"Because the Far East Observer Group said at that time that Japanese-made grenades were difficult to aim, and the hit rate depended entirely on the shooter's experience, so we merged it with the flare gun and got a 40mm, fired from the shoulder, which can be aimed with mechanical sights and can attack accurately.
Weapons for 180-meter point target and 350-meter area target." Rashid took a 40mm grenade launcher and fiddled with it: "With this, our soldiers can use smoke grenades to guide the target like a flare gun, and guide artillery fire to follow.
For air strikes, it can also launch anti-personnel grenades to attack enemy soldiers. In addition, it can also launch white phosphorus bombs and armor-piercing bombs part-time."
White phosphorus bomb is an extremely dangerous and terrifying incendiary bomb. Once it gets on the skin, it is difficult to remove it in time. In addition, the burning temperature is extremely high and can even burn into the bone. At the same time, the phosphorus vapor it produces has secondary damage.
Harmful, it can cause tracheitis, pneumonia and severe bone damage to those who inhale large amounts.
The armor-piercing bullet has an armor-breaking thickness of 50mm and is generally used to attack light armored vehicles. For example, some tanks with weak armor can also be destroyed.
The generals present knew very well that when their army possesses this kind of multi-purpose weapon, its combat effectiveness will increase exponentially in the future!
Seeing everyone's looks of anticipation for the new equipment, Rashid also smiled happily: "Actually, our infantry squads rarely act alone in actual combat. Basically, several squads or platoons work together to execute company platoons.
Level action. Therefore, we planned to strengthen a 4-person 40-mm grenade group and two 40-mm grenade launchers in the infantry platoon. A team leader and a deputy team leader held 2 MP submachine guns for self-defense.
By the way, some 40mm grenades are carried on the backs of the whole group. Of course, they have special grenade vests, and one vest can be filled with grenades."
"But..." Rashid paused, and finally said bluntly: "Originally, our designers hoped to use high-strength aluminum alloy to make the barrel and launcher shell. However, due to the relatively low amount of aluminum resources in our country,
In short supply, we can only use steel. As a result, the ammunition of the grenade vest plus a launcher is a bit too heavy, which will only cause hardship for our soldiers."
"Not bad!" Reinhard also added at the right time: "I hope the imperial commanders present can seize enough resources for Germany as soon as possible and reduce the burden on the soldiers."
After listening, the generals fell into silence for a while. The head of state's words reminded them once again that Germany is still a small country with poor resources. If it cannot work hard to become stronger, it will only fall behind and perish.
Just as everyone was deep in thought, Reinhardt, who had been serious for only three seconds, quickly turned his high-spirited face into a twitchy one: "I heard that the French have quite a lot of supplies in reserve. Let's discuss it later.
When did you take possession of this batch of supplies..."
It was obviously a passionate and historic battle that decided the hegemony of the European continent. How come Reinhardt's words about it made everyone dumbfounded.
In your words, the battle between us and France, our old enemy, has become a battle for supplies?!
In the end, it was Rashid who resolved the awkward atmosphere, changed the subject and explained: "By the way, this 40mm grenade launcher can completely change our previous tactics. It will make our future combat mode lighter and more flexible.
Accurate. This thing is much stronger than the original Japanese grenade. With it, our lower-level combat units have seamless fire coverage from grenades to grenade launchers to mortars."
One thing that Rashid did not mention is that a mobile and flexible weapon like the grenade launcher is also very convenient and useful in street fighting. Apart from anything else, the fact that it can accurately shoot grenades into buildings is enough.
It can be called a weapon in street fighting! This is not easy for mortars to accomplish.
Regarding mortars, Rashid also talked about something: "The original 50mm mortars in our army all use retractable barrels. Not to mention the complex design and large size, the 50mm grenade is very useful for mortars.
For artillery, the firepower is too weak and the range is too short. As a support weapon for platoon-level infantry units, the 50mm mortar can be completely replaced by a 40mm grenade launcher."
At this point, everyone had guessed a little bit about the following content. Sure enough, Rashid quickly mentioned: "We plan to downsize part of the original 50mm mortars in each unit and replace them with 50mm grenade launchers."
weapons to enhance their mobility. The downsized mortars can be equipped to some defense divisions on the border for defensive operations that do not require high mobility."
This method of weapon distribution is indeed perfect on paper. In addition, the mortars are not replaced completely, but only partially, so even if problems are found in actual combat, they can be adjusted in time.
In addition to the replacement of mortars, Rashid also mentioned another point: "Also, in our original establishment, there was an anti-tank group whose main weapon was anti-tank guns, using the T-type anti-tank from the last war.
gun."
At this point, Rashid made an appropriate joke: "This anti-tank gun, with a 13mm caliber, is probably older than our soldiers."
It must be said that Rashid's joke was not very funny. Except for Reinhardt, who deliberately faked a smile to cater to him, almost no one else laughed along with him.
"Laugh! Why don't you laugh?!" Realizing that he was the only one pretending to smile for the sake of the atmosphere, Reinhard immediately forced all the generals to do stupid things: "I'm all laughing, who of you still don't laugh?"
Raising his arms, Reinhard smiled and encouraged: "Come on, everyone laugh, everyone laugh. Let's all laugh together."
In the end, even Rashid couldn't stand the joke anymore and simply changed the topic: "Ahem... I think the armored officers present should know clearly that the future development of tanks will definitely
The armor will be strengthened, so the use space of this backward anti-tank gun can be imagined. In addition, we have already developed better anti-tank weapons (Iron Fist rocket launcher), and borrowed them from the Japanese army in the Battle of Nomenkan in the Far East.
We have tested its reliability by hand. So we directly plan to remove this anti-tank group."
Regarding the existence of the Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher, most senior generals of the National Defense Forces are aware of it.
Before, the Panzerfaust rocket launcher had always been a patented weapon only available to the SS. Unexpectedly, the Wehrmacht would soon be able to use it too?! And it was installed on a large scale!
"As for the replaced anti-tank guns," Rashid added in detail: "We will sell them all to friendly countries such as Spain, Italy, Romania, and Finland. While enhancing their anti-tank capabilities, we will also use 'waste utilization'
