Chapter 516: A Big Surprise for Senior Sister (Part 2)
Forget it, let’s do this for the car, just a commuter car. I guess my senior sister cares more about sniper rifles.
To be honest, domestic sniper rifles are lacking. At first, they only used Mosin Nagan sniper rifles. Later, the imitation of the Russian SVD became the Type 79 sniper rifle and the improved Type 85 that were finalized in 1979. These two models are essentially imitations of SVD, but there are slight differences in production technology and some subtleties.
Type 85 and 87 began to equip the troops. In the following ten years, the gun was equipped with a large number of our army and domestic armed police and public security special police forces, and exported them to the outside world.
Since the Soviet Union was a socialist country at that time and did not recognize intellectual property rights (our my country was the only socialist country with patent laws at that time), there was no investigation into such a direct imitation of the Soviet Union.
Although the 79/85 type has the advantages of long range and high power, it also has the disadvantages of high recoil, high noise, low carrying capacity and poor mobility. Especially the length of the full gun exceeding 1,200 mm is neither suitable for street combat environments, fortifications and vehicles, nor is it convenient to enter the scene in hidden places when dealing with emergencies. On the other hand, the excessive weight of the full gun increases the load of individual soldiers, making it inconvenient to carry for a long distance, and is not suitable for combat in mountains and jungle areas.
Next is the Type 88, which is familiar to everyone and is currently in use. But nothing is perfect. Although the Type 88 sniper rifle has excellent overall performance, it also exposed some shortcomings during the use of the troops and needs further improvement. The corresponding to the Type 88 is the Type 97 sniper rifle, which is a Type 88 foreign trade type, fires 5.56mm NATO bullets.
The JQ-style 12.7mm large-caliber sniper rifle only solved the problem of existence or absence, and did not catch up with foreign products in terms of range accuracy, recoil and versatility.
Therefore, the current situation in China is that there are 88 types in small diameters, 85 types in medium diameters and 00 types (L115A3) made by Guo Tailai later, and JQ types in large diameters. Among them, only 00 types can be called the world's advanced level. The others basically have solved the problem of whether there is or not, and it has not yet reached the point of solving the problem of good or bad.
It is normal for senior sister to care more about it. Historical debt problems cannot be caught up overnight, but senior sister really wants to catch up. Without advanced ammunition, even if you use NATO ammunition that has been tested in practice first. In this regard, Guo Tailai's Type 00 is a typical example, using internationally used 338 Lapu Amagnan special sniper ammunition. In fact, many high-performance sniper rifles in the future will use this 8.6mm sniper ammunition.
There are many requirements for the design of guns in China, and they must be good in versatility. Tests in various complex environments are particularly strict. Many world-famous guns have failed our country's strict Yellow River silt test, such as the famous sturdy rifle Steyr AUG. All of the previous tests were good, but they could not pass the Yellow River silt test, so they could only give up regretfully.
However, the versatility of various environments is achieved at the expense of accuracy. Therefore, it is unlikely that these standards will be applied to high-precision sniper rifles. They must be high-precision sniper rifles and must be durable. Whose high-precision sniper rifles soak in water and sand and always use a jeep to crush it? After playing this way, can the shooting accuracy of the barrel be guaranteed? Or can the installation accuracy of the sniper lens meet the shooting requirements of one thousand meters away?
Therefore, Guo Tailai considered more about high accuracy, low weight, good balance, short size and easy to carry, and good human-machine function. Then, he naturally chose the unsupported structure, which was consistent with the original intention of the 95 type and was also consistent with the current domestic weapon equipment design ideas.
After thinking about it, Guo Tailai finally chose the unsupported rotating rear-pull bolt sniper rifle SRS from the Desert Tactical Arms (DTA). The full name of the SRS sniper rifle is "Stealth Recon Scout". It has a simpler structure, lighter weight, and easier production and maintenance.
In addition to all the advantages of a stool-free rifle, SRS has a feature that is very popular among shooters, which is the caliber conversion function of SRS. Its rifle receiver and magazine are completely versatile, and can be converted between several calibers by just changing the barrel and the bolt. The caliber conversion function makes the rifle more elastic in various types of tasks, and the smaller caliber is also enough for combat in urban environments. Moreover, the same weapon can be used to convert multiple calibers, so that the shooter only needs to be familiar with one rifle system, which is conducive to reducing training costs and improving training efficiency.
The SRS rifle is supported in four caliber, .338 Lapu A Magnan, .308 Winchester Magnan, .300 Winchester (7.62X51mm NATO) and .243 Winchester, which is basically a medium caliber sniper rifle.
However, DTA later released a series of large-caliber unsupported structure sniper rifles based on the SRS rifles, named HTI, which means "Hard Target Interdiction". In terms of structural principle, the HTI rifle and the SRS rifle can be said to be the same, basically a magnified and enhanced SRS rifle.
The HTI sniper rifle also has four calibers, .50BMG, .416 Barrett, .408 Cheyenne Tactics and .375 Cheyenne Tactics. However, two high-precision bullets for Cheyenne Tactics have appeared now, but the .416 Barrett bullet has not yet been released. Guo Tailai is considering whether to step in front of Barrett and launch the .416 Barrett ammunition first? It is also considered that there is a reasonable special large-caliber sniper bullet in China. Or take out the .460 Steyer in advance? The ballistic performance of these two bullets is much stronger than that of .50. But forget about it, the bullets are too complicated, so don't be so troublesome.
Like SRS, HTI can be converted arbitrarily among these 4 calibers. The barrel length of the four calibers is 29 inches, but the size of the muzzle retractor is different, so the length is slightly different, but the length is very close.
This time, we basically collected all the designs of medium and large caliber sniper rifles. After thinking about it, Guo Tailai still looked down the caliber, and based on SRS, it simply reduced the design of the receiver and magazine, including 5.45mm Soviet small-caliber ammunition, 5.56mm NATO ammunition, and heavy bullets used by the 5.8mm 88 sniper rifle, thus forming a small caliber series. Of course, Guo Tailai estimated that 5.8mm heavy bullets would definitely be used in China, and no other use would be used, so that the logistics pressure was minimal.
Because the floating barrel is used and the bipod is on the guardrail, unlike the Type 88 that is fixed on the barrel, the shooting accuracy is less affected. In fact, the range of Type 88 is not far, within a few hundred meters, and this impact is really negligible.
However, a 620mm barrel with the same length as that of Type 88 was used. However, due to the different shooting of the receiver and the stock, the length of the small-caliber SRS is shorter than that of Type 88, and the weight is only four kilograms, which is also slightly lighter than Type 88.
In this way, a structured sniper rifle can meet the use of nine calibers in three ranges. After the .416 Barrett and .460 Steyr are released, two more calibers will be added. Is it enough for the current use of domestic troops?
Chapter completed!