Melee weapon shotgun

Pump shotgun is essentially a semi-automatic gun, how can it be compared with submachine gun, an automatic sprayer? It is not surprising that shotguns were eliminated in World War II. Nevertheless, the American shotgun still left a deep impression on the Japanese in the Pacific War.

During the First World War, because of the prevalence of artillery and machine guns and the lack of motorized mechanical assault force in the army, the war became a "trench warfare" for underground development. To put it simply, the two sides fought against each other's continuous shelling and attacks by digging trenches, tunnels and building bunkers, and constantly made meat grinders.

Famous battles in World War I, such as the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of Champagne, the Battle of Ipra and the Battle of artois. Almost all of them are positional warfare. The two sides contained each other with countless earthwork groups, and then continued bombing, infiltration and charge, and hundreds of thousands of people accidentally filled them in.

When the trench warfare reaches a certain stage, the two sides will try to make an "underground breakthrough" on the uneven trench front-can't the water surface rush over? Then let's dig a ditch and go there directly to grab the position. Or simply feint with large troops and elite small troops to seize the core of the other party's trench at one stroke. Even those who pile explosives directly in the tunnel are blasting ... in short, there are many trench-robbing tactics.

Shotgun is a special weapon in trench warfare, or it is a "racial weapon" of the U.S. troops that participated in the war that year (mainly Winchester M 1897, the military version name is M 19 17). On the battlefield, these shotguns are called "trench guns" (German trench guns need to be distinguished). They are good at clearing trenches and have the advantages of fast firing speed and surface killing.

To put it bluntly, it is to make use of the powerful close-range firepower advantage of shotguns, so that soldiers equipped with them can gain the attack ability of one when ten.

Ordinary soldiers enter or attack trenches, and at most they fire a gun, and then begin bayonet melee. Obviously, this style of play cannot last long.

As long as there are a few more people on the other side, the soldiers will change 1 to 1 or 1 to 2 in the trench where there is no danger to hide, and it will be solved quickly.

A shotgun is different. When soldiers with trench guns jump into enemy trenches, these semi-automatic weapons with surface killing ability can rule the trenches. It only needs to keep spraying fire forward, and it is quite beneficial to assault in the trenches. Forward, you can get a very fast breakthrough speed,

So that the allied soldiers were frightened and became the "trencher" of the allied forces.

As a result, the shotgun was full of loopholes in the trenches, which directly triggered international disputes. The allied forces called American shotguns "inhuman and cruel" and must be banned. Of course, the United States refused, so Germany said that "all American soldiers caught using shotguns will be shot." The United States is also unambiguous. Their response was that "for every shotgun soldier executed, a German prisoner was executed accordingly".

Whether this matter is true or not will not be evaluated. In a word, while American shotguns are constantly grabbing shots, the stimulated Germans have also come up with a new product-submachine gun.

The concept of submachine gun was not put forward by Germans. It was the Italians who first produced this product. They made the Villar-Perosa submachine gun (VP submachine gun) in 19 14, while the Germans made the MP 18 submachine gun in19/8, also known as the "submachine gun in the real sense".

The submachine gun was used by the Germans to cooperate with their new arms "Storm Commando" to replace the bulky MG-08- 15 water-cooled machine gun. The "Storm Commando" was expected by the Germans to "break the deadlock in trench warfare", and this method of tackling key problems with elite teams became the originator of "Blitzkrieg" in later generations.

MP 18 submachine gun also showed its ferocity and won the title of "trench broom". However, the first world war soon ended, and submachine guns entered the ranks of contraband together with the defeated Germans.

However, from the beginning of World War I, the scientific and technological tree of automatic weapons was lit up, and the weapons of spring reciprocating free rifles really had no technical content, so submachine gun technology began to break out and directly began to challenge the position of traditional rifles in the army. Some countries agree with submachine guns, such as the Third Reich, and some countries don't want it to die, such as Japan.

After the outbreak of World War II, submachine guns quickly became the most important weapon, and behind its intensive firepower was actually "cheap" support. Almost all submachine guns (except somi) in World War II were synonymous with cheapness. They save trouble, labor, money and personnel training. Like the Soviet Union, it loves to do such things. The thick and steady "Bobosha" with big drums can sweep out a ten ring for the recruits, and the veterans with muskets on the other side will also sweat with panic.

The shotgun doesn't work at this time. They are a special type of small functional weapons. There is no trench environment, and there is almost no war to fight. At most, they will be arrogant in the jungle. If they encounter street fighting, they may not last. Otherwise, they were not allowed to play CQB during World War II?

The semi-automatic shooting ability that made Sweeper famous is nothing at the moment. A submachine gun is a weapon that can adapt to wars in all directions. It is impossible for a shotgun to arm a fierce, low-cost, fast-training and multi-functional army in a short time like a submachine gun.

Therefore, shotguns must be eliminated. However, in the Second World War, shotguns still played a great role in some battlefields. For example, in the Pacific War against the Japanese, the "superficial killing" of shotguns became Ma Run's baby pimple. Whether it is to eliminate the "canopy sniper" or to face the Japanese army's "vehicle-mounted charge" in hand-to-hand combat, the shotgun can be used with ease.

Moreover, in melee, shotguns have another advantage-their shotguns have a large range attenuation, and they are not afraid of seriously injuring distant teammates or damaging their own equipment. So they can not hesitate to spray devils in melee. This feature once made the shotgun one of the most important defensive guns of the US military, and it was widely used by logistics and security forces, gendarmerie and other services, all over Europe. Later, these weapons were replaced by some M 1 carbines. However, some troops still expressed more trust in shotguns. The us military has a strong shotgun plot and insists on equipping some troops with shotguns. So far.

In World War II, the US military used the Winchester M 19 12 shotgun. This gun purchased more than 19000 guns in World War I and 80000 guns in World War II.

It can only be said that in the battlefield of World War II, it is difficult for these shotguns to find their own luminous destination, but in terms of application scale, they are many times stronger than those in World War I. The total output of 19 12 started from12 and stopped production at 1963.

Today, shotguns are still an important supplementary part of the battlefield and can be seen in many places. Although they lost the aura of "sweeper", they were not eliminated. Maybe you didn't see them shine at that moment.