What is the next big advancement in small arms technology?

>>31927098
Likely case-less.

Anything else is so far off, it's not worth mentioning.

>>31927098
Davey Crockett rifles become standard issue.

Lighter telescoping ammunition and proliferation of infantry airburst weapons. Caseless is a meme, there are better alternatives.

>>31927098
Ian says optics. I say compact gyro stabilized self aiming guns: just point in the general direction and the system will automatically headshot your target.

Other than that, polymers, advanced materials, or production techniques that can make gun either lighter or cheaper to manufacture.

Far future: portable railguns

Head mounted displays with rifles that shoot where you look

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>>31927098
I don't see any big advancements coming.
You can only do so much with a tube that throws chunks of metal out via explosives.

I think, to a reasonable extent, we've basically perfected the concept.

Now it's just adding little shit to make each one more specialized.

But I'm just some faggot on the internet with highschool level education so what do I know.

>>31927150
That would require something body mounted and ideally some sort of safety preventing you from pointing a gun at literally everything you look at.

I doubt that'll be fielded for a long time, if it ever is.

Autonomous self-propelled artillery that follows infantry. All the soldier carries is a laser range finder / GPS coord calculator that he points at stuff that needs to die

>>31927169
>back mounted laser aimed self loading recoilles mortars

>>31927211
Fund it!

I'm going to draw some parallels to other technologies and guess that they can't get much better in principle; there'll probably just be refinements to some of the newer additions (optics) and better materials used.

>>31927211
> back mounted mortar
Now, I'm certainly no expert...but are you really sure about that?

Probably the Scout Rifle.

>>31927229
Just think about a backpack with a rifled grenade launcher coming out one of your shoulders, mounted on a electrically stabilized gimbal, the rest of the space is used to store ammo, electronics, and self feeding mechanism. On the other shoulder there's the optical sensor for rangefinding and shit. Trigger and optics are on your main weapon. Pinpoint accuracy with a grenade launcher even while running.

>>31927270
>mortar
breaks your spine

>grenade launcher
might as well be on a gun, back mounted offers no advantage

>>31927335
>Recoilless

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>bitches don't know bout my E-11

Blasters when

HUD linked helmet displays for accurate fire without aiming or even direct line of sight.

>>31927098
>small arms
>advancement
hurr durr /k/ what is the next big advancement in archery and sword fighting

>>31927545
Compound bows and modern metallurgy?
Nice try being a smartass though.

>>31927545
Guns were the next big advancement in archery, OP is asking what comes after that you total nigger.

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>>31927270

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Thermosetting polymer casings, polymer/aluminum/ceramic bullets, bullet geometries, electronic triggers...

All of these are already happening and will be adopted soon, if the laws allow for them.

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

The bullets in the pic are polymer with aluminum powder mixed in. They're fast as fuck and the bullet geometry causes a rapid transfer of kinetic energy, giving it a significant wound cavity.

>>31927098
Seriously speaking? My guess - liquid, multi-component propellant. Reduces wear and tear, removes the case, allow for programmed muzzle velocity. Non-combustible, untill components are mixed.

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>>31927270
SEKAI ICHI!

Focus on armour penetration as body armour becomes more and more common for the average infantryman

>>31927596
So you mean rocket fuel bullets? Been done, didn't work.

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END THE CASELESS MEME

>>31927606
Or not having a need to penetrate it at all.

Bio HUDs and scopes. Self healing/quick repair armor plates, kept in gel form hardening to strong crystal structure?

>>31927596

If anything, I'd picture it being measured as a liquid and then solidified in the casing, much like how rimfire primers are made.

>>31927564
And a WWI era firearm would still outperform any 21st century bow.

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Angel wing mounted Metal Storm?

>>31927098
Polymer, interchangeable upper barrel assemblies and cartridges for different operation, my futurewank side is still praying for widespread bullpup.

I think the real big innovation that's going to be coming in the future is in equipment and armor. Standard uniforms are probably going to start having integrated protective joint padding, kevlar, and plate carriers for better protection all around. I'm also still expecting/wanting the eventual adoption of full face helmets to protect from frontal gunshots. Full face helmets could probably integrate displays for optics and and gas masks/ventilation systems. Maybe we'll see invisible laser light attachments for rifles that can only be seen through a helmet display? Maybe a helmet mounted camera based translucent headsup display for night vision and thermals? Of course a translucent/transparent display would be bulletproof and if it's hit it should be readily removable and discardable.

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Giant robots when?

>>31927621
Meaning huds or scopes made from bio materials

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app-launching phone DDoS with trolling algorithm, the newest tactical weapon for the Twitter Wars. It can make a teenage girl commit suicide in 15 minutes flat and ruin a server admin's morning.

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>>31927165
Aliens used the motion tracker mixed with IFF tags to solve that problem. Though noncombatants would be a big problem in real life.

>>31927611
Yeah, and caseless ammunition didn't work the first time we tried it since heat transfer was such a problem. Funny thing about technology is that it keeps getting better so things that were not viable even a decade ago are now commonplace.

>>31927898
>Yeah, and caseless ammunition didn't work the first time we tried it since heat transfer was such a problem.
What are you talking about? We still haven't fixed that. If you're talking about the LSAT project, the caseless aspect was dropped ~2 years ago now, deemed unworkable. Its telescoping now.

>>31927898
The entire concept of rockets is incompatible with bullets.

Bullets work via explosions which results in all energy in the fuel being used at once, meaning the bullet can have super high acceleration.

Rockets work by burning off fuel at a relatively slow rate to provide constant thrust. Bullets are also no where near heavy enough for wind resistance to be negligible.

>>31927505
Literally just a F2000 chambering 7.62x51

>>31927970
A brilliant idea no one except for Nig-Tec and Bubbas is getting.

>>31927098

Probably having complete trigger guards.

>>31927098
>Including light weapons?
Bigger boom in smaller delivery system as always.
Maybe more accurate or better tracking.
>Small Arms
Accuracy improvements like the AK-12.
Or Smart Aiming systems that take out the math and guessing for you like TrackingPoint.
Anything else not actually currently being considered is a lie.

>>31927505
Hilariously enough I can actually see something similar to this becoming the new AR platform.

>>31927229
>>31927270
So a Blastoise

>>31927603
laffed

>>31927806
We Xenos now...?

Balanced action guns like the AEK and AK107. As we learn how to make shit lighter and still strong, we find more shit we want to put on our rifles. :P

And one day I think caseless will be a thing

>>31927582
woah I was wondering why electronic triggers are not a thing I was looking around for examples of it but it was all electronic ammo also which tanked in the market, that's really interesting i wonder if that will ever generate much interest. I get a feeling most people are too paranoid about electronic locks that might not catch on with anything more than a prototype.

I would like to see man portable lazor weapons be a thing.

In reality, maybe adding electronics to small arms function. Im thinking fire by wire kind of stuff. At least if it can be made to be reliable.

>>31927098
idk probably self-guided munitions.

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Laser turrets with high power cameras. The camera will scan for enemy soldiers and anyone who gets spotted will get an eye full of permanent blindness. It's downright evil, but it would be so very effective.

>>31927098
My guess is electronic integration of optics and firearm. Something along the lines of automatically adjusting for windage and bullet drop.
Granted the next big job could be something nobody can anticipate, based on what is now bleeding edge tech.

>>31927132
how does telescoping ammo work i cant seem to get my head around it? Also why would it be better it just seems more complex way to bulet?

>>31927367
Isn't getting hit with a blaster bolt akin to getting hit with a mini grenade or something?

>>31929029
sunglasses

>>31929029
>>31929270
Ronald Reagan Star Wars. Google it.

>>31927820
But the smart gun automatically targeted living beings, not just shot where you looked.

That would require a whole lot more RND before that'll ever see the light of day.

>>31927098
batteries

>>31927136
>portable railguns
I doubt that will ever happen.

>>31929196
They fire packets of highly energized particles that disperse explosively when they hit something.

So yeah, basically. That's what you have to remember when you see a supposedly ineffective set of armor in Star Wars. It's not that the armor sucks. It's just that blasters are extremely destructive and hard to defend against.

>>31929170
Imagine caseless ammo, except it has a case.

>>31928564

It also means that hacking your trigger to be full-auto would also be a thing. That's why the ATF frowns on the idea.

>>31927582
I use these as my carry ammunition. They feel so godamn weird putting them into the magazine. Like half the weight of FMJ.

>>31928564
i assume its because electronics are more likely to break in extreme conditions than simple mechanics

>>31930005

The one I posted has a mechanical backup, anyway.

>>31929458
It could. There are functioning designs, fuck even the railgun in Metro 2033 is a functioning design. The problem is that it only delivers enough energy to the projectile for it to barely even be able to penetrate paper. The only limitation is the energy used, so once portable energy sources catch up we might see them.

Integrated suppressors in literally everything

>>31927505
What exactly is the purpose of all that shit? What's that tube under the barrel? It already has a detachable magazine

>>31930302

Could be a flashlight/laser/camera...

>>31927612
Why don't we have this already?

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>>31927211
we predators nao

>>31927707
N E V E R

>>31930338
it's a lie

>>31930338
because ejecting a casing is a good way of losing a shitload of heat quickly

>>31927169
you mean like that crazy thing in future soldier?

That thing was amazing, and they let it follow you for the entire mission instead of
>ok you had your 5 minutes of fun, now fuck off because it broke down

>>31930302
That's the flashlight.

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>>31927970
Except its better.

>>31931262
>enhanced optic
oi I am laffin