Regarding this Type 67 heavy machine gun... to be precise, it should be Type 67-1..
The so-called Type 67-1 is the improved Type 67... It is actually easy to know the development time of China's weapons and equipment. For example, the Type 67 was designed and finalized in 1967, and it was equipped with troops in 1970.
but……
Because the design, finalization and production of the Type 67 took ten years... a very serious quality problem arose. The main shortcoming was that after a period of use, due to the wear of the buffer, the gap became larger and the projectile travel area was reduced.
Significantly increased, and more seriously, the machine gun is prone to jamming and causing explosions outside the bore when firing continuously.
As you can imagine... a heavy machine gun used for fire cover is prone to jamming and exploding when firing continuously... Then this heavy machine gun will definitely not be welcomed by the soldiers on the battlefield, so in the counterattack against Vietnam
At that time, soldiers generally used the more backward Type 57 heavy machine gun, although the Type 57 heavy machine gun was a full 10 kilograms heavier than the Type 67.
But this Type 67-1 is different from the Type 67... Since the self-defense counterattack, our army has realized the extremely serious negative impact of backward and shoddy equipment on the troops, so it has comprehensively improved its weapons and equipment.
, upgrade, the Type 67-1 heavy machine gun is an improved product.
Obviously... it has eliminated the problem of bullet jamming, and has greatly improved the shooting accuracy, so it naturally became our choice.
It is worth mentioning that...the Type 67-1 was only completed this year and has not even had time to be equipped with troops.
This is of course thanks to Li Li... When she transported this machine gun to our army for the soldiers to try out, I couldn't help but sigh: "This gun came at the right time!"
Li Li couldn't help but roll her eyes at me: "Do you think if it weren't for me... you would be able to use this gun in time?"
"What do you mean?" I said, "Isn't our synthetic camp just a guinea pig for you?"
"That's because I know you have a mission soon!" Li Li said: "Only a dozen of this gun have been produced so far. According to the original procedure...it will take at least a few more months before it can be tried out by you.
!Are you in a hurry?"
"Hmm!" After hearing this, I couldn't help but nodded to Li Li gratefully, but then asked strangely: "How do you know we will have a mission soon?"
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Li Li said angrily: "If I didn't have a mission... would I need to train so hard to be eliminated? And all of it is running in the mountains?"
After a pause, Li Li continued: "I guess... your next mission will definitely be to fight in the jungle, so this Type 67-1 should be useful, so I asked for a favor and found an excuse to get it in advance.
Got it!"
"I didn't expect you to be so careful!" Li Li's words surprised me. I originally thought she was a careless person.
"I have a purpose..."
"What purpose?"
Li Li smiled mischievously and said, "You belong to me these nights! No problem..."
Hearing this, I only had a wry smile... All of this was nothing, and it made me feel like I was being sold... But it seemed like this business was quite cost-effective.
So the Type 67-1 heavy machine gun was added to the equipment of the agent company.
Needless to say, the equipment of the sniper company is of course a combination of SVD and AK74... But during training, I mostly assign the sniper team to the agent company to train together. The purpose of this is very
Obviously...Agent companies often need snipers to provide them with cover and provide real-time enemy information.
The mortar company uses 60 mm and 80 mm caliber light mortars... This is based on Chen Qiaoqiao's suggestion. According to her words: "The advantages of heavy mortars are long range and high firepower, but it is very difficult to fight in mountainous areas."
There is less need to attack such distant targets, and there are no solid fortifications that require such large firepower... But the shortcomings are very obvious. The heavy mortar is not maneuverable, the mountains are rugged and it is not convenient to mount the gun, and the number of artillery shells it can carry is also small.
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When I think about it, it's really...the caliber is large, so the shells are naturally heavy. The heavier shells mean that the same transport capacity can carry fewer shells, so the sustainable firepower is also less.
So without much thought, I replaced all the mortars with 60-gun and 82-gun.
Therefore, our army has light and heavy machine guns, SVD and AK74 in terms of firearms, which have long and short ranges, strong firepower, and high and low accuracy. In terms of artillery, from far to near, there are 82 guns, 60 guns, rocket launchers, and gun-fired grenades.
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This is the firepower combination of a unit... From the firepower combination of a unit, you can often tell what kind of terrain this unit is more suitable to fight in or what kind of tasks it wants to complete. For example, our army
These weapons used...at first glance, you can tell that they are mainly aimed at infantry, and are intended to facilitate mobility.
The reason is very simple. We lack anti-tank weapons in our equipment... If such a firepower combination is used in plain combat, it will be tantamount to seeking death... Several enemy tanks hit us randomly from a distance, and we have no power to fight back.
But then again... we are going to Afghanistan in the future, and we are going to fight guerrillas, so it is heavy and can only fire one round, and it is a manually guided anti-tank missile. There is no need to bring it.
The next period of time is for the soldiers who have changed their uniforms to conduct necessary training on the mountain to familiarize them with the equipment and the coordination between various arms... I don’t need to interfere with these trainings. Scar, Chen Qiaoqiao and the staff will naturally take care of them.
All this is well arranged.
All I have to do is wait for news from the Afghan inspection team.
Finally, more than a month later, Commander Zhang secretly called me to the headquarters...
"There's news from Pakistan!" Commander Zhang put a document bag in front of me: "Because time is limited, the inspection team only brought back terrain data along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At the same time, we also took this time to communicate with Pakistan.
After negotiations, Pakistan fully supports our assistance to Afghanistan and promises to make every effort to assist our work!"
"Hmm!" Listening to Commander Zhang's words, I realized that Commander Zhang was not idle during this period either.
But having said that... it is too easy to obtain Pakistan's consent. Let's not mention that China and Pakistan are friendly countries... This friendship is not an ordinary level of friendship. During the modern earthquake in our country, Pakistan, a poor country, even
Military reserves were used to donate all the tents to China.
On the other hand... our support to Afghanistan is actually supporting Pakistan... The reason is very simple. The purpose of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan is not just for Afghanistan, but to lead to the ocean...
If you look at the world map, you will see that the geographical conditions of the Soviet Union are actually very similar to China. That is, coastal exports are very few and can easily be blocked. The Bering Strait is connected to Japan by the American Arras... and it is very difficult to pass through.
Heading to the Pacific Ocean.
So the Soviet Union hoped to open a channel from the interior to Africa, which is extremely rich in oil... This channel is to first occupy the landlocked country of Afghanistan, and then occupy either Pakistan or Iran... and then it can lead to the Arabian Sea.
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It is precisely because of this that the Soviet Union has to work hard in the barren land of Afghanistan for decades, but the Soviet Union is smart and other countries are not stupid either... Once the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan will of course understand what it is fighting.
idea, which means that the next target of the Soviet Union is likely to be one of these two countries...
So now China wants to assist Afghanistan...can Pakistan disagree?
"But the combat plan is somewhat different from before!" Commander Zhang said while spreading a map in front of me: "Because of interests...Pakistan has always kept the Pakistan-Afghanistan border open, which has caused a large number of Afghan refugees to flow into Pakistan.
, which also includes the guerrillas who were encircled and suppressed by the Soviet army..."
"Oh!" I understood after hearing this. Pakistan is using another method to support Afghanistan... It obviously does not dare to go against the Soviet Union, but if it opens its borders, the Soviet Union will have nothing to say... Taking in refugees is also
Out of humanitarianism!
So the guerrillas were protected in Pakistan... and those refugees, a large number of refugees who were taken away from their homes and left homeless, and who still had nothing to do and needed to live... naturally became
A huge source of troops for the guerrillas!
"Based on this situation..." Commander Zhang continued: "We discussed it carefully and felt that we should not enter Afghanistan first. At this time, it would be too conspicuous for a force to directly enter Afghanistan to fight the Soviet army, and a force of 500 people
It is difficult for the team to play a decisive role in Afghanistan, and it is even very likely that it will be wiped out by the enemy before it can take effect... On the contrary, if we establish a base on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan to provide necessary training and assistance to the Afghan guerrillas
, which also includes training and arming refugees. Then the Afghan guerrillas will continue to grow, and we can achieve our goals at the minimum cost!"
"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this. This plan is indeed good. On the one hand, we can try not to conflict with the Soviet army... On the other hand, this kind of struggle is also long-term and sustainable, unlike our five hundred
If people are sent directly there, there will be one less casualty.
It's just that... this plan sounds a bit familiar... The next second I suddenly remembered: Isn't this what Americans did in history?!
"In addition..." Commander Zhang added at this time: "I would also like to remind you... the United States is also interested in this plan, so... when you establish a base in Pakistan, you are likely to encounter soldiers sent by the United States.
Advisory board! I think you know how to face it!" (To be continued.)