Chapter 2448: In the United States

Just when Majifen went to Kiel Harbour to discuss the German Navy's participation in the war with Ruprecht colleagues, in Hawaii, thousands of miles away, the German Army delegation was also busy for the future Pacific War. As the supreme commander of the German Army delegation, General Calipute is visiting the US Army accompanied by Major General Marshall of the US Army.

The first task of 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 inspection activity, Calypte also had a clearer understanding of the growing US Army. This inspection is mutual. Among the Americans who study German Army strategy and tactics, the Germans are also 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 mountain and island operations, which is still very different from future large-scale land battles. of.

"The Americans learn very fast." General Calipute picked up a semi-automatic rifle called the M1915 Garland. At the beginning of the war, a squad leader in the Prussian army infantry squad can be equipped with one. In the Bavarian Army, the proportion of semi-automatic rifles is one-half to one-third. In actual combat, the firepower provided by this semi-automatic rifle far exceeds the proportion they occupy, and even some people describe it like this. It is precisely because the Bavarian infantry squad can be equipped with 6 semi-automatic rifles, so their infantry units can survive without armored units. With support, it blocked a shock from the Russians. Although this is a bit exaggerated. (After all, machine gun firepower is the backbone.) But semi-automatic rifles did play an important role in actual combat. So far, the Bavarian Army has planned to cancel all bolt-action rifles in the future standing troops.

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

"It's slightly heavier than our weapon, and it uses a leak clip for ammunition." Major General Karls on the side felt the rifle in his hand and said. The major is a well-known tactical expert in the Bavarian Army. He helped perfect the earliest storm commando tactics in Bavaria. In the war, whether it was on the eastern or western front, Major General Karls led a team to break through the defenses of the Allies. So he has a very say in infantry weapons.

"I'm still accustomed to using magazines. Moreover, after the last bullet in the gun was fired, the empty gun was hanging up too loudly. In my opinion, it seemed to remind the enemy to come quickly." Major General Karls frowned. Said. Afterwards, he took the rifle in his hand and emptied a magazine at a distant target. When the last bullet was fired, the sound of clicking metal collision sounded on the shooting range.

At this moment, Major General Marshall walked over. "How do you feel? Your Excellency Major General."

"The hand feels very good, and the accuracy is also very good. The weight is half a kilogram of our M1908 semi-automatic rifle, but it can be tolerated. But I don't like this missing clip for ammunition." Karls said.

"In actual combat, when we don’t have enough bullets in the magazine, we want to change a magazine, then use the M1908 semi-automatic rifle as long as you press the bamboo shoots, and then remove the magazine. We can match as needed. A 20-round or larger magazine. But this M1 semi-automatic rifle can only use the 8-round magazine. And it’s very troublesome if you want to replace the missing clip without lighting up the last bullet."

This is indeed a shortcoming of the M1 Garland, because of this, the Crown Prince Ruprecht chose to use the SVT40 as an imitation object instead of the M1 Garland. In actual combat, the continuity of infantry firepower is a very important indicator. For example, in history, the Germans used artillery-type Ruger pistols with drums with a capacity of up to 32 rounds! This is the artillery that generally doesn't have to face the enemy on the front line!

As for the famous box gun, there are also 20 rounds of long magazines, and even the Mauser rifle dedicated to the Storm Commando has 20 rounds of large magazines. As for later, for example, during the Cold War, the Russians gave AK has been equipped with 50 rounds of large magazines, and later the existence of various magazine connectors is to improve the continuity of firepower, so this is a topic that cannot be avoided. Sometimes, when the bullet suddenly disappears at an inappropriate time, that's death.... Therefore, Ruprecht chose to use the SVT40 with an adjustable magazine, while the M1 Garland did not choose to use a leaky clip.

And if it’s just the problem of the ammunition supply of the magazine, it is not too big, but the characteristics of the Garland ammunition supply system are a bit uncomfortable when it comes to supplementing the bullets. SVT38 can be easily replaced. Magazine, but if you want to add ammunition when the Garland rifle is half drawn~www.wuxiaspot.com~ then you can only press one round of ammunition into it, and if you take out the magazine without lighting up, Then you need to use both hands together, pull the gun, and then press the clip buckle at the same time to let the leaked clip and the remaining ammunition eject. 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. People are going to kill them. Can't you say you make do? And for those recruits who have just joined the army from home, they will be very satisfied with giving them a Garland, because it is much more powerful than any rifle they have encountered at home before.

But for those soldiers who have been in the army and have used the German M1908 semi-automatic rifle, it is not easy for them to change 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 Garland is 4.2 kg. And for masters who are used to using large 20-round magazines, you suddenly give them a rifle with 8-round missing clips, why are you unwilling! As a result, many American soldiers said that they would rather mail a new M1908 rifle from Germany than use the Garland provided by the US Army for free...

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

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