gun theory
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geebsHmm, thank goodness there's only half and hour left to go. The day went surprisingly fast, though unfortunately not uneventfully. Phone ringing off the hook, having to test new stuffs, and a sitch with one of the upses that was fortunately resolved before the next round of storms comes through. Did some CCNA studying, reading up on the use of ACLs.
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mike_b's mention of Starcom got me on a fictional weapons kick and prompted some ideas on "space marine" weapon design. I was looking up weapons of the current "future shooters", like Halo, Killzone, and Gears of War. And it had me thinking of ideas for bv('the best') arm for your future soldier. I liked the BR55 series battle rifle from Halo, as it seems to be a good all around weapon. The bigger caliber has its advantages (more range and power, more effective against hard targets) and disadvantages (heavier, lower capacity), but it seemed better overall. Now combining the design with the helghast assault rifle, i.e., mating the battle rifle with an underslung shotgun type weapon (preferebly 10 gauge or heavier) would make it lethal close up and at range.
Why not a grenade launcher? Well, with a shotgun, you get a wider variety of rounds without going into overkill. I mean, there's a lot of commonality between grenade and shotgun rounds nowadays, but the number of flechettes/amount of buckshot in a typical 40mm grenade round of those types is a little too much for use in urban warfare and close in fighting, I think. And the new frag-12 rounds show you can have explosively lethal force effective against vehicles and other lightly armored threats and ranges well past what was considered the max effective range of the shotgun. Sure, it may be considered gimpy to an actual grenade, but does your standard infantryman need that much firepower? Give your squad's riflemen access to this "weaker" firepower, and if you need heavier stuff, designate a squad member to carry a multiple shot grenade launcher like our current M-32s.
Now onto sighting systems. The BR-55's design had shades of both the French Fa-mas and the HK G36. I think a sighting system similar to Germany's G36 setup might work. Have an integral CCO (close combat optic) type scope, and a universal mounting rail on the upper portion of the handle above it to mount whatever scope the user desires for long ranged shots. That would solve the current aimpoint m3 vs trijicon acog debate (aimpoint is good for reflex sighting and is compatible with nvgs, trijicon can be sighted to longer ranges, and has tritium inserts for use in day or night, but not compatible with nvgs). The integral reflex sight would be used for quick shots, but for sharpshooting, one could use whatever scope they wanted mounted on the handle.
Since this is a future weapon, I hesitated making it some sort of laser or other type of particle beam or plasma type weapon. However, that doesn't mean it has to be gas/mechanically operated like today's guns. I was debating with an electrical firing system- this would cut down in the number of moving parts, thus enhancing accuracy. I got the idea from the electrical triggers remington had on some of their remington 700 rifles, mated with some of the ideas behind Cyberpunk 2020's electrothermal enchanced weaponry. Rather than having the remington's electrical trigger fire the pin, it would instead use ammo whose propellant was ignited through an electrical charge rather than the impact of the firing pin on the back of the shell casing. Thus, pressing down on the trigger would send an electrical charge into the casing, causing an electrochemical reaction that ignites the propellant and sends the bullet down the barrel. Supposedly, this gets a cleaner "burn" and better velocity.
Of course, the problem is, what if you run out of batteries? But wait, since the firing of the weapon is an electrochemical reaction, is it usable in non-oxygen environments?
Yes, I think about the weirdest things.
mike_b's mention of Starcom got me on a fictional weapons kick and prompted some ideas on "space marine" weapon design. I was looking up weapons of the current "future shooters", like Halo, Killzone, and Gears of War. And it had me thinking of ideas for bv('the best') arm for your future soldier. I liked the BR55 series battle rifle from Halo, as it seems to be a good all around weapon. The bigger caliber has its advantages (more range and power, more effective against hard targets) and disadvantages (heavier, lower capacity), but it seemed better overall. Now combining the design with the helghast assault rifle, i.e., mating the battle rifle with an underslung shotgun type weapon (preferebly 10 gauge or heavier) would make it lethal close up and at range.Why not a grenade launcher? Well, with a shotgun, you get a wider variety of rounds without going into overkill. I mean, there's a lot of commonality between grenade and shotgun rounds nowadays, but the number of flechettes/amount of buckshot in a typical 40mm grenade round of those types is a little too much for use in urban warfare and close in fighting, I think. And the new frag-12 rounds show you can have explosively lethal force effective against vehicles and other lightly armored threats and ranges well past what was considered the max effective range of the shotgun. Sure, it may be considered gimpy to an actual grenade, but does your standard infantryman need that much firepower? Give your squad's riflemen access to this "weaker" firepower, and if you need heavier stuff, designate a squad member to carry a multiple shot grenade launcher like our current M-32s.
Now onto sighting systems. The BR-55's design had shades of both the French Fa-mas and the HK G36. I think a sighting system similar to Germany's G36 setup might work. Have an integral CCO (close combat optic) type scope, and a universal mounting rail on the upper portion of the handle above it to mount whatever scope the user desires for long ranged shots. That would solve the current aimpoint m3 vs trijicon acog debate (aimpoint is good for reflex sighting and is compatible with nvgs, trijicon can be sighted to longer ranges, and has tritium inserts for use in day or night, but not compatible with nvgs). The integral reflex sight would be used for quick shots, but for sharpshooting, one could use whatever scope they wanted mounted on the handle.
Since this is a future weapon, I hesitated making it some sort of laser or other type of particle beam or plasma type weapon. However, that doesn't mean it has to be gas/mechanically operated like today's guns. I was debating with an electrical firing system- this would cut down in the number of moving parts, thus enhancing accuracy. I got the idea from the electrical triggers remington had on some of their remington 700 rifles, mated with some of the ideas behind Cyberpunk 2020's electrothermal enchanced weaponry. Rather than having the remington's electrical trigger fire the pin, it would instead use ammo whose propellant was ignited through an electrical charge rather than the impact of the firing pin on the back of the shell casing. Thus, pressing down on the trigger would send an electrical charge into the casing, causing an electrochemical reaction that ignites the propellant and sends the bullet down the barrel. Supposedly, this gets a cleaner "burn" and better velocity.
Of course, the problem is, what if you run out of batteries? But wait, since the firing of the weapon is an electrochemical reaction, is it usable in non-oxygen environments?
Yes, I think about the weirdest things.
