Chapter 2452: In the United States

"So, the Americans did their best?" General Calipute asked.

"There is room for improvement. The effective range of this weapon is still closer. If it can reach 400 meters, then we can even replace all the weapons of the infantry squad with carbines, and the round-headed bullet used in this bullet, The inch speed may be worse, and the lethality at 200 meters may be worse." Major General Kars whispered.

"Okay, go back and write a report, and then I will directly give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." General Calipute said. In fact, there was no general rank in the German Army in World War I, and the powerful marshals could not easily grant them. Therefore, in order to take care of those generals who were of lower origin and had a lot of credit, but still did not reach the bar, they were given the rank of general.

For example, for Cariput, who fought the British in the Boer War in 1898, the German government specially awarded him the rank of general, and this rank and the rank of marshal will not be granted in future peacetime. It can be said that if there is no war, then the real marshal and generals will not increase! As the first generals of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Calypte's greatest right is to bypass all military organizations and report something to Crown Prince Ruprecht, even if he retires in the future!

"This is a newly developed ammunition that we have developed. Before, we discovered that in actual combat, pistols can really only be used as self-defense weapons. They are too small, and rifles are too heavy and have a slow rate of fire. So we decided to work on the bullets. With such a carbine bullet, the export kinetic energy is twice that of a normal pistol bullet, but it is only one-third of that of a rifle. But it is sufficient at a normal distance. "For this rifle, the Americans did not reserve it. Although in the high-levels of the two countries, virtues are susceptible to each other and even cause trouble, in the middle and low-level exchanges, especially in the military, the two sides are still very harmonious.

As for this carbine, what is it like? It must be a good individual self-defense weapon. As for the so-called shortcomings, it is the same as Major General Karls said. The range is slightly closer. And the power is also smaller. Compared with the STG44 that appeared in the German 2 war in history, it is definitely a lot worse. But this era is indeed leading design! There is a need to learn from.

Compared with the Garland semi-automatic rifle, BAR, M1 carbine and Browning machine gun that the Americans took out, the Americans' attitude towards submachine guns is not very important. In fact, this is understandable. After all, submachine guns essentially use pistol bullets. . The M1 carbine uses intermediate power bullets. Although far inferior to a rifle, it is much better than a pistol bullet. And now the Americans have directly developed a carbine that can be fired continuously. So what is the purpose of a submachine gun that is 2 kilograms heavier than a carbine?

It’s not that the Americans don’t have submachine guns. The historical Thomson submachine guns have already appeared, but the price of this product is a bit high, so except for the monitor or certain personnel who perform special tasks, they will be equipped with a Thomson. Equipment, and in the history of the United States, the most used in World War II was the M3 submachine gun, which is the so-called grease gun in World War II. The biggest advantage of this thing over Thomson is that it is cheap...

Except that the Americans developed a complete infantry weapon system of their own. The infantry support weapons almost follow the German Army, equipped with a large number of 60MM and 120MM mortars. As for the famous 107MM mortar in history, it has not yet come out.

To be honest, the American weapons and equipment still left a very profound impact on the Germans. At least, after learning the lessons of World War I, the light weapons developed by the Americans are still very good. The overall level is much stronger than that of the Allied Powers. .

Of course, what impressed the Germans even more was the mechanization level of the US team! The Americans are equipped with too many trucks and various vehicles. According to General Calipute, the mechanization level and transportation capabilities of the US Army in the Pacific War. A lot higher than the ordinary Bavarian Army. At this moment, the Americans’ powerful national power has a very huge advantage in reality. So much so that in the memoirs of General Calipute later this is how the US Army was evaluated.

"The strength of the U.S. Army does not lie in the quality of its personnel. In fact, the combat quality of the U.S. Army was initially low to mid-level. The command level is also very average. It is far inferior to the British and French we encountered. Their strength lies in their size. The scale of the country, the scale in various senses. The total amount of troops and the total amount of equipment. The national power of the United States is stronger than the current German Empire, and the population is like this. If one day we fight with them, then the first consideration in this war is not How to defeat the opponent tactically, but how to adjust domestic production and supplies strategically so that we will not be dragged to death. The United States will be a more terrifying enemy than the Allies. If there is such a day, the Empire must go all out!"

In the following days, General Calipute also visited several weapons that the US Army was developing but did not have a large amount of equipment. Among them, the rifled mortar and the new American light howitzer had the most profound impact on him.

The mortar has become a leader among the grassroots infantry support weapons due to its lighter weight, cheap price and super high rate of fire~www.wuxiaspot.com~ even someone in the German army has proposed to use mortars to bear all battalions. Fire support missions below level and battalion level. But at the same time, mortars also have shortcomings. The biggest shortcoming is naturally the problem of shooting accuracy.

The easiest way to improve the accuracy of smoothbore artillery is to add rifling. However, if the rifling artillery is to be loaded with muzzle, there is a problem. When loading, the belt at the end of the shell must be aligned with the rifling of the gun. status. And this naturally affects the rate of fire, and the greatest advantage of the mortar is lost in half....

The Americans put forward an idea for improvement. This idea is very peculiar. In the mortar they experimented, the diameter of the shell was slightly smaller than that of the artillery. Then they made improvements on the belt. The belt was divided into two parts. , Part of the iron is underneath, and part of the copper is on the top. In this way, when the gun propellant is ignited, the impact force of the gunpowder will naturally impact the iron belt, but the copper is easy to deform, so the copper belt can bite the rifle well, and then the shell will rotate along the rifle. Out. In this way, the accuracy problem is solved without affecting the rate of fire, and the mortar shells and the tail wing are saved....

"This is a good idea. Collect some information soon." General Caliput said. I have to say that the Americans' solution to the accuracy of mortars really made Calypte's eyes bright, but then, when Calypte saw the Americans' new infantry artillery, he became even more uncomfortable!

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