Caliber: 0.50 inches or less.

Barrel length: less than 900 mm.

Total weight including gun frame: less than 30 kg.

Gun body length: less than 1200 mm.

Bullet type: Must use medium-round bullets.

Loading method: manual, loading by rotating the barrel with the crank, or a more convenient loading method.

Rate of fire: up to 300 rounds per minute.

Range: The effective range is more than 500 meters, and the ultimate range must be more than 2,000 meters.

Cost: The unit price shall not exceed US$1,000.”

After the meeting, both the representatives from the Sacramento Arsenal and the Volcano Repeating Weapons Company looked gloomy.

The requirements for new rifles and machine guns proposed by Liang Yao are very demanding, and neither company is fully sure that they can produce products that meet Liang Yao's requirements.

Such stringent parameter requirements made Sutter once wonder whether his worries about the elimination of the Walter rifle production line were unnecessary.

However, compared to the Sacramento Arsenal, the Volcano Repeating Weapons Company has a bigger headache.

The Sacramento Arsenal has deep pockets, and when the Sacramento Arsenal manufactured the Walter rifle, it had already accumulated rich experience in rifle development and absorbed the technology of the Dreiser needle gun.

The new rifle requires the use of a reliable manual firing pin ignition system in terms of shooting method. This requirement is almost tailor-made for the Sacramento Arsenal.

Lava Stone Repeating Weapons Company does not master this technology.

"Chairman Kony, our Volcano Repeating Weapons Company is not as wealthy as the Sacramento Arsenal. If we do both projects, I'm afraid it will be difficult to successfully bid in the end." Winchester looked at the sketch he had just copied at the meeting.

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"My thoughts coincide with yours." Coney nodded, deeply agreeing with Winchester's point of view.

"In the new rifle project, we have no advantage and the possibility of successful bidding is extremely slim. I also advocate giving up the bidding for the rifle project directly.

The limited funds, manpower and material resources were invested in the development of the machine gun. The machine gun was a brand-new weapon, and the Sacramento Arsenal had not manufactured a similar weapon before.

We are on the same page as the Sacramento Arsenal on this project."

Kony advocated directly abandoning the bidding for new rifles and focusing on the machine gun project. Only in this way can Volcano Repeating Arms Company win the bid.

"Heroes think alike." Winchester smiled, "This project was proposed by General Liang himself. As long as we can develop a machine gun that meets the requirements, there will be no shortage of subsequent orders."
Chapter completed!