Kaukolastan
16-01-2004, 08:12
Excerpts from Kaukolastan Firearms Magazine
Caseless Round Personal Defense Weapon (CRPDW/N.01)
Armatech Industries has a new slogan, "The Future of Combat", and if the CRPDW is any indication, then they're not bluffing. I had the pleasure of firing one of these guns at a recent show, and I'll tell you, there is no finer gun for personal defense. Built from a joint Armatech and Sag Industries concept, the design is simple in concept, but innovative in its creation. Small (2mm) bullets, wrapped in a molded explosive, are fed from a clip just in front of the molded pistol grip. The first round is loaded, and when the trigger is pulled, a small spark (generated from the rear-inserted battery) strikes the explosive and detonates it. This fires the bullet through whichever of the three barrels is currently aligned. The vaccuum pulls the next round into the chamber, and the recoil is diverted to spin the next barrel into alignment. This in turn, charges the spark chamber, and triggers the next round. The current is checked by many sources, including a resistor plate over the clip, the removal of the trigger/primer, and an alignment groove on the barrels. In such a method, this gun fires at speeds of over sixty rounds per second.
With a flip of a switch, the clip falls away, and the tri-barrel assembly detatches. To load another assembly while the first cools, one must simply push the barrels into the receiving end and turn them, much like one loads bits into a drill. Armatech has incorporated many redundant current safeties into the gun to prevent misfire or misuse, including palm-coding and an overheat breaker that prevents firing into a fused barrel. Each of the 2mm "Needles" is made of Tungsten Carbide, designed to slide through armored vests, and this gives the gun it's nickname, the "Needler".
The clips are available in 30, 60, and 120 round variants, double-stacked. More could be loaded, but the barrels generally fuse at about 200 rounds continuous, and with the firing speeds, that is no time at all. This gun is designed for defense only, as it depletes its clip in under a second with 60 or less rounds. It is a guaranteed kill on the target, but in a multi-target engagement, the firing rate becomes a deficiency rather than a boon. (It has been suggested to swing the gun in an arc and leave a "buzz saw effect" of Needles, but this is likely to cause massive collateral.) The military has already picked up this weapon and dubbed it the N.01, and it is catching on with personal defense enthusiasts and bodyguards. It has my recommendation.
(The N.01 Needler comes with a laser sight.)
Caseless Round Personal Defense Weapon (CRPDW/N.01)
Armatech Industries has a new slogan, "The Future of Combat", and if the CRPDW is any indication, then they're not bluffing. I had the pleasure of firing one of these guns at a recent show, and I'll tell you, there is no finer gun for personal defense. Built from a joint Armatech and Sag Industries concept, the design is simple in concept, but innovative in its creation. Small (2mm) bullets, wrapped in a molded explosive, are fed from a clip just in front of the molded pistol grip. The first round is loaded, and when the trigger is pulled, a small spark (generated from the rear-inserted battery) strikes the explosive and detonates it. This fires the bullet through whichever of the three barrels is currently aligned. The vaccuum pulls the next round into the chamber, and the recoil is diverted to spin the next barrel into alignment. This in turn, charges the spark chamber, and triggers the next round. The current is checked by many sources, including a resistor plate over the clip, the removal of the trigger/primer, and an alignment groove on the barrels. In such a method, this gun fires at speeds of over sixty rounds per second.
With a flip of a switch, the clip falls away, and the tri-barrel assembly detatches. To load another assembly while the first cools, one must simply push the barrels into the receiving end and turn them, much like one loads bits into a drill. Armatech has incorporated many redundant current safeties into the gun to prevent misfire or misuse, including palm-coding and an overheat breaker that prevents firing into a fused barrel. Each of the 2mm "Needles" is made of Tungsten Carbide, designed to slide through armored vests, and this gives the gun it's nickname, the "Needler".
The clips are available in 30, 60, and 120 round variants, double-stacked. More could be loaded, but the barrels generally fuse at about 200 rounds continuous, and with the firing speeds, that is no time at all. This gun is designed for defense only, as it depletes its clip in under a second with 60 or less rounds. It is a guaranteed kill on the target, but in a multi-target engagement, the firing rate becomes a deficiency rather than a boon. (It has been suggested to swing the gun in an arc and leave a "buzz saw effect" of Needles, but this is likely to cause massive collateral.) The military has already picked up this weapon and dubbed it the N.01, and it is catching on with personal defense enthusiasts and bodyguards. It has my recommendation.
(The N.01 Needler comes with a laser sight.)