Chapter 146: Let’s Make a Shotgun (2/2)
“Hic, sniff, cough, a “Combat shotgun? “
First, what is a “shotgun”?
Shotgun, in Japanese ‘Fowling piece’, was developed to shoot birds.
It was even called in the past under the name “wild bird hunting fowling piece” (fowl = poultry, large bird / fowling-piece = bird shooting gun). [TN the author was explaining the characters in Japanese.]
A shotgun called “horizontal double-folding side-by-side” was developed. It was a shotgun with two barrels lined side by side. It could only fire to shots (the reason why the number of bullets did not exceed this was because it was enjoyed as a game).
However, people who went to the United States began to use shotguns not as a game but as daily necessities to secure food.
In World War I, with the advent of the machine gun, it became impossible to approach the enemy. As a result, the soldiers often attacked at night to get closer or dug pits to brought them into close quarters battles. That was the so-called “trench warfare”.
After experiencing trench warfare, the German army developed the Submachine gun. On the other hand, the U.S. military introduced the shotgun, which has been used for many years since the pioneering for daily necessities.
The U.S. military achieved great results by developing a pump-action shotgun and putting it into trench warfare. In this way, the pump-action type shotgun was called a “Trench gun”.
Besides, the U.S. military officially adopted shotguns in the military and used them not only for the military but also for police and riot control.
This time, I’m trying to make a “Combat Shotgun.”
What is the definition of “combat shotgun”? The Trench gun or Riot gun was made based on a civilian shotgun. On the other hand, the “Combat Shotgun” was made from the beginning under the concept of battle.
Shotguns are versatile and able to change the ammunition with a magazine like an assault rifle while retaining the advantage of being able to use non-lethal special ammunition such as rubber bullets, gas bullets, etc.
This time I will make a semi-automatic shotgun “SAIGA12K” based on the AK series.
The specifications are as follows.
■ SAIGA12K
Ammunition used: 12 gauge.
Overall length: 910 mm
Weight: 3.5 kg
Barrel Length: 430 mm
The source is the assault gun AKM, which is an improved version of the AK47.
The barrel of the SAIGA 12K is too short and violates the laws of most countries. Therefore, they created the “SAIGA12S” with an extended barrel and exported it to other countries.
The specifications are as follows.
■ SAIGA12S
Ammunition used: 12 gauge.
Overall length: 910 mm
Weight: 3.5 kg
Barrel Length: 520 mm
This time, we will make “SAIGA12K”.
The barrel length is 430 mm, which is illegal for private use in many countries, but it has nothing to do with us in another world.
The Saiga is based on the AK series, so it is the most easy-to-make combat shotgun for us right now.
If this can be done, it will be possible to invade a room by destroying the door key with a shotgun and not through the window like in the hostages’ case the other day.
I explained the above, omitting the parts that cannot be heard by Meiya.
She still has red eyes, but when she hears the explanation of the new firearm, she regains her smile.
“I see! This weapon can not only defeat the enemy but can also incapacitated it without killing by changing the bullet. As expected of Lute-sama! This flexible idea! God-like flash is why a genius is a genius!”
“Ha, ha, ha, that’s right (stick)”
I made her cry earlier, so I’ll let her worship me to some extent.
Meiya’s eyes shine and she approaches.
“Then let’s make it now! What should we make first!”
“No, wait a minute. There are other things I want to make.”
“What? There are other things besides the combat shotgun!”
“That’s right. Besides the shotgun, what I want to make is…”
Meiya listened carefully to my words.
I told her that.
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