Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 97: Equipment (continued)

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As for the German snow equipment, Xu Jun prepared a lot of drawings and plans before, but he discovered that the German army actually had a lot of professional snow equipment, but it did not equip the conventional army. Mountain troops. Because the imaginary enemy of the German army has always been France, conventional troops do not need to fight in the frigid zone, so they do not need these snow combat equipment.

The German army previously issued goggles to the soldiers of the motorized unit to keep them out of the sun and dust. When German motorized troops, especially armored troops travel on dry soil-based roads like Europe, or cross-country in the wilderness, sometimes the raised dust can be described as covering the sky and covering the sun, and it looks like it is blowing from a distance. The dust storm is general.

The goggles issued by the German army come in several different materials. The most common ones are made of canvas and glass. There are two colors of brown and green to choose from. The German motorcyclists at the time were equipped with special motorcycle goggles. The style was still very fashionable even in the 21st century. The material was made of plexiglass, which had mature technology at that time. There were also orange, green, and dark gray colors. Optional.

As for the special snow goggles to prevent snow blindness, the German mountain troops have been equipped for a long time. It looks like a pair of ordinary goggles, but the lens is covered with two pieces of metal, mostly made of aluminum. Several radially distributed observation slits were opened on the top. Soldiers can observe the outside world through the slits. This design looks very simple, but it can effectively prevent snow reflections from damaging the eyes. It has been well received by the Germans on the Eastern Front in history. Word of mouth.

There is also conventional sunglasses, which are made of leather and equipped with dark gray lenses. Compared with the above-mentioned goggles, soldiers can aim and shoot more easily.

Xu Jun has issued an order to increase production to Zeiss. This will be a substantial order. Zeiss alone will definitely not be able to eat it. Therefore, Xu Jun plans to produce optics in Britain, France and Italy. Enterprises are all drawn into this business.

As for skis and sleds, there are more sources. There are a large number of mountain skiers in European countries. People from the Army Command are screening the products, but Xu Jun thinks they may have been picky. Maybe In the end, you have to decide by yourself.

Xu Jun also took out a drawing of a snowmobile. To put it bluntly, it is a motorized sled. It uses a high-power motorcycle engine as its power. The German army has many high-horsepower motorcycle engines, such as BMW and Congda. General, abundant power will drive a soft track, made of composite leather and light metal, not weaker than rubber track.

The front part adopts a double skid design, and the direction of the skid is controlled by a motorcycle handle, which is basically the same as later generations. BMW has taken out ten prototype cars. At this time, they are conducting field tests on the Norwegian snowfields. They ran at an astonishing speed of 95 kilometers per hour on the snow. According to the crazy driver's comment, if not for the last paragraph, he was worried. If the vehicle is out of control, he can actually speed faster.

The research and development process at Congdap is a bit lagging behind. They developed a heavy-duty version that can be used as a snow tractor or even a firepower platform.

The current squad and platoon offensive tactics adopted by the German army attach great importance to the subjective initiative of lower-level commanders. Under the overall framework of operations, the tactical freedom of squads and groups has always been relaxed. The German army allowed the squad leader to take the initiative to attack the enemy if he was keenly aware of the fighter without receiving a definite order after the battle began.

Of course, in the real battlefield, the German army rarely launches a surprise attack by an infantry squad alone, unless it is a tentative fire detection operation. Usually the German army will gather several adjacent squads and cooperate with each other to initiate operations. Will use frontal lure and roundabout tactics to attack important targets and occupy enemy positions.

Does it sound very similar to the tactics used by the Japanese infantry squad? This is because the Japanese infantry tactics are actually learned from the Germans. Of course, the Japanese side has made some improvements on this basis to adapt The actual situation of the national army.

It’s just that after several mutinies in the early Showa period, the Japanese army has undergone subtle changes in the training of grassroots officers, and began to emphasize the obedience of lower-level officers. As a result, a group of basic-level officers with rigid thinking have been cultivated, and they can only be dogmatic. Following military textbooks and superior orders, he gradually lost the tactical flexibility he originally admired, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army also deteriorated sharply.

Back to the German side, the weapon configuration of the German squad does not actually have much advantage compared with other European armies. Whether it is French, British, Dutch, or Belgian army units, the difference in firepower among infantry squads is not very large.

The rifles used by infantry in various countries at that time, from the perspective of technical indicators such as range, rate of fire, ammunition loading, and ammunition power, the performance of the German 98k can only be regarded as excellent, but it is not much more advanced than other countries. On the contrary, because The 7.92 mm bullet used by the German 98k caused the magazine capacity to be too small and the recoil was a little too strong. The rate of fire was moderate but the fire continuity was poor.

The performance of the mp38/40 series of submachine guns used by the German army is actually not as outstanding as people think. Among the submachine guns equipped at the same time, the performance of the mp38 can only be regarded as medium to upper, but this weapon has some The shortcomings were concealed by the early victory aura of the German army. These problems were finally exposed after the German army encountered a more powerful enemy, but at that time it was too late to find newer replacements.

The advantages and disadvantages of the mp series submachine guns are very obvious. The key lies in the rate of fire of this submachine gun. In order to pursue the accuracy of continuous shooting, the maximum rate of fire of this submachine gun is artificially limited, which is similar to other contemporary submachine guns. In contrast, the mp38/40 is easier to control during continuous shooting, and the bullet distribution is also very uniform, which is its advantage.

The problem is that in many cases on the battlefield, the amount of firepower delivered by a submachine gun is more important than accuracy. A dense rain of bullets can effectively suppress the enemy's attack than precise shooting.

In this regard, the Soviet, British, and American forces are all ahead of the Germans. The submachine guns they are equipped with are all focused on one indicator, that is, they can throw more ammunition on the enemy in the shortest time.

Especially the American soldiers in history. When they met the Germans at close range, their first reaction was to squeeze Thomson’s trigger. The difference between life and death may be only one second. At that time, who had time to consider aiming? Only luck and faith compete with each other.

In this kind of close-range fire match, the German mp38/40 suffers a lot. Its rate of fire is too slow, and its fast directivity is not good. As a result, the German army only fired a few bullets, but the opposite A whole magazine has been poured over.

As for the ammunition capacity, to be honest, the 32-round magazine of the mp40 is enough, and there is no need to learn from the Russians to change to drums.

In addition to increasing the firepower continuity of weapons, drums in history did not have much significant advantage over magazines. On the contrary, due to their weight and size, soldiers could not carry more ammunition, and they also hindered soldiers on the battlefield. Performing some conventional tactical actions consumes more physical strength of the soldiers.

Moreover, the structure of the drum is complicated, the bullet is difficult to reload, and it is easy to damage in the battlefield environment. These problems were also concealed by the Soviet Union's victory halo. The German defeat made the sand submachine gun famous, but after the end of World War II~IndoMTL.com~ this weapon was quickly eliminated, and the Soviet army later In the design of the submachine gun, there has never been a drum feed mode.

Xu Jun is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the German submachine gun. He has long prepared to equip the German army with a new submachine gun, which will be handed over to the Irma Arsenal for mass production. At present, Irma has relied on hand-made one. The approved sample guns will be sent to the Kumesdorf Weapons Proving Ground for testing, and will be sent to Norway before the end of the year for live-fire testing in polar environments.

At the same time, Xu Jun also sent Mauser a drawing of an automatic rifle. Mauser's gun design experts are currently working hard to understand the design of the head of state, in order to develop a dedicated weapon production line. This is a rather complicated project, and it is impossible to produce results in a short time, because the head of state has adopted a new caliber for this weapon and a new type of bullet that has never appeared before.

In Xu Da’s plan, this will be the future standard rifle of the German army and even Europe. In the face of such automatic weapons, bolt-action rifles such as 98k will face complete elimination.

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