War Military: From 1978

Chapter 305 The Disliked 79 Style

At the shooting range, Chu An disassembled five Type 79 sniper rifles in a row.

In the end, Chu An's lips twitched slightly.

He had hoped it was just bad luck that he got a defective item on his first opening.

But it turns out he was overthinking it.

This batch of guns all have this problem.

Although the gap sizes seem inconsistent.

There's even one that looks like a pretty good combination.

However, this random yet visible error occurs at the junction of the scope and the weapon in a precision sniper rifle.

He really didn't want to say anything more.

"You've disassembled five, what's wrong? Have you found a problem?" The chief of staff couldn't help but ask from the side.

Actually, Chu An had asked him this before starting the second game without even testing the first one.

But at the time, Chu An simply said to wait, as he wanted to confirm.

But now Chu An has stopped.

Yang, the engineer from the research institute, also spoke up, "Is there a problem?"

He watched nervously, waiting for Chu An to continue.

"Hmm!" Chu An's expression turned serious, and he immediately raised the gun in his hand, saying, "The gap between the gun and the scope is too large!"

"After this is debugged, can't we just fix it in place?" Engineer Yang asked somewhat awkwardly.

After saying that, before Chu An could speak, he continued, "Currently, our technology is limited, and it's really not feasible to be like the Russian SVD."

However, we've tested it, and as long as it's properly secured, it shouldn't cause any problems within at least a hundred bullets!

"The battlefield environment is different from the research institute environment!" These were the words of the chief of staff, who had a serious expression on his face.

Although the chief of staff hadn't handled guns with sights much.

But even if you've never eaten pork, you've seen pigs run!

If a precision-controlled device has excessively large gaps in its structure, it will inevitably lead to uncontrollable errors when the bullet is fired.

This problem is especially fatal when precision shooting missions are required on the battlefield!

"I suggest we return this gun!"

Chu An looked at Engineer Yang and said, "Even if this were here, I would never let my soldiers use this kind of firearm while on a mission!"

Chu An showed absolutely no respect this time.

Because this is no longer a matter of saving face.

Taking this gun to the battlefield is practically a joke.

Using this gun is not as good as using that Type 81 rifle, which was not yet finalized.

At least rapid-fire capability provides a firepower advantage.

"Okay, I'll record and report this issue. But you don't need to send these guns back. It's good for you to keep them for training!"

Mr. Yang is actually in a difficult position right now.

He even hoped the problem would be with the Type 81 rifle instead of the Type 79 rifle.

Because the August 1st style was not yet finalized, but the 79th style was already finalized.

“Okay!” Chu An accepted the suggestion.

Indeed, there weren't many SVDs in the entire army; they were all captured. His special operations squadron only managed to get three.

Although these guns can't be used on the battlefield, at least they still have scopes, so they can be used for daily training.

Immediately, Chu An picked up the first Type 79 pistol, which the chief of staff had loaded, and began aiming at the target.

He needs to test the gun.

Regardless, let's test the gun's performance first.

Soon after Chu An finished adjusting the gun, the chief of staff tested the data again.

Chu An couldn't bear to look at the results.

After calibration, the bullets fired at a 100-meter target had a dispersion circle diameter of up to 12 centimeters, although this may also be due to the chief of staff not having fired a gun in a long time and having problems with his marksmanship.

But after Chu An took the gun himself, the diameter of the five bullets scattered was as high as nine centimeters.

Then, Chu An fired fifteen more shots.

Three sets of five bullets were fired, and when aiming only at the center point and not adjusting the trajectory, the smallest dispersion was actually nine centimeters in the first shot.

The most outrageous figure ever recorded was 16 centimeters.

You have to understand, this is a 100-meter target!

Chu An really didn't want to admit that this thing had anything to do with sniper rifles.

Especially after testing the 200-meter and 400-meter targets, he was speechless with dissatisfaction with the gun.

Of course, the SVD's performance wouldn't have improved much even after using Type 53 machine gun ammunition. The performance gap was largely due to the ammunition issue.

Strictly speaking, if this gun were to use the SVD's dedicated sniper ammunition, its performance would actually improve significantly.

But the reality is there are no "what ifs". Our SVD's special bullets can only be obtained from battlefield captures, and every bullet fired is one less available.

"It's better to have something than nothing! From now on, the soldiers will use this gun for training!" The chief of staff no longer had the excitement he had when he first got the gun.

"Hmm, I hope this telescope will surprise me just like this rifle!"

Chu An opened the last box.

There are ten telescopes inside.

The kind with batteries.

The results of Chu An's second-class merit award before the war are now becoming apparent.

However, it's broad daylight now, so we'll have to test this at night.

So Chu An took a look.

Then, Chu An let the soldiers behind him come and collect their guns.

Each person has one of the unnamed Type 81 rifles.

They began training directly at the firing range.

This gun was delivered specifically for this purpose.

Although the special reconnaissance squadron has not yet engaged in actual combat.

However, the special reconnaissance squadron has a large training load, and it includes training in various environments.

Carrying this gun will help me complete many tests.

Of course, the benefits are also obvious.

As long as there are no problems with the gun, they can directly equip it with their own equipment.

Use this gun to replace the AKs and Type 56 assault rifles that everyone currently owns.

"Papa~"

The firing range was like a festive occasion for a moment.

Although the Type 79 rifle was not satisfactory, every soldier who tried out the unnamed Type 81 rifle felt an irresistible urge to keep it.

All I can say is that this gun truly deserves to be called a classic.

Even though this gun is still in the experimental stage, it doesn't seem to have many flaws for the time being.

The sound of gunfire at the shooting range never stopped for the entire afternoon.

Although my country's economic conditions were very poor at that time, it had no shortage of military supplies.

Especially various types of shells and bullets.

You might not believe it, but after fighting for so long, our army still has artillery shells that are about to expire.

The main reason is that our military has a severe fear of firepower.

During the War of Resistance against Japan and the period before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we were terrified of poverty. Therefore, in the recent decades of peace, our production of various artillery shells and bullets has never stopped.

Because of this, the entire nation is now willing to spend ammunition on military training.

In particular, Chu An's squadron has been having half a day every week this month for everyone to come to the firing range to fire bullets.

Sharpshooters are made by being fed bullets.

For a special forces soldier, becoming a sharpshooter is the most basic requirement.

Those with exceptional talent can be selected and trained as snipers.

But Chu An also required the others to consistently score above 90 points with ten bullets on a 100-meter target using a rifle.

Time slowly passed once again.

After being equipped with the new guns, the special reconnaissance squadron has been given more time for target practice.

He would take time out of training each day to come to the shooting range and fire a magazine. Sometimes, during field training, he would even bring a target and find an uninhabited area to temporarily fire a magazine.

This was to allow the researchers accompanying the squadron to record usage data of the new gun in various environments.

Because of this, everyone got used to the new gun very quickly.

Unfortunately, although the new gun has excellent performance, it is still an experimental model and has some minor problems.

So a month later, the gun was recalled.

The soldiers picked up their Type 56 assault rifles again.

But that's not a big deal.

The gun was taken back, but the shooting experience gained from practicing at targets every day for a month remained.

Moreover, although the guns were retrieved this time, Engineer Yang said that as long as these minor problems are corrected, a new batch will be sent over immediately.

(End of this chapter)