98k is better than type-88. Type-88 is too long and too heavy even for me. For light built Chinese foot soldier at that time, 98k is better.
@zavod.fiftyseven2 жыл бұрын
the barrel of type 88 can be easily cut down
@captainjayc92172 жыл бұрын
@@zavod.fiftyseven Good point. Then at least they could have stayed with 0.318" bullets instead of getting into a mess of 0.323" and 0.318" bullets.
@petershen69242 жыл бұрын
@@captainjayc9217 The Nationalist government wanted to simplify logistics when adopting the ZB26 light machine gun into service. It just didn't work out as planned.
@captainjayc92172 жыл бұрын
@@petershen6924 Can you tell me something more about this topic? This will be appreciated. I am referring to the failed attempt to simplify logistics.
@captainjayc92172 жыл бұрын
@@zavod.fiftyseven I am still with the opinion that 中正式/98k is better than Hanyang-88. The en-bloc clip that Hanyang-88 uses is a potential problem. A striper clip that Mauser uses seems to be a better idea. En-bloc clip has to be manufactured correctly to function well. A striper clip was a simple item and should be easier to be fabricated correctly -- the only thing that needed to be fabricated correctly was the internal magazine inside the Mauser rifle. This should be easier to fabricate one internal magazine correctly than having to correctly fabricate the many en-bloc clips that the rifle would use in its life time. My Hanyang-88 has a bit of problem even using original en-bloc clips that was made in German (that were the original articles). There is no such problem using striper clip in two of my 中正式. And Hanyang-88 only had 2 locking lugs vs 3 in Mauser 98k. On the other hand, I agree that changing bullets size from 0.318" in Hanyang-88 to 0.323" in 中正式 was a problem for logistic. I believe the better idea is to move to 中正式 but keep the same bullet size as Hanyang-88. German arm sellers should be more than happy to sell their rifle in any caliber. Not sure why Chinese government decided to change to 0.323" bullet size?