That evening, the door to the office of the Prime Minister's Office was opened again. Misch brought three thin men wearing glasses to Adolf.
They were engineering directors from Rheinmetall, Elma Arsenal, and Henel.
As they had just arrived, the three of them were trembling with fear and were extremely nervous.
Adolf could only comfort them with kind words and order someone to pour them black tea. Only then did they return to normal.
"Our old MP18 submachine guns are no longer suitable for the needs of the army.”
Adolf said to the engineer of the Elma Munitions Factory. After that, he handed him a few blueprints. They were the complete blueprints of the MP40, the disassembled blueprints of the various parts, and various data.
"I have named this new submachine gun the MP40. Now, I need you to produce and equip the army according to this.”
Adolf said.
The engineers looked at each other. When they came, they were already worried that Princeps had come up with some unrealistic fantasy weapon for them to build. Now, trouble had arrived.
However, when they took a look at it, they instantly dispelled their worries.
"I have to say that this design is perfect and realistic.”
Engineer Elma praised.
Adolf didn't say anything. Instead, he handed the other two blueprints to the other two. They were the design blueprints of the STG44 assault rifle and the FG42 automatic rifle.
" A 30-shot rifle?!!"
"A machine gun and rifle?”
The engineers were dumbfounded because automatic rifles had yet to appear. Adolf had expected them to be surprised.
When the war developed to the stage of World War II, tanks and armored vehicles had become the protagonists of land battles. Heavy machine guns and bolt-type rifles that were suitable for positional warfare were no longer suitable.
While people were looking forward to aircraft carriers and tanks, only Adolf knew the importance of infantry weapons.
Especially when tanks were caught in the quagmire of urban street fighting, they would be killed by infantrymen, and the best weapon against infantrymen in street fighting was still infantrymen.
Moreover, the current National Defense Army was mainly made up of infantry.
"Although we also feel that the design concept of these firearms is very advanced and has high practical value, the first problem we face is that we must have enough ammunition to use such firearms.”
An engineer expressed his opinion.
" That's right. The Empire's current Mauser 98K rifles use 7.92mm steel long rifle bullets. We have stored countless of these bullets. Your new rifle uses intermediate power bullets, so we didn't store them in advance.”
Another engineer wiped his sweat.
"This isn't a problem. I ordered the Krupp Munitions Factory to produce 200 million rounds of this caliber a year ago.”
Adolf said calmly.
" 200 million rounds?!!"
The engineers were dumbfounded. As the Empire's top firearms engineers, they did not even know about such a big thing.
It seemed that Princeps had already made preparations. Since that was the case, he might as well follow Princeps 'wishes and take the blueprints to start production.
"However, according to our current production capacity, we can only guarantee that we can produce 100,000 MP40 and STG44 rifles before the end of the year.”
the engineers said reluctantly.
Adolf laughed.
Could he produce 100,000 this year? That would be enough for the Empire's Imperial Guards!
"No problem, just 100,000. You guys just go ahead and do it. If you have any other problems, you can come to me directly.”
Imagining his elite troops holding automatic rifles and charging with tanks, Adolf felt excited just thinking about it!
A flood of steel was a romance that belonged to men.
"Oh, right, there's more." Adolf suddenly remembered and quickly said to the technician of Rhine Metal," That FG42 rifle is still a semi-finished product. You have to modify it when you take it back. You have to use the same intermediate power ammunition and install an optical scope, understand?”
"Yes, my Ruler."
Although the engineers were most curious about this kind of gun because it was not only an automatic rifle but could also be switched between a light machine gun and a rifle, the lack of a finished blueprint gave them a huge challenge.
However, for them, challenging the impossible was the value of life. If they only had to produce things step by step, then there was no need for them to exist.
Adolf was also looking forward to this. The FG42 was an automatic rifle custom-made for the Imperial Guard paratroopers. It needed to be able to adapt to various conditions and ensure sufficient firepower.
In history, unlike the successful STG44 automatic rifle, the FG42 used the long steel bullets of the Mauser 98K rifle. The recoil was too great when firing, resulting in a terrible accuracy.
However, its design was a good one, and it had even surpassed the design of the guns of World War II.
Although the Empire was defeated in World War I, its industrial base did not suffer much damage. In addition, Germany was the most educated region in the world, and there were many manufacturing talents. It was believed that modifying a rifle was a piece of cake.
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