"Have you never discovered the shortcomings of grenades?" Wang Xuexin asked.

Sun Erwei was confused when asked, and was stunned in front of Wang Xuexin for a long time without saying anything.

Then Wang Xuexin understood what was going on. The Eagle Sauce Army has not even had many actual combat operations, so how could it discover the shortcomings of the grenade?

Sun Erwei took out his notebook as if he had a treasure and asked, "Tell me, what are its shortcomings?"

"So that!" Wang Xuexin replied: "The grenade requires the grenade launcher to be installed on the rifle. Although this is more convenient than the grenade launcher and does not occupy the organization, it cannot be fired when loading the grenade launcher, and it cannot be fired when firing the gun... Why don't you develop a grenade launcher hanging under the barrel?"

"Hang under the barrel?" Sun Erwei looked at Wang Xuexin in surprise.

"Yes!" Wang Xuexin nodded: "In this way, it can shoot at the same time, and can fire grenades if necessary. Switching is much easier than gun grenades!"

"It's right!" Sun Erwei nodded, and then felt strange: "My God, why didn't they discover this kind of simple and practical transformation?"

When Sun Erwei said this, he didn't understand what the equipment R&D personnel in China were doing? They should have discovered these problems and thought of this idea long ago!

But I found out that this creative person was a soldier of the Eighth Route Army who was only heard of even the grenades.

It seems that having practical experience does have different meanings.

What Sun Erwei didn't know was that equipment research and development is often based on demand. They are always put into the battlefield first. The soldiers discovered what shortcomings and the scientific researchers found solutions, so they advanced step by step.

Wang Xuexin just knew their progress and even their results.

"But this integrated grenade launcher has its disadvantages!" Wang Xuexin continued: "After they are integrated into a rifle or carbine, the volume and weight of the rifle will be increased, and the accuracy will also be affected."

"What should I do?" Sun Erwei's expression was a little strange, and he seemed to disagree with Wang Xuexin's statement: "Wang, any equipment will have volume and weight, and the grenade launcher is also inevitable! We can only integrate the grenade launcher's gun, but others do not need it. In this way, at least the grenade shooter does not need someone else's cover, because it itself is a rifleman!"

This is nothing wrong with saying it, and it is one of the reasons why the integrated grenade launcher has lasted for decades until modern times.

For the previous grenade, once the muzzle was loaded with a grenade launcher, the gunman would not have the ability to defend himself and need cover for comrades.

If the enemy charges when he just loads the grenade launcher, or when the superior orders the charge, the grenade shooter will be miserable, and he is almost facing the enemy with a fire stick.

However, the integrated grenade launcher does not have this problem, because the integrated grenade launcher has independent barrels and triggers, which can be switched quickly.

However, this is not the final form of its development.

"We can develop an independent grenade launcher!" Wang Xuexin said: "That is, to develop a grenade gun, which requires it to be short and light. The grenade shooter only needs to bring one more such gun, which will not affect the rifle shooting."

Sun Erwei was stunned and asked, "So, what's the difference between this and the Japanese grenade launcher?"

The Japanese grenade launchers were also separated from guns, and the grenade launchers also carried rifles, so Sun Erwei took it for granted that they were not much different.

"The difference is..." Wang Xuexin explained: "Grenade guns can be fired with handheld fire, but grenade can't. In addition, we can also develop a variety of bullets for this grenade gun, such as shotgun, smoke bombs, flares, etc., which gives it multiple uses. If necessary, you can also use it to fight in close shot!"

As he said that, Wang Xuexin even drew a sketch and handed it to Sun Erwei.

This is actually the m79 grenade launcher of Eagle Sauce. It was developed by Eagle Sauce in 1953. The empty gun weighs only five kilograms. Once it was put into the battlefield, it was popular because it was light, short and multi-purpose, especially suitable for the jungle battlefield of the Vietnam War.

Sun Erwei looked at the sketch with a little hesitation on his face.

He was a little unaware of this advanced design, or he still didn't come out of the pit of the integrated grenade launcher, and always felt that it was better to integrate it on the gun.

After thinking for a while, Sun Erwei said, "I will tell them your ideas, Wang! The integrated grenade launcher may be produced soon. But this independent launcher..."

"Of course!" Wang Xuexin nodded.

The integrated grenade launcher simply transforms the original launcher mounted on the barrel to hang under the barrel and then adds an independent trigger, which is obviously much simpler.

(Note: The grenade launcher shares a trigger with the rifle)

And the m79 thing is just to develop a new gun.

Not just a new gun... In fact, the gun is not difficult. This thing has no silk thread, so it is not difficult to develop and produce.

The difficult thing is the matching grenades: killer grenades, smoke bombs, flares, deer bombs, dart bombs, incendiary bombs, etc.

With this thing, the anti-infantry pressure of the Bazooka shooter will be much less.

The rocket launcher is actually very dangerous for close-range anti-infantry. The reason is that it is heavy and inconvenient to maneuver. When it is launched, most of the body has to be poked out of the hidden place, which is almost risking its life to shoot.

There is no such problem with m79.

But of course, the curved shooting equipment like m79 cannot replace the bazooka, especially when dealing with bunker fortifications, direct shooting equipment like bazooka is more useful.

Sun Erwei did not understand Wang Xuexin's idea, but Perris on the other side was not like this.

Sun Erwei told Davis about Wang Xuexin’s transformation suggestions. He believed that this was the fastest way to convey it. After all, Davis was a member of the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau.

Davis was not interested in this individual equipment, and they mainly studied air defense firepower.

But when he heard that it was Wang Xuexin's suggestion, he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately asked the correspondents to draw a sketch of m79 based on Sun Erwei's description and hand it over to Colonel Perris.

Colonel Perris was an infantryman. He had participated in the First World War and used rifle grenades and knew the shortcomings of rifle grenades.

But I just know it.

Eagle Sauce Army equipment has never been valued, even tanks are no exception, let alone gun grenades.

At this time, when Perris saw the two improvement plans handed over by Davis, he looked at Davis in surprise and asked, "Where did this suggestion come from? The battalion commander of China?"

"Yes!" Davis was a little uncertain about what Perris' attitude was: "He hoped we could develop equipment like this. Is it really feasible?"

Perris looked at the sketch and looked at Davis, feeling like he was a treasure: "Of course, Davis, this is certainly feasible! This may solve the big problem of our army, which we have never noticed and even got used to!"
Chapter completed!