Chapter 284: The bullet problem

Czech light weapons are quite good, and the caliber is exactly the same as that of Germany. Although the firepower of the ZB26 light machine gun is not high, it is a light machine gun after all.
The German Army’s expansion rate is quite fast. Although first-line elite troops can be equipped with advanced tanks and become armored divisions, second-line troops are poorly equipped. They still use Mauser 98K rifles as their main force. If the machine gun is equipped in the second-line troops, it is very good.
On the other hand, this gun must continue to be exported, especially Huaxia. Now the war of resistance is in full swing and a large number of weapons are needed. Germany also needs Huaxia resources. At this time, of course, the production of this gun cannot be stopped. Up.
Over the years, the trade between Germany and China has been going on. German weapons are exported to China in exchange for various resources that Germany needs.
"In addition to this light machine gun, the Brno factory will also produce our more advanced weapons." Cyric said: "Including our MG34 light machine gun, as well as our 6.8mm submachine gun and bullets."
Now, this new 6.8mm submachine gun has been finalized after many experiments. The overall structure is very similar to the later AK series rifles. The structure is simple and reliable, and the failure rate is low. It has finally entered mass production. stage.
Now, this submachine gun is officially named MP38 submachine gun, which is completely different from submachine guns in history.
After being equipped with the army, this weapon was immediately welcomed. The weapon gap is quite large. With the German domestic light weapons manufacturing plant, it cannot meet the production needs. Therefore, it must be placed in the Czech Republic for mass production. !
After all, the Czech Republic is the second largest military factory in the world. Together with Czech production, it is enough to replace the existing Mauser rifles of the army. At least the elite troops on the front line must be replaced.
After the large-scale promotion of this submachine gun, the number of bullets required will also increase exponentially.
In addition to the German production line, which has begun to produce 6.8mm bullets, as the second major military industry country, of course, it must fully convert to 6.8mm bullets.
At the same time, the production line of 7.92mm bullets should be kept. After all, the machine gun, and the Mauser rifle used by the second line and snipers, still have 7.92mm bullets.
"I have an idea." Looking at the most famous European military experts, Cyric said: "Can we use steel instead of bullets?"
The shells and bullets of bullets are made of copper. Although copper is no longer used as currency, it is also a relatively precious metal.
After interfering in the Spanish Civil War, Germany has also gained a lot of benefits. For example, the minerals in Spain are almost monopolized by Germany, the most important of which is the Rio Tinto copper mine. With this copper mine, Germany Don't worry about the output of copper for now.
However, there are many places that are needed, for example, about bullets.
The bullets of this era are all made of copper, and the bullets and shells are all copper.
The main reason is that copper has good mechanical properties.
When the bullet is fired, it will rub against the barrel and the barrel, and there is rifling in the gun. If it is hard metal, it may be stuck in the main body, it will explode directly, or the barrel will be worn out, a few shots It was scrapped. Compared with the gun body, copper has a much softer texture and can be launched smoothly.
Moreover, it is easier to extract the shell after firing, which is more important for automatic rifles.
Secondly, the ductility of metal copper is also good, which is convenient for making bullet shells and bullet heads. At the same time, copper has a certain strength and can withstand the huge impact that the bullet needs to withstand when it is fired.
Finally, copper is not easy to rust, which is also an advantage.
But this is copper after all! Now, with the use of fully automatic weapons, the consumption of bullets will greatly increase. If you want to meet the needs of empire expansion, you must find suitable cheap substitutes.
For example, use steel instead!
Cyric looked at the surprised eyes of the people below, and continued his topic. What he wanted to talk about was China's steel core copper clad and painted ammunition.
Now, copper is still used for production, but research must be conducted to try to replace a large amount of copper with steel as soon as possible.
Of course, it is impossible to replace it completely. At least the warhead has a steel core inside, and the outside must be coated with copper.
The technician below was silent, and for a long time, one of them spoke: "In this case, I am afraid it will increase the risk of jamming."
Reliability of a gun is the most important thing. If the bullet jams, it will be the consequence of death for the soldiers who use it. The increase in gun jam rate is a considerable accident.
"I believe that through the efforts of our technicians, the problem of high rate of jamming will be solved." Cyric said: "Now, the base camp has a plan. If this bullet is successfully developed, it will be sacred to all technicians. Aryan identity."
In later generations, Huaxia used this kind of bullets, and there were no complaints from the troops. Therefore, the jam rate is no longer high. At the same time, this kind of bullet is very powerful and much cheaper. Five steel cores are coated with copper. And the cost of painted ammunition is equal to 1 full copper shell ammunition.
Hitler's original speech was quite successful. Many people hope to become holy Aryans, just like civilians are promoted to nobles. It is better to stimulate with this than with money.
Sure enough, all the technicians had visions in their eyes, and Reinhardt's brainwashing operation was also very successful.
Cyric inspected the Skoda company ~EbookFREE.me~ for three days. The first two days mainly inspected the arsenal, and on the third day, it was in the automobile factory.
Skoda is a weapons factory, but it is also an automobile factory.
The Mladá Boleslav factory is a factory that specializes in the production of cars. When Cyric came here and inspected their cars, Cyric kept shaking his head.
"The production here is too backward. It must be rectified immediately and adopted an assembly line operation method." Cyric looked at the chaotic workshop still being manually equipped by the workers, and was very dissatisfied with it.
"The current models are too backward. We fully introduce our 10-ton truck production line to produce our most advanced cars in Germany."
Mechanized troops are not enough to have a few tanks, cars are more important! If there is no logistics supply, the tank in front is a pile of scrap iron! In World War II, the Soviet Union was able to support such a huge tank force. It was the result of the United States supporting hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
The domestic Ford 10-ton cars are quite advanced. They are fully produced, and the output must be increased!