At this time, what was placed in front of Yang Fan was a new breech-loading rifled rifle and a special Gatling gun.
Because at this time, the mercury fulminate firing compound was finally completed.
Mercury fulminate is a key technological point in the development of percussion guns. Only with mercury fulminate can all-metal bullets, percussion gun bolts and firing pins be used.
With mercury fulminate, in the future, the next generation of rifles can completely say goodbye to open flames and flint ignition. After all, these two ignition methods are greatly affected by the weather. Strong winds will scatter the ignition powder in the medicine pool, and heavy rain will also cause flint.
The gun cannot fire. Full metal bullets are not affected by weather.
The main components of mercury fulminate are detonators, flammable agents and oxidants. They may also contain additives such as desensitizers, sensitizers, and adhesives. After being triggered, hot spots are generated and the detonators decompose, subsequently causing the flammable agent and oxidizer.
The combustion reaction produces a flame that is used to ignite propellant, ignition powder, delay powder or detonator.
The principle seems simple, but research and development is very difficult.
This involves chemical knowledge and industrial production of chemical raw materials. After all, the laboratory cannot produce so much mercury fulminate. Yaoguang's fifty-person ammunition team spent a lot of energy.
Yang Fan spent a year and a large number of manpower to solve many chemical problems in developing this thunderclap triggering drug.
In line with the policy of equipping one generation, producing one generation, and pre-researching one generation. After trial-equipped with three generations of flintlock guns, percussion guns and rifled guns have finally matured.
Now, while the third-generation flintlock muskets have been fully installed, the breech-loaded percussion rifle has been successfully developed. It is about to be put into industrial production, and the produced rifles will be stored in large quantities for future replacement.
Yang Fan's next-generation infantry weapons will be directly equipped with breech-loading rifled percussion guns, skipping the stages of front-loading rifled rifles and Mini bullets.
Just like when Yang Fan jumped from the fire door gun to the matchlock gun and went directly to the flintlock gun. Because the matchlock gun and the flintlock gun have a different firing mechanism. Everything else is exactly the same.
It is really unnecessary and a waste of a generation of equipment. The replacement of troops is a very important matter and has a great impact on the army. The cost is also extremely staggering.
Therefore, unless there is no way around it, there is no need to equip the matchlock gun.
The same is true for the next generation of weapons. Rifled guns and breech-loaded percussion guns were developed at the same time. After repeated comparisons and demonstrations, a consensus has been formed that rifled guns can be used directly on percussion guns.
There is no need to install front-loaded rifled guns and Mini bullets.
For Gatling guns, the production of all-metal cartridge cases has matured. Now all it takes is to change the percussion powder of the metal cartridge case from the original glass powder, sulfur and copper powder with a fire rate of only half, to fulminant mercury.
After replacing the primer with an all-copper metal bullet, the fire rate will increase to three nines.
With bullets with metal shells, there is really no need to use Mini bullets that are difficult to load.
The mini bullet must be smaller than the caliber of the gun, it is a sub-caliber bullet. But it cannot be too small, it can only be slightly smaller, and the butt is concave to facilitate deformation under the pressure of gunpowder.
The gunpowder gas is sealed tightly against the barrel of the gun.
This kind of special-shaped lead bullet is very troublesome to produce.
The soldier must use a purge bar and a small mallet to smash the bullet into the gun chamber. Only in this way can the bullet be loaded, which is very troublesome and wastes precious shooting time on the battlefield.
"The new rifle hasn't been named yet," Yang Fan said, picking up a long rifle.
The length of this rifle is about 1350mm. With the bayonet, it is fully 1800mm long. It looks like a spear. After all, in this era, cold weapons have not been eliminated in hand-to-hand combat. The rifle must also have the function of stabbing.
"Master, I haven't given a name yet, please give me a name," Chang Zhu said.
Now Fu Laoliu specializes in artillery. As the leader of the artillery team, Chang Zhu, as another master craftsman, is responsible for the research and development of light weapons, mainly rifles, machine guns, and supporting ammunition.
"From now on, weapons will be named according to the year. This year is 1628 AD, so let's call it the 1628-style rifle."
Chang Zhu quickly said yes. He didn't understand why the Western Yuan was used, but he would not raise any objection.
As long as the master likes the name. It's not a technical issue. If it is this kind of issue, he will definitely argue for it.
"Now that the final shape is finalized, when will the production line be ready and when can small batch production begin?" Yang Fan asked.
"Master, the current production lines are all producing third-generation flintlock muskets, and the army is now undergoing a large-scale replacement. This new production line needs to be rebuilt and cannot be modified with flintlock muskets. Therefore, it will not be built until at least March next year.
Completed, after debugging and inspection, small batch production will begin in early May.”
Yang Fan nodded, there is no need to worry about this. Anyway, it will be produced as a reserve for the next generation to change their clothes.
The mass production of new weapons involves a process of increasing output from small to large, as well as a process of gradual improvement and adjustment. New processes and technologies are prone to problems. These need to be gradually resolved in small-scale mass production.
"How is the next generation pre-research project going? Is it progressing smoothly?" Yang Fan asked.
"Sir, the next generation rifle we are pre-developing mainly includes a five-round magazine, a rotating bolt action, a locking mechanism, a cartridge extraction mechanism, etc. It is still in the theoretical stage. There has been some progress." Chang Zhu said, this aspect
The time given by Yang Fan was ten years.
Many projects can be done slowly and not in a hurry.
After Yang Fan finished looking at the rifles, he turned his attention to several new Gatling guns on the table.
"Sir, after repeated demonstrations, we have made second-generation R&D improvements to the original Gatling gun. It is divided into two directions, namely large-caliber and small-caliber."
"Because we already have high-precision punching machines and boring machines, we can reduce the caliber and ensure the shooting accuracy and power, while making the bullets as small as possible and reducing the weight as much as possible. In this way, soldiers can carry more ammunition
"The pressure on logistics and transportation has also been greatly reduced," Chang Zhu said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yang Fan nodded and said: "You are right. If the bullet is smaller, the capacity of the magazine will be greatly increased. This
It is of great significance for machine guns, because reloading will cause interruption of firepower, causing the enemy to rush forward."
Chang Zhu said: "Master, I see clearly that in the past, 15mm bullets were very heavy. Fifty rounds of bullets in one magazine was the limit for soldiers to carry. No matter how heavy it was, it would be difficult to continue changing magazines for a long time. At present, we have reduced the specifications of bullets.
After dropping to 7.92x57mm, one magazine can hold 100 rounds. This greatly improves the sustainability of firepower."
Yang Fan was very satisfied. The 7.92x57mm rifle bullet was the bullet specification determined by the German "Rifle Testing Committee" and was used by later generations for many years. Rifles were used again, and machine guns were also used. They were used for fifty or sixty years until the end of World War II.
Bullets of this specification have been tested in the two world wars and are a very mature and reliable design. The early propellant of the 79 bullet was black powder, and later it was changed to smokeless propellant, that is, collodion propellant.
Although Yang Fan was given the drawings and technology, Yang Fan was still very satisfied with how it was actually done. This is a modern type of bullet, the process is relatively complex, and the requirements for the punch machine are also high.
With the mercury-mercury primer, full-metal cartridge case, and small-caliber 79 rifle bullets, the power of the Gatling gun is greatly improved.
The original 50-round magazine could only fire 25 rounds due to the problem of fire rate. Now, after the bullets become smaller, the power is not reduced, but one magazine can hold hundreds of rounds.
In addition, the fire rate has been greatly increased, reaching a false fire rate of several thousandths.
This is equivalent to increasing the firepower by four times. It greatly reduces the firepower interruption caused by changing the magazine. If a canvas single chain can be developed in the future and made into a 250-round chain and installed in a small iron box, the firepower will be even more terrifying.
The reason why Yang Fan vigorously develops Gatling guns is because it is machine guns, not artillery, that will eventually eliminate cavalry. And this time, it will be a decisive battle between him and the Mongols.
After defeating the Mongolian alliance this time, he will unify all the Mongols and reorganize them into a Mongolian regiment with unified military orders. The spearhead will be directed at another enemy that has become stronger - the Rakshasa people.
Yang Fan will lead the Mongols to launch a new Mongolian Western Expedition and reshuffle the Eurasian grassland. This time, those marching westward will no longer be the Torgut tribe who moved westward in history. Instead, they will be equipped with advanced firearms and
The Han-Mongolian coalition armed with excellent war horses and massive camels.
Nip the Rakshasa people who pose the greatest threat to China's territory in the bud.
No more today, will be updated tomorrow.
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