"Boss, it seems that you have a complete plan for our small arms factory. I wonder if you can elaborate on it.
So that we can directly implement your ideas in the future,
Avoid detours. "
Ludwig Folger was a smart man. Since he knew that Fang Lang had great expectations for this small arms job,
Naturally, you need to know what the boss is thinking first.
This is like the original military's performance requirements and standards for weapons.
Then, they are responsible for the research and development.
He must know the boss's plan before he can know how to proceed in the future.
Hearing his words, Fang Lang was also stunned. It turned out that he really didn't think much about this issue.
I just knew that the rifle designed by the other party was an excellent rifle and that this guy was an excellent firearms designer, so I took this guy under my wing without hesitation.
But I haven’t really thought about what equipment this factory will mainly produce in the future.
However, as a descendant, he still knows that those weapons can truly stand the test of time.
So, he thought and said:
"Well! Let me think about it,
First of all, we must conduct in-depth research based on the rifle you designed.
As I just said, the bullets need to be unified, so future general-purpose machine guns will definitely be built around this bullet.
You have experience in designing the mG42. I believe it will not be difficult for you to design a general-purpose machine gun based on it. "
As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers waiting aside to prepare for training, and noticed the Thompson submachine guns used by some. His eyes moved slightly and he said:
“In addition to rifles and machine guns, we also need submachine guns. The 11.43mm pistol ammunition of the Thompson submachine gun we use now has a larger caliber.
I think the Parabellum 9mm pistol cartridge is very good. I want to develop our own submachine guns and pistols around this 9*19mm pistol cartridge.
The style of a submachine gun allows you to miniaturize the rifle you are designing now, which should not be difficult.
As for the pistol, I want you to design it with reference to the Browning 1911, and create a pistol that can choose single or continuous shots.
It shouldn’t be too difficult! "
Ludwig Folger found that Fang Lang seemed to prefer small caliber, but the other party was the boss. Since the boss had already decided, of course he would not raise any objections.
Moreover, these requirements are not difficult for him.
What he didn't know was that these requirements made by Fang Lang were the mainstream of the future.
Based on the current rifle, a miniaturized design and a submachine gun using Parabellum 9mm pistol ammunition will be the most famous MP5 submachine gun in the future.
This is the submachine gun of choice for all major special forces in the world. Needless to say, if it can be favored by major special forces around the world, you can know how good it is.
There are countless excellent pistols that use this kind of pistol ammunition, such as the famous Glock 18, hK's P7, Beretta m92F, etc.
Although Fang Lang only proposed research and development around two types of bombs, these two types of bombs have obviously been tested by history.
As early as 1902, Parabellum 9mm pistol cartridges had been used in Ruger pistols.
What they want to study now is mainly the 7.62*51mm intermediate-power bullet. Fang Lang believes that as long as these weapons are successfully developed according to his plan.
Then, my own small arms company, which is still unknown now, will become a world arms giant in the future.
It's exciting to think about it. Maybe my company can replace the hK company in the future.
“Boss, of course it’s no problem.
But if this is the case, both the power and the range of the weapon will be reduced compared to other weapons! "
Fang Lang was certainly prepared for this.
After all, this is also the future trend, and the power of 7.62mm is not small.
You should know that it was not until 1970 that 5.56mm officially became the NATO standard caliber.
Some people may ask, why not just use the 5.56mm caliber?
This is the mainstream of modern society!
Families! The 5.56mm caliber was only designed in the United States in 1958, and now 7.62mm is the mainstream.
Of course, you can’t do business in one step!
After all, you have to make enough profits from 7.62mm before you start joining the 5.56mm camp!
And Fang Lang knew that the armor-piercing ability of 5.56mm bullets was insufficient, and 7.62mm weapons still had a long way to go!
"Haha, it's okay,
As long as our assault rifle can guarantee an effective range of about 400 meters, it is enough.
Beyond this distance, the assault rifle is no longer a target.
After all, beyond four hundred meters, it is not that difficult to shoot an enemy directly with the naked eye.
Just let them be shot by sniper rifles or suppressed by light machine guns. "
Ludwig Folger knew that Fang Lang already had a complete direction in his mind, so he didn't say more.
Hearing Fang Lang mention the sniper rifle, Ludwig Folger looked at Fang Lang with a smile and said:
"So should we also design a professional sniper rifle?"
Regarding the sniper rifle, Fang Lang was not worried.
Because technically speaking, the design of a sniper rifle is not difficult. The difficulty lies in the processing accuracy.
This processing accuracy not only refers to the processing accuracy of firearms, but more importantly, the processing accuracy of bullets.
Of course, you also need to equip him with an equally excellent sniper scope. Otherwise, it will definitely be impossible to snipe from a distance just by relying on the naked eye.
Fang Lang believed that Ludwig Folger and other outstanding firearms designers from Mauser Company would have no problem designing these weapons.
"Well! After the previous firearms are successfully developed, it won't be too late for you to start developing sniper rifles.
My plan for the sniper rifle is to use high-precision 7.62*51mm intermediate-power bullets and 12.7*99mm large-caliber bullets.
This is enough to cover enemies outside the range of the assault rifle. "
Ludwig Folger couldn't help but be stunned. He could understand the use of high-precision 7.62*51mm intermediate power bullets.
This is to unify the caliber and reduce logistical pressure.
But as a sniper rifle bullet, such a large-caliber bullet as 12.7*99mm greatly exceeded his expectations.
This is obviously the caliber of a heavy machine gun bullet!
The range of such bullets is more than a thousand meters. It seems that the boss wants to create a sniper rifle that can directly kill enemies from a thousand meters away.
For such a rifle, both the processing accuracy of the firearm and the accuracy of the bullets must reach a demanding level.
If you want to achieve such accuracy, you can only use a rotating back-pull bolt, abandon the continuous fire function of the rifle, and use semi-automatic or manual mode.
What's more terrifying than the range of such a sniper rifle is that if the bullet hits a person, half of the body can be broken into pieces.
This is really scary.
After swallowing, Ludwig Folger tentatively said:
"Isn't this caliber so big that it can be used as an anti-tank gun?"
After thinking for a while he said:
"Do you want to develop a heavy machine gun based on the 12.7x99mm large-caliber bullet?"
Of course Fang Lang knew that this kind of sniper rifle had a large caliber. After all, in later generations, this kind of sniper rifle was no longer simply called a sniper rifle, but an anti-materiel sniper rifle.
That is, a rifle that can kill armored or bulletproof targets.
Historically, it was only in the mid-1980s that the United States and the Soviet Union began to research sniper rifles of this caliber.
Therefore, there is no need to rush, and if you want to study sniper rifles, you have to study advanced optical sights.
The research and manufacturing of optical instruments is still blank in Brazil.
well! There is no way, Brazil's basic industry is too backward.
However, if you want to manufacture advanced sniper rifles, you must introduce optical instrument manufacturing.
Fang Lang couldn't help but rub his head. It seemed that Fangyuan Group was starting to get involved in a new industry again. Such flourishing made Fang Lang a little worried.
But he knows that the optical instrument industry is actually a very promising industry.
For example, the production of telescopes, microscopes, camera lenses, eyeglass lenses, mobile phone lenses in modern society, and even photolithography machines used to manufacture microchips are all inseparable from optical instruments.
Germany happens to have a very excellent optical instrument factory, the famous Carl Zeiss.
Because of the war, the US army occupied the Carl Zeiss Jena factory in 1945, expropriated patents, documents and specialized production equipment, and brought professional technicians to Heidenheim in the west.
In 1946, the Soviet occupation forces dismantled all the production equipment of the Jena factory and brought scientists, engineers and professional technicians to the Soviet Union.
This company has been completely broken up.
However, Fang Lang did not intend to give up. He believed that there must be many professional technicians from Zeiss hiding in Germany.
Otherwise, how could Carl Zeiss in later generations be able to recover quickly?
For such a company, Fang Lang plans to use the same joint venture method as in the automobile industry system, directly find people from Carl Zeiss in Germany to cooperate, and set up a branch in Brazil.
All he needs to do is hold a certain amount of shares, and he also needs the help of this company for Brazil's electronics industry.
Thinking of this, Fang Lang silently wrote down the matter.
This time he was no longer prepared to take action himself. Now he had many German collaborators, and he only needed to ask them to send a message to the people at Carl Zeiss.
Just send a professional negotiation team to Germany yourself.
Fang Lang also smiled at Ludwig Folger's remarks.
“There’s no need to rush with this large-caliber sniper rifle now, we can take our time.
I want to make a sniper rifle with such a large caliber, mainly targeting the enemy's lightly armored targets.
As for, you mentioned that you will develop a heavy machine gun based on the 12.7x99mm large-caliber bullet.
That's true, but I don't plan to continue research and development on my own.
The M2 Browning heavy machine gun currently in service in the US military is a very excellent heavy machine gun.
So, I plan to talk directly to the U.S. government about licensing production. "
Regarding the heavy machine gun, Fang Lang actually had two goals in mind.
First of all, it must be the m2 Browning heavy machine gun just mentioned, which uses 12.7x99mm large-caliber bullets.
This is a heavy machine gun that has been in service for more than a hundred years and has still not been eliminated by the times. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the best heavy machine guns.
To this day, this heavy machine gun is still active in major battlefields where the United States participates.
The place where everyone sees it the longest is often on the roof of the Hummer.
The other one is, of course, the blue-fire Gatling that everyone loves to play. Unfortunately, the technology of this era cannot yet reach the level of using laser superposition technology to shoot down drones in later generations.
If you use a motor, you also need to add a battery, which is really inconvenient. It is also too heavy and is only suitable for use as a fixed weapons platform.
Therefore, the only choice was the M2 Browning heavy machine gun for the time being. As for negotiating with the Americans for authorized production, Fang Lang was not worried.
Because, with the current relationship between Brazil and the United States, it is not difficult to obtain authorization.
What's more, with the current relationship between the Fang family and the Morgan family, such trivial matters can be easily solved.
Hearing that Fang Lang was planning to introduce the M2 Browning heavy machine gun, Ludwig Folger was obviously a little unconvinced.
But throughout World War II, Germany did not develop a large-caliber heavy machine gun.
Whenever the Germans were suppressed by the Allies' large-caliber machine guns on the battlefield, they would directly attack them.
The ordinary German infantry division will be equipped with 12 20mm Flak30\/38 anti-aircraft guns.
This kind of anti-aircraft artillery that can shoot flatly is so powerful that it can directly destroy the Allied heavy machine gun positions.
Therefore, Germany does not have large-caliber heavy machine guns.
"Boss, I think I have the ability to design a better heavy machine gun than the M2.
If you can give me a chance, I won't let you down. "
These words made Fang Lang speechless for a moment. Good guy, this technical expert really has his own persistence!
But after thinking about it, he could understand. After all, he was a talented person who could design a machine gun like the mG42. It was normal to have such an attitude.
For such a genius, Fang Lang certainly couldn't dampen his enthusiasm.
So, he smiled and said:
"Ludwig, very good, I like your self-confidence, and I also believe in your abilities.
The M2 heavy machine gun is good, but its rate of fire is actually not fast.
And I know that there is a type of gun that can definitely surpass him in shooting speed.
I suggest that you start research on this type of gun. "
As a firearms designer, Ludwig Folger immediately knew what type of gun Fang Lang was talking about as soon as he opened his mouth.
His mG42 has a very fast rate of fire, but if it is changed to a large-caliber heavy machine gun, the heat dissipation problem cannot be solved at all.
After all, the current 7.92mm caliber bullets require constant replacement of barrels during use.
Not to mention the increase to 12.7 mm.
If it could be modified to 12.7 mm, it would have been changed long ago, and there would be no need to wait until now.
Gatling is completely different. Gatling fires bullets through several barrels at the same time.
His heat will not be concentrated on one of the barrels, and it can continuously dissipate heat during rotation.
Therefore, this kind of machine gun can achieve a higher rate of fire while maintaining the caliber.
"Boss, you're talking about Gatling, right?"
Fang Lang smiled and nodded:
"Yes, I believe that if the Gatling gun is used for improvement, the large-caliber machine gun will be able to maintain a high rate of fire while maintaining a large caliber.
I hope this machine gun, once it starts firing, will cause a storm of metal. "
In fact, Fang Lang already had a goal in mind, which was the GAU-19 Gatling gun successfully developed by the US military in 1983.
That is, the six-barreled Gatling that you can often see hanging next to the Black Hawk helicopter in movies.
It also fires 12.7*99mm large-caliber bullets, with a maximum rate of fire of 1000-2000 rounds per minute.
