We were the future. Post prototypes and proofs of concept. The

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>Pic related
80.002, a Soviet prototype, with a 12.7 mm grenade launcher and a 5.45x39mm gun.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYYC0cH9Xug

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Germans seem to be good at this stuff.

>>25336770

So, basically, what the average Kiowa pilot is like?

>>25336811
I love how it poses it as a question with a "why the fuck not?" attitude.

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>tfw you will never live in a retro-future

>>25336447
That's awesome. It's like the army was using starship troopers as a bible

>>25336770
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>>25336851

badass

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>>25336862
As they should.

Some of these seem viable TBH.

>>25336868
Funny how much (aside from the liberal allocation of weaponry) that looks like an actual ship that would be a thing nowadays

>>25336886
>liberal
>>>/pol/

I have a feeling that these ideas where thought up before the 1914 drug laws

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Lockheed Flatbed

>>25336974
What could go wrong?

>>25336989
and it was designed in the 80s, not the 50s

>>25336989
Are you blind? A bunch of shit could go wrong. The propellers are right behind the cargo, and there are no good restraints. You idiot.

>>25336618

A 12.7mm grenade surely couldn't hold that much HE. I mean it could be much bigger than an average .50 cal bullet because it wouldn't need much propellant, but still.

>>25336877
>Why don't we put radios in tanks?
How the fuck did they not think of this sooner

>>25336974
So instead of just using the Guppy, or a 747, or just asking the military to borrow a C-5, we could built this retarded thing, which will either break up shortly after taking off, or stall because lol 'we don't need to be aerodynamic' and crash into the suburbs.

>>25336618
>Only one bolt
So whenever you fire a 7.62mm round you're also ejecting a 12.7mm round?

Sounds like a great idea

>>25336984
I want these for the SHTF scenarios and the post-apocalyptic things that happen.

>tfw you grow up in the shadow of a tower
>they're used as places of worship now
>only a privileged few are allowed in, let alone up to the top

>>25337035
I don't see how it would even cycle...

>>25337010
i think it would be good for CQC. 12.7mm he rounds will fuck people up.

Aside from the few things that actually do exist now, it's amazing how ridiculously impractical this stuff is. I mean, I probably would have thought some of these ideas were cool when I was 10, but wow.

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>>25336447
>The wonkier the better.
Very well then

>>25336999
Shame that trips was wasted on all that autism.

>>25336900
Dont be fuckin silly.

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>>25336877
they weigh ton and are huge

>>25337116
Was this an attempt at some sort of land warrior equivalent?

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>>25337147
Norways Future Soldier version, prototype from around 2000 I think
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Soldier

latest version is a bit different

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>>25336868
>tfw This never happend

Also
>tfw no semi auto XM29s with a Semi-Auto 10 gauge instead of a 20mm

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>>25337127
I loved that book as a kid.

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>>25337173
Finland seems to be a bit more subtle with their "future soldier". Only thing that's kinda futuristic is their command pad on the left wrist.

>>25337106
I always hear the Jonny Quest theme, or Venture Brothers, when I see this clip

>>25337177
>Not wanting glorious air-burst grenade launcher

Comrade...

Also, no substitute for 4-Gauge.

KS-23 in America or bust.

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>>25337197
the normans system in that pic is just a wrist thing as well, it's mostly nav stuff and communication
here are the modules
the soldier in the other pic is wearing stuff like sensors for and such on his vest, but they are not part of NORMANS

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>>25337177
You mean a Crossfire Mk1? (ok, 12 gauge, still...)

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>>25337197
Please, that's nothing compared to the Sudanese Future Soldier.

>They achieved levitation.

>>25337127
>Breathalyzer lock on a tank.

>>25337106
I still remember how i was wondering what the fuck was Kojima smoking when he put these things in MGS3. To me even walking mech seemed more realistic and reasonable.

When i learned it was a real thing it fucking blew my mind.

>>25336770
>that nigger with a pistol
kek

>>25336747
it's face = :3

>>25337049
>>25337054
makes me feel bad that these military purpose landships don't exist

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FFV 890 C

A Swedish-modified Galil that was one of the two final competitors (all others having fallen out in the cold weather test) to become the AK5, where it lost out to a likewise Swedish-modified FNC. Officially the FNC was mostly just better, inofficially the FFV890C may have been better at pretty much everything but the price.

>>25337238
>Sudanese future soldier
>Almost 1st World soldier

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And an early design study/prototype from when they where thinking of swapping out the m/38 mausers for assault rifles to begin with. An AG42-based spotting rifle with a m/45 SMG grip and stock, and a fore stock which has probably been liberated from a mauser.

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>>25337071
This robocop literally pisses tear gas

>>25337423
>That stock
Ouch

>>25336770
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>>25336868
These all read like some shit straight outta fallout.

God dammit. Now I want to fix my mods and play some fallout.

>>25336974
now if this isnt the most retarded, derpy looking concept thing ever.

>lets carry jet fuel
>on the outside of the plane

>>25336825
Ban assault tanks, just think of the babies.

>>25337106
video source?

>>25336974
This picture gave me an aneurism

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Comrades, listen
Comrades, I have of brilliant idea
Comrades, listen
Aerodynamics is
Comrades, listen
Aerodynamics is of busted when having windows
Comrades
We make nose cover windows, and of never lose aerodynamics

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>>25337682
If only Sukhoi was able to follow through with their plans for that thing

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>>25337682

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>>25337682
that was actually a pretty common concept for super high-speed designs.

>>25336758
>construct your own ceramic kiln

Fucking sweet

>>25336967
>ground forces to quickly occupy irradiated battlefield
This would literally give me cancer

>>25336763
The bullets fragmented while going around the curve turning it into a macine-shotgun.

>>25336851
this thing would be pretty handy against IEDs

>>25337027
>theretardcorner.jpg

>>25337750
didn't the concorde do the same thing (although not quite as retarded)?

don't it be because the nose is so far up in the air when going slow you can't see enough to land with big delta wings like that?

although that sukoi has sweep wings so whats the point?

>>25337808
Don't worry, the war will be long over by that point. Or if it drags out ad nauseam, you're not going to be fit for combat by then anyway. So you can hang yourself safe in the knowledge that your country has no further use of you.

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>>25337962
Please, not this hideous thing.

>>25337190
>Guys, guys
>What if we protected bombers by replacing their bombs for a tiny fighter that has sub-par performance to anything else out there?

>>25337197
Is that a Travolta?

>>25336984

This actually happened...and then they abandoned them.

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/spencer-harding-the-long-lines/

>>25336447
>explosive charges for digging foxholes
Why didn't they make this standard, why?
I fucking hated digging foxholes in basic as a tall guy.

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>>25337894
Yeah, the concorde (and a couple other huge aircraft) had drooping noses for landing. Really having no forward view in cruise isn't that big of a deal, though, especially when you're cruising at Mach 3+ at 50k + feet

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>forgotten weapons

>>25336747
>TFW you'll never stumble upon one of these outfits as an Easter egg in fallout 4.

Thanks for all these

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>>25336811

>>25337394

>what is tsar tank ?

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>>25338082
Looks pretty nice from the side

>>25338037
Because you don't need a foxhole to protect you from the blastwave of incoming nukes.

>>25338132
Foxholes work kinda nicely against bullets and shrapnel too you know.

Or if you meant that the nuke makes the foxhole irrelevant, far form it. There's a small bit of "fucked no matter what" near ground zero, surrounded by a huge area where it's really great to have protection against the heat flash, blast wave throwing you around, and assorted debris being blown a round by the blast wave. Even the simple "duck and cover" will greatly reduce the risk of injury and death in that region.

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>>25338106
The MAT 49 should be easier to get.

>>25337708
why?
this hurts so bad

>>25338132
>You don't need a foxhole
FUCK OFF FOXHOLE GRABBER

>>25338149
And the wind my friend, it protects you from that fucking cold wind.

>>25338165
High speed low drag.

Except for landing.

>>25337071
>No A.I
Bitch. The people in the 20's feared the robot taking over.

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>>25336815
Get the hell outta here Bonsor, we got the game on!

>>25338174
I'm just imagining the pilots lowering the nose only to have a goose or something slam through one of the windows

>>25337190
Did he died

>>25336747
why do they make it look so ugly man

>>25336770
>>25336805
won't these be great for scouting and avoiding EID's

When you think about it, the basic idea behind all of that is pretty much exactly what we have now. CBRN gear, night optics, effective personal body armor, camoflauge uniforms, and squad level comms are all standard now, whereas before they were either nonexistent, unavailable in wide numbers, or only special issue.

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>>25336999

>>25336815

This one is pretty accurate. Except that satellites became the enabling technology instead.

>>25337077
>>25337054

yfw you will never watch a battle with the Tzar tank against electro tank.
Why live?

>>25337784

I have a sudden urge to make some subscriptions to those home handyman magazines. lol

>>25337997

That thing actually looks kinda cool....

Shame the actual FAMAS is more or less garbage.

>>25338293
These sort of threads are more about the aesthetics than about the ideas behind them.

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My own idea. Spent exactly 3 minutes in MS paint.

>Ambi charging handle and controls (long non-reciprocating rod running the length of the stock)
>full rail on top past the charging handle
>maybe elevate the rail so getting a cheek weld isn't such a chore
>interchangeable buttpads
>would just need to utilize the MPA rifles to have a 16" barrel

Ever since I found that one home made bullpup 9mm a few years ago I've really been wanting one.

>>25337962

Lel which country?

>>25337041

they see me rollin

>>25338201
Yes

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>>25338500
Still better than the PAPOP concept.

>>25336811
>>25336815
>>25336825
>>25336843
>>25336851
>>25336861
who this frank tinsley nigga

>>25339756

I honestly think some one saw Starship Troopers 3 and went "Those are neat guns, our boys out in the field need those!"

>>25339833
>hugeass gun
>heavy as fuck

They never thought about mechanized infantry and airborne troupes.

Plus I kinda like the fact that the famas doesn't need to rely on a grenade launcher attached to it. The PAPOP is exactly the opposite of it.

>>25339871

Rifle grenades may be a dated concept, but it's a lot less hardware to buy and maintain comparitively, as long as your rifle is strong enough for it. I can see their uses.

>>25339890
It kinda compensates for the fact that the famas is heavier than say a M16 or a FAL, you never have to attach anything else if you want things to go boom.

>>25339902
>FAL

Shit, meant scar.

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A reminder that these shitheaps were real.

>>25338106
goes out of frame at this point but it looks like the barrel extends automatically when you pull the magazine down.
neat

>>25339902

Damn, a bullpup that's heavier? That's disappointing, I don't even know the weight of a FAMAS.

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>>25337070
>>25338031
They're still being used in the UK. Mostly as phone masts, but they'll be standing for the next thousand years so why not?

This is one near my house.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Telecom_microwave_network

>>25337041
Fucking christ that looks dangerous as fuck.

What's wrong with a motorbike?

>>25336747
Literally the winter stormtroopers from Empire.

>>25339949
>Famas G2 3.8Kg
>M16 3.26Kg
>AUG 3.6Kg
>M203 1.36Kg
Not by a lot, but still heavier. The valorisé versions may be around the same weight as an M16.

I don't think it uses a lot of polymers plus it's made to resist the pressure needed to fire a grenade, so it has to be heavier.

That's why the GIGN doesn't use it a lot, it's too heavy for them and they don't need to use grenade launchers.

>>25337071
>You were born in the wrong universe to have a robot jizz tear gas into your face over labor riots.

>>25337402

Why must all Swedecuck guns have those awful pea green paintjobs?

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>>25337173
Why is it every single future soldier concept has the most dogshit computer integration? Curved screens are a thing. Decent capacitors are a thing. Integrated wifi is a thing. Touchscreens are a thing. Yet seemingly no developer has so far put together the brainpower to combine all these technologies into something like picture related, making such a device actually valuable and useful. They're always bulky pieces of shit with fuckloads of wires everywhere.

>>25340080
Believe it or not it takes a long time for components to be accepted as Milspec. They need to do all kinds of trials.

Unless it's specifically requested for a specific project it's not done - and if the project isn't absurdly funded then they just try and make do with what they have access to.

>>25340080
Many of those things you've listed would come at the cost of reliability and ruggedness, especially curved screens and touch control