My Italian: Chapter 472 Reverie light machine gun

The newly launched Intrepid is now the Navy's hope for a large decisive battleship in the future, but the specific situation will not be known until the selenium installation is completed and sea trials are completed.

After Carlo participated in the launching ceremony of the Intrepid, he left Venice. Although the navy tried its best to retain him and looked at other warships, such as the new destroyers and cruisers that had just entered service, they still failed to retain His Majesty the King.

After leaving Venice by car, Carlo turned 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 and machinery industry, which enjoy a high reputation throughout the Kingdom of Italy. Among them, Brescia is the most famous for its weapons manufacturing. The top three Beretta Arms Company in Italy is the most famous company in the city.

Today, at the Beretta Arms Company's weapons testing ground, a unique weapon test is going on.

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

A weapon test sergeant was operating a strangely shaped machine gun against his shoulder and was conducting a weapon test. Short burst, long burst, continuous shooting, in this shooting mode, the target in the distance is riddled with holes, showing the power of the gun.

To say that it is strange is also for the current machine guns, such as the famous Maxim machine gun, the thick barrel, the thick gun case, and the fixed support frame all show a cold killing machine breath .

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

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

From this aspect, 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 was General Simeone, the chief of staff, but Carlo was also there. Of course, there were also many high-ranking army officials. In such a large formation, Pietro Beretta, the general manager of Beretta Arms, and Baron Hiram Stevens Maxim, the chief gun designer, were also there. In front of them, a slightly younger middle-aged man was introducing this weird machine gun to all the elders present.

"Your Majesty, Admiral, the gun has a total length of 1,193mm, an empty gun with a total weight of 8.79KG, a barrel with a total 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 a long-stroke gas-guided piston and an inclined lock. The sight adopts a wheel-shaped scale and a mechanical sight. In addition, the gun..."

This middle-aged man is the main designer of the gun, Nicolai Reverie. Facing so many big names, the designer stumbled a bit.

However, although the firearms designer's words were a bit unfavorable, no one present cared about it, but all looked at him with smiles on their faces.

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

"Tell us how it feels to operate."

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 continuous-fire weapon."

The praise of the test sergeant made everyone in the Beretta Arms Company smile, but they were too happy, and the sergeant continued to talk.

"As for the disadvantages, I am a little unaccustomed to the side sight. In addition, when I shoot a distant target, the bullet feels like it is floating. And the bullet capacity is too small, the rate of fire is low, and there is only a capacity of 20 bullets. It makes me feel that there is no suppression at all.”

Then the targets he shot also confirmed his statement. The distribution of bullet points from the 200-600-meter target was not bad, but after the 800-meter target was brought over, the faces of several Beretta Weapons Company were not so good. It looks good.

Because there is only one bullet hole in such a large target, you must know that this is a burst shot, and this test sergeant is not bad, which is even more unsatisfactory.

Faced with this situation, Baron Maxim felt that he had to stand up and say something.

"Your Majesty, General, for this light machine gun, the Army at that time had high requirements for weight, so when designing this gun, we gave priority to weight, enough for a soldier to carry this gun to keep up with the team's attack Speed. In addition, because the gun needs to use the same 6.5mm caliber as the rifle, the bullet is lighter than the 7.92mm machine gun that is currently equipped by me in the army. This also leads to a serious stall at long distances, and its long-distance The accuracy is poor. If the caliber of this gun is changed to 7.92mm, it will be much better. Of course, there is another reason, because the test sergeant used the bipod that came with the gun when shooting. Or a tripod, and the long-distance accuracy will be higher.”

After Baron Maxim's defense, everyone present also listened to his explanation.

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

Maxim secretly praised the officer, which is really a good assist.

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

Well, the designer 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 first purchases some of the two calibers of 6.5mm and 7.92mm, and gives them to the troops for testing. Choose whichever one is easier to use."

Carlo's suggestion is really good. As for where to experience it yourself, if you don't understand it, it means you lack understanding.

Facing Carlo's idea of ​​being kind, Admiral Simeone said it right away without much thought. "How about this, you each produce 100 light machine guns of two calibers, 6.5mm and 7.92mm, and let's see which one the troops like."

In the face of Admiral Simeone, he decided to let the troops test it. How could Pietro Beretta, the general manager of the Beretta Arms Company, disagree? This is a precursor to large-scale military equipment . As long as it doesn't provoke complaints from the troops, it means that this light machine gun is a great success.

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

At this time, Admiral Simeone asked the price again. These years of hard work in the army made this man very sensitive to the price, not to mention that this kind of weapon equipped with infantry is famous for its large quantity, so it needs to be considered. price factor. Every lire of the Italian Army is very precious and cannot be wasted.

"Your Excellency, Admiral, since you only purchased 200 pieces, the price will not be too cheap. 2400 lire per piece is the most favorable price."

The words of Pietro Beretta~www.mtlnovel.com~ let a bunch of army bosses take a breath, the price is too expensive. These 200 new light machine guns cost 480,000 lire, which is really not cheap.

"The purchase price of your company's Maxim heavy machine gun for our army 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 must know that when it is equipped, the price of each Maxim machine gun is as high as 8,000 lire.

Moreover, this light machine gun is not comparable to the Maxim machine gun in terms of performance except for its weight.

Faced with the army's suspicion of being too expensive, Pietro Beretta wanted to call Tian Qu even more. "I didn't include the research and development costs of this machine gun, it's all manufacturing costs."

Although the truth is this, the price has made many people in the army a little dissatisfied.

But fortunately, General Simeone, who is the head of the army, was very sober, so he spoke. "Then according to the price you said, deliver two hundred to our army."

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