Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 201 Taihang Type 1 Pistol, Taihang Type 1 Submachine Gun

"Report, the phenolic resin is ready."

"Report, the carbon fiber is ready too."

As two reports came one after another, Zhao Tianyang, who was sitting outside the laboratory smoking, put out his cigarette and walked back to the laboratory.

“Mix 60% phenolic resin, 30% carbon fiber and 10% talcum powder and add them to a small injection molding machine.”

"Manufacture the entire pistol grip and the barrel casing above it."

As he spoke, Zhao Tianyang handed the drawn pistol figure to Li Sanyang.

"This is simple."

Li Sanyang looked at the drawings, walked confidently to the small injection molding machine, and started operating it.

Soon the entire pistol grip and barrel casing appeared in front of Zhao Tianyang.

Zhao Tianyang picked up the pistol and knocked on the handle, then handed it to Li Sanyang and gave instructions.

"Take it to test the density of the plastic, and then test its wear resistance, temperature resistance, and pressure resistance."

"Yes."

An hour later, Li Sanyang handed the test report to Zhao Tianyang.

Zhao Tianyang took a look, took a deep breath, and looked at the technicians present: "Congratulations, you have invented phenolic plastic."

“Is this thing called Bakelite?”

“The performance is really amazing!”

“I feel like there’s still room for improvement!”

"Yes, it has good wear resistance. In addition to being used to make gun carriages, it may also be used to make wheels."

The expected cheers did not come, but were replaced by heated discussions.

"I'm sorry, Minister. My juniors are a little slow when it comes to things other than technology."

Li Sanyang explained awkwardly.

"fine."

Zhao Tianyang waved his hand nonchalantly: "This kind of plastic is called engineering plastic."

"There is indeed a lot of room for development. I hope you can continue to develop engineering plastics based on phenolic plastics."

"Engineering plastics?"

Li Sanyang muttered a few words and said excitedly: "Don't worry, Minister, we will continue to study this so-called engineering plastic."

"Well, come on."

Zhao Tianyang gave a few words of encouragement, took the experimental data, left the laboratory, and found Chen Zhenxia who was inspecting the factory.

"Take this and add a production line to the plastics factory to specialize in producing plastic pistol grips and barrel casings."

"no problem."

Chen Zhenxia looked at the data and nodded in agreement.

(Here, the US Army's Browning semi-automatic rifle uses phenolic plastic.)

A week later, Zhao Tianyang came to the light weapons research and development factory with more than 300 pistol grips and barrel shells.

"Holy crap, is this a polymer pistol grip?"

Liu Guifu looked at the pistol grip in the box and said in surprise.

"To be more precise, it should be called an engineering plastic pistol grip, or a phenolic plastic pistol grip."

Zhao Tianyang smiled faintly.

"Engineering plastics?"

Liu Guifu picked up the handle, twisted it hard, and nodded.

"Yes, it's a good thing. It just so happens that we have manufactured the parts for the pistol. I will assemble it and see."

"So fast?"

Zhao Tianyang was a little surprised.

"quick?"

Liu Guifu pointed to the dark circles under his eyes and said, "We have been enduring this for more than a week."

"We have already made submachine guns, pistols, and bullets, but the production line is a bit troublesome. We are trying to figure out how to make them."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Zhao Tianyang consoled them, "After this military exercise is over, I will commend all of you for your contributions."

"Thank you, Minister."

Liu Guifu raised the grip of his pistol: "Let's go to the shooting range to try it out."

.............

Inside the shooting range of the light weapons R&D factory.

Liu Guifu took the pistol parts and introduced them while assembling them.

"According to your design, Minister, this pistol uses inertia locking, and the slide is not rigidly connected to the barrel."

"The 20-round large-capacity magazine and double-row dual-path feeding technology improve the continuity of firepower and the reliability of feeding."

After saying that, he raised the assembled pistol, turned on the safety, and aimed.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

After six consecutive gunshots, Liu Guifu smiled and said, "The effective range is 50 meters, the recoil is small, the grip is comfortable, the appearance is exquisite, the accuracy is high, and there is no jamming."

"High accuracy, and you still missed a single shot?"

Zhao Tianyang held up the target paper brought by the worker and asked with a smile.

"Forehead......."

Liu Guifu scratched his head. "This gun has low recoil and a stable trajectory, so its accuracy is naturally high. I didn't hit the target, so it must be my poor technique."

"Hahaha."

Zhao Tianyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this explanation: "Okay, you have a point, let's just stop experimenting with this pistol for now!"

"Bring the submachine gun here and try it."

"no problem."

Liu Guifu nodded and waved to the workers beside him.

Soon a black submachine gun was brought over.

"Minister, we have already tested this submachine gun. It is very safe. Do you want to fire a few shots?"

After checking the submachine gun, Liu Guifu asked Zhao Tianyang.

"Okay!"

Zhao Tianyang took the submachine gun happily, bent his legs, put the butt of the gun against his shoulder, and pulled the trigger.

"Da da da....."

The target 60 meters ahead was dotted with bullet holes.

"Phew~comfortable."

After firing a whole magazine, Zhao Tianyang breathed a sigh of relief: "This gun is well made. What are the specific data?"

"Weight 3.7 kg, length 762 mm, diameter 5.8 mm."

"Free-fire, single-shot or continuous, rate of fire 450 rounds per minute, magazine capacity 30 rounds, effective range 91 meters."

Liu Guifu answered without hesitation: "This submachine gun is made entirely of cheap stamped steel."

"It's fast to make, cheap to make, and only costs 20 bucks."

“The data is good.”

Zhao Tianyang nodded with satisfaction: "The pistol and submachine gun can be finalized. Let's follow the old rules and add the word Taihang."

"no problem."

Liu Guifu nodded: "Then our next step is to build a production line and start mass production?"

"Yes, we can start mass production of submachine guns, and we can take our time with pistols."

Zhao Tianyang thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, once the pistols are manufactured, they will only be equipped to officers."

"So don't be too anxious. Just produce 20 or 30 of them first, and that'll be enough to handle this exercise."

"it is good."

Liu Guifu nodded.