In Oscar's view, if every infantry squad of the German Army can be equipped with one MG10 Squad Automatic Weapon, one Grenade Launcher, and one Sniper Rifle, if the remaining soldiers are equipped with M1 semi-automatic rifle, this will make the firepower of the German Army reach the level of the World War II period in another time and space, and it will still be a first-class level.
In this case, among the upcoming World War I, German Army has even greater advantages. Even if the war once again falls into trench warfare, German Army still has enough firepower to crush Anglo-French Allied Forces's trench warfare.
Therefore, Oscar can't wait to develop these weapons, hoping to equip German Army as soon as possible. There were still a few years before the war broke out. If German Army starts to change his clothes from now on, it will be totally time.
"Father Emperor, generals, everyone must be very familiar with the performance of these weapons developed by German Arms Company. In order for the German Empire to crush Britain, France, and Russia and other countries in future wars, we I hope the Army can use these weapons developed by German Arms Company to replace the weapons currently equipped by the Army to further enhance the combat effectiveness of the German Empire Army." After Oscar finished speaking, he looked at the army generals. Oscar I thought that after this exhibition, the army began to change its uniforms, which was a matter of course.
However, Oscar soon realized that he seemed to have thought wrong. It seems very difficult to achieve his goal.
"What do you think of Crown Prince's suggestions?" Wilhelm II looked at the army generals. On this issue, even if he is the emperor, it is difficult for him to directly force the army to accept his orders.
"Your Majesty, Crown Prince. These weapons developed by German Arms Company are indeed very good. If military expenditures permit, I think they should be replaced." Minister of War Feng? Falkenhayn was the first to express his stance.
On the one hand, although these weapons developed by German Arms Company are indeed excellent, once equipped, they can further enhance the strength of the German Army. On the other hand, Feng Falkenhayn actively moved closer to Oscar. Feng Falkenhayn, who had always been suppressed by Moltke the Younger, has now fully moved towards Oscar in order to pull Moltke the Younger down, becoming the representative of Oscar in the army.
The other generals also spoke one after another. However, most of these generals support Oscar. Others were silent. These people are people from Moltke the Younger, as well as people who are close to Mauser Company and Rheinmetall Company.
Although they have seen the excellent performance of these weapons of German Arms Company, they have received the benefits of Mauser Company and Rheinmetall Company, so they naturally have to speak for them.
"Your Majesty, if we carry out large-scale replacement, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. Although the performance of these weapons developed by Crown Prince and German Arms Company is very good, the price is probably not low, right?" Deputy Chief of Staff General von Waldow said with a frown.
Oscar nodded. "The selling price of M1 semi-automatic rifle is almost twice that of Mauser 1898 rifle."
"Then how much will it cost if we carry out a large-scale change of clothes?" The generals suddenly started talking.
Even Wilhelm II couldn't help but frown. Although, German Army's standing army only has a few hundred thousand people. But once war breaks out, this number will increase to three million or more. This means that they must purchase enough weapons to reserve before the war breaks out. Such a large amount of money is undoubtedly a huge pressure for Germany, which is already heavily in debt.
"Although the weapons developed by German Arms Company are good, they are too expensive. Therefore, I suggest that the Army purchase small batches first, and then replace them with military equipment when military expenses are sufficient. Anyway, German Army's combat effectiveness is still the best in the world. The advantage in weapons is not very obvious to us." Moltke the Younger said.
Oscar suddenly looked a bit unhappy. In order to expand the military and prepare for war, Germany's finances have been running deficits for consecutive years. Even if the war breaks out, Germany's finances will not improve. This will only get better after Germany wins the war in the future. We can't wait until then for the German Army to purchase these weapons from German Arms Company, right? In that case, wouldn't Oscar's hard work be in vain? The reason why he urged Arms Company to develop these weapons as soon as possible was that he hoped that German Army could use these weapons to reduce losses in future wars. After all, Germany has a small population, and every young and middle-aged person is a valuable labor force!
"The performance of these weapons developed by Your Majesty, Crown Prince and Arms Company is certainly very good. However, there is a fatal flaw. That is, it will greatly increase our logistics pressure." A German military general said.
Indeed, these weapons and equipment developed by German Arms Company have a very fast rate of fire and very powerful firepower, which means that on the battlefield, the ammunition that needs to be consumed will increase exponentially, which will also greatly increase the pressure on the logistics troops.
However, Oscar does not think this is a big problem. If the combat effectiveness of the troops can be further improved, it will be completely worth it even if the logistical pressure is greatly increased.
"We can increase logistics personnel and use other methods to solve the problem of logistics pressure. For example, equip the logistics troops with more Truck. In this case, it will not cause much of a problem." Feng Falkenhayn said.
"The two machine guns developed by German Arms Company are both air-cooled machine guns. Compared with water-cooled machine guns, the weight has been reduced and the rate of fire has been increased. But I noticed that after continuous firing, the barrels of these two machine guns have turned red. In this case, I am afraid that they will no longer be able to fire!" Another general said.
"This is not a problem. After the barrel is scrapped, we can immediately replace it with a spare barrel. A well-trained machine gunner can replace the barrel in a few seconds." Gustav? Krupp said.
"However, that will cause shooting intervals and create opportunities for attacking enemies. At the same time, carrying spare barrels will increase the load of soldiers. It is also very detrimental in terms of cost. This will further increase our cost of use." The army general retorted.