Chapter 7 Walter

When it comes to the German Walter pistol, anyone who knows a little about firearms will know it.

Like other traditional German weapons manufacturers, the Karl Walter Arms Factory originated in Thuringia, Germany, which established the first firearms industry association as early as 1953. As early as 188, Walter founded the small workshop that would later become the Karl Walter Arms Factory.

At the beginning, the workshop was very simple, with only a foot-operated lathe, a vise and a foundry. That year, he was only 28 years old and started his journey of gun manufacturing with an apprentice.

Karl's greatest interest was to develop automatic pistols, which was an unprecedented new technology at the time. The Walter family made a very great contribution in this field, especially Fritz Walter, who showed extraordinary expertise in this technology. In 1908, they manufactured the first automatic pistol, the 35mm caliber Walter M1 pistol, which was carried by almost every German officer in World War I. In the following years, four other models of automatic pistols similar to the M1 were produced.

The First World War played a huge role in promoting the development of the Walter Arms Factory, which had more than 500 employees at the time. In 1915, Karl Walter died and his sons inherited his business.

Now the eldest son is sitting in Yannick's office crying about the situation of his company. "We can only make a living. If we don't get any more orders, I'm afraid we can only declare bankruptcy."

Yannick nodded slowly, indicating that he fully understood. "I want 12% of your company's shares."

"Puff!" The coffee that Walter had just put into his mouth suddenly sprayed back into the coffee cup. If the person opposite was not the distinguished Crown Prince, he would probably jump up and curse immediately. This is nakedly taking advantage of the fire. "What is the price that the Crown Prince wants to buy?"

But Yannick's words almost made Walter spit out blood. "I don't have money."

"......!!" He said it so confidently even though he has no money. This is not taking advantage of the fire, this is open robbery. Even the royal family has to abide by the rules of the game. If it is so chaotic, who would dare to invest and do business in Germany? ?

While Walter was thinking wildly, Yannick picked up a few papers on the table and flicked them. "Here are three blueprints. I guarantee that the weapons made from each blueprint can be sold for more than 500,000."

"..." Walter, who was still feeling excited just now, calmed down all of a sudden. "Your Highness, can I see the blueprints first?"

"No." Yannick shook his head. "You have to make a decision first. Agree or disagree. If you agree, everyone will be happy. If you disagree, you can just walk out, and then I will find another weapons dealer to cooperate with." In some aspects, he doesn't need anyone to tell him what to do, he just needs to obey completely. He wants these businessmen to understand that as long as they obey him, they will have meat to eat and soup to drink. If they want to share the meat, they just need to follow him obediently.

This is simply gambling. Walter wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought seriously. If he really left like this, he would definitely be hated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the company would really go bankrupt in a few days. Yes, I'm almost bankrupt, why am I still thinking so much? If I give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince 12% of the shares, then he must give some orders. If the company has orders, then His Royal Highness will also make profits. The more orders, the greater the profit of His Royal Highness, and of course he will make more money.

Thinking of this, Walter nodded heavily. "Your Highness, I agree to exchange 12% of the company's shares for the three drawings."

"I really didn't make a mistake." Yannick smiled. "Dealing with smart people is a pleasure, take it."

Walter took the drawings handed over by Yannick with a rough face, just one glance, and he couldn't move his eyes away. "So beautiful! Your Royal Highness, who designed these?" This is clearly from the hands of a master, and he has never heard of such a master in this industry?

Touching his nose, Yannick shamelessly "admitted" it. "I designed it myself, how is it?" In fact, he still felt a little guilty. These designs were exactly what Walter developed a few years later. Wasn't this blatant plagiarism?

But this is also one of the benefits of time travel.

He gave Walter the design drawings of the G43 semi-automatic rifle, P38 pistol, and PPK pistol.

Before the outbreak of World War II in the original time and space, the Kar-98K rifle widely equipped by the German army was considered to meet the needs, so the development of semi-automatic rifles lagged behind that of the United States and the Soviet Union. Especially between 1941 and 1942, the standard rifle of the German army on the Eastern Front, the Kar98k, could not compete with the Soviet semi-automatic rifle in terms of firepower. The MP-40 submachine gun equipped by the German army was often unable to make an effective counterattack due to insufficient range. So the agenda of equipping the army with a semi-automatic rifle that could effectively compete with the Soviet SVT-40 rifle was immediately put on the agenda.

In 1941, Germany's two major military industrial enterprises, Mauser and Walter, launched their own semi-automatic rifles almost at the same time, but Mauser's products lost in the competition. The German army decided that Walter would design a new semi-automatic rifle to replace the old K-98 rifle as the standard equipment of the army, named Gewehr 41 (abbreviated as G41).

As a result, its accuracy, shooting speed, and operability made the German soldiers on the front line give a very "high" evaluation: Why is the shooting speed so slow, why is the bullet so difficult to load, why does it take two shots to shoot, and why is it not oiled...

Because of these "good reviews" like a tide, the Mauser 98K, which was originally prepared for further replacement, continued to be produced, and the output and orders increased.

Until the Soviet Tokarev automatic system was discovered by the Germans and successfully improved. G43 was born. It is better to use than Mauser 98K, and it can shoot far, not worse than Mauser. More importantly, it can put bullets into the magazine more easily, just put the magazine in.

Relying on pneumatic mechanical devices, its shooting speed is faster than G41, although this is just the shooter's self-perception. But its weight is twice as light.

Walter's eyes lit up, these pieces of paper are simply treasures! But he also found a strange problem. If he understood correctly, PPK should be the abbreviation of "Polizei Pistole Kriminal", a criminal police pistol. But what do the numbers in G43 and P38 mean? Year? 1843, 1838? 1943, 1938? Then he stopped thinking about this question. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already taken the number, just use it.

"How is it? Is it worth it?" "

Worth it, worth it, it's worth it. Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I will go back and complete the formalities and send it to you immediately."

"That's good." After sending Walter away, he found someone from Mauser. But this negotiation was not smooth. The representative of Mauser looked uninterested. Perhaps because of Yannick's status as a prince, he did not refuse on the spot, but Yannick clearly saw disdain in his eyes.