"Crown Prince, now we are partners. I really want to know, how can you compete with Mauser Company and Rheinmetall Company in terms of small arms? You know, Mauser Company's Mauser 1898 rifle, this is German Army's standard rifle. "Gustav? Krupp Company looked curious.
You know, Mauser Company and Rheinmetall Company have a very large share of the German Army's small arms. All along, I don't know how many companies want to challenge them. However, none of them succeeded in the end. Even Krupp Company cannot compare with them in terms of light weapons.
"Of course, Mr. Krupp. I never keep secrets from my partners." Oscar said with a smile. Of course he knew that Gustav? Krupp was skeptical about whether German Arms Company could seize the army's share of weapons and equipment from Mauser Company and Rheinmetall Company. After all, their opponents are too strong in this field.
Oscar quit his job and took out a stack of design drawings from the briefcase he carried with him. These drawings are weapons and equipment designed by Oscar, with the main parameters marked on them.
Gustav? Krupp took it and took a look, and then got deeply involved in these weapons and equipment.
"I think the firepower of our current army's squads and platoons is still too weak. Although the army is equipped with MG08 heavy machine gun, it weighs 69 kilograms and requires several people to lift it. It cannot accompany the front-line infantry in attacks.. Therefore, our army needs lighter and stronger squad firepower. The weapon in your hand is called a light machine gun, also known as Squad Automatic Weapon, which means a machine gun that can be equipped with infantry squads." Oscar explained.
The Squad Automatic Weapon designed by Oscar is, to be precise, the plagiarized ZB vz. 26 light machine gun. The performance of ZB vz. 26 light machine gun is certainly not the best among many light machine guns. However, its simple structure and good reliability enabled such a machine gun to be equipped on a large scale with the Chinese military in another time and space, and played a great role on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War. Based on the existing technology of Germany, it is not difficult to produce ZB vz. 26 light machine gun.
"Is every infantry squad equipped with a machine gun? If so, the army's firepower would be too abnormal!" Gustav? Krupp couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Each infantry squad is equipped with a light machine gun. In my opinion, this is very necessary. Whether it is attacking or defending, the firepower is strong and it can always kill the most enemies at the minimum cost." Oscar said.
He clearly remembered that in another time and space, World War I was engaged in trench warfare. In such a war, the power of machine guns is undoubtedly very terrifying. Especially for the defensive side, the machine gun is a weapon for killing enemy personnel!
Gustav turned over this page and looked at the second page. The design drawing on the second page is still a machine gun. However, it is larger in appearance and more murderous.
"This machine gun, I call it General Purpose Machine Gun. Compared with the MG08 machine gun we are currently equipped with, it is lighter in weight, and with the gun frame, it is only less than one-third. However, the firepower is more powerful than MG08 heavy machine gun. Although it is still relatively heavy for infantry, a machine gun group can be carried. In this way, when the infantry attacks, it can exert great firepower." Oscar continued.
The General Purpose Machine Gun on the design drawing is the MG34 universal machine gun that he plagiarized from the later Germany. Although the performance is slightly worse than that of MG42. But relatively speaking, the conditions for development are simpler.
Gustav? Krupp nodded. If German Arms Company can develop this General Purpose Machine Gun, if nothing else, completely replace all MG08 heavy machine gun, there will be no problem. This weapon alone means a huge order!
If Squad Automatic Weapon can also be adopted by the Army and each infantry squad is equipped with one, then the order will be even larger.
Although Gustav? Krupp haven't looked at the back design yet. But he has concluded that with these two machine guns Oscar, German Arms Company does not have to worry about losing money. If you make money, that's for sure.
The latter design includes two rifles, one Semi-Automatic Rifle and one Sniper Rifle. Although the performance of Mauser 1898 rifle is very good, the rate of fire is too slow. In future wars, firepower density will become more important. If the infantry can be equipped with Semi-Automatic Rifle, the firepower of the troops will be more powerful. Even, directly obtain an overwhelming advantage in the war. The importance of Sniper Rifle is naturally self-evident. On the battlefield, a sniper equipped with Sniper Rifle is simply synonymous with death. The enemy's low-level officers, machine gunners, etc. will all become their targets. The importance of snipers on the battlefield will become even more abnormal.
Next, there are the designs of Grenade Launcher and mortars. Although mortars are no longer a new term, since they began to appear after Russo-Japanese War, countries have begun to pay attention to them. However, development is still very slow. The mortar is undoubtedly an extremely important infantry support weapon and will pose a fatal threat to enemy troops who are long in the trenches. However, the current development is still very slow. Oscar designed three mortars, namely 60mm Light Mortar, 81mm Medium Mortar and 120mm Heavy Mortar. Of course, these mortars are also plagiarized designs from later generations.
Grenade Launcher is a smaller mortar, and its design principles are very similar to those of mortars. However, it is lighter and of course less powerful. A soldier can carry it and carry multiple grenades at the same time. Oscar believes that each infantry squad can be equipped with a Grenade Launcher. In this case, the firepower of the German military infantry squad will become more powerful.
Think about it, every infantry squad is equipped with light machine guns, Grenade Launcher, Sniper Rifle and Semi-Automatic Rifle. This will make German Army's infantry firepower so powerful! In future wars, no matter which country's army it is, it will probably be suppressed by the German Army in terms of firepower. German Army If you want to win, it will naturally be much easier.
After Gustav? Krupp looked at these designs, there was even more admiration in his eyes when he looked at Oscar. In his opinion, Oscar is clearly a genius! At the same time, I am more confident about German Arms Company.