industrial lord

Chapter 66 Weapons and Equipment
In his last life, Frederick heard that the British-made air rifles were among the gifts given to Qianlong by the British Macartney mission when they visited China in 1793. Out of curiosity, he checked the history of air guns and found that the Austrian army was there During the period, a small amount of air guns were equipped.

This air gun named "Windbüchse" is 1.2m long, weighs 4.5kg, has a caliber of 11.7㎜ or 13㎜, and a muzzle velocity of 152m/s. When the gas tank is full of gas, the effective range is a little over 100 meters. The gas tank pressure increases with the number of shots. decline and change.

It’s just that the reliability of the gas tanks and accessories was too poor at that time, they were easily damaged, and it was troublesome to pump them up manually, so they were not produced much, and they soon withdrew from the regular army equipment and just received them.

What Frederick liked the most was the rate of fire of this gun. It has a magazine parallel to the barrel, which can hold 20 round lead bullets. It is loaded by a cross bar above the trigger. After shooting, click A lead bullet can be loaded, and a skilled shooter can shoot all the bullets in half a minute, and can also shoot in a prone position.

He drew a schematic diagram of a magic air gun on paper. This gun is a muzzle-loading gun with an air spray tank inside the stock, rifling inside the barrel, and a Minie bullet.

This combination is still based on the current level of processing technology and economy. The miniature bullet can solve the problem of large error between the bullet and the barrel caused by the low machining accuracy of the bullet and the inner diameter of the barrel. Moreover, lead is cheap, and he can’t afford copper. Slug, copper is money now.

"The rotation of the bullet can increase the stability." He pointed to the drawing and said, "The wooden plug at the tail expands the tail of the bullet under the action of air pressure, so that it is in close contact with the barrel, on the one hand, it rotates with the rifling, and on the other hand, it prevents air leakage. Add momentum."

Ogilvy understood it, pointed to the tail of the bullet and said: "This structure is also used in blowing arrows, and it uses leather."

"It can be regarded as a special blow dart that shoots metal bullets with magic, 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 Ogilvy to study it.

He then drew a schematic diagram of the ammunition feeding system. The bar used to load the ammunition is in the shape of a "", and the round hole in the middle is aligned with the barrel. Just push it horizontally so that the round hole is aligned with the magazine chamber on the side of the barrel. The spring in the chamber will press a bullet in, and the spring outside the gun will press the bar back when you let go, so that the bullet in the round hole is aligned with the barrel.

"The guns that were loaded from the muzzle just now were sold to hunters and equipped for militiamen." Frederick said, "This is what the regular army uses, and it can reload bullets quickly."

Diesel frowned and said, "There will be a leak in this position."

"It's okay." Ogilvy replied with a smile, "Use a little magic muscle here, and when you activate the spray can, let it deform a little, and the gap will be blocked."

Diesel nodded, and Frederick opened his mouth. There is such an operation.

"There is another question." Diesel said again, "The bullet is a little smaller than the barrel. When the muzzle is lowered 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. If bullets fell out while running, it would be a big joke.

Ogilvy thought about it and said: "In fact, we can make the bullet a little bigger, so that it can be pushed at the end of the barrel at most. In this way, there is no need for an additional process to make the tail."

After pondering for a while, Diesel pointed to the end of the barrel of the muzzle-loading gun on the blueprint and said: "I think it's better to improve it. Add a shell on the outside of the spray can and install it directly here, and add a handle on the outside. The shell and the surrounding structure are different. Bayonet, turn the handle up to avoid the bayonet, and then pull it back to expose the opening at the back of the barrel. Bullets are pressed in from the side by a spring, and push the handle forward to push the bullets into the barrel with the can. "

Frederick heard a slight cold sweat on his forehead, isn't this pulling the bolt?Good guy, it has progressed from the 18th century to the 19th century all of a sudden.

Unexpectedly, Ogilvy said: "Just add a spring to the back of the spray can, don't need to fix it, add a few tracks at most, let it move backward when it sprays air, and push the bullet into the barrel by itself when it returns to the position .”

"If the timing is good, the bullets can be fired in a steady stream."

Frederick wiped the cold sweat from his brow and meowed. Has this entered the 20th century? !

Now he believes that talents are talents everywhere. Ogilvy and Diesel, who can become scholars in a place with a strong academic atmosphere like Constantbul, are undoubtedly the first echelon of intelligence in this world. After getting inspired, I can continue to study all the way.

Frederick said: "The ideas of both of you are very reasonable, but it's better to go step by step. Let's start with the simplest."

Only then did Ogilvy and Diesel stop.

However, Ogilvy said: "This kind of 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."

Facing such a smart man, what else could Frederick say? All folding shotguns came out.

"Okay," he said, "let's talk about the rest, let's talk about the helmet first."

As he spoke, Frederick drew a steel helmet on the parchment.

There is a brim in the front of this steel helmet, and there is a circle of outward-sloping steel plates around the ears and the back of the neck, which is very German.

Ogilvy looked at it and nodded, took a carbon 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, it can be stamped with a steel plate and then trimmed, but it requires a lot of magic. Muscles are stressed enough, that's not a problem."

"However, it still needs to be strengthened. A reinforcing rib is added from the back of the head to the top of the head, and there is an opening in the front for ventilation."

Frederick didn't say anything, just let him play.

Diesel rolled his eyes and asked, "Principal, your cavalry will also be equipped with lances?"

Frederick nodded and replied, "Of course."

Diesel smiled and asked, "I have a lance specially designed to deal with armored knights, do you want it?"

"Oh?" Frederick was a little surprised, "What does it look like?"

It is not easy to deal with tin cans. Ordinary cavalry can only rely on the number of people to pile up until the opponent stops before they can pull people off their horses from a blind spot, and then slowly clean up.

Diesel drew a picture on the parchment and proudly introduced: "This kind of spear is 3.5 meters long. The biggest feature is the ring of iron cans around the head of the spear. It can explode forward."

Frederick blinked, should he still wear a gas mask?
"Try to make a few," he said.

"What about armor?" Ogilvy 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, I need a sapper shovel..."

(End of this chapter)