Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Afternoon, shooting range.

“Leaders, should we test the accuracy first, or the power?” Qin Yang asked, looking at the well-fed leaders.

“Let’s see the power of this universal round first.” Leader Fang said, glancing at the several ammunition experts present: “This morning, everyone was worried about this bullet, fearing it would be a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.”

“The close-range power cannot be lower than our ordinary bullets, and the long-range lethality cannot be lower than our machine gun bullets. If it can meet these requirements, then this small-caliber bullet can be considered mature!” Wei Man said in the tone of an ammunition expert.

This compromise product is likely to have mediocre performance. At this time, Wei Man still had hope. After all, seeing is believing. He couldn't be fooled by Qin Yang's words this morning.

“Yes, the power cannot be lower than our existing ammunition, let alone our 7.62mm bullets.” A leader said.

Having experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan, the leader deeply understood the power of the Japanese Type 38 rifle. The bullet would enter the human body, leaving only a small hole, or even pass straight through, without the need to dig out the bullet. Many people could even continue fighting after being shot.

Therefore, they held a skeptical attitude towards the power of small-caliber bullets.

“Okay, then let’s test the power first, starting with the automatic rifle test. Leaders, do you want to eat pork or mutton tonight?”

Now it was the crowd's turn to be curious.

“Engineer Qin, you always come up with something new.” Leader Fang said: “What does our current test have to do with dinner tonight?”

“Leader Fang, don’t be shy, just say it, pork or mutton?”

“Then mutton it is.” Leader Fang replied shyly.

“Chaozi, bring our mutton targets over here!” Qin Yang picked up a loudspeaker and shouted to the rear.

Now, everyone realized that in order to test the power of the bullets, Factory 960 was actually going to conduct animal experiments!

Animal bodies are similar to human bodies, so using animals to test power is more appropriate, but it costs money! When testing power in China, they usually use soap, because soap can also simulate fat, and more importantly, it saves money. After the test, it can be distributed to the workers for use, without any waste.

The roar of the engine sounded, and the old Jiefang truck drove into the shooting range. Zhang Chao led people to open the door of the old Jiefang truck, then picked up the sheep and carried it down. The sheep was frightened and immediately collapsed. It was indeed a docile sheep!

Zhang Chao waved the whip, and the sheep finally got up, reluctantly walking forward.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yang was a little helpless, and continued to raise the loudspeaker: “Chaozi, why are you so stupid? Scatter some fodder, and the sheep will run away on their own!”

Zhang Chao patted his head: “Yes, Section Chief Zhang, I’ll go get some!”

“Forget it, no need. I’ll fire a shot, and the sheep should scatter. Everyone evacuate!”

“One, two, three…” Someone counted, all the way to five.

Five sheep, enough for them to eat tonight. This Factory 960 is really generous!

Just as Qin Yang was about to raise his gun, Lin Heping arrived late.

“Yangzi, I’m here, leave it to me!”

“Well, Brother Lin, you don’t really need to come. A man in the throes of love…”

“Yangzi, don’t talk nonsense! I’m here to supervise the production of camouflage uniforms and provide some suggestions for improvement.” Lin Heping’s face was a little hot, and he quickly spoke.

Leader Fang's eyes flickered with light. This Qin Yang wasn't ignorant of matters between men and women, so why wasn't he anxious himself?

“Brother Lin, shoot two with the automatic rifle, switch one to the designated marksman rifle mode, and use the machine gun for a burst on the other two.”

“Okay, got it.” Lin Heping nodded, raised his gun, and fired as soon as he steadied himself.

Bang!

A sheep fell in response, blood splattering and staining a large area of the ground red, like a loudspeaker.

The other sheep were scared. One of them collapsed directly, with excrement and urine flowing together. The other three sheep still had courage and began to run hard.

Bang!

The collapsed sheep was also liberated.

Lin Heping skillfully began to disassemble the gun. In the past few days, he had been running back and forth. Seeing the brand-new rifle developed by Qin Yang, he couldn't put it down. However, he still took some time every day to stay at the clothing factory.

Change the barrel, install the upper receiver, add the grip and bipod. Lin Heping's movements were fast, but the others were shocked.

“No need to re-zero the gun?” Someone asked.

Changing the barrel, even moving the receiver, and there's no need to re-zero?

In the morning, they only took a cursory glance and didn't see it very carefully. Moreover, it was just a demonstration and didn't require shooting. The afternoon was different!

“That’s right, of course there’s no need to re-zero the gun. We use an upper and lower receiver structure. This way, even if you don’t replace the gun, just maintain it or troubleshoot it, you don’t need to re-zero the sights. Changing the gun configuration is even more convenient. We all know that every soldier also has their own preferred trigger pull and trigger travel. When they have their own assigned gun, they can adjust the trigger components on the lower receiver. When they need different functions for the gun, they can simply replace the upper receiver and barrel to easily switch between different types.”

While Qin Yang was introducing, Lin Heping had already started shooting from a prone position, first with a single shot, then with a burst, and then stood up with the gun.

Some were shot in the head, half of their heads were blown away, some were shot in the stomach, tearing a big hole, the blood was already frozen, preserving the appearance after being shot. Especially the ones shot by the machine gun were even more miserable, with only half a side of mutton left.

“This power is much greater than our 7.62mm bullets!”

“Yes, our previous test of the 5.8mm machine gun bullet didn’t have this kind of power either.”

“That’s the result of our carefully adjusting the warhead. Although the bullet’s speed is high, it will roll violently after entering soft tissue, forming a large cavity, and the killing effect is quite good.”

The Japanese 6.5mm bullet had low power, not because of its small caliber, but because it wouldn't roll after entering the flesh! This involves factors such as the shape, internal weight distribution, etc. Now, the bullet in Qin Yang's hand is designed quite well!

“This is just soft tissue lethality, what about hard target lethality?” Wei Man continued to ask.

Bullets are not only for hitting people, but also for hitting targets such as earthen walls and even cars. Can it penetrate the steel plate of a car and enter the interior?

“If we were to switch to special armor-piercing bullets, you would definitely think we were cheating. Let’s just use our universal round. Director Wei, I can tell you in advance that we can fire the bullet at an initial velocity of 980 meters per second with this machine gun barrel. You can calculate the hard target lethality of our bullet.”