Individual infantry weapons: a look into the future
The population of various countries: China - 1,4 billion people., USSR (in 1989) - 293 million people., USA - 320 million people., England - 63,4 million people., France - 65 million people. , Germany - 80,7 million people., Russia - 146 million people. 500 million people live in the European Union
From the above figures it can be seen that the population of Russia is such that in the event of a serious conflict, the ratio of our living forces with the enemy will be 1: 2, at least 1: 3 (not in our favor, of course). Consequently, based on the number, the effectiveness of each living unit must exceed that of the enemy in 2 — 3 times the minimum. How is this increase in efficiency achieved?
From the theory of economics (economy) it is known that greater efficiency is achieved by a greater specialization. This means that from the point of view of military affairs, greater efficiency is not achieved through further unification, as was the case in the Soviet Union (military doctrine of the USSR), and as it most clearly follows from observations of real combat clashes of recent decades, when ordinary clans turned out to be insufficiently effective , and due to the strengthening of various specializations, as it happens in all other industries, for example, in industry.
But these are common words. As for specifics, then, first of all, it is necessary to abandon the completely obsolete dogmas: edges of the cartridge case 7,62х54 mm.
Немного stories. The 7,62x54 mm ammunition was put into service in Czarist Russia in the 1891 year, its design is currently very outdated, the cartridge with the rim at this stage of history is probably used only here, the fact that automatic samples were created for it weaponsrather bad because This ammunition for them does not fully fit, the rim interfered with the magazine rifles - in the stores there was a chance that the rim would catch on the previous cartridge, and this would jam the weapon. Neither cartridge 7,92h57 mm Mauser, nor .30-06 Springfield (7,62h63 mm) and all cartridges similar to 7,62h54 mm eras do not have flanges, does not bead and breakfast 6,5h55 mm cartridge model 1894 years, etc .. In In my opinion, only here, in the 21st century, this atavism of the end of the 19 of the 20th century has been preserved - the lip of the sleeve.
The concept of the intermediate cartridge should be revised. Observing the development of technology in the last decade, it can be argued that in the next 5 — 10 years, or perhaps in the next 2 — 3, a powerful breakthrough will occur in the field of personal protective equipment. Already through 2 — 3, the appearance of an exoskeleton is expected, and a breakthrough in the field of protective equipment is already taking place before our eyes.
It is urgently necessary to strengthen the main ammunition (intermediate cartridge) to the length of the sleeve 40-50 mm, rifle - to 60 mm. Ammunition bullet diameters: intermediate - in the area of 6 mm, rifle - 7 mm. Large caliber: along with 12,7 mm weapons, individual weapons for 14,5 mm ammunition are needed, especially since the calculation for them will not change anyway - two people.
Pocket artillery — grenade launchers. Two types of hand-held grenade launchers should be introduced, one hand-held automatic of 20-30 mm caliber, the other standard single-shot (self-loading, or revolver) of 40 mm diameter, at least for the automatic (smaller diameter, and therefore smaller projectile weight) the maximum range should be increased to 700-800 meters (for example, the Baryshev automatic grenade launcher (AGB) shows good properties, see the video for the Baryshev assault rifle).
Rate of fire Automatic: in the area of 700 rounds per minute - optimally both in terms of recoil and in terms of ammunition consumption (the rate of fire in the field of 400 rounds per minute was more like submachine guns).
Machine gun branch: return separately developed machine gun under the intermediate cartridge, such as samples RPD or FN Minimi, with firing from the open bolt and the like features of the machine gun, and not the machine gun. Heavy "automatic" (RPK, RPK-74) or abolish or leave as an additional sample.
Shops: return options with increased capacity, drum or double drum, as well as auger (optional), the type of American Beta-C and the like.
Strange as it may sound, we already have ready-to-use ready-made samples that can be translated into working samples, just enough to reconsider the doctrine and the tactical and technical tasks. You can, for example, view the following articles:
topwar.ru/1531-kompleks-avtomaticheskogo-strelkovogo-oruzhiya-barysheva
warfiles.ru/show-25503-german-korobov-i-ego-oruzhie
Baryshev weapons:
The Baryshev machine gun with an open-bolt design is ideal for a branch / single heavy machine gun, as well as a grenade launcher. For automatic options - "sea".
To the question how much all this will cost, the answer, I think, will be the following: no more than the Olympics in Sochi or the bridge to the Russian island.
To imagine how it will be, I advise you to look at some Jin-Roh or play Fallout (who doesn't like old stuff, look at some last Killzone Shadow Fall).
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