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Chapter 22

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Kerbic asked the recruits, but no one dared to answer.

"Are you all mute? Why aren't you talking? It seems like there are still a few people who haven't woken up yet," Tangleh replied in a low voice. "How many people haven't woken up yet? How daring. I want to see which bastard hasn't woken up yet. "

After saying that, Korbik led two burly gendarmes and walked behind the recruits.

"Roland, where did the commanding officer go?" Bici, who was standing behind Tangleh, asked in a low voice. "If he's walking behind us, I don't think anything good will happen."

Just as Tangleh finished speaking, a scream came from behind. "Ah, that bastard dared to hit me. I'll kill him."

"Who do you want to kill?

Ah? It's the commanding officer. Why is it you? Why can't it be me? Ah, ah, stop hitting me. Commanding officer, why did you hit me?

Why did I hit you? Can't you see what time it is? You lazy pigs don't even know how to get up when the sun is shining on your buttocks. Your parents definitely didn't teach you well at home, so I'll teach you on behalf of your parents. "

"I know I was wrong. I'll get dressed immediately. I'll get dressed immediately. Ah, it hurts. Why did you hit me with something? I was the one who hit you. Do you have a problem with that? Hurry up and get up. I'm sorry. I'll get up right now. Ah, it hurts so much. How dare you hit me back. You won't know how powerful I am if I don't teach you a lesson. "

As the sound of someone hitting came from behind, Bici closed his eyes in fear. After a round of beating, the disobedient recruits finally stood in line obediently.

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Kerbic. Roland is your commanding officer. If you were a civilian yesterday, you would be an honorable soldier of the United States of America today.

You will have to address me as commanding officer in future training. You cannot call me by my name without my permission. Do you understand? " "Yes, commanding officer. Speak louder. Yes, commanding officer. In this training base, I do not discriminate against black people, Jews, Mexicans, or Italians. In my eyes, you will all be treated the same. Although I am strict, I am fair, and I will not be liked by anyone. In the future training, there may be people who hate me because of this, but that doesn't matter. The more you hate me, the more you will learn. You are now a bunch of trash, and in my eyes, you can't even be called men. So in the future training, I will call you girls. Do you understand?

Yes, sir. Hmm, I'm very satisfied. Now, all of you turn right. The target is three kilometers. Jack and Bruce, you two idiots. Can't you tell left from right? After saying that, he kicked Jack and Bruce's buttocks hard.

Hurry up, girls, hurry up. It's only three kilometers, but you're running slower than rabbits. After a week of standing in formation training, Tangleh and the others began to practice shooting. Kerbic introduced the M14 rifle to the new recruits. "The M14 rifle that is now in your hands is the most advanced rifle in the world. (Yes, it's so advanced that it can only fire semi-automatic rifles.) In addition to shooting, you will also have to learn how to disassemble and maintain it."

The M14 was an automatic rifle used by the United States in the early years of World War Y. It was designed and produced by the Springfield Arsenal. It was replaced by the M16 assault rifle because of its poor performance in World War Y. In 1945, the United States implemented a new rifle research program. Based on the M1 Garand rifle, the prototype was designed in 1954. After testing and improvement, the U.S. military named it the M14 rifle in 1957. In 1959, the M14 rifle was put into production at the Springfield Arsenal and became the standard equipment of the U.S. military. It replaced the M1 Garand rifle, M1 Carbine, and Browning automatic rifles. Some parts of the rifle were inherited from the M1 Garand rifle. It used pneumatic principles and had a rotary locking mechanism.

The air duct was located below the gun barrel, and could be selected to fire semi-automatic or fully automatic. The M14 was fed by a detachable 20-round magazine and could also fire rifle grenades. There was also a bipod version of the M14A1 squad automatic weapon and sniper rifle. During World War II, the US Army used the Garand semiautomatic rifle. Due to the large mass of the gun and the small capacity of the magazine (8 rounds), the US military proposed to replace it with a new gun in 1944. In 1945, the United States implemented the Light Rifle Research Program. The main requirements were: the caliber was 7.62mm, the total weight was no more than 4.1kg, the magazine capacity was 20 rounds, it was equipped with a bipod, and the stock could be folded.

During the entire development process, several American weapon factories produced dozens of gun prototypes, and some foreign guns were also selected. Finally, the remaining four types of guns were subjected to strict model selection tests: the T44 prototype developed by the Springfield Arms Company of the United States, the EM2 prototype developed by the Enfield Arsenal of the United Kingdom, and the FNFAL automatic rifle (named T48) from Belgium. The result of the test was that the T48 rifle came in first, and the Springfield Arms Company's T44 rifle came in second. The T44 rifle was designed by the famous firearms designer John Anderson. Canthaus? Garand began to design an automatic rifle based on the M1 Garand rifle.

On May 1, 1957, the US Army announced the official adoption of the T44 rifle. The US Army named it the M14 rifle. In 1958, the M14 rifle was put into production at the Springfield Arsenal and became the standard equipment of the US Army. It was used to replace the M1 Garand rifle, M1 Carbine, and M1918 Browning automatic rifle.

The M14 rifle fired 7.62x51mm T65 ammunition (the cartridge was 12mm shorter than the .3006 rifle cartridge used in the M1 Garand rifle). The US Army had always emphasized the long-range design of the military rifle, and the US Army did not accept the intermediate power rifle cartridge. When NATO carried out the universal selection of ammunition, the US firmly opposed any ammunition that reduced power and range, and exerted influence. In 1953, NATO chose 7.62x51mm ammunition as the standard rifle cartridge. The M14 rifle used 7.62x51mm NATO standard rifle cartridge, which realized the standardization of ammunition and rifles, and simplified logistics. On January 23, 1963, the US Department of Defense ordered to stop purchasing the M14 rifle, and production of the M14 rifle was stopped.

Before production stopped, a total of 1.4 million rifles were produced, including 167,000 by the Springfield Arsenal, 537,582 by the Harrington Richardson Arms Company, 319,182 by the Thompson Lamont-Wooldridge Company, and 350 by the Winchester Weston Arms Company of Olin Matheson. In 50, the M1 rifle was chosen to replace the M14 rifle with a small caliber, and the M14 began to be completely withdrawn, which led to the closure of the historic Springfield Arsenal. A considerable number of M14 rifles were handed over to the foreign army under the Military Assistance Program. In addition to the US, Korea and TWCF were also equipped with this rifle.

The US Army M14 was still used for training and protection. In 1963, the US Army stopped purchasing the M14, and in 1967, they chose the small caliber M16 assault rifle. The M14 began to be completely withdrawn, which led to the closure of the historic Springfield Arsenal. A large number of M14 rifles were handed over to the foreign army under the Military Assistance Program, and the original M14 rifle production line was also sold to TWCF. On January 23, 1967, the TWCF officially signed a contract to manufacture the M57 rifle.

On the shooting range, Tang Lei raised his rifle and shot after shot. Peng, peng, peng, peng, peng, peng. Amidst the numerous gunshots of the recruits, Tang Lei's gunshots sounded monotonous but very accurate. Hmm, you're a good shot. Roland, why do you only fire single shots and not continuous shots?

Korbik asked curiously.

Faced with this question, Tangleh of course did not dare to answer truthfully, because Instructor Korbik had previously introduced the M14 rifle in a boastful manner. If he told the truth, he would undoubtedly be singing a different tune from the instructor, and if he did so, even if he used his buttocks to think, he would know that it would not end well.

Tang Lei thought about it for a moment before telling the instructor, "I realized that single shots have a high hit rate. I've also tried shooting in rapid succession, but the recoil is too strong when I shoot, and I don't know where the bullets will go."

Roland, I found that your hit rate is very high. Have you shot before?

Yes, I have, and I often do. I'm even a member of the shooting club. Then what kind of guns do you usually play with? Remington 870 and .38 caliber pistols. No wonder you're so accurate, because you already have a good foundation. Young man, you can shoot one shot at a time on the shooting range, but on the battlefield, you must remember to set your gun to continuous shots, because the enemy will not give you the chance to shoot.

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