Find yourself? I am not an American military officer!
When hearing what the three Johns said, Qin Baoshan was very curious. He came here by himself to fool the Americans and get some aid for the Eighth Route Army. Shun led the pilots of the Eighth Route Army to train. I am just an outsider, and I don't have much qualifications and prestige. It can be said that if you call out your name here and know who you are, you can count them with two slaps. It's not up to me to do my best, even if I know how to fool people, I don't have the ability to fool others.
Now, the three Johns in front of me actually came to him to discuss a solution. This is not a technical matter. The military thought their bullet was too weak. I don't know any of the big shots in the army. No, I know them, but they don't know themselves, so why should I pay for myself? So Qin Baoshan's heart is very strange.
However, these three Johns didn't care about Qin Baoshan's mood at this time, they were not happy in their hearts. They have already spoken out in a hurry. In the midst of their discussions, Qin Baoshan finally understood
In this era, there are many things with honorable traditions. It sounds complacent, but at the same time, these things with a glorious tradition can also have a counterproductive effect. That is to limit the development of advanced things. The Qing Dynasty was like this at the beginning, and it refused to violate the traditions of the ancestors, so the Reform Movement of 1898 failed. If the reform is successful, then China may be able to change its appearance.
Conservation is not only a Chinese tradition, but it is also the case in many foreign countries. The older the country, the more this is the case. For example, in the 21st century, tanks of all countries have already used smoothbore guns, but only the United Kingdom is an exception. In Britain, a country with a long history, the army has always held rifled guns. Even if the rifling is protruded by firing 200 shells, they will not change the smoothbore guns. Regardless of the benefits of advanced smoothbore guns. In the eyes of those old-fashioned officers, rifled guns are the best, and there is no need to change them at all.
So is the U.S. Army. Since the U.S. Army began to have standard weapons, it has always used full-power bullets. So when the three Johns learned from the Chinese battlefield and praised the intermediate power ammunition, they were firmly opposed by the diehards in the US army.
This is also very normal. Even after the end of World War II, the victorious countries obtained the German heritage, and had a new understanding of the German st44 assault rifle. The Soviets therefore developed intermediate power ammunition and gave birth to the famous ak rifle. On the other side of the ocean, the United States still stubbornly resists this kind of intermediate power ammunition. It is also very strange to say that Americans are not blind. They had long considered the need to develop a special cartridge that was lower than the normal rifle cartridge. But diehards in the army have always believed that rifles should be equipped with standard rifle ammunition. However, they also knew that their rifles, which used standard rifle ammunition, were too bulky, and they should issue automatic weapons that were more powerful than submachine guns. I really don't know what those people's minds are thinking, and how many contradictions must be involved.
These requirements will definitely make the gun designer feel broken. Even in 1963, this perception has not changed. The first-line troops of the United States use the M1 Gardland rifle, and the second-line troops use the M1 carbine, which is only half the weight of the former, and they are all full-power bullets. But after entering the hands of the troops, they were very satisfied with the lightness of the latter, so this kind of m1 carbine entered the front-line troops in large numbers, and eventually even equipped six million, which is unbelievable.
For Americans, there is almost no room for survival with intermediate-power bullets improved with existing calibers. Later, the famous m16 rifle has been changed to a 5.56 mm caliber. Of course, if we talk about the classification of this kind of bullet, it should also be regarded as a bullet of intermediate power.
When the U.S. military went to the Vietnam War, it still issued full-power m14 rifles. In 1963, the Pentagon evaluated the m14 and the small-caliber ar-15, but it was still stubborn, declaring that the m14 was the only qualified military rifle. However, only the frontline troops understand the bitterness. When faced with the ak rifles fired by the enemy on the opposite side, the American soldiers simply had no ability to resist. If they shoot fully automatic m14, the recoil force is too large, so they can only shoot semi-automatically, and the firepower is incomparable with the ak rifle on the opposite side. After the battle, American soldiers often pick up the enemy's ak rifle to use.
In the face of the cruel reality, the diehards of high-ranking American officials finally had to bow their heads and set their sights on the "intermediate power ammunition" they have always looked down upon. But by that time, the AK rifles of the Soviets had become popular, so the Americans were unwilling to make the same bullet as the Soviets. So, they came up with a new caliber, and just like that, the .223 Remington was born.
If threeJohn didn't go to China, and didn't see the intermediate-power bullets used in large quantities by the Eighth Route Army, so they probably didn't care, and they designed them according to the requirements of the army. But when they saw this kind of bullet showing its prowess on the Chinese battlefield, how could they, as famous light weapons designers, let it go? It's like a foodie seeing a feast, an artist seeing Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. How could this be let go again?
They desperately wanted to promote this intermediate power ammunition in the US military, but they all refused. The bigwigs in the U.S. military sneered at their actions, and some even cursed them, making them run into walls everywhere. Now this kind of bullet has come out, but the army refuses to use it, so their manufacturing is meaningless. If they want to manufacture a cross-generational rifle based on this intermediate power bullet, then it will become a moon in the water, in the mirror it took.
This is the situation now.
"But what's the use of you looking for me? I'm not familiar with them." Qin Baoshan said: "You have already obtained the data used by us for this intermediate-power bullet. You take these Data, can't convince the army. How can I convince them?"
"But we know that you are the smartest person, and you must have a way. Recently, I was reading your Chinese book called "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I think you are Zhuge Liang in it, and you are the most powerful military adviser, so You must have a way to solve the problem. Please think of a way for us. How to implement it is up to us, and the way is up to you." Pedersen said to Qin Baoshan. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com