meh assault rifle

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  1. Avair

    Avair Member

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    be smg

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    the result of boredom + techno music
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  2. dizzyone

    dizzyone I've been drinking, heavily

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    are you serial
     
  3. Mr. Weedy

    Mr. Weedy I will report bugs on the bug tracker

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    Change the light blue to dark blue and add some more details. Let's talk after that.
     
  4. Jessiah

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    Looks like SPAS-12 (the body) meets AK-47 (the sight) meets Battle Rifle (the stock and magazine).
     
  5. theotherjms

    theotherjms Developer

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    ...meets TAR-21.
     
  6. Alceister

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    Magazine/ejection port is placed far too behind. You have no room for a firing pin assembly to actually fire the weapon. Of course, you can simply explain the whole thing off as electrically primed, but that's just lazy.
     
  7. Jessiah

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    Actually, for BE, thats not lazy. Their definitely advanced enough to utilize electricity based firing mechanisms.
     
  8. Alceister

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    But it is still a lazy explanation to that effect.

    Like saying "Magic!"
     
  9. Jessiah

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    I'll just point you to Metal Storm and let it explain the concept itself.
     
  10. Alceister

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    The problem is though is that electrical ignition isn't practical in small arms application in most cases.

    Now a modern ammunition cartridge is mainly composed of the bullet itself, the casing (usually brass), propellant (usually some variation of nitrocellulose), and finally, the primer. Now the primer is a little metal button at the base of the cartridge containing a small amount of an explosive solution highly sensitive to shock. In a firearm, the striker or firing pin usually hits this to set off the propellant and thereby discharge the bullet. The primer proper is usually deeply recessed into the cartridge.

    Electrical ignition is a whole different story. You can set off an explosion with electricity by running a wire through the explosive, but the problem is ensuring a secure and insulated connection between the cartridge and the ignition wires. Plus you have to use entirely different ammunition for the purpose because conventional ammunition won't work, as the casing and the primer are covered in metal.

    There are few electrically primed guns on the market, and most of them are single shot. Equally, they use specialized ammunition, which usually doesn't come cheap. And so far, attempts to make electrically operated guns have resulted in more problems than the concept is really worth.
     
  11. zenarion

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    I think you are forgetting that Empires has never been about realism.
     
  12. Alceister

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    Probably, but I would like to see people put that little bit of effort into their designs, to actually learn how they might work instead of guessing.
     
  13. Alceister

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    No complaints now. It can now plausibly work.
     
  14. Chris0132'

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    Looks like a gyrojet, except less sixties.
     
  15. mrmeow

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    like it alot over the default, do you have a game replacement model i could dl of it?
     
  16. Jessiah

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    Lawl, it's just a concept drawing xD
     

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