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Chapter 1155 Standard Setter (Second update, please subscribe)
After Li Guoren left, Li Yian stood by the window and gazed into the distance. The sea and sky in the distance looked exceptionally vast.

Sometimes, Li Yian likes to look at the boundless sea and then just stare blankly.

Just daydreaming.

I don't know how long it took, Li Yian slowly walked back to the desk, stopped for a moment, took out a cigar from the wooden cigarette box, lit it, and while lighting the cigar, his eyes fell on the desk calendar.

Only a few thin sheets are left.

New Year is coming again!

He muttered to himself, and then smoked silently. The aroma of the burning cigar filled the study. It was not choking smoke, but a sweet aroma of cream and chocolate, with a slight hint of nuts.

This is also why he likes to smoke cigars.

After a while, the door of the study was pushed open, and Zhao Xuezhe came in with Yu Xiangdong.

Zhao Xuezhe is the manager of a defense company. When he saw him, Li Yian smiled and gestured.

"sit!"

Then, he walked to the desk, opened a document, and said:

"I noticed that you have completed testing on the AR15?"

Zhao Xuezhe quickly replied:
"Yes, sir, this is indeed a very good weapon!"

It’s more than good!

Two famous guns from another world!
Looking through the defense company's test firing report on the AR15, Li Yian didn't even look at the content above. He knew what it said without reading it - they would find that the AR-15 is small in size and light in weight, more flexible to use, and faster in response. Of course, they would also find some shortcomings of this weapon.

This is inevitable. After all, the current AR15 needs further improvement before it can be perfected into the M16, and then further improved into the M16A1, and then became the symbol of light weapons in the United States and many Western countries during the Cold War.

"Sir, according to our tests, this weapon has room for further improvement. And after testing, we found that the 5.6mm ammunition it uses, although small in caliber, has extremely strong lethality. Therefore, the technicians believe that in addition to its range, it is a very promising weapon."

After praising him, Zhao Xuezhe looked at you and said:
"Perhaps, we should introduce it and further improve the design of AR-15. I believe it will be better than K50! But the premise is that it will only have a future if the US military adopts it. Otherwise, it will have no future at all."

Although the K50 assault rifle has excellent performance and is very popular among users, its special caliber makes it a useless weapon - it has excellent performance but no market. Except for Southeast Asia, only a few countries purchase it in small batches because it does not use NATO caliber. Malaya and Siam, which adopt it in large quantities, rely entirely on military aid from Southeast Asia. As for its use in Saigon, it also relies on military aid.

It is for this reason that Zhao Xuezhe clearly realized that in the context of the Cold War, there was no future for unique weapon calibers. After all, countries either chose NATO calibers or the Soviet AK47.

"Indeed, whether the US military adopts weapons of this caliber will determine whether it will be adopted by NATO. Only if NATO adopts it will it become NATO's standard ammunition. This weapon..."

Looking at the report, Li Yian said:

"The U.S. military will buy it, but it will require some work on our part. My suggestion is to buy the franchise and overseas sales rights for it."

In fact, if possible, Li Yian would like to buy all of them. Historically, Fairchild has spent millions of dollars on the development of AR-15, and there seems to be no end in sight. So they decided to stop the research on AR-15, and in order to repay the debt, at the end of the year, they sold the design, production and sales rights of AR-15 to Colt Small Arms Company for $75000 in cash and 4.5% of the future sales commission.

Later, with a series of public relations by Colt, the M16 was finally adopted by the US military, and Colt made a lot of money. Li Yian wanted to imitate Colt, but the problem was... Colt was Colt.

Colt could have persuaded the U.S. military and conducted all kinds of public relations to get the U.S. military to abandon the M14 that had just entered service and replace it with another company, especially a foreign company. This would definitely not have been possible, let alone making this type of ammunition the standard ammunition for the U.S. military.

There is nothing new under the sun.

For Nanyang Defense Company, it was enough to be able to take advantage of the situation and make some money when Colt was making a fortune in the United States. Besides, Li Yian's ambition was not here, he was eyeing another target.

"At the same time, we need to make some improvements to it, such as..."

Li Yian opened the drawer and took out a bullet, saying with a smile.

“Like this!”

"This is?"

Looking at the bullet in your hand, Zhao Xuezhe asked tentatively:

"6.5mm?"

"6.5×55 Swedish bullet,"

Li Yian threw the bullet to Zhao Xuezhe and said:

"This bullet has very good ballistic performance. Of course, I'm not saying to adopt this bullet, but to develop a 6.5mm bullet. It's the same length as the bullet used in the AR15, and the bottom rim can be slightly thicker, similar to the Soviet M43 bullet. Well, the specification is 6.5×39. If it is used with a new type of propellant, it should be a new type of ammunition that can improve the accuracy and lethality of AR-style rifles in long-range shooting."

In fact, Li Yian is talking about the 6.5 Grendel bullet, which has excellent ballistic performance, better than the 6.8 SPC. If we only look at the performance, the 6.5 Grendel seems to be a better alternative to the 5.56. However, since the manufacturer is only a small company, unlike the big companies that have "people in the government", this caliber is currently only popular among the civilian sector.

But it is definitely an extremely good ammunition.

The reason why Li Yian took out the Swedish bullet is because its 144 grains, or 9 grams, is the direct use of the Swedish bullet. Learning from its bullet can shorten the development time. "When the US military tested the AR15, they thought it had poor penetration, so they asked for a larger ammunition, but this time they proposed .258 inches, or 6.55mm. The arms department said this is the best ammunition caliber..."

History is so wonderful. The US military believed that 6.55mm was the best, but did not give the AR15 time to improve, and lost interest in the AR-15. But later, after being taught a lesson by the AK47 in South Vietnam, they tried every possible means to find a cure. Under Colt's research and development, they directly used the AR15. As for the congenitally defective 5.56mm, they have been using the New Century.

On this issue, Li Yian certainly did not want to play along with the US military and regret it together, so he invited Zhao Xuezhe over. On the one hand, he wanted to get the authorization and overseas sales rights of AR15 - after all, during the Cold War, millions of M16s were exported. This was not AK-style free aid, but the export of real money.

Whether the M16 is good or not is not important.

The important thing is, it can really make money!

Even in the new century, the AR series is still the most popular rifle in the American civilian market, without a doubt.

Of course, what is more important is to set standards - NATO caliber standards, which are very valuable!
Li Yian has never been averse to making money.

Apart from other things, in the past decade, Nanyang has been setting standards, especially in new industries. For example, in jet airliners, the standards set by Nanyang are becoming the standards for post-war jet airliners - you can choose not to adopt them, but relying on the first-mover advantage, C717 and 707 have established corresponding standards in airports around the world. Even Boeing, as a latecomer, can only comply.

And the standard is to pay for it!

It is precisely because of this that the current suggestion is made. To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to be cheated by the Americans' desperate attempts to find a solution. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to worry about such a small matter.

Therefore, we can only go all the way to the end on the path of standard setter!
"So, I think we can conduct research in this area and develop a new rifle bullet with a caliber of 6.5mm, a streamlined bullet with a high ballistic coefficient, a weight of 8 grams, an initial velocity of more than 820 meters, and excellent ballistic performance, so that it can be selected by the US military in the future."

You don't have to participate, you just need to convince Colt to adopt it.

After all, in a few years, when the US military was desperately trying to find a cure after being beaten by the AK in South Vietnam, the AR15 would be seized by the US military as a life-saving straw, just like in history, and a large number of M16s would be rushed to the Vietnam battlefield to put out the fire without completing sufficient testing. The corresponding 6.5mm caliber ammunition would also become a "temporary weapon" for the US military.

Then, temporary will become permanent, and finally the entire NATO will adopt this caliber - NATO pays attention to intellectual property rights, and adopting this caliber will definitely cost money!

Historically, the SS109 developed by the Belgian FN company was adopted by NATO and became the NATO standard bullet. FN company earned hundreds of millions of dollars in returns simply through patent licensing. In the following ten years, as more and more countries adopted it, the licensing fees it received also increased.

Don't miss the big money, and don't waste the small money.

"Your Excellency, this..."

Looking at the bullet in his hand, Zhao Xuezhe hesitated.

"We suffered a lot on K50. At that time, we thought the standards proposed by the British would be adopted, but..."

"That's the British. The British want to influence NATO, which is dominated by the United States?"

Li Yian shook his head, smiled, and said:

"is it possible?"

Why is it that even though the 7mm caliber ballistics developed by Nanyang solved the problem of poor long-range penetration, it has still not been adopted? To put it bluntly, it is the concept of "America First" in the minds of the Americans.

"But this is something we developed, and the Americans will resist it just the same."

"Different,"

Li Yian smiled proudly.

"Sometimes, the choices they make are not necessarily their own intentions. Now the United States is increasing its interference in Saigon, but the M14 is not suitable for the rainforest battlefield. They will definitely need a small and lightweight fully automatic rifle as an emergency weapon. In addition to the AR15, is there a more suitable object?"

This was a bit of a giveaway, but what Li Yian said was the truth. Even Zhao Xuezhe knew that the situation in South Vietnam was very different from what it was a year ago. He thought about it and then said.

"Then let's give it a try first."

"Go ahead and do it. Also, make sure to cooperate with the American company. After all, you will still need their help in the end."

Sometimes, this is how the world is. It is not enough to rely solely on Nanyang. In specific areas, we always need to rely on the power of outsiders, such as the iron ore in Brazil.

As early as half a year ago, Peggy sent a report...They had found the iron mine in the Amazon region and completed the acquisition of the land.

But is everything all right?

That's Brazil!

Not only is it America's backyard, Brazil is also a major country in South America.

This is doubly difficult!

It’s really difficult to eat this piece of fat meat!

Thinking of this, Li Yian frowned and said to himself:
"I don't know. It's been so long. Has Peggy found a suitable partner?"

(End of this chapter)