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[Zundfolge]

Bastards! How DARE you not mention the PM5!!!

Relax man ... I didn't want to steal your thunder

So is that a purpose built box-fed shotgun? or is that some sort of conversion kit?

 

[Scythe]

Thanks for the info on the grenades.

 

[Destructo6]

The ones with any blue are practice.

The red one says, "CN" on it, so I'd say that contains CN gas, which is a more potent lacrimator than CS (standard tear gas).

 

[The_Fur]

The russians have something even better.. A PUMP ACTION GRENADE LAUNCHER Don't have the details within reach ATM but they basically have a big shotgun that fires IIRC 30mm grenades from a tube like a oversized shotgun basically.

 

[FiringAimlessly]

Originally posted by Destructo6
CS (standard tear gas)

- Damn, I knew it was bad enough to "make Baby Jesus cry," but I didn't think they could use it THAT way!

Is it possible to shape a caseless round so that it could be chambered in a normal .223 rifle?

 

[Gryphon]

So is that a purpose built box-fed shotgun? or is that some sort of conversion kit?

For the $1000 I paid for it, it had damn well better be purpose built.

Is it possible to shape a caseless round so that it could be chambered in a normal .223 rifle?

I doubt it. A caseless weapon needs to be customized to the ammunition it's firing and vice versa. Something like an M16 would chew the hell out of a caseless round during the chambering cycle, causing all sorts of problems. Personally I think caseless is an idea whose time hasn't yet come. It's a neat concept, but not particularily well suited to the rigors of battle with current manufacturing techniques.

 

["Sp!ke"]

Just gonna re post this because I think it got lost in page 5, and nobody read it

http://www.army-technology.com/cont...guns/fnherstal/ claims that the 5/7 can have have one round in the chamber and still be safe to walk around with, is that a normal thing to do? And should it be in Inf? (20+1 bullets from the beginning)

 

[Gryphon]

...claims that the 5/7 can have have one round in the chamber and still be safe to walk around with, is that a normal thing to do?

Yes. I can't think of a police officer or soldier in the world that would perform their duties without a round chambered, regardless of what they were carrying.

And should it be in Inf? (20+1 bullets from the beginning)

Having a round chambered does not necessarily mean you have one round over and above the stated magazine capacity. It means a round has been stripped from the magazine and is awaiting ignition in the chamber. The ability of a firearm to be carried with a round chambered is obvious, although with some handguns this is a risky practice (1911's, Brownings, any single-action semiautomatic). Normally this means there is one less round in the magazine. Optionally, if you have one extra round you could then eject the magazine, load the extra round, and have a magazine + 1, although no standing force I know of practices this.

 

[Goat Fucker]

Originally posted by Gryphon
although no standing force I know of practices this.

I belive thats more an issue of uniform and supply than anything else, when given a magazine fed weapon, you are supplied with magazines with which to feed it, and enough rounds to do so, that means what you carry in youre ammo pouch will add up to what can be held in youre magazines, so inorder to do a magazine+1, you would have to leave out a round for another magazine...no army i know of gives its troops more than they are supposed to carry, army's are tax fed weapons afterall

It would probably be more normal to find this practice amongs police officers, as they generally have to buy their own ammo, or atleast are supplied on a more loose basis.

 

["Sp!ke"]

Had to read it through twice but i got it in the end, thanks.

 

[Scythe]

on the chambering 20 + 1 you already can at least you used to be able to with the DE and M9 you just fire all the bullets but one and then load a new mag
I never did it in combat, but I did it all the time on the range.

on the FAMAS in game you hit the attachment button and hear a click; what is that IRL?

 

[anaemic]

i demand someone posts a picture of michael jackson and some zombies in this thread...

 

[Puncher]

There's a switch in the back of the FAMAS which allows you to switch between burst/full-auto. The switch in the front (normal weapon mode key) switches between semi/auto (which depends then on the position of the other switch).

 

[Scythe]

thanks man!


thats a little redundant why not have 1 fire selector ? I'd think it would be easier. Meh ah well . thanks again

 

[Dr.J]

hey ive got a question about the foward assist on a M16.... in games like inf and raven shield, everyone just taps the cocking lever when they reload after completely emptying a magazine. then i saw americas army and saw that they push the foward assist. then i got that confirmed by M16 manuals. but then i saw that cmag vid that recon1337 posted up a while ago in the duplex mag thread in the new ver suggestions section and the guy in that just tapped the cocking lever. so may someone tell me - is it necessary to push the foward assist when you reaload an empty m16?

 

[OICW]

Not necessary (since hitting the bolt catch makes the bolt move forward), the FA is there only to force the bolt fully forward if it doesn't go forward for whatever reason. Tapping it is just to ensure that the bolt is fully forward.

I probably wouldn't bother tapping it in RL at all, and especially not when I need to reload in a hurry.

 

[Freon]

i know that a bullet doesn't weight enough to send a guy flying away and all; but in movies p) guys shot while wearing a kevlar vest with a pistol always get bruised ribs

hollywood BS again?

 

[Scythe]

I think thats real I mean youre talking a tremendous amount of energy being dispersed into the vest and while it is spread along the length of the fiber; youre still effectively being hit in the ribs wiht a piece of metal

 

[JackReacher]

Depends on the size of the round.

 

[Scythe]

a .45 will for sure