The five longest-serving guns in the world! The oldest has been in service 130 years.

Brother Yi, who knows guns, is the official account of the light weapons column of the military extension, which is interesting and informative and updated daily! In A.D. 1 132, a strategist of the Southern Song Dynasty in China invented the musket. Today, the musket family has gone through the ups and downs of 1000 years, and many excellent weapons have emerged in modern times. Some guns have even been in service for hundreds of years, and they can be called living fossils in the gun industry. Longest service rifle: Lee-enfield Lee-Enfield rifle is recognized as the longest service rifle. The history of Lee Enfield rifle can be traced back to 1888, which is the first continuous rifle equipped by the British army-Lee Metford magazine rifle. This kind of rifle used the rotating rear pull bolt, which lasted for one hundred years on the Lynfield rifle. ▲ Lee Enfield rifle in the movie Assembly? In the early1890s, the bullet propellant of British rifles was changed from black powder to smokeless powder. Because the burning temperature of smokeless powder is much higher than that of black powder, the rifling of rifle is easily burned and damaged. Engineers in enfield factory designed a brand-new rifling, which was officially named Li- enfield magazine rifle in 1895+065438+ 10. Between 1888 and 1899, there are as many as nine derivative models of the gun. ▲ Use the Lynfield rifle for quick shooting. This gun went through World War I, World War II and Korean War with Britain and Commonwealth countries. After the war, it was improved by British Ordnance Department, and enfield L8 series rifles were born. Even today, Indian police are still heavily equipped with Lynfield rifles. In the terrorist attack in Mumbai in 2008, the Indian police used Lynfield rifles to fight to the death with automatic weapons such as AK-47 and M4, which is an epic. ▲ Indian policeman with Lao Li rifle in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack ▲ The film "Mumbai Hotel" truly restored the scene of the Mumbai terrorist attack. The longest-serving pistol: M 19 1 1 from191/has been finalized today, Colt M65438. ▲ Colt M 19 1 1 pistol appeared in World War II posters, showing its great influence. 1895, browning designed a new pistol structure with recoil barrel, and adopted this structure on the newly designed pistol. 1906, colt company submitted M 19 1 1 sample gun. After the severe test of the US Army, Yu 19 1 1 became the standard weapon of the US Army, and the legendary service history began. During World War I, the US military ordered 2.7 million M 19 1 1 pistols from Colt Company. ▲ The US military is still using M 19 1 1. After the war, Colt Company made some improvements on M 19 1 1 according to the use feedback: broadening the field of vision, lengthening the hammer, shortening the locking distance, increasing the anti-skid lines, improving the gun shape, and making the shooter more stable and comfortable. During World War II, the allied forces, including the US military, ordered 2.5 million m191/m191. During World War II, M 19 1 1 performed well, and created many classic war cases in which the few win more. ▲ My M 19 1 1 is going to explode the "Meow" tank today. Interestingly, Norway was authorized to produce M 19 19 1 in 2005, and supervised the production of Norwegian factories after the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II. After World War II, it was not until 1985 that the US military decided to replace M1911a1with Bei Leita M9 automatic pistol. It is said that when Congress issued the order, it met with fierce opposition from the special forces. Until today, the armies of many countries, including the US military, are still equipped with a considerable number of M 19 1 1 as auxiliary weapons, which can be regarded as a century-old pistol. ▲M 19 1 1 Competitive pistol is now the first choice in IPSC shooting competition and the longest-serving submachine gun: Thomson "battlefield broom" Thomson submachine gun is well-deserved as a mobile phone in submachine gun industry. As one of the earliest practical submachine guns in the world, Thomson submachine gun has reached a height unmatched by any submachine gun of its generation. Thomson submachine gun was born in 19 18, 1920 patent. The prototype of M 19 19 uses innovative 50 rounds and 100 rounds of drums for ammunition, which gives Thomson submachine gun powerful and continuous firepower. ▲ Thomson submachine gun 100 bullets It is no exaggeration to say that Thomson can easily crush any contemporary light weapons. 192 1 year, the Thomson submachine gun M 192 1 was formally finalized, and the later generations produced M 192 1, M 1923 and m/kloc-0. ▲ Some models of Thomson submachine guns are based on the maverick principle of semi-free bolt machine automation, and Thomson submachine guns are all made of a whole piece of steel, which is very difficult to make, but it brings heavy weight problems. In addition, Thomson submachine guns are bulky and complicated in structure, and it takes time and effort to change bullets. However, Thomson submachine gun is still a single-soldier combat weapon with strong firepower and excellent performance. ▲ In Whisperwind, a Thomson can repel the charge of a Japanese squad. However, due to the complicated manufacturing process of Thomson submachine gun, its cost of $209 is much higher than that of contemporary guns. After the US Navy and Marine Corps bought a large number of Thomson submachine guns, the US Army was still not interested in Thomson submachine guns. It is said that before 1939, the total number of Thomson rifles equipped by the US Army never exceeded 400. However, Thomson blossomed everywhere in European allies, and the total orders of European allies reached 194 1 to 320,000. ▲ Churchill personally experienced the Thomson submachine gun when watching the British army. China came into contact with Thomson submachine guns in the early years of the Republic of China. 1922, sun yat-sen ordered 30 M 192 1 from the United States to equip his guards. During the Anti-Japanese War, China also obtained a certain number of Thomson submachine guns from the United States through the Lending Act. By the middle of 1948, the armed forces had acquired about 60,000 Thomson rifles. In the war of liberation, our army also seized a large number of Thomson rifles. Until the 1970s, these Thomson rifles were still equipped in some military regions and used for militia training. ▲ M3 submachine gun still used by Japanese Self-Defense Forces. In addition, Thomson's successor M3 submachine gun has been used for more than half a century. So far, the US military has not officially equipped the next generation of new submachine guns. During the Gulf War, American tank soldiers still used M3 submachine guns, and so did the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. The longest service light machine gun: Madsen light machine gun 1902. Madsen light machine gun can be said to be the earliest light machine gun in the world and the first light machine gun to be listed. However, due to its reliability, Brazilian police still use it to crack down on drug dealers. ▲ In Brazil, the M4 carbine and the ancestor's Madsen light machine gun fought side by side. Interestingly, most firearms are named by the designer or factory of the gun, and this gun is named after Danish Defense Minister Madsen. Because he actively promoted the equipment of the gun in the Danish army, he put his name in the full name of the machine gun (Madsen Rex D.R.R.S Scobo) and put it in the first place. ▲ Madsen was also the first light machine gun to enter China. The picture shows China during the Qing Dynasty. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Republic of China also imported more than 3,300 Madsen light machine guns, which also made great contributions to the war with the Japanese aggressors. The longest-serving heavy machine gun: M2 heavy machine gun Browning M2 machine gun, nicknamed "Laodopted Mother", is also a thorough veteran. Its predecessor was M 192 1 heavy machine gun, and it was fixed in 192 1. The gun is water-cooled, and the whole gun is bulky and too heavy, which will affect the hot and cold areas. From 1925 to 1935, the equipment quantity of M 192 1 is only 1000, and the equipment quantity is not large. ▲ In "Tiger Tiger gives birth to power", American sailors used M 192 1 to shoot Japanese military aircraft that attacked Pearl Harbor. Later, Colt Company improved the design of M 192 1, which made the improved model lighter and easier to operate than the original model, and changed it to air cooling and lengthened the barrel. 1933 officially changed its name to "M2HB". Thanks to the early promotion research of the US military bureau, M2HB heavy machine guns were popularized to all vehicles on land, sea and air before the end of World War II. Almost all American armored vehicles, tank infantry companies, fighter-bombers and some naval vessels are equipped with M2HB heavy machine guns, and even the Soviet Union is equipped with a considerable number of this type of machine guns as self-defense weapons for armored vehicles. ▲M2 heavy machine gun can easily penetrate the side of No.4 tank ▲ It feels that M2 machine gun can be reused 100 years. In the subsequent improvement, the United States developed a barrel that can be quickly replaced to meet the needs of today's operations, so M2HB has a suffix-QCB: meaning to quickly replace the barrel. Up to today, M2 heavy machine guns are still important equipment in many countries, including the US military, and can still be seen in various military equipment. ▲ MG-42 is the younger brother in front of Laoganma. Despite the advanced age of M2, the US military is still actively seeking the replacement of heavy machine guns. However, under the background that the M2 heavy machine gun and its improved version can still shoulder the heavy responsibility, it may take a long time for the M2 heavy machine gun to be officially retired. Finally, a classic sentence of MacArthur is used as the conclusion: veterans will never die, but will gradually wither away. ...