The day after the brigade commander left, a total of five FM-24/29s were produced from the military factory of the Logistics Department.
As usual, these weapons are test-fired first, and then sent to the headquarters and brigade headquarters after everything is normal.
The last time he tested the performance of MAS-36, Huang He didn't come out of his office, which made Zhang Wanhe a little upset.
This time he specifically notified Huang He in advance and invited him, a great hero, to visit.
Huang He, who estimated that it was almost time, arrived at the shooting range of the Logistics Department, and the leaders of the military industrial zone had just arrived. After greeting everyone, he saw the five light machine guns that would be tested today.
When I mentioned Gallic chicken and light machine guns, normal people would think that I was reporting Shaosha's ID number.
But to be honest, FM-24/29, as a weapon of country F, has a unique flavor.
Because of the torture of Chauchat, after the end of World War I, the Gallic Army was in urgent need of a new machine gun to treat the high blood pressure of front-line soldiers.
When selecting new weapons, the scene was as lively as the World Arms Expo.
Vickers Berthier, Madsen, Lewis machine guns, Hotchkiss M1922 light machine guns, Browning automatic rifles, a number of light machine guns with good reviews at the time were all sent over.
At that time, their army leaders were interested in Browning automatic rifles, but unfortunately they could not reach agreement on the production license at that time.
Gallic Chicken thought about it and thought it was too expensive. After all, most of the domestic financial resources at that time were used to repair the Maginot Line.
At this time, the inexplicable arrogance in their bones came into play again. The top army officials decided not to make steamed buns to argue with each other, but to do it themselves!
So in 1924, this light machine gun was officially designated as FM-24.
As the saying goes, when you make a gun, you first make bullets. We said before that the new bullet caliber of Gallic Chicken is 7.5x 54 mm. They made dumplings for this dish of vinegar and designed a new weapon.
But initially, the length of this bullet was 57 mm.
Since they seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition from the enemy after World War I, the new bullets and the enemy's 7.92x57mm bullets had the same case length and were easily confused.
In order to avoid damaging the weapon by using the wrong size ammunition, the length of the Gallic chicken was reduced by three millimeters without changing the charge.
This was the final version of the 54mm, and the new light machine gun was also modified in 29, and was finally named FM-24/29 light machine gun.
This gun looks similar to a Czech light machine gun, and the sight is also placed on the left.
It uses a 25-round overhead magazine to feed ammunition. This ammunition supply design can easily make comrades in the base area mistakenly think that this is another imitation of a Czech light machine gun.
After all, the little devil also imitated a Type 99. Although it was mainly to deal with the troops in the Pacific battlefield, the troops also captured a small amount.
However, this gun is indeed a product developed by Gallic Chicken, and it was born earlier than the Czech light machine gun.
The structure of this gun has many local features. For example, its rear sight can be folded, and the bipod can also be folded and fixed on both sides of the barrel. The folding part of the Gaul chicken is very easy to handle.
Another feature is that this light machine gun does not have a handle, but a thick handguard, which was still rare at the time.
Most of the mainstream light machine guns on the domestic battlefield are gas-guided, and air-cooling heat dissipation will make the machine gun very hot.
With the handguard, you no longer have to worry about being ruthless when shooting from the waist, but you still lack momentum when charging with a light machine gun.
"Zhang Dabiao (epic weakened version): You can't carry this machine gun away, you can only carry it away."
After suffering from Chao Sha, Gallic Chicken learned from experience this time and thoughtfully added a dust cover to the gun.
Since this machine gun was designed slightly earlier, there is an obvious problem. That is, the barrel cannot be quickly detached, so it is not suitable for continuous shooting.
The teaching manual issued by the Gallic Chicken Army recommends that continuous firing should not exceed 400 rounds. If it exceeds, it will take 10 to 15 minutes to cool down the bolt and barrel.
The best shooting tactic is to fire 4 to 5 magazines, pause, and then continue shooting.
Although Zhang Wanhe is the head of the logistics department, his job is more focused on ensuring the daily consumables needed by the troops.
Although he was very happy that the military factory produced a new machine gun, Lao Zhang did not belong to the order of battle after all. He could not give much feedback on the test firing, so he did not rush to get more.
In the end, with everyone's humility, Li Yunlong quickly picked up a light machine gun and walked to the shooting position.
There's a reason he's in charge of the test firings.
First of all, he was once the leader of a front-line unit and was exposed to many light machine guns.
During the test firing process, he could horizontally compare other weapons currently in service in the army.
Secondly, he was also the one who test-fired Shaosha at that time. He still cannot remember that feeling. Li Yunlong wanted to use the new weapon to wash his mind.
After arriving at the shooting position, Li Yunlong did not rush to try the gun, but spent a few minutes getting familiar with the new weapon. After he felt everything was ready, he turned to everyone and said:
"Hey, I, Lao Li, won't be polite to you anymore, please watch out!"
In the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Yunlong pulled the trigger, but the machine gun just made a clicking sound.
The heads of the military factory immediately changed their faces. If there was something wrong with the gun, their time would have been wasted.
Just when everyone was about to step forward to investigate the problem, Li Yunlong suddenly touched the back of his head in embarrassment, and a rare shyness appeared on this big boss's face.
"Sorry, sorry, I was so excited that I forgot to load the bullet."
Li Yunlong, who had not participated in combat for three months, was very excited when he saw the light machine guns produced in his base area. After getting the qualification to test fire, he actually made a mistake that is rare for new recruits.
Under everyone's contemptuous eyes, Director Li pressed the bullets one by one into the magazine and inserted them into the gun.
He placed the FM-24/29 on the sandbag in the shooting position, put his left hand on the butt of the gun on his shoulder, his right hand on the trigger, and stood in a lunge with both legs.
He adjusted his breathing, suppressed his excitement, and aimed at the target in the distance through the sight on his left side.
Da da da.
Everyone followed the muzzle of the gun and looked at the target in the distance. Although it had been a while since he had used a light machine gun, Li Yunlong's shooting accuracy had not deteriorated.
His body swung back slightly with the recoil of the gun, and fired five groups of short bursts, and the cartridge cases were thrown from the right side.
Li Yunlong used the remaining bullets to experiment with the burst trigger of the double trigger.
After finishing the first magazine, he did not immediately report his experience to everyone, but took out the magazine and reloaded it.
Then he changed his position, still standing back and forth with his legs in a lunge, but this time he was holding the gun and moving to shoot.
He held the butt of the gun close to the side of his waist, and clamped the butt of the gun inwards with his arms to prevent it from swinging left and right. After aiming, use your right hand to push back while pulling the trigger tightly, and your left hand to pull down the handguard to prevent the muzzle from jumping up.
Li Yunlong's eyes were fixed on the gun target, and he adjusted the bullet point while shooting, and at the same time advanced forward in small steps.
After experimenting with waist shooting and standing shooting, Li Yunlong tried the lying and kneeling positions with a magazine of bullets.
After shooting a total of seventy-five bullets, he put down the light machine gun and left the shooting position with some hesitation.
People around him immediately gathered around him. Some asked him how he felt after shooting, and some touched the still-warm machine gun.
Facing the expectant gazes of everyone, the famous cultural figure in northwestern Shanxi held back his words for a long time and only said one sentence.
"Okay! That's a damn good gun!"
I'm coming
(End of chapter)
