Chapter 200: Squad weapons become gun families, individual weapons become assault weapons (3k)

This time the leader of the Defense Working Committee reacted: "Comrade Zhendong, do you mean to design several blood-related guns?"

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, in the current generation of firearms, we have only achieved universal ammunition for squad weapons. Semi-automatic, submachine guns, and squad machine guns all use the same ammunition, but I think this is far from enough. We might as well go a little further."

This generation of squad weapons, apart from having common ammunition, do not even have common ammunition supply devices.

SKS uses a 10-round magazine and a 5-round clip for ammunition.

The AK-47 is fed by a 30-round magazine.

The RPD light machine gun uses a 100-round belt feed. The thing hanging underneath it that looks like a drum magazine is actually a round iron box used to hold the ammunition belt. It is called a belt box and has nothing to do with the drum magazine.

Gao Zhendong continued to talk about his idea of ​​gun family: "My idea is to incorporate squad light machine guns and automatic rifles into a gun family for design. They share most of the parts or components, such as bolts, automatic devices, firing components, ammunition supply components, etc."

After everyone thought about it carefully, they felt that there was a way.

"That's a good idea. This way, we can quickly assemble and repair damaged guns on the battlefield to create a batch of usable weapons."

"Not only on the battlefield, but also in peacetime maintenance."

"It's not just about maintenance, it's also good for production. The more common parts there are, the lower the production cost."

"But in this case, isn't there any difference between rifles and squad light machine guns? Then what is the point of squad light machine guns?"

Gao Zhendong smiled and explained, "This comrade asked a good question. The squad light machine gun can obtain better ballistic performance and a longer effective range than a rifle by replacing the heavy long barrel with the same bullet."

"At the same time, squad machine guns have relatively loose weight restrictions and greater redundancy in design. Combined with the better heat dissipation capability of the heavy barrel, their rate of fire restrictions and firepower sustainability are much better than those of rifles."

When everyone heard this, they thought, yeah, yes, these are the reasons why the squad light machine gun is stronger than the automatic rifle.

"Director Gao is right. A heavy barrel can solve 80% of the problems of squad machine guns."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "If we connect this barrel to the handle and make it quick-detachable, the ammunition supply of the gun family can be universal."

Speaking of universal ammunition feeders, we have to mention the Japanese' famous idea: the Type 99 light machine gun that feeds ammunition through a feeding tube and oils the bullets while firing. To be honest, their idea is indeed a good one, but the method of implementation is a bit off track.

So when it comes to being broad-minded, the Japanese, with the exception of a few people, may not be really broad-minded, but when it comes to having a broad mind, they can't even compare to the Citigroup guys.

When everyone heard Gao Zhendong's words, their eyes lit up, thinking that it made sense.

This can ensure the firepower output of the light machine gun to the greatest extent, while also simplifying logistics. In an emergency, the ready-made ammunition can be used directly without reloading the ammunition feeder.

This is extremely useful in a battlefield where every second counts.

As for the machine gun's ammunition belt and dual-channel magazine supply, Gao Zhendong did not mention it. That is a matter for general-purpose machine guns. The mechanism is too complicated, and the cost in terms of weight and maintainability is too high. If the step is too big, it is easy to cause trouble.

Gao Zhendong's last words concealed his true thoughts: "This gun family has an assault rifle for assault and a squad machine gun for squad fire support. In this way, the squad's firepower combination is more complete."

Assault rifle!

This is what Gao Zhendong wanted to say. What kind of gun is suitable for assault? Of course, it should be a gun with strong firepower, easy to carry, and conducive to the development of combat actions. It cannot be too long. Single-shot or semi-automatic ones are even more unsuitable. They have weak firepower and cannot be used for assault.

When the user representative heard this, he thought it was very appropriate. Director Gao was indeed a man who had come from the battlefield: "Assault rifle? Squad machine gun? Good, this is a good name."

The name exudes a sense of iron and blood. Compared with the plain name of automatic rifle, the words "assault rifle" are undoubtedly more to their liking.

No matter what this gun looks like, we have to call it "assault rifle"!
Everyone had a heated discussion around Gao Zhendong's ideas.

"This is a great idea. It systematically solves the problem of squad weapons and maximizes universality, effectively reducing production costs, improving logistics and maintenance performance, and also improving combat efficiency."

"But this means that a lot of our previous work has been in vain."

"This matter has changed too much, and I don't think it can be decided in this meeting, but this technical route is very good, so I have to write it down."

The users were also in a dilemma. The original idea of ​​"integrating step and charge" could not be changed at this meeting, but Comrade Gao Zhendong's suggestion seemed to make a lot of sense and was very tempting.

They discussed it for a long time and exchanged views with the leaders of the Defense Work Committee.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee listened to the opinions of the users, nodded, raised his hand, and temporarily stopped the discussion.

Then he began to make a summary speech: "Comrades, today's meeting is a mixed blessing. The good news is that the principle design of our new gun program has been fully recognized by the experts present at the meeting."

He was not just whitewashing the situation. The experts present at the meeting fully affirmed the short-stroke piston automatic device. After all, everyone knows the problems of the AK-47.

"As for this worry, it can actually be considered a good thing. The various opinions on the original requirements for the tactical performance of firearms put forward at the meeting show that our researchers and relevant experts have given more thoughts on our infantry light weapons and have various ideas and suggestions. This is a good thing."

"Especially the idea proposed by Comrade Gao Zhendong that squad weapons should be made into a family of guns and individual weapons should be made into assault weapons has opened up a new way of thinking for us. Whether this idea meets our current requirements is difficult to conclude before in-depth research, but as a direction that can be studied in advance, it is no problem."

A leader is a leader. When he speaks, he is both defensive and defensive, with theory first, summarizing things clearly.

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, the leader smiled and said, "I suggest that we take the consensus that has been reached and form the meeting opinions. As for the new content that makes sense but cannot be confirmed at the moment, we should record it and form a report, and submit it to the relevant departments for research before making a decision."

Everyone thought this was a good idea. The meeting couldn't go on without any results. And what Gao Zhendong proposed was very tempting.

Then just decide what can be decided first, and leave the issues of squad weapons becoming more of a family of guns and individual weapons becoming more of an assault weapon to those who should consider them.

After the meeting, the user representatives and the leader of the Defense Work Committee found Gao Zhendong. The leader of the Defense Work Committee smiled and said, "Zhendong, you did a good job. You should be brave enough to express your ideas in areas where you are good at. The truth will become clearer through debate."

The user representative also expressed his gratitude: "Director Gao, your ideas have given us a lot of inspiration. We cannot make a conclusion now on what the final situation of this generation of light weapons will be, but we will definitely give you feedback and seriously consider your suggestions. We also hope that you will give us more suggestions in similar work."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said a few humble words, but the leader of the Defense Work Committee smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. He is a comrade who has ideas and dares to express his thoughts. The idea of ​​increasing the protection and firepower of armored personnel carriers, and even the concept of infantry fighting vehicles, were all proposed by him."

The representatives of the users were in awe. No wonder the Defense Committee invited him here. It turned out that in addition to professional technical support, he also had in-depth thoughts on weapons and equipment.

Although they were not in charge of the armored personnel carriers, they were also unhappy with the small 7.62 water pipe originally designed for the armored personnel carriers, which was useless in fighting.

It turned out that it was this person who requested a replacement, not to mention the requirement for enhanced protection. As someone who has led troops and fought in wars, his ideas about combat are comprehensive.

As for the infantry fighting vehicle, there is no need to say much, it is really cool!
Although I haven't succeeded in the research yet, looking at the combat skill indicators, I am invincible below the tank, and I can trade one for one above the tank. However, this one for one can only be achieved after we have anti-tank missiles.

In other words, they didn’t know that the 592 armored steel used in infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles was also made by Gao Zhendong, otherwise they would be so surprised.

Thinking of this, the user representative held Gao Zhendong's hand and said, "Director Gao, if there are similar meetings in the future, please come and participate more often. We really need people like you who understand both technology and tactics to participate in our work."

Gao Zhendong nodded seriously: "It is my duty."

Thanks to surfing the Internet in his previous life, his head is filled with too many random things. Although most of them are shallow, a concept in the future may be like a thunderclap when he gets it now.

His own professional knowledge does not allow him to cover too many aspects, so it is necessary for him to attend more conferences and guide current scientific and technological workers in the correct or most appropriate direction. From this perspective, Gao Zhendong himself also needs these opportunities to attend conferences.

When the leader of the Defense Work Committee heard what the user representative said, he laughed in his heart and said, "Do I need you to tell me that? I've long seen that this guy has a special talent, so I tied him up with a certificate. Hahahaha."

Gao Zhendong adjourned the meeting and returned to the courtyard. This meeting sounded simple, but due to the high degree of design completion and the large number of technical details, the discussion took a lot of time and the meeting was not adjourned until the afternoon.

As he was about to enter the yard, someone hurriedly followed him and greeted him, "Director Gao, you are going home after get off work."

Gao Zhendong turned around and saw Qin Huairu.

There was a hint of joy on her face, which was different from the sad look she often had after Jia Dongxu's death.

(End of this chapter)