped the machine gunner with a special saddle-shaped drum with a capacity of up to 75 rounds. (In history, MG34 and the like were also equipped.) In a word, countless facts tell Major General Marshall that loading more bullets is not a bad thing if the soldiers' personal physical strength can support it.

"The German drums are really good, and we have considered them, but the drums are difficult to maintain. You know, the drums use coil springs. Even before the war, the springs of the drums had to be adjusted every time you reloaded. Elasticity, I am very worried about the reliability of this drum in the environment of the Pacific War." Browning thought for a while and said.

There is indeed some truth to what he said. The drum magazine is indeed more complicated. Historically, many of the Russian submachine guns used by the Soviet Union in the late World War II used magazines because the drum magazine was too troublesome.

"Well, I'm not a professional technician, and I can't make an easy decision on this issue. But I will report it to General Pershing, and I will mention the German delegation's concerns about the BAR machine gun's accuracy and ammunition capacity. problem," Marshall said. He is not a technical officer, and he is not a front-line fighter, so he definitely cannot beat Browning in this aspect, and now BAR is indeed very popular with front-line officers and soldiers, so for him, the best way Just write a report first. If something happens in the future, this report may be useful.

"Okay, I will find a way to solve this problem. All for the sake of the U.S. Army." Browning said seriously. Afterwards, Browning did make a series of improvements to the BAR machine gun. For example, in order to increase the stability of prone shooting, he added a bipod to the front of the machine gun. In order to improve the continuity of firepower, he equipped the machine gun with a 40-round magazine (Historically, the BAR was indeed equipped with a 40-round magazine, but it was all removed in 1927.) However, after some improvements, the BAR The weight increased to nearly 9KG…. As for the resentment of U.S. Army personnel against the use of magazines for light machine guns in actual combat, that is a story for another day, let’s not mention it for now.

As for the American Browning heavy machine gun, what can I say about this thing? Although it is a bit heavy, even with air cooling, the body of the Browning machine gun still weighs 14KG.

The weight of the gun frame is 6 kg. It is not as convenient to change the barrel as the German MG machine gun, but it is more stable. The Americans once fired a water-cooled Browning machine gun continuously for 20,000 rounds in 48 minutes without any problems. Fault, simply speaking, the performance is very good.

Although it is definitely not as good as the German MG series machine guns in use, it is still a weapon that can score 85 points. The U.S. Army does not care too much about this slight gap. In addition to making up for the temporary shortage of weapons production capacity and equipping special forces, it will not purchase a large number of German MG series machine guns to enrich the U.S. military. In fact, for infantry weapons, it does not mean that if foreign countries have better ones, they must be better equipped. Take rifles as an example. The German Mauser rifle in World War I was not as useful as the British Lee En. However, after World War II, Germany still used Mauser's descendants, which were still inferior to Li En... Some things cannot be said.

Are there any American light weapons that the Germans find refreshing? There must be. For example, the M1A1 carbine, which also only appeared in World War II in history but has suddenly popped up now, is an example. To a certain extent, the M1A1 carbine using 7.62MM*33MM carbine bullets can barely be regarded as an assault rifle.

"The weight of this weapon is very good, and the center of gravity is well designed." Major General Karls picked up a carbine. The butt of this gun is not wooden, but a foldable metal butt, equipped with 15 rounds and 30 rounds. Two magazines were issued, and after firing a few bursts with the butt open and the butt closed, the major general was full of praise for this weapon.

"A very good weapon, the firepower is comparable to a submachine gun in terms of sustained firepower, but it weighs less than 3 kilograms, has a folding stock, and the length of the gun is moderate. Moreover, the effective range of this weapon is further than that of a submachine gun, and the recoil is weak Big, very stable. A very good weapon for medium and close combat." Major General Karls found few shortcomings.

"If possible, I hope that the German Army will be equipped with a large number of such weapons in the future." Major General Karls said to General Caliput next to him. Later, Major General Karls, who was already familiar with this weapon, picked up the carbine in his hand and fired a magazine at the target 150 meters away.

"Well, it's indeed very good. At this distance, the accuracy is far better than our submachine guns. If the British were also equipped with this kind of weapon during the war, we might have tens of thousands more deaths." General Kariput said.

"The key is the choice of bullet. This is a bullet between rifle and pistol bullets. It is a very good balance between power and weight. In fact, in most cases, more than 95% of rifles At that time, we were shooting at enemies within 400 meters. And rifle bullets can still effectively penetrate the human body 800 meters away. This requirement is actually a bit high. The impact of excessive bullet power is not only the weight of the ammunition but also the recoil. Think about it, when the BAR machine gun was fired hand-held, even if it relied on a gun weighing 7 kilograms, the accuracy was still very problematic. This carbine only weighs less than 3 kilograms, but the recoil is very small." Major General Karls analyzed.

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