Dominate South Asia

"This gun has high single-shot accuracy, good continuous-fire accuracy, low recoil, reliable and durable, easy fire control operation, no exposed bolt handle slot window, good workmanship and good value for money." Naras said: "The biggest problem is that this gun has a caliber of 7.62 mm, and we need a small-caliber rifle, so if this rifle is selected, we need to change the caliber, which is a big project."

The most important thing about a gun is the caliber. This is the first technical indicator to be selected. Changing the caliber is almost a redesign.

"Apart from changing the caliber, are there other aspects?" Muhammad asked.

Muhammad is quite familiar with light weapons. Such questions are almost meant to test the person in charge. After all, the choice of weapons is related to the replacement of Pakistan's army light weapons, and it cannot be taken lightly.

"The Type 81 rifle uses the low-cost AK/SVD receiver, which is not convenient for adding optical sights. Our standard light weapons need to be easily equipped with various accessories. It is best to use the Piradini rails that are popular in the West, which can be equipped with tactical flashlights, laser/infrared sights, optical sights, American MK203 grenade launchers and other accessories to greatly increase the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers." The person in charge continued.

Multifunctional tactical rails are very popular in this era. This rifle of China is far behind in this regard.

"Anything else?" Muhammad continued to ask.

The person in charge felt some sweat on his forehead. Is there anything else? What else? After a year or two of comparison, we found these main shortcomings.

"This gun has another disadvantage, which is that it is too long!" Muhammad said.

Too long! In World War II, the Japanese's Type 38 rifle. With the bayonet, it was almost one person tall. At that time, there was no rifle that was too low, mainly for bayonet fighting!

Now, decades later, the supply of bullets is far from what it was before, and the tactics of bayonet fighting are rare. When this rifle was developed, I don’t know what the designers and decision makers at the time thought. They probably wanted to fight with bayonets on the battlefield, so they greatly stretched the length of the 81 rifle. Without the bayonet, it reached 955mm. Compared with the prototype AKM, the 56-type is much longer, and this lengthening method is achieved by lengthening the receiver. As a result, the length of the whole gun increases, and the aiming baseline is too short, even worse than Ak47. Strict training is required to improve accuracy.

In China's training outline, bayonet fighting has always been a key content, but the purpose of this bayonet fighting is no longer used on the battlefield, but more to train the brave spirit of the soldiers.

The whole gun is too long, which brings various problems. For example, with the popularity of infantry fighting vehicles, it will become more and more common for soldiers to arrive at the battlefield in infantry fighting vehicles, and they will also fight in infantry fighting vehicles. The space inside the infantry fighting vehicle is not large, and using the Type 81 rifle in it is simply a torture. Be careful not to accidentally injure your comrades due to your own carelessness.

Therefore. In later generations, the length of the rifle is shortened as much as possible, and even the extreme method of bullpup rifles is used to greatly shorten the total length of the gun body while ensuring that the barrel length remains unchanged.

Now. Muhammad pointed out another defect of this rifle, it is too long! This is also the reason why the Type 81 used a folding buttstock when it was improved?

Changing the caliber, changing the length of the barrel, and changing the multi-functional tactical rail, I am afraid that after such improvements, it is almost the same as developing a new rifle.

Muhammad held the rifle horizontally, aimed at the target 200 meters ahead, and gently pulled the trigger.

"Da." With a gunshot, the bullet flew out of the muzzle and flew towards the target on the opposite side.

Naras picked up the telescope and looked at the target opposite. Ten rings! The president made a light comment and actually hit a ten ring! Naras was full of respect for this president who had come from the front line and participated in many battles.

"Let's go and see the next one." Muhammad said.

The next one is also a rifle that Pakistan has equipped in large quantities, the American-made M16 rifle.

This rifle is a standard rifle equipped by the United States after World War II. It is also a rifle that has promoted the development of small-caliber rifles around the world. This is a 5.56mm caliber rifle. It is this rifle that has led to the current caliber of NATO standard rifles, all of which are 5.56mm.

The biggest advantage of this gun is its high precision!

Soviet-made weapons are durable, simple in structure, and easy to mass produce, while American-made weapons are performance-oriented. The shooting accuracy of the M16 rifle is quite high. When compared in later generations, the shooting accuracy of the M16A2 rifle even exceeds that of China's Type 88 sniper rifle! The performance of a dedicated sniper rifle is not even as good as that of an ordinary assault rifle. I wonder what the Chinese rifle experts would think. In later generations, when they saw the shooting accuracy of guns in the Western world, they just thought it was commercial hype and it was impossible to reach such a high standard. It was not until they actually came into contact with it that they were shocked and found that the Westerners were not bragging at all, but were working in isolation and were getting further and further away from the world's advanced level!

When the M16 was first equipped to the troops, the proud American company told the troops that the M16 was an epoch-making weapon that did not need to be cleaned and was not equipped with cleaning tools. As a result, the Americans soon fell into the quagmire of the Vietnam War. On the battlefield, they found that their M16s often had problems such as jamming, serious dirt on the barrel, rust on the barrel and barrel, broken shells, and damaged magazines. Some soldiers even lost their lives because of this situation.

The same AKM rifle, even in the mud, can be fired by shaking the mud in the barrel a few times with your hands. There was even a so-called scene of American soldiers on the battlefield throwing away their own guns and picking up the opponent's guns to shoot.

However, this was the situation at the time. Now, nearly 20 years have passed, and this rifle is also being continuously improved, and its reliability has been greatly improved.

The rifle in Muhammad's hand is the M116A1, which even cancels the form of fully automatic shooting, which is considered a pure waste of ammunition. At the same time, reliability has also been greatly improved.

Watching Muhammad holding this assault rifle in his hand and constantly fiddling with it, Naras said: "In the Western camp, this M16 rifle is the most equipped, and it is also one of our alternative guns."

The United States' M16 rifle is not only equipped by itself, but also exported in large quantities, and many countries are using it.

"Let's talk about the caliber of our rifles first." Muhammad said: "What caliber do our light weapons need?"

"5.56 mm." Naras said almost without hesitation.

There is no other choice. The caliber of 7.62 mm is outdated. Small caliber is the trend. As for the Soviet Union's 5.45 mm caliber, only the Soviets use it. Most of NATO is 5.56 mm caliber. Pakistan now has a very close relationship with the West. After all, it has been fighting the Soviets in recent years. Therefore, although Pakistan is not a NATO country, using 5.56 mm caliber is also the most reasonable choice.

Muhammad nodded. In fact, he, who came from the future, preferred China's 5.8mm caliber. This was the most suitable caliber that China had chosen after years of comparison. Unfortunately, it was too early now. Even if China developed the Type 95 rifle, Muhammad would not look down on it. The bullpup rifle was absolutely a pitfall.

There was no other choice but the 5.56mm caliber. Not only did Pakistan need to equip a large number of such rifles, but it also had to be able to achieve independent production of ammunition and introduce a full set of production lines from the West. That was a must.

Since it was a 5.56mm caliber, it seemed that the M16 in front of him was already the best choice?

No! Of course not! Muhammad knew that the most suitable rifle performance depended on the foreign military weapons used by the US military, which was equipped with a large number of M16 rifles. After all, the military technology of Western European countries was very high, and many companies developed light weapons with performance above that of the M16.

In Muhammad's impression, the best one is probably the SCAR assault rifle made by FN of Belgium. This rifle adopts modular design and can be combined in different ways. There are SCAR-L that can fire NATO's 5.56mm and SCAR-H that can fire 7.62mm. It has a very high accuracy. The long barrel has a range of 800 meters, and its accuracy is far better than that of SVD-type sniper rifles. It is tailor-made for the US special forces.

If this rifle is equipped with a large beam, the troops can even save the medium-caliber sniper rifle. Unfortunately, this rifle will not appear until the 21st century.

In addition to these, there should be other rifles.

Muhammad continued to move forward along the shooting position, passed several other guns, and stopped in front of another position.

"This is..." Naras wanted to introduce it to Muhammad, and Muhammad followed and said: "The Swiss SG550 rifle was successfully finalized last year and equipped with a rifle for the troops."

The president really knows everything! The president actually knows this newly developed Swiss rifle! For a moment, Naras really wanted to resign. President, you are so awesome, why don't you just make the decision on which rifles we should import? (To be continued ~^~)