Chapter 1564: Uselessness of medium-caliber machine guns

In the past, it took nearly ten years to select the caliber. Now, the 6.8mm bullet proposed by Qin Guan took only half a day. The test firing is still going on. After completing the appraisal under various conditions, experts They are all full of praise for this bullet. Compared to the 7.62mm bullet, it is of course lighter and easier to carry, but in terms of power, it is much higher than the 5.56mm bullet.
"It seems that in this case, we can comprehensively study this 6.8mm gun." The old expert said: "In addition to our most commonly used automatic rifle, we will also develop a general-purpose machine gun of this caliber. In this way, It is possible to unify the caliber in the entire infantry squad and reduce the burden of ammunition supplies."
This statement made Qin Guan shook his head quickly: "Impossible, it is absolutely impossible. For the infantry squad, this small caliber is only suitable for assault rifles. The machine gun of the infantry squad must be a 7.62 mm. Universal machine gun."
Qin Guan had just corrected it. The small-caliber rifle was a big pit. The unsupported pit had not been completely corrected, and it was about to fall into another big pit.
This big pit is the useless theory of medium-caliber rifles that are also popular now.
In this era, the trend of mechanization and armor transformation of the world's army forces has accelerated significantly, and many Western troops have begun to equip infantry fighting vehicles. This is also the reason why the chicken country wants to engage in unsupported rifles.
The medium-caliber general-purpose machine gun is in the embarrassment of not being able to get up. If it is used as a vehicle-mounted firepower, it has a short range, a small caliber, and a vehicle-mounted machine gun of 12.7 mm is most suitable. And if people use it, it’s a bit heavy to carry, and the infantry squad has begun to use small-caliber machine guns. Isn’t it appropriate to use small-caliber machine guns for the infantry squad?
In this way, the world's medium-caliber general-purpose machine guns are becoming useless, and small-caliber general-purpose machine guns have become the darling of major powers and armies. Medium-caliber general-purpose machine guns are in trouble, and there is a tendency to die out.
For example, the Eagle Country was the first country to develop a 5.56mm small-caliber rifle. They also followed up with the M249 5.56mm small-caliber light machine gun, which was used as a fire support weapon for the infantry squad. However, the warheads of the two bullets are also different. of.
On the battlefield of later generations, after inspection, it was found that it was inappropriate. The small-caliber machine gun had insufficient long-range fire suppression capability and insufficient penetration in close-range city combat. In this way, the real nondescript is this small-caliber machine gun. .
The medium-caliber machine gun is still the most suitable weapon among the mid-range infantry fire support weapons. Later, the Eagle country quickly adjusted their equipment and began to use M60 medium-caliber general machine guns in large quantities.
What about China?
Later generations came up with a Type 95 rifle, followed by a 5.8mm general-purpose machine gun. It is claimed to be the lightest general-purpose machine gun in the world. In the light machine gun state, the total weight is 7.6 kg. Only 11.8 kg.
As for the effect, just look at the amount of equipment. After more than ten years of service, the total output is less than 20,000. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. The facts have given a slap in the face of the uselessness of medium-caliber machine guns.
The performance is mediocre, the power is too small, and the status is awkward.
Now, of course, this old path cannot be taken anymore.
Qin watched the old expert and said, "What is a general-purpose machine gun?"
General purpose machine guns are not meant to be used with automatic rifles!
To say that it is professionally defined, it is a medium-sized machine gun that can be carried by a single person, air-cooled design, bullet chain supply, can quickly change the barrel, and can be mounted on a tripod or vehicle with a bipod.
This is just a definition. To put it simply, since it is universal, it must be suitable for most combat environments. For example, it can be used as a heavy machine gun with a tripod and a thick barrel.
With a bipod, even without a stand, you can directly raise it to fire and run while hitting, so that it is most suitable for infantry use. This is a general-purpose machine gun.
Can a small-caliber machine gun be called a general-purpose machine gun? It can only be a light machine gun.
"If you use a small caliber, yes, it is lighter, but its range and power can provide fire support tasks for infantry?" Qin Guan asked: "Besides, the caliber is unified, can the bullets be the same? The bullets are exactly the same. Can they extend the range and make up for the firepower gap?"
"Furthermore, in the infantry squad, there must be a more powerful weapon. The body armor we see now is not the final form. The more advanced body armor can not even shoot through our 6.8 mm bullets, or , On the battlefield, the target may be stuffed into two bulletproof flaps."
Some people really do this. Although they want to increase weight, which one is more important in the choice of life preservation and weight increase? "Two pieces?" Xiucai said with a tut: "This idea is good, I like it. In this case, ordinary 7.62mm bullets may not be able to penetrate, it must be a special type of bullet."
"The machine gun of the infantry squad must have strong firepower and a long range, enough to suppress firepower within one kilometer." Qin Guan said: "It must be like the machine gun used by the PKM squad in Xiong Country. Therefore, I suggest to continue. Using 7.62X54mm machine gun bullets, in this way, our infantry squad can have a chance to kill the enemy with two bulletproof in the future battlefield."
Now, Qin Guan's use of bulletproof is the best way to talk about things. After all, everyone now clearly sees that this thing is a kind of protective equipment that can change the future battlefield situation.
"If we don't have the energy to develop now, our Type 81 squad machine gun is a good choice, but we need to modify it. We can't use our 39mm bullets, but use 54mm machine gun bullets." Qin Guan continued.
The Type 81 gun clan was originally intended to be a transitional gun clan. The future must be a small-caliber world, but now, with Qin Guan’s correction, it has begun to be set at 6.8 mm, which has increased a lot. As for the machine gun, Qin Guan also prefers the Type 81 squad machine gun, which has fierce firepower and is loved by the troops.
Needless to say, at least for now, this machine gun has been exported to the date palm country on a large scale. The yellow sandy battlefield of the date palm country shows its reliability.
The range of this machine gun is 600 meters, because it uses intermediate-power rifle shells. If full-power ammunition is used, the firepower is completely satisfied.
Even if the Type 81 squad is replaced with a machine gun, it is better than the tasteless small-caliber rifle! Looking at later generations, when the Han Navy dealt with pirates, they took out the Type 81 machine guns.
In this way, even if the future weapons are determined, assault rifles: 6.8X43 mm, general machine guns: 7.62X54 mm, heavy machine guns, definitely 12.7 mm, the future firepower of the Han army will be the most aggressive of all countries.