My Italian: Chapter 472 reverie light machine gun

Remember [New] for a second,! The newly launched Dreadnought is now the Navy's hope for the future large-scale decisive battleship, but the specific situation will not be known until the sea trial of the selenium equipment is completed.

Carlo left Venice after participating in the launching ceremony of the Intrepid. Although the navy tried to keep him looking at other warships, such as the new destroyers and cruisers that had just been commissioned, it still failed to keep His Majesty the king.

After leaving Venice by car, Carlo diverted to Brescia, because a new weapon was successfully developed here, and Carlo came here to have a look.

Speaking of Brescia, the industry here has a long history, especially the metallurgical industry, the mechanical industry, which is well-known throughout the Kingdom of Italy. Among them, Brescia is most famous for its weapons manufacturing. The Beretta Arms Company, the top three in Italy, is the most famous company in the city.

Today at Beretta Arms' weapons proving ground, a unique weapons test is underway.

"Da... da da... da da da..."

A weapon test sergeant, operating a machine gun with a strange shape, is carrying out a weapon test on his shoulder. Short bursts, long bursts, and continuous shooting. Under such shooting methods, the distant targets are riddled with holes, showing the power of the gun.

To say that it is strange is also for the current machine guns. For the current famous Mark Qin machine gun, the thick barrel, thick gun case, and fixed support frame all show a cold murderous machine breath. .

Compared with this gun, it can be described as small and exquisite, and the magazine inserted upside down on the gun case can be described as quite strange.

As for whether it is strange or not, for the people watching the test site, they don't care. How the gun performs is what they are most concerned about.

From this point of view, the gun is currently performing well. After firing two magazines in a row, the shooting is still very accurate.

Among the visiting crowd, not only General Simeone, Chief of General Staff, but also Carlo was also there. Of course, many senior army officials came. In such a big battle, Pietro Beretta, general manager of Beretta Arms Company, and Baron Hiram Stevens Maxim, chief firearms designer, were also present. In front of them, a slightly young middle-aged man was introducing this weird machine gun to the big guys present.

"Your Majesty, Admiral, the gun has a total length of 1,193mm, an empty gun weight of 8.79kg, a barrel length of 593mm, a caliber of 6.5mm, a theoretical rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute, and a muzzle velocity of 881 meters per second. It adopts long-stroke gas-guided piston and inclined locking. The sights are wheel-type rear sights and mechanical sights. In addition, the gun…”

This middle-aged man is the chief designer of the gun, Nicolai Revelli. In the face of many big names, the designer's words are a bit stumbling.

However, although the firearms designer's words were a bit unfavourable, the people present didn't care, they all looked at him with a smile on their faces.

Fortunately, someone rescued him soon. At this time, after three consecutive magazines were fired, the sergeant who tested the machine gun came over.

"Tell us how you feel about the operation."

Admiral Simeone asked the test sergeant.

"Reporting to the general, the gun shoots smoothly, there is no jamming phenomenon, and the degree of rise is not high. It is a good burst weapon."

The test sergeant's praise made everyone in Beretta Arms Company smile, but they were too happy to see the sergeant continue to speak.

"As for the downside, the side sights are a bit uncomfortable for me, and I have a feeling that the bullets are floating when shooting distant targets. And the bullet capacity is too small, the rate of fire is low, and the capacity of only 20 rounds, It made me feel like there was no repression at all."

The target he shot later also confirmed his statement. The target distribution from 200 meters to 600 meters is not bad, but after the 800-meter target was brought over, several people from Beretta weapons company looked less. Looks good.

Because it is such a big target with only 1 bullet hole, you must know that this is a burst shot, and the test sergeant's level is not bad, which is even more unsatisfactory.

Faced with this situation, Baron Mackin felt that he had to stand up and say a few words.

"Your Majesty, Admiral, for this light machine gun, the Army had high requirements on weight at that time, so when designing this gun, our priority was the weight, which was enough for a soldier to carry the gun to keep up with the team's attack. Speed. In addition, the gun needs to use the same 6.5mm caliber as the rifle, and the bullet is lighter than the 7.92mm machine gun designed by me currently equipped by the army. This also causes it to stall more seriously at long distances. The accuracy is poor. If the caliber of the gun was changed to 7.92mm, it would be much better. Of course there is another reason, because the test sergeant used the bipod that came with the gun when shooting, if he used a quadrupod Or a tripod, which will be more accurate at long distances.”

After Baron Mark Qin's defense, everyone present also listened to this explanation.

"If the caliber of 7.92 mm is used, how much will the accuracy of the gun be improved at long distances?" an officer asked at this time.

Mark Qin secretly praised the officer, which was really a good assist.

"If this is the case, according to our tests, the accuracy of the gun at a distance of 800 meters is guaranteed." The main designer Nicolai Revelli answered this question. "Actually, we have used the 7.92mm barrel before, and it feels that the accuracy at long distances is higher than that of 6.5mm."

Well, this designer has exposed the bottom of his house.

Hearing this answer, Simeone looked at Carlo. "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Facing Simeone handing over the choice to himself, Carlo almost laughed, this one is really slick.

"I don't think it's better than this. The army will first purchase some of the calibers of 6.5mm and 7.92mm, and give them to the troops for testing. Whichever one works best will choose which one."

Carlo's suggestion is really good. As for where you can experience it yourself, what you can't understand is your lack of understanding.

In the face of Carlo's idea and the muddy idea, Admiral Simeone said it immediately without much thought. "Let's see, you each produce 100 light machine guns of two calibers, 6.5mm and 7.92mm. Let's see which one the troops prefer."

Faced with Admiral Simeone's decision to let the troops test it, how could Pietro Beretta, the general manager of Beretta Arms Company, disagree? This is a precursor to the military's large-scale equipment. . As long as it doesn't cause the troops to complain, it means that this portable machine gun is a great success.

"By the way, what is the purchase price of this gun?"

At this time, Admiral Simonyi asked the price again. These years of the army's hard work made him very sensitive to price, not to mention that this kind of weapon equipped with infantry is known for its large quantity, so it is more necessary to consider price factor. Every lira of the Italian Army is very precious and cannot be wasted.

"Your Excellency, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Since you only purchased 200 bottles, the price will not be too cheap. 2400 lire per bottle is the best price."

Pietro Beretta's words, let the army bosses take a breath, this price is too expensive. These 200 new light machine guns cost 480,000 lire, which is really not cheap.

"Our army's purchase price for your company's Maxim heavy machine gun is only 4,500 lire. Your price is too high."

The price of the Maxim machine gun at this time is already very cheap. You have to know that it is only equipped at that time. The price of each Maxim machine gun is as high as 8,000 lire.

And this light machine gun, in addition to its weight, is not comparable to the Maxim machine gun in terms of performance.

Faced with the fact that the army is too expensive, Pietro Beretta is going to scream Tianqu. "I didn't include the research and development costs of this machine gun, it's all manufacturing costs."

Although the truth is the truth, but this price makes many people in the army a little dissatisfied.

But fortunately, Admiral Simeone, who is the head of the army, was very sober and saw him speak. "Then at the price you said, we will deliver two hundred to our army."