In the 2009 domestic anti-war drama "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", Long Wenwen brought back Gu Wheat from the division headquarters with a weapon that was not common in domestic anti-war dramas.
The gun is not original Swiss but domestic, and the two can be separated by the barrel radiator
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, foreign weapons that entered China in the early years were devoted to the arduous battle against the Japanese Kou, among which there were the famous Czech light machine guns, Maxim heavy machine guns and barge guns, and there was a light machine gun in the light machine gun sequence, although somewhat obscure but had extraordinary merits, which was the Swiss KE7 Qilari light machine gun.
Swiss Qilari light machine gun, barrel radiator and domestic porous is not the same
Swiss Qilari light machine gun is the Swiss firearms designer Qilali and Ender jointly designed, the veteran arms dealer SIG company manufacturing, the gun weight is lighter, the structure is simple, easy to decompose, easy to carry, the barrel is installed under the wooden handguard, the lower magazine looks like a semi-automatic rifle or assault rifle, the caliber is 7.62 mm, using the barrel short recoil principle, the theoretical rate of fire 450 ~ 550 rounds per minute, the total length of the gun 1190 mm, the total weight of the gun 8 kg (this weight is very light), Gauge 2000 meters.
The Qilari light machine gun looks similar to an assault rifle from a distance
The Qilari light machine gun is very distinctive in that first the bullet is mounted on the magazine but cannot be directly stuffed into the magazine, and a connecting device is now needed to stuff the cartridge into the attachment device and then into the magazine.
Loading steps for the Qilari light machine gun
Originally wanted to become a Swiss standard light machine gun, but Switzerland was not interested in the gun, although Switzerland was not interested but the brilliant career began in China.
From 1929 to 1939, the National Government of Nanjing purchased 3025 Qilali light machine guns from the Swiss government, which once made the Qilali light machine gun the mainstay of China's light machine guns, and in 1934, the Huaxing Machinery Factory under the control of the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang began to imitate the Qilali KE7 light machine gun, mainly for the Sichuan army equipment, and a total of 6,000 were produced before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. (Ranked second among domestic imitation light machine guns)
The Kawazo Kirali light machine gun that appears in "My Regiment Commander My Regiment" may be related to the Chuan Legion
The operation of the Qilali light machine gun is very simple, almost equivalent to a rifle that can be fired continuously, ordinary soldiers can train for a few days, they can skillfully operate this weapon, which is very necessary for China at that time, the Red Army long march to capture the Luding Bridge when there is a Qilali light machine gun involved in the cover mission.
The Red Army's Chuanzo Qilali light machine gun during the Long March
For example, in the Battle of Changde in 1943, when the 57th Division of the Nationalist Army led by Changde Shou general Yu Chengwan to defend Changde, the troops also used the Qilali light machine gun, as a light machine gun with no less effectiveness than the Czech style, but because the gun did not appear in many film and television dramas today, the gun was not as well-known as the Czech light machine gun, and the volunteer army also used a small amount during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.