In a barracks on the outskirts of Vienna, the Bavarian Guards who accompanied the prince to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and two other imperial cavalry companies were stationed. The role of this force is not only to support the prince. At the same time, a considerable number of them will carry weapons and ammunition as the advance force sent to Libya from Bavaria. mobilization! They will face a European power this time. Taking into account the difficulty of supply, their preparations must be quite meticulous!

Although the vehicles brought this time did not have heavy weapons such as towed artillery, they also carried a large amount of ammunition. At the same time, because the military systems of Bavaria and Austria have been docked to a certain extent, some weapons can use Austrian ammunition and accessories. Tz was indifferent to this war, but after the prince expressed his willingness to buy at the price, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also willing to provide ammunition for this expeditionary army.

"Together with the cavalry, we have a total of 1,500 people in the first batch. Considering the difficulty of ammunition supply, we carry a small number of 75MM artillery, only 4, and the main weapons are machine guns and mortars. We also have spare machine guns. There are 120 mortars, 20 60MM mortars, 20 82MM mortars, and 12 120MM mortars.” When Prince Ruprecht came to check the preparations, Lieutenant Colonel Carl would carry weapons. The list is reported.

  Of course, the strength of a regiment of one's own cannot use so many weapons. In fact, at the beginning of the First World War, a German division did not have 120 machine guns. It is said that the number of machine guns concentrated by the German army will not exceed 2000 when the entire western front broke out. A large part of these weapons are prepared for part of the Turkish army.

  "What about the related equipment?" the prince asked. According to the Italian-Turkish war in history, the two sides fought directly for more than a year. It might be difficult to carry so many machine guns and mortars with the ammunition delivered before the war, so this time Lieutenant Colonel Karl Bring a suggested bullet reloading line, simple gun repair equipment and spare parts.

  Why bring so many mortars? The reason is simple, the production of shells is simple, cheap pig iron can be made into shells, and the shrapnel produced after the explosion is no worse than copper shells. If there is no smokeless powder, black powder can also be used as a propellant. The firing range is shorter, just change the gun watch. Make do with it.

"According to your ideas, we have designed two simple carriages to transport machine guns and mortars, and related orders have been sent out. They will be produced in Egypt under the name of ordinary carriages, and then passed Transported by special channel." Lieutenant Colonel Karl said.

In fact, this kind of carriage is not like an ordinary four-wheeled carriage. It is actually composed of two parts, a front carriage loaded with ammunition and maintenance tools, and a rear carriage equipped with a machine gun. The latter is linked The equipment is on the front car.

  A new MG98 machine gun is fixed on the rear car. The machine gun is almost integrated with the car body through the gun frame. Of course, it can also be removed when necessary and can be attached to an ordinary tripod.

   "In the absence of artillery, this rear car is a reliable point of fire." Lieutenant Colonel Karl stepped forward and said. He opened a box on the right side of the machine gun and pulled out a bullet chain from it. "The ammunition box on the right side of the car body can hold at least 2,000 rounds of ammunition.

"On the left is the cooling water tank. We used a pipe to directly connect to the cooling water bucket of the machine gun. There are about 50 kg of water in it." 98 and the historical Germans used a large number of MG08 machine guns in the 1st war, using the same size cooling tube. 4L of water is required when it is full.

The machine gun not only consumes a lot of ammunition, but also consumes a lot of coolant. The MG98 machine gun on this plane is an imitation of the British Vickers machine gun. While ensuring a lighter weight, it also wastes water. The problem is inherited.

  According to the experiment of Lieutenant Colonel Carl and others, when the outside temperature is not too high, firing 500 to 600 rounds continuously will make the water in the machine gun cooling bucket boil, and the temperature is high enough to boil eggs... If you are still unwilling to release the trigger at this time, then an average of 1.5 pints of water will evaporate for every 1,000 bullets. And prolonged shooting can cause firearm damage.

  If it is in an ordinary environment, although this water source consumption will be very troublesome, but there is still a certain gap between fatalities, but this time, the place where the Blue Army is going is North Africa! The water source problem is very serious, why have to get this carriage? To a large extent it is to ensure the water supply for personnel and machine guns!

After learning about the situation, Lieutenant Colonel Carl was afraid that 50KG of fresh water was not enough, and hoped that the water storage tank of the mass-produced machine gun carriage could be more than 80KG... The cooling water of the MG98 machine gun can be re-entered into another water tank along a rubber tube. This is the condensate collection tank, which is used to reduce the waste of water as much as possible.

   "The baffle behind this car body seems to be able to flip up?" The prince who was close to the carriage body curiously looked at a steel plate hanging behind the car body and said.

"That's it. After entering the combat position, this steel plate can be turned up and used as a shield for the machine gun shooter. And this rear car has independent braking equipment. As long as you pull up the brakes and open the bracket, it will become a very stable Design platform."

   "Let me see your mortars." The prince was fairly satisfied with this machine gun carriage.

"If it is 60MM and 82MM mortars, you can use the same carriage directly, and even the 60MM mortar can be easily removed from the car to shoot. The bottom plate of the 82MM mortar is the vehicle itself~www.mtlnovel. The com~ cannon body is also fixed on the car. The most troublesome thing is the 120MM mortar, which has a weight of over 225KG. So we arranged this for it."

  Lieutenant Colonel Carl pointed to the suggested gun cart in the distance. Generally speaking, the so-called gun carriages are at least 4 to 6 horses. But in order to be mobile and flexible, all carriages are based on double horses. This requires the weight of the entire carriage to be as low as possible. The weight of the former plus the rear carriage should be less than 800KG. You must know that a 120MM mortar The weight is 225KG. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Carl simply added two wheels on both sides of the artillery and used it as the rear vehicle, and a connecting rod in front was connected to the ammunition vehicle.

The weight of a 120MM mortar shell is as high as 15KG. In addition to carrying one artillery, a two-person carriage also needs to carry 25 mortar shells and corresponding. This is almost close to the limit of the carriage. After all, you We cannot expect how good the road conditions in Africa are.

"Most of our weapons are ready, but overall, there are still some problems, because I can't get the attacking troops to also get enough fire cover." After hesitating, Lieutenant Colonel Karl said himself Worries.

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