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Post Future Guns.
Or theory's on the future of small arms.
The next big breakthrough, will be the implementation of polymer cased ammo.
The proliferation of body armor, and military grade exoskeletons, will allow soldiers to carry more ammo, and to be covered with more plates.
10mm WILL replace 9mm, as 9mm lacks both penetration, and terminal effect.
The implementation of airburst Grenade Launchers, will dominate combat past 200M.
Urban/Space Station combat, will see that bullpup rifles become dominant.
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>>31981527
I saw a video of pic related on youtube a few years back, I'll try and find it. The guy had managed to make a real firing Halo franchise assault rifle (assuming MA5B). I'm guessing he molded a frame around a 10-22 or something
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>>31982153
Found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcR85DdgFBU
probably a 10-22 inside
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>>31981527
>10mm WILL replace 9mm
Which is why the FBI went 9 > 10 > 40 > 9
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Ground combat will keep metal bullets but replace brass casings with degradable (or even flammable, if stable) casings for lighter weight.
Space combat will use frangible rounds for the first 5 years of its existence, after which laser weaponry will be implemented. The main obstacles for that are power (solar is more efficient and plentiful in space) and atmospheric dissipation of photons (which doesn't happen in space). Plus, when it costs $10,000 to lift 60 rounds of 5.56 plus magazines to low earth orbit, energy weaponry will rapidly pay for itself.
As a result, body armor will be focused on heat dissipation and nonreactiveness to light rather than kinetic stopping potential.
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>>31981527
MA5B is best MA5
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>>31982259
True, but the MA37 is better.
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>>31982295
I prefer the H5 version.
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>>31982173
Exactly it's about to come full circle back to 10mm again soon
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The future of weapons is here now with the revolutionary Armalite 15. This advanced rifle can fire at a devastating 750 rounds per minute and lay waste to entire kindergartens in seconds. It has polymer parts including this carry handle at the top *grabs handle* so you can carry it like this instead of slinging it. That's useful. Californian engineers have been hard at work keeping this war machine up to date with the latest technology. This model comes with a button that lets you change the magazine in seconds instead of minutes and if that fails there's a backup system. It even comes with a flashlight, giving you unparalleled visibility while blinding attackers at night. To adapt to the rigors of the modern battle field engineers created an innovative new method of collapsing the stock into itself like a telescope, meaning bad guys are stuck with rifles too long to use indoors while the ar15 just keeps ticking. If all that firepower wasn't enough, it even comes equipped with a shotgun under the barrel for maximum damage and adaptability. These machines require special credentials to use so don't think you can get your hands on one any time soon, but feel safe knowing our troops are dominating the battlefield with these Future Guns.
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>>31982248
Energy weapons have multiple issues.
1. At current technology, 30 rounds of 5.56 NATO VASTLY outperforms, any energy weapons.
The weight of batteries, coolant, and the weapon itself, is far heavier than a super lightweight M4 with polymer ammo.
2. Penetration. A laser weapon transfers thermal energy to the target. Spacesuits, are VERY good at insulation. Also a aerogel layer in the suit, or ablative armor will make lasers near useless.
3. Reliability.
Guns work. Until lasers are made grunt proof, it would be stupid to issue them in combat, see the M16 in Vietnam for example.
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>>31982295
The WORST Assault Rifle of the series?
You have to be 18 to post here kid.
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>HK Slap reload for MA5B in Halo CE
>Absent in all future Halo titles
p-please come back
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>>31982295
>bad in close quarters
>only 32 rounds
>slow as fuck ROF
kek
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>>31982173
That was bitch wrists. They wanted 10mm but female "agents" couldn't hack it.
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>>31982500
aesthetics. Besides, the games are not representative of actual performance.
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>>31982315
The Muzzle break is badass, but the color scheme.... Why did Bungie/343 never implement weapon mod's, like Crysis did.
>Halo ODST 2.
>Ghost Recon AW/Halo fucked.
>1/2 of the game is UNSC vs Insurrection.
>No health regen. No COD style shooting.
>Stealth is VITAL.
>Elite's are mini bosses. 1v1 you WILL LOSE.
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>>31982803
God that would be so fun. I never even played Halo 5, but that would totally get me back into Halo.
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>>31982803
>343 will never let it happen and the closest thing we have is Operation Trebuchet
Goddammit, I just want to operate as a marine/ODST with optimized kits.
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>>31982951
OpTre is basically the reason I picked up Arma 3, loads of fun on Tanoa.
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I just want one of these.
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>>31982508
CE was the best Halo.
Not saying I didn't LOVE THEM up until after Reach
But god damn CE was the fucking shit
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>>31981527
LSAT.
Pike 40mm missile.
Smart Scopes.
Some assembly required.
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>using anything other than the ma5b
60 shots of 7.62x51.
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>>31981527
>REAL FUCKIN NATO still can't go through an Elite's shields and kill it in a single 60/34 round mag
I always drop it in favor of a BR/Plasma Rifle.
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>>31982434
Triggered laughs and nostalgia
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>>31985044
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>>31983576
the RFB/RDB is sorta close. just needs a longer barrel and a body kit, really.
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>10 posts in
>No mention of G11
The future is here already
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>>31981527
Could this weapon shape be possible as with the display of ammo?
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>>31982478
This.
When the energy capacity of a battery versus its weight has a better ratio than that of gun powder, then energy weapons will be considered more than a joke.
I'm not saying it will never happen, but anyone would opt for a traditional rifle of any kind over a laser that fires for 10 seconds and requires a 50 lb backpack loaded battery.
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So, which would be more practical for riot police:
Exploding darts
or
Lasers
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I'm gonna give this thread's tight little dumper a long hard bumper.
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>>31983820
>has a 60 round magazine and has the fire rate and damage similar to a MG42
>goes to a shitty 32 round magazine rifle in halo 3 that has the damage of an automatic pea shooter
Has Bungie ever explained this? Was it because they wanted people to use the SMG more?
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>>31988355
fuck the police
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>>31982560
On Heroic it is
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>>31982803
Sounds fuckin TIGHT
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>>31983576
It's literally an AR
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>>31983576
looks more like a really long tavor x95
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>>31987165
that's fucking magic, not technology. kraut space magic.
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>>31989744
Yeah, I feel that the SMG was sorta artificially forced on players. I would have preferred a weapon system that filled an entirely different role.
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>>31987165
wat is this aryan cosmic wizardry
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>>31991370
I don't believe you. Mainly because you still have all the other gameplay conceits. If they want it to be representative, make it representative.
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>>31982803
So basically Republic Commando: ODST edition
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>>31982434
>tfw Mack has a few months left to live due to Stage 4 Glioblastoma brain cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQU7Q86hJpU
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>>31989744
in the lore, they said that the 60 round magazines caused reliability issues
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>>31992572
And what about the fire rate?
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>>31981527
>The proliferation of body armor, and military grade exoskeletons, will allow soldiers to carry more ammo, and to be covered with more plates.
It's a cool idea, but I wonder how practical it is with tungsten carbide rounds like M995 and M993. Those things go right through level 4 plates, and need 25mm of HHA to stop. It might not be practical to have enough armor to stop these rounds that can be fired from conventional rifles. Next time two industrial powers go to war I think we can expect their body armor to not do a whole lot for them.
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>>31993848
If that happens, soldiers will just stop wearing it. They'll shift the development of exoskeletons toward allowing an unarmored soldier to move faster.
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