Holy Roman Empire

At the Bohemia Halldas Arsenal, engineers are conducting weapons tests.Twenty experimenters simultaneously raised their guns and fired at the shooting range ahead.

After a burst of guns, the weapon designer Holman-Styron stepped forward to look at it, calculated the parameters at the fastest speed, and said with satisfaction: "Qualified."

The parameters are as follows:

Caliber: 7.92 mm

Weight: 4.2 kg

Length: 1417 mm

Barrel length: 920 mm

Bullet: paper shell acorn lead

Loading method: after loading

Rate of fire: 12-15 rounds

Muzzle velocity: 410 meters per second

Effective range: 650 meters

Maximum range: 1512 meters

Bullet feed: single shot

Holdars, the director of the Arsenal, said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Stellen, you have designed an excellent rifle.

This rifle is very good. It allows soldiers to lie down and crawl and fill with ammunition. The accuracy of close-range shooting is still above most rifles.

I heard that the Prussians have been refitted on a large scale. We also got a few of their rifles, and their performance is not as good as our rifle."

Holman-Styron calmly said: "Mr. Holdas, this is only a laboratory product, and it is still unknown whether it can be mass-produced in an industrial scale.

In fact, there have been many advanced firearms manufactured by our laboratory in recent years, because of the production cost, very few have the installed value.

For example, the previous 1850 series rifle has much better performance than this, because of the production cost, we have to give up."

As a weapon design expert, the first thing to learn is to give up.Weapons are not as advanced as possible, but also consider the overall cost.

From the design point of view, it is a rifle 100 years later. It can be designed now, and whether it can be produced is an unknown number.

Holman-Styron is used to it. More than 95% of the weapons he designed are lying in the laboratory. Although this rifle is good, it is still unknown whether it can be installed in the Austrian army.

Holdas said optimistically: "It doesn't matter. Now that the Near East War is fighting fiercely, we can sell it to the Principality of Montenegro for trial. As long as the actual combat proves the excellence of this rifle, the military can't refuse.

Technically, this rifle is much lower than the requirements of the 1850 series. I can preliminarily judge that the production cost of this rifle will not be much higher than the current rifle."

It can't be said that it was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor. Should we design a breech rifle suitable for use by the Austrian army?

At present, almost every Austrian arsenal has produced sample guns. At present, more than a dozen breech rifles have appeared on the shooting range in the Royal Palace. Based on experience, Jordas believes that this rifle is very likely to win. Big.

Cheap, easy to operate, and stable performance are the advantages of this rifle.The only disadvantage is that the lethality is slightly lower, but the precise hit rate and the advantage of being able to load down on the ground can still make up for this.

Now only the last ring of actual combat is left, and the Near East War is a good opportunity.

After the outbreak of the war, the Principality of Montenegro has relied on Austrian logistics supplies. For the convenience of supply, it has been fully replaced with Austrian weapons and weapons, and it has now become a testing ground for Austrian weapons.

The Austrian military has also sent weapons observers to collect the actual combat parameters of various weapons, as an important reference factor for the troops to refit in the future.

Holman-Styron seriously said: "Well, Mr. Haldas. You arrange it as soon as possible. This time I will take the team to collect information on the battlefield."

"No! It's too dangerous on the battlefield. You are the best weapon design expert in Austria. You can't take risks." Holdas said excitedly

Holman-Styron smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Montenegrin will protect us safely. If you are not worried, you can also apply for military escort.

The danger is only relative. If God wants to take me away, accidents will happen even if he stays in the country."

...

The new rifle at Schönbrunn Palace and Halldas Arsenal has appeared on the shooting range, and Franz has skillfully loaded and fired.

Probably because of his talent, his shooting skills are really ashamed.The target is fixed within 100 meters, and it is God's blessing to be able to keep the target.

Franz always believed that this was because the performance of the rifle was not good, and the recoil was too strong, causing the bullet to miss the target.The evidence is that the statistical bullet kill rate after each war is that thousands of bullets and tens of thousands of bullets can kill an enemy.

"Bang, bang, bang ..."

After the gunshots ended, Franz's face suddenly turned green, and he actually hit the target next door, and there was no ability to miss the target.

There was a thud, and a few little guys happily laughed, and Franz stared at him and found the culprit.

"Is it so funny, isn't it just that the bullet missed the target, what's so strange?"

Franz ’s Jackie has been around for a long time, and his three younger brothers and two cousins ​​have been able to hold back, looking at the expression as cute.

After suppressing the ridicule of several little guys, Franz said with a smile: "Come and try, be careful to keep a distance."

They have never played with these rifles. If they are used as a forebore rifle, look at Franz ’s performance just now. The bullet can be offset by more than ten meters.

"Bang, bang, bang ..."

A series of gunshots sounded and looked at the target from afar. Franz rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Are they all sought after by God?

Facts have proved that he thinks too much, everyone's hit rate is not good, can leave the bullet on the target is even a master.

"Brother Franz, you are the last one!" Princess Sissi exclaimed.

Franz stared at him, and he decided to look back and increase her etiquette class time. It was too unruly.

Is it necessary to say something so obvious?You know, the youngest is only ten years old. Where does Franz face?

"Elizabeth, pay attention to the image!" Her sister Princess Helen reminded

"What happened?" Queen Sophie's voice came from afar

Seeing Franz's ugly face, no one answered the question.Looking at the expressions of everyone who wanted to laugh and hold back, glancing at the target on the field, Empress Sophie laughed out loud.

While smiling, he pointed to Franz and said, "It's a good improvement, Franz, you finally broke the record of the five rings."

At this time, many people discovered that there was a bullet hole in Franz's target.I do n’t know who just hit the bullet and hit it by mistake.

The laughter of the people could no longer hold back, and Franz reluctantly said: "It's almost enough, continue the live shooting training."

Grand Duke Carl smiled and patted Franz's shoulder and said, "Look, I told you to go hunting with me. You don't want to go by yourself. Now that you are embarrassed?"

Don't be discouraged, as long as you go out and hunt a few more times, your marksmanship will catch up with them."

Franz nodded in coordination, as if to say again: his poor marksmanship is too much homework, usually lack of practice, as long as diligent and hard practice can certainly catch up.

Hunting is impossible.Franz has self-knowledge. As far as 100 meters away from his marksmanship, it is unknown whether an elephant can concentrate there.

The prey in the pheasant and rabbit, he was too lazy to shoot, it was a waste of bullets.Franz understands why many shotguns in the folk are shot out.

"Father, why didn't you go out hunting today?" Franz asked doubtfully.

"Looking at you playing so lively, he wants to come over and guide you on how to shoot." Empress Sophie said first

"Yes, your marksmanship is too bad, it is just to lose the face of the nobility, I came to teach you how to use a gun." Gong Dakar said wrong

Franz probably guessed the reason and said decisively: "Yes, this is great. Just teach them, I have to take a step in advance."

After that, Franz turned and left.As if something really happened, I hurried to deal with it.

This is an excuse for a thousand oils. The Vienna court has rules, and no one can interfere with the emperor's official duties.

Even the Queen Sophie knew that Franz was procrastinating, and she could do nothing.Under normal circumstances, the life of the European noble engaged parents is enough, Franz is obviously abnormal.

Facing a son who was too opinionated, she also felt pressure.

Franz ’s pressure is even greater. How should the royal family manage its own affairs after the engagement war broke out?

...

St petersburg

Inside the Coors Manor, in August this summer, the interior is still chilling.

"You can't go on like this. The front-line expeditionary army has already replaced the Austrian weapons with a large scale. It will not take long for the entire Russian army to be equipped with weapons produced by the Austrians.

What will we do when the time comes and close the arsenal?Or is it to compete for a small private market and sell shotguns?"An old man said indignantly

The host of the meeting, Kurs, persuaded: "Mr. Ivanov, calm down. Things are not so bad, it is impossible for the government to watch us all die.

Now is the time of war, everything must serve the war.The logistics of our frontline troops are supplied by the Austrians, and it is impossible to kick them out.

After the war is over, it is our time.The government also does not want to see the Austrians control our military production, and our market will return when the time comes."

Everyone came for the benefit. The military and the government were very dissatisfied with the inferior weapons they produced, and the expeditionary forces only changed Austrian weapons.

Silly, big, and rough are the consistent characteristics of Russian military weapons. If only this is the shortcoming, the military will endure it. The problem is that these weapons and equipment are often jammed.

If there is no choice, or everyone is the same weapon, then forget it.The problem is that now Britain, France, and Austria have surpassed them, and even the Ottomans on the opposite side have begun to change into new weapons.

In order to win the war, in order to increase the chance of life saving on the battlefield.The front-line officers strongly demanded a change. They were unable to suppress the interest groups in the government and could only buy Austrian equipment to change the expeditionary force.

The young man complained: "Mr. Coors, even if the market comes back, I will face competition from the Austrians. The military is used to Austrian weapons and weapons, will it still use our junk?

Sorry, I am too simple to talk.Compared with our European counterparts, the weapons and equipment we produce are indeed behind the times.

Doesn't everyone want to change? The government cannot tolerate it all the time, and we will be eliminated sooner or later."

Coors laughed and explained: "You are too tender, little Peter. Didn't Old Peter tell you?"

On the surface, we have jointly monopolized the domestic supply of weapons and equipment, and it is certainly rich in oil.

Actually, we do n’t make much money. How much does the Army change its weapons and equipment every year?For less than ten million rubles, the money will be divided by almost half, and the rest will be used to purchase equipment.

Weapons research and development are full of uncertainty. More than 90% of weapons and equipment come out, and they do not have actual combat value. More than 95% of weapons are not profitable.

In this case, if we can't squeeze the maximum profit of each weapon to the maximum, how can everyone's interests be protected?

Originally, the time for everyone to get rich was the time of war.Unfortunately, the biggest peach in the Russo-Turkish war was picked by the Austrians."

Peter Peter bowed his head in frustration, not talking.The arms market is limited, and too many people divide the cake.

Coupled with monopoly operations and the development of new weapons, they will not bring them greater profits, and everyone is naturally not active.

A middle-aged man, Shen Sheng, said: "Since the dress-up event, we can't stop it, so simply join in.

Send someone to buy a production line from the Austrians, we produce it ourselves.The expeditionary forces needed them to provide logistics, and we could not compete in that market.

However, we must take over the remaining domestic markets.After the war, the domestic arms market is still ours."

The former angry Ivanov said: "This is also a way. According to past experience, this short period of time will not end. We can make up for the loss by joining it."

Little Peter was a lot more cautious this time, and asked uncertainly: "Will the Austrians sell me, know that now is a good time for them to make money?"

Kurs replied affirmatively: "Yes, these production lines are not only produced in Austria. If they don't sell, we can also find someone else to buy them, but they need to be modified.

Even our domestic production is possible, but it is not very easy to use.In order to save costs, everyone is used to importing from abroad."