All of this talk about the OICW abomination has gotten me thinking about how I would make a military weapon, and what it would be like. Bear with me, it's kind of different.
The action would be based upon the FN-FAL, with an adjustable gas regulator. The caliber would be .300 whisper (or perhaps another whisper round a little bigger). The ammo issued would be high velocity, with subsonic ammo being issued to special forces types. A suppresor could be screwed onto the end of the barrel. The gas regulator could be changed from high velocity to subsonic. Same gun, different mission. No need to use subguns for quite times. Plus the whisper would pierce body armor better than a subgun, and the trajectory would be better. Regular high velocity ammo would be more powerfull than a .223, and with an adjustable gas system the same gun could be used with no problem.
Seems like it would be a decent machine gun round too.
Folding stock, rail for mounting all sorts of optics, forward or standard. A few different sizes, 20" rifle, 16" carbine, and as short as possible with out malfunctioning for vehicle crews and such.
So is this a decent idea, or am I compleatly wrong?
The action would be based upon the FN-FAL, with an adjustable gas regulator. The caliber would be .300 whisper (or perhaps another whisper round a little bigger). The ammo issued would be high velocity, with subsonic ammo being issued to special forces types. A suppresor could be screwed onto the end of the barrel. The gas regulator could be changed from high velocity to subsonic. Same gun, different mission. No need to use subguns for quite times. Plus the whisper would pierce body armor better than a subgun, and the trajectory would be better. Regular high velocity ammo would be more powerfull than a .223, and with an adjustable gas system the same gun could be used with no problem.
Seems like it would be a decent machine gun round too.
Folding stock, rail for mounting all sorts of optics, forward or standard. A few different sizes, 20" rifle, 16" carbine, and as short as possible with out malfunctioning for vehicle crews and such.
So is this a decent idea, or am I compleatly wrong?