After saying that, Rashid asked another soldier wearing a ghillie uniform to come out.
Ghillie clothing, this kind of camouflage clothing was originally named after a Scotsman named Geely. This kind of clothing is generally used by hunters to help them obtain camouflage in the forest to avoid being discovered by other people and animals.
Many army veterans present had experienced World War I and were familiar with this kind of individual soldier camouflage.
The rifle carried by this soldier also had a scope like the previous precision shooters.
But when Rashid asked the soldiers to show his weapons, all the veterans were still a little surprised.
Because the rifle the soldier is carrying is neither the G43 semi-automatic rifle equipped by his comrades, nor the current mainstream rifle Mauser 98k. It is an old version of the Type 98 rifle, which is the Mauser 1898 bolt-action rifle.
It can be said that all the officers present who are over 35 years old, whether they are grey-haired old marshals or young and vigorous school officers, the first rifle they received when they enlisted in the army was the old version of the Mauser Type 98 rifle.
This is a classic of a generation, and it is also the sentiment of German soldiers, but is it a bit inappropriate for it to appear at a time when new weapons are being displayed?
Looking at the confused people, Rashid smiled and explained everyone's doubts: "Originally, we wanted to equip a high-precision sniper rifle. The G43 rifle is not suitable for this kind of long-range shooting because it is semi-automatic. And we
What we originally planned to equip was actually the Mauser 98k rifle.”
Since it was said to be the initial plan, it is naturally different from the final decision now. Obviously, the army generals present were very curious about the reason. After all, it is too unreasonable to abandon the new and use the old.
Rashid did not show off, looked around the crowd and said: "But everyone knows that the Mauser 98k is a carbine with a short barrel, and its accuracy is weaker than that of the Boss. So a researcher from the Small Arms Design Bureau suggested that we simply use the old carbine with a long barrel.
98. Later we found the Mauser Company and asked them to carefully customize a batch of Mauser 1898 bolt-action rifles. Due to the improvement of production technology and the fact that we also made some minor changes, the performance of these newly produced old guns was very impressive.
Satisfied. With the Zeiss 6x scope, they can immediately become sniper weapons and can accurately hit the chest target at a distance of 500 meters!"
One thing Rashid deliberately did not say was that after the "SS war against the SA", a large number of old Mauser rifles used by the SA were seized, that is, the old Mauser G98. On the one hand, it was frugal.
Reinhard was unwilling to just throw these weapons aside. On the other hand, Germany was currently undergoing a large-scale military expansion, and various weapons were in short supply.
Therefore, Reinhard always wanted to secretly incorporate these weapons into the new expansion, and came up with the method of producing some improved versions of G98, mixed with the old version of G98, and giving them to the Wehrmacht.
Of course, Rashid is now talking about only the improved version and ignores the hoarded seized version: "The most important thing is that Mauser is not satisfied with just improving the old version of the rifle, they are also preparing to develop a new version.
We will issue a batch of high-precision bullets specifically for sniping. In this way, the accuracy will be improved to a higher level. With it, our snipers will be even more powerful!"
The G98 rifle was originally famous for its safety, simplicity, strength and reliability. However, because the gun body was too long and inconvenient to use and carry, a carbine type with a shortened barrel was later developed. If it is just based on shooting accuracy,
The Mauser G98 rifle is not inferior to the improved version of the 98k.
Next, Rashid continued to add to the allocation of this sniper rifle: "As for the issue of sniper establishment, because we have precision shooters organized into the squad, we will position the sniper's mission to kill high-value targets.
Go up and be incorporated into a company-level unit."
Rashid spent more than 20 minutes talking eloquently about the arrangement in many details.
After finally explaining it, Rashid breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Now, the introduction of the new infantry company of the SS ends here. Next, we will demonstrate the coordination effects of various weapons for you at close range. Since our SS
The soldiers have just changed their uniforms for a week, so please forgive me if there are any oversights."
"I understand, of course I understand." Reinhardt was always partial to the SS, so he immediately "helped" the generals of the Wehrmacht to reply: "The Führer will understand, and everyone will definitely understand."
Everyone was too lazy to pay attention to Reinhardt's nonsense style, and simply acquiesced. Besides, everyone's focus was on the following demonstration, who cares about such trivial arguments.
Therefore, after the order was issued, the new SS company in the exercise quickly carried out a simulated attack on a position.
This time, the commanders as spectators were very close, and they could clearly see the battle process: 60mm mortars suppressed the rear, and then machine guns began to suppress them. After a while, the infantrymen began to move towards the intended target with semi-automatic rifles.
During the charge, the 40mm grenade launchers stopped and accurately projected 40mm red smoke grenades towards the target set up to simulate the enemy's firepower point. If it were on a real battlefield, what they would project would be lethal anti-personnel explosive shells.
Afterwards, under the cover of various firepower, including snipers and precision shooters, the SS soldiers rushed into the trenches like a black storm. Following a wave of grenades, soldiers carrying submachine guns and combat pistols shuttled through the trenches.
He fired while charging. Although he used blank bullets with rubber bullets, the dense rain of bullets still shattered all the paper targets that simulated the enemy.
Seeing this, the commanders of the National Defense Forces finally understood why the previous exercise companies of the National Defense Forces were judged to have suffered heavy losses and subsequently failed. With such firepower and such tactical cooperation, could there be any other result besides complete failure?
?
The battle ended quickly, and warm applause from the generals and colonels suddenly erupted around the SS drill company.
At this moment, all the applause is convincing and comes from the heart. The SS exercise company has used its own performance to prove that their tactical execution and battlefield cooperation level are not inferior to those of the Wehrmacht. All the Wehrmacht generals present agreed.
, they are excellent and deserve good weapons and equipment!
At this time, the head of state came over, first talked a lot of standard nonsense, and then encouraged all participating officers and soldiers (especially praising the SS participating companies for their rigorous and meticulous exercise performance), and then announced that all senior officers could be disbanded and move around freely
, and there is a shooting range nearby where you can experience various new weapons in person. It is dinner time at 6:30. Before that, everyone can play casually. If you want to see the new weapons, you can ask the SS to send someone to demonstrate again.
Reinhard was in such a good mood that it was impossible to tell that he was someone who had just narrowly escaped an assassination.
Of course, it was too late for Reinhardt, who had read the script, to use an assassination to kill the historical opposition leader within the Third Reich in one fell swoop! For him, in this unexpected assassination
