The commander of the Free Magic Alliance Army in the Great Plains of Xino is Nimitz, the only great magic knight instructor in the Magic City.
He was holding a seized Maxim M1894 rifle in his hand. This rifle is different from the currently sold revolvers and single-shot breech-loading rifles.
The Maxim M1894 rifle uses a lever-type bolt operation and a built-in tubular magazine for ammunition.
Since most of the current rifles are mainly single-shot loading, this means that only one bullet can be loaded at a time, which greatly affects the soldier's ability to continue shooting.
So Foer made a built-in tubular magazine at the bottom of the barrel, which can load more than ten bullets at a time. Coupled with the rapid ejection of the lever-type bolt, this rifle has a firepower far beyond that of a single-shot rifle.
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Facts have proved that the performance and power of the Maxim M1894 rifle have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Maxim Empire's new army.
Not only the Maxim M1894 rifle, but what angered Nimitz the most was a strange weapon with ten barrels.
I learned from the prisoners that the name of the new weapon was a rotating machine gun.
The scariest thing about this rotary machine gun is the continuous firing of each bullet.
The Gatling rotary machine gun uses specially developed metal shell ammunition, using 14mm caliber pointed bullets. The gun uses a tapered bore, and the rear diameter of the bore is larger, making it easier for projectiles to enter the barrel.
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As a result, this Gatling machine gun became an important weapon for the Maxim Empire to control and expand its colonies. The improved Gatling machine gun's rate of fire once reached a maximum of 1,200 rounds per minute, which is a very astonishing number in this continent.
Taking the Type 56 light machine gun currently in service in the United Army as a standard, its rate of fire is only 700 rounds per minute.
However, there is also a problem with the Gatling rotating machine gun. Its biggest weakness is that the shooter will become excited and red-eyed because the distance between him and himself is constantly shrinking during the enemy's charge on the battlefield. He cannot control himself and will go crazy.
The handle must be turned faster and faster, causing the machine gun to overheat and jam or explode.
However, Maxim Empire has engraved a magic circuit for heat dissipation on the barrel, which minimizes the problem of the machine gun overheating, jamming or exploding the barrel.
Foer is even considering the possibility of combining magic with the Gatling rotating machine gun so that it can be automatically controlled without the need for soldiers to manually crank it. This would make the rotation speed more stable and more adaptable to various battlefield environments.
It is this kind of Gatling rotating machine gun with 14mm caliber machine gun bullets that can easily penetrate the armor of the Free Magic Alliance. The largest casualties of the Free Magic Alliance come from this weapon, not to mention the shells that fall from the sky from time to time. They
Even the location of the cannonball was not found.
To be precise, they are still unable to adapt to this mode of enemies launching attacks from more than ten kilometers away.
"I heard that the Commonwealth Kingdom of Cleveland was the first country besides the Maxim Empire to equip rifles. Let Montgomery be careful and put away his arrogance." Nimitz handed the Maxim M1894 rifle to the magic around him.
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"yes!"
"No matter what method you use, you must imitate this weapon and design protective equipment that can withstand this Gatling rotating machine gun." Nimitz's order made several magicians around him look bitter.
The magic industry in the Magic City is indeed very advanced, but it is a small industry after all. Industrial mass production has never been considered. Rifles like the Maxim M1894 rifle can indeed be easily copied using magic, but if they want to mass
Large-scale production is a bit difficult.
The imitation that Nimitz mentioned was definitely not just one or two.
"Yes, legion commander, we will do our best."
Hilge, the person in charge of the magic equipment accompanying the army, said with a grimace.
"Not try your best, but try your best," Nimitz corrected.
"yes!"
This situation is also the same in the Eastern Gods, but they do not have the foundation of the magic industry in the Magic City, so they are very aware of their own shortcomings. In fact, they have been researching their own rifles a long time ago.
At first, they mainly developed revolvers. They adopted the rifling of a single-shot breech-loading rifle. However, during experiments, they found that the revolver would bring violent flames when fired. If used for a long time on the battlefield, it would easily burn the palms of soldiers.
, and at that time, the Eastern God's Church had not completely broken with the Maxim Empire, and the development of rifles was just a long-standing tradition of the Eastern God's Church.
Don't be abandoned by the new era, regardless of whether it has dates or not, let's talk about it. Once it is truly a cross-era weapon, they will not miss too much.
Because it was just a tradition, they didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning, and everything was starting from scratch, and the Eastern God's Sect didn't invest much money. Until they lost this war, they had to pay attention to it.
Fortunately, they have conducted research in this area a long time ago. If they are unable to design a new rifle for the time being, they will use the Eastern God's Religion to improve the revolver. Compared with the original revolver of Maxim's enemy, the Eastern God's Religion's revolver is more accurate.
It is higher and the effective range reaches 200 meters, so it is barely used.
The Maxim M1894 rifle seized this time has brought great inspiration to the scientific researchers of the Eastern God Sect. They actually designed a completely new breech-loading rifle, but it uses a tubular magazine to feed ammunition, which is common in mainland China today.
It is definitely considered advanced in an environment where shooting one rifle alone is still mainstream.
This gun is based on a single-shot breech-loading rifle, so two locking protrusions are added to the front of the bolt to make the lock stronger.
This can also be regarded as the first bolt-action rifle created by mainland China.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to use them in this war, and they could only fight with crude revolvers.
Compared with the Eastern God Sect, which has been studied a long time ago, at least it can be equipped with revolvers. The Free Magic Alliance, which has always been extremely confident in its own equipment, has never considered equipping rifles. Instead, at the expo, Maxi
The rifles brought by the Mu Empire also had their power reduced, causing the Magic City to misjudge their power, which meant that they did not put too much thought into the new weapons.
It is too late to rush into production now, but many countries in the southern continent are equipped with rifles. The Free Magic Alliance Army can only forcibly collect the rifles equipped by various countries and send them to the front lines for use by the Free Magic Alliance Army.
This is an unequal war. If the top powerhouses of the Magic City and the Eastern God Sect were not stronger than the Maxim Empire, they would have been defeated by the Maxim Empire long ago.
However, facing the aggressiveness of the Maxim Empire, the Southwest Allied Forces could only retreat step by step, trading space for time.
At the same time, the Magic City also slowed down its offensive in the northern part of the continent. The Maxim Empire's momentum was really too strong and they had no time to be distracted.
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