Azazia
05-01-2006, 02:44
[ooc: Ordinarily, I don’t design weapons – least of all ground/infantry types of weapons, at least I haven’t in a very, very long time – and so given that I need some weapons for my troops for a story I’m writing I figured I would do a brief write-up on at least a rifle I’ve been working on for a few days now. So please, if anyone has any criticisms – hopefully more constructive than anything else – please feel free to comment. This isn’t necessarily for sale or the start of a storefront or anything like that; I am simply looking for some commentary on what I’m thinking is a decent, semi-realistic weapon. So, in advance of any comments, I appreciate all the help anyone is willing to give./ooc]
L62 Battle Rifle
Caliber: 8.5x70mm
Barrel Length: 530mm
Weight: 4.25kg (empty)
Magazines: 20, 36
Rate of Fire: 500rds/min (safe only for short spans of time)
Modes of Fire: 1, 3 round burst
Effective Range: 700-800m
Featuring a bullpup configuration, the L62 rifle provides the Royal Army with a modern battle rifle capable of penetrating modern armours and with their blended metal ammunition, causing serious and often fatal injuries to those suffering the wrath of the United Kingdom. Designed after the Novikov War, where the shorter range assault rifles of the Royal Marines proved ineffective at longer range combat in open field, the L62 makes use of the compactness of the bullpup design while still sporting a full rifle length barrel and so is useful in both open field and urban combat scenarios.
The L62 features a free-floating barrel to help increase marksmanship, especially when used in conjunction with optical sights incorporating a 1x, 2x, and 5x zoom capable of overlaying different sets of data inputs. However, these technological advantages find themselves backed up by nothing short of the tried and true iron sights. Other issues taken into consideration were that of the ejection port for the spent shells, to best compensate for both right-handers and left-handers the weapon can be toggled to eject shells to either the right or left side.
The battle rifle will be issued first to frontline units of the Royal Marines and Royal Army before eventually replacing all assault rifles in the Royal Armed Services.
L62 Battle Rifle
Caliber: 8.5x70mm
Barrel Length: 530mm
Weight: 4.25kg (empty)
Magazines: 20, 36
Rate of Fire: 500rds/min (safe only for short spans of time)
Modes of Fire: 1, 3 round burst
Effective Range: 700-800m
Featuring a bullpup configuration, the L62 rifle provides the Royal Army with a modern battle rifle capable of penetrating modern armours and with their blended metal ammunition, causing serious and often fatal injuries to those suffering the wrath of the United Kingdom. Designed after the Novikov War, where the shorter range assault rifles of the Royal Marines proved ineffective at longer range combat in open field, the L62 makes use of the compactness of the bullpup design while still sporting a full rifle length barrel and so is useful in both open field and urban combat scenarios.
The L62 features a free-floating barrel to help increase marksmanship, especially when used in conjunction with optical sights incorporating a 1x, 2x, and 5x zoom capable of overlaying different sets of data inputs. However, these technological advantages find themselves backed up by nothing short of the tried and true iron sights. Other issues taken into consideration were that of the ejection port for the spent shells, to best compensate for both right-handers and left-handers the weapon can be toggled to eject shells to either the right or left side.
The battle rifle will be issued first to frontline units of the Royal Marines and Royal Army before eventually replacing all assault rifles in the Royal Armed Services.