Electronic submachine guns. When will their day come?
Possible ways to improve
So we, having finished this topic, came to the conclusion that ... submachine guns, although they cause a lot of controversy (as well as pistols, by the way), are needed. Private security guards, 007 agents, police, and even the army are also needed. And it is clear that they are strongly influenced by new technologies. For example, the coating was already slippery to the touch, and it was immediately put on some sort of Swiss rifle “Sieg”. It does not need lubrication and shoots very accurately. Although more expensive than the usual "trunks" in need of lubrication. Let's put such a coating on submachine guns ... Will their quality improve? Without any doubt! And so on and so forth. This is one possible way to improve them.
However, let's start with the fact that we will return to the past material in which it was told about the Swiss submachine gun “Brugger and Tome”, adopted by the US Army. And now a couple of weeks ago, the first KH9-A1 arrived in the United States. In total, 400 KH9 will be imported, however, this is already an indication that ... nobody can do without PP. This is what this sample looks like, and note that it contains as many 5 “Pikkatinni strips”. You can hang a whole set of various electronics on it!
But there is another. We are entering an era when portable computers will be filled up with everything in the world. A saucepan with a built-in microchip and a voice modulator will tell you how to cook this or that dish in it and warn you about readiness. The kettle will inform you about the quality of the water, well, and there's nothing to say about the toilet - it will tell you everything about you right there, and even give you a printout of what to eat, how much to drink and how to physically strain yourself so that the analyzes will return to normal. And, by the way, there are already such toilet bowls in Japan!
Your weapon is a “shooting computer”!
That is, electronics will be around us everywhere and everywhere, plants that produce something in which it is absent will become a thing of the past. The ideal will be ... "shooting computer" and a new stage of its improvement will begin! And the first steps on this path are already there. Moreover, this does not apply to all sorts of mounted devices such as laser range finders and tactical lights, but directly on the PCB design.
New "Parker Hale" with a very short barrel!
It was the case that in 1990 in England a submachine gun appeared under a traditional cartridge 9x19 and with a very short barrel the entire length of 83 mm “Parker-Hale” (Individual Devense Weapon), an individual weapon of self-defense, more like a children's toy than military weapons. Moreover, its main feature was not its appearance - just very traditional in all respects, but the fact that electronics were widely used in its design.
Once again, if we are talking about electronic sighting devices or something else like that, no matter how difficult they are, no one says anything bad about them, except that they scold the added weight. But as soon as electronics appear in the weapon itself, as soon as there is a mass of doubts both in its reliability and durability, and most importantly, in the expediency of such a decision. What is it? Inertness of thinking? A manifestation of mass limitations peculiar to human civilization, or a subconscious rejection of murder and therefore the improvement of its tools? Hard to say. For example, the Osa traumatic pistol that had no problems with the law was also criticized and how. It was also stated that this weapon was not reliable until it became clear that with proper care, which, by the way, for any tool, this gun is one of the best means for self-defense. So, demonstrating an aversion to weapons with e-stuffing only because the grandfather, the hero of the Second World War, had nothing of the kind, hardly makes sense. It may well be that in the future, firearms will be a symbiosis of electronics and mechanics. And, by the way, such a symbiosis no longer bothers us in our cars, so let it not bother anyone in weapons. Otherwise, his progress would have stopped at all on a stone ax!
Just an electronic module
Of course, then unknown to anyone, engineers from the UK, Evalovezh and West from Bushman Limited, took a big risk. But on the other hand, they had a compact submachine gun, which, at its more than modest size, was not only inferior to many modern models of weapons of this class, but also surpassed them in a variety of indicators and was also very easy to use. They are interested in the special services of the UK, then the US FBI and many other organizations. As a result, in the same year 1990, the company released 5500 copies of this unusual submachine gun. Interestingly, the company does not report exactly where all these BCPs went. That is, information about its owners and use is covered with black gloom!
Interestingly, the electronic module in this submachine gun is installed only to adjust the rate of fire, and there is nothing electronic in it. Common in all respects, PP, operating at the expense of the impact of the free gate. USM is also traditional, it allows firing with single shots and automatically, and the translator of fire modes is on the left side of the receiver so that it is convenient to press it with the thumb of the right hand when it squeezes the pistol grip. The second hand holds "Parker" for the store. New is only that it has an electronic control mechanism associated with the sear, which allows you to set the rate of fire of weapons with very high accuracy. Well, if it fails, then nothing terrible will happen: the PP will shoot with a fixed rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute, that's all. On the receiver there are signal LEDs that inform the arrow on the status of the electronic unit. That is, if the batteries of this PP sit down, he will tell you about this, and in advance. Yes, but why was this regulator needed at all? But why: the fact is that due to the fact that this submachine gun is very compact, short, roughly speaking, the stroke of it is only 51 mm, and the weight of the whole 227 g. Therefore, the rate of fire was (when firing a queue ) - 1400 rpm, and it could not be reduced by conventional methods. Meanwhile, the optimal rate of fire for a submachine gun is equal to 450 rds / min. And how else could it be reduced to this desired value without resorting to original solutions? Moreover, the presence of the regulator allows it to both lower and increase. Who, what and when needed!
Everything else is in the best traditions of today!
Shops are traditional, box on 20, 28, 32 cartridge. Butt is available and folds to the right, as well as adjustable in length. Being folded, it does not interfere with shooting, both with one hand and with both. In the folded state, it does not interfere with firing a submachine gun with one hand as well as holding the weapon with both hands. In such a modern weapon is not used plastic, but only aluminum alloys and steel. All metal parts are protected against corrosion by burnishing. Although the base barrel is very short, the installation of interchangeable barrels of long 152, 254 and 356 millimeters is provided, which allows for improved accuracy of shooting at a distance. There are strips "picatinny", but the sights themselves are very simple. There was a very high accuracy of shooting at close range. For example, at a distance of 25 meters, a queue of twenty rounds of ammunition was able to completely lay in a semi-growth target. With a barrel in 254 millimeters and shooting with a butt at the same distance, a continuous line of twenty rounds fit in a circle with a diameter of 160 millimeters, and from 15 to 17 bullets fit in a circle with a diameter of 120 millimeters. You can put on this PP and a silencer, but only on a short barrel.
Samples for every taste!
There are three modifications of this submachine gun: MkI with an electronic retarder and MKII with a hydraulic. This model was made by order of the US Army, and, apparently, it turned out to be pointless for them to prove something. The third modification of the MkIII is a completely simplified version, which has a low rate of fire to 400 shots per minute and has eliminated the fire interpreter, since at such a rate of fire it can be adjusted by pressing the trigger.
Interestingly, a fully charged battery allows this submachine gun to make more than 400 shots without additional charge. The resource is more than enough. Rather, you will run out of ammunition than fully discharged battery! By the way, the "automatic" with a hydraulic retarder is more expensive than the one in which the electronics are supplied, which, however, indicates a certain trend. If it goes like this, the military will accept new electronic weapons “without even loving them”, but only for cheap prices and ... they will be right! Well, we will tell you about what a cheap and fully electronic submachine gun can be for the needs of the police in the following material.
To be continued ...
- Vyacheslav Shpakovsky
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