The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 51 Testing the Gun
The next day, in the morning.

After the meeting, Liu Tao went to the shooting range.

Two militiamen helped hold the sniper rifles, with curiosity in their eyes.

At the shooting range, militiamen are shooting.

Liu Tao required that he personally test the guns after they were manufactured, and the militia needed target shooting training, so it was these militiamen who helped to test the guns.

He only needs to conduct a unified inspection of the weapons and ammunition that are leaving the factory every day.

In order to coordinate transportation, weapons and ammunition are transported at night, daily necessities and production materials are transported in the morning, and construction materials are transported in the afternoon.

Liu Tao picked up a sniper rifle and loaded bullets into the magazine. A magazine was filled with 30 rounds of bullets.

Raise the gun, look through the scope, and aim at the target.

Soon, all the bullets in a magazine were used up.

Liu Tao glanced at the virtual panel at the corner of his eye.

[Item: Type 78 Sniper Rifle]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV1 (30/10) (Upgradable)]

[Upgrade Points: 9]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

"Battalion commander, you fired a whole magazine but didn't hit the target. What's the point of shooting?" a militiaman couldn't help but say.

Liu Tao's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this.

Who would slap someone in the face, especially a leader's face?

Liu Tao pretended to be profound and said, "You don't understand this!"

Another militiaman said, "Ergou, why are you talking so much nonsense? The battalion commander has his reasons for doing this. If you understand, then you can develop firearms just like the factory director."

"Well said, this boy is teachable!" Liu Tao looked at the militiaman with admiration.

For the current Panshan militia camp, apart from one hour of training every day, the rest of the time they help build houses and repair roads.

As for training, it is scheduled in the evening.

Liu Tao asked the militiaman who spoke first to load bullets, and then tested the gun again.

Although no upgrades have been made, experience is constantly accumulating, and when the time comes, continuous upgrades can be made at one time.

The militiaman who was loading bullets muttered to himself, he couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried, what was the point of Liu Tao doing this.

Bullets kept firing, but none of them hit the target.

Isn't this a waste of bullets?

The key is that his hands were sore from loading bullets.

Finally, when the militiaman was about to curse Liu Tao's ancestors for eighteen generations, Liu Tao finally finished shooting.

After returning to the laboratory and letting the two militiamen leave, Liu Tao couldn't wait to upgrade the sniper rifle in his hand.

Brush brush brush~~
Tiny rays of light flickered.

Soon, the glimmer disappeared.

Liu Tao felt that the sniper rifle in his hand seemed to have changed and seemed to have become heavier!
I put the sniper rifle on the scale and it was indeed 0.7kg heavier than before.

Liu Tao looked at the data carefully and found that in addition to the weight being increased by 0.7kg, the range was also increased to 700m.

"Analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Suddenly, the entire sniper rifle automatically formed a three-dimensional image, and then formed an electronic design drawing, a complete design drawing, which also included the design instructions and various process technical requirements.

A smile appeared on Liu Tao's face.

Next, you just need to turn these design drawings into paper design drawings, and then you can start organizing trial production.

Although this sniper rifle only has a scope compared to the Type 78 automatic rifle, it is actually quite different. Otherwise, the effective range would not have been increased to 700m.

Not to mention, there are still some differences within it.

Many parts can be shared, but some subtle differences need to be paid attention to. In addition, the sights also need to be adjusted and produced by the relevant state-owned factories.

Heavy sniper rifles have very high requirements for scopes, and Yun Province has not been able to produce them so far, so Liu Tao has to produce them himself.

However, the scope of this sniper rifle is different and the requirements are not that high. There are still companies that can produce it, but they have to improve the production process.

Liu Tao produced sniper rifles again according to the design drawings, and this time he produced six.

These sniper rifles are produced to be used as test guns.

Liu Tao began to convert electronic design drawings into paper versions.

He only needs to complete a set of design drawings, and then the draftsman will naturally do more drawing on the drawings.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

The design drawings have been completed, and the militia battalion has also completed the relevant test data for the test gun. Liu Tao called the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Comrade Liu Tao, I haven't called you for a while. Is there anything I can help you with?" Wang Tiezhu's voice came from the microphone.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Look at what you said, leader. Can't I just give you a call if there's nothing wrong?"

"Don't give me that crap. You always call me when you need help." Wang Tiezhu said unhappily, "Hurry up and tell me. I have a meeting later."

Wang Tiezhu knew Liu Tao too well.

There is nothing that Liu Tao dare not do.

Wang Tiezhu often scolded the man for being a spendthrift because of the speed at which he spent money.

"Leader, I have developed a sniper rifle based on the Type 78 automatic rifle. It is suitable for use by squads, platoons, and companies. Now I am applying for acceptance by an expert team organized by our superiors," said Liu Tao.

After Liu Tao said this, Wang Tiezhu understood.

After all, the military installed a scope on the 56 semi-automatic rifle and used it as a sniper rifle.

"How's the performance?" Wang Tiezhu asked impatiently.

Wang Tiezhu didn't even need to ask about the cost. Since it was modified into a sniper rifle based on the "Type 78" automatic rifle, the cost would definitely not be high.

"The effective range is 700 meters and the maximum range is 950m," said Liu Tao.

Wang Tiezhu was delighted: "Okay, okay, wait for my news, I will arrange a review meeting."

Wang Tiezhu is also in the industry, and he knows very well what this means.

He didn't expect that while Panshan Machinery Factory was busy with production and construction, Liu Tao could still do research and develop such a sniper rifle suitable for the troops.

In a sense, this sniper rifle is even better than the heavy sniper rifle.

After all, the Type 78 heavy sniper rifle is powerful, but both the gun and the bullets are very expensive.

This was provided by Panshan Machinery Factory to support the troops, half sold and half given away. If it were purchased at Iraq's price, the troops would not be able to afford the equipment at all.

Even if they were half-sold and half-given away, the troops still felt the pain.

Now, with this sniper rifle, sniper rifles can even reach the squad level.

This will significantly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

If you fire an automatic rifle, 100 bullets may not kill a person, but if you use a sniper rifle, maybe one or two bullets can kill a person, which will have a stronger psychological deterrent effect on the enemy.

Besides, the training cost of sniper rifle shooters is much lower than that of heavy sniper rifle shooters.

The first thing Wang Tiezhu thought of was the benefits of this sniper rifle in improving the combat effectiveness of the troops.

If it wasn't evening and he had to go to a meeting, Wang Tiezhu would have rushed to Panshan Machinery Factory to see this sniper rifle with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)