Chapter 66 Weapons and Equipment
In his previous life, Frederick had heard that the gifts given to Qianlong by the British Macartney Mission when they visited China in 1793 included British-made air rifles, and he checked out out of curiosity. After looking at the history of air guns, I found that the Austrian army was equipped with air guns in small quantities during that period.
This air gun called "Windbüchse" is 1.2m long, weighs 4.5kg, has a caliber of 11.7mm or 13mm, and a muzzle velocity of 152m/s. When the air tank is full, the effective range is a little more than 100 meters. Changes occur as the number of shots increases and the air tank pressure decreases.
It’s just that the reliability of the gas tanks and accessories at that time was too poor, easy to damage, and manual pumping was troublesome, so there were not many produced, and they were quickly withdrawn from the regular army equipment.
What Frederick liked most was the rate of fire of this gun. It had a magazine parallel to the barrel, which could hold 20 round lead bullets. It rested on a horizontal bar above the trigger. After shooting, you can load a lead bullet by pressing it. A skilled shooter can use up all the bullets in half a minute, and can also shoot from a prone position.
He drew a schematic diagram of a magic air gun on the paper. This gun is a muzzle-loading gun. The air tank is inside the butt, the barrel is rifled, and it uses Mini bullet warheads.
This combination is still based on the current level of processing technology and economy. Mini bullets can solve the problem of large errors between the warhead and the barrel caused by low processing accuracy of the inner diameter of the warhead and barrel. Moreover, lead is cheap. He couldn't afford copper bullets, and copper was currency now.
“The rotation of the bullet can increase the stability.” He pointed to the drawing and said, “The cork at the tail expands the tail of the bullet under the action of air pressure, making it in close contact with the barrel. On the one hand, it rotates with the rifling, On the other hand, it avoids air leakage and increases power."
Omet understood and pointed at the tail part of the bullet and said: "This structure is also used in blowguns, it is made of leather."< br>
“It can be seen as a special blow dart that uses magic to fire metal bullets, so it’s easy to understand.”
"Well, it's the trigger mechanism that activates the magic circle that needs to be studied carefully."
Frederick himself didn't know much about the trigger, so he asked All Might to study it.
He then drew a schematic diagram of the ammunition supply system. The horizontal bar for loading is "" shaped, and the round hole in the middle is aligned with the barrel. Just push it laterally so that the round hole is aligned with the side of the barrel. When the magazine is aligned, the spring in the magazine will press a bullet in. After letting go, the spring outside the gun presses the crossbar back, allowing the bullet in the round hole to align with the barrel.
"The bullets loaded from the muzzle just now are sold to hunters and equipment to militiamen." Frederick said, "This is what the regular army uses, and it can load bullets quickly."
Diesel frowned and said: "There will be air leakage in this position."
"It's okay." All Might replied with a smile, "Use a little magic muscle here. When you start the jet tank, let it deform a little, and the gap will be blocked."
Diesel nodded, Feit Lie Ze opened his mouth, and there was actually such an operation.
“There is another question.” Diesel said again, “The bullet is a little smaller than the barrel of the gun. When the muzzle is downward and the vibration is added, will the bullet fall out?”
Frederick blinked. He really hadn't thought about this issue, but it seemed reasonable after thinking about it. Anything could happen on the battlefield. It would be a big joke if bullets fell out while running.
Omet thought and said: "Actually, we can make the bullet a little bigger so that it can be pushed at the end of the barrel at most. In this case, there is no need for an extra process to make the tail."< br>
Diesel pondered for a moment and then pointed to the end of the barrel of the muzzleloader on the drawing and said: "I think we should improve it. Add a shell outside the jet tank and install it directly here. Add a handle outside, and the structure on the shell and around it. For the bayonet, turn the handle upward to avoid the bayonet and then pull it back to expose the mouth at the back of the barrel. The bullet is pressed in from the side with a spring. Push the handle forward and you can use the can to push the bullet into the barrel. "
Frederick heard a slight cold sweat on his forehead. Isn't this the big bolt? Good guy, we have progressed from the 18th century to the 19th century all of a sudden.
Unexpectedly, Ogilvy said: "Just add a spring behind the jet tank, instead of fixing it, add a few tracks at most, so that when it jets, it will move back by itself, and when it returns to its position, it will move back by itself. Pushed the bullet into the barrel."
"If the time is controlled well, the bullets can be fired continuously."
Frederick wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Damn it, are we entering the 20th century? ! Now he believes that talents are everywhere. Omet and Diesel can become scholars in a place with a strong academic atmosphere like Constantbul. They are undoubtedly the first echelon of intelligence in the world. Once you are inspired, you can continue your research in this way.
Frederick said: "The ideas of both of you are very reasonable, but it is better to go step by step. Let's start with the simplest thing first."
Omet and Di Serge then stopped.
However, Omet said: "Loading bullets from the mouth of the tube is also a bit troublesome. It is better to make a structure like a door leaf, which can be opened to load bullets from the end of the tube."
Faced with such a smart man, what else could Frederick say? The folding shotgun was out.
"Okay." He said, "Let's talk about other things, let's talk about the helmet first."
As he said that, Frederick drew a steel helmet on the parchment.
This helmet has a brim in the front, and a circle of steel plates sloping outward at the ears and back of the neck. It has a strong German flavor.
Ogilvy nodded after looking at it, took a charcoal pen and added a few strokes on it, and said at the same time: "This is good, the ears and the back of the neck are protected, just stamp it with a steel plate and then trim the edges. But it takes a lot of magic muscle to put enough pressure on it, so that’s not a problem.”
“But it still needs to be strengthened, and a reinforcement can be added from the back of the head to the top of the head, and a hole can be opened in the front for ventilation.”
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Frederick didn't say anything, just let him do his thing.
Diesel rolled his eyes and asked: "Principal, your cavalry will also be equipped with lances, right?"
Frederick nodded and replied: "Of course."< br>
Diesel smiled and asked: "I have a lance here that is specially designed to deal with armored knights. Do you want it?"
"Oh?" Frederick was a little surprised, "Yes. What does it look like?”
It is not easy to deal with iron cans. Ordinary cavalry can only rely on the number of people to pile up until the opponent stops, and then they can pile up from the blind spot and pull the person off the horse, and then slowly clean up.
Diesel drew a picture on the parchment and introduced proudly: "This kind of spear is 3.5 meters long. Its biggest feature is the circle of iron cans around the spear head, which can shoot at There's an explosion ahead."
Frederick blinked, should he still wear a gas mask?
“Try to make a few.” He said.
“What about armor?” All Might asked, “At least a breastplate, plate armor or scale armor?”
Frederick replied: "Use scale armor. It saves money and is easy to repair."
"By the way, we also need a kind of engineer shovel..."
(End of this chapter)