Ideal assault rifle

nah i think the ideal assault rifle is the near future electric rail guns. which means less moving parts to chamber the round. this is because in a conflict the biggest problems with assault rifles is the risk of them jamming in the heat of battle, the electric rail gun theoretically would solve this. of course SOPMOD modification to the M4 is quite nice

The Bushmaster ACR seems to be an interesting modular assault rifle design, but a FN2000 type bullpup seems a better balance to me.

My ideal assault rifle should start with a recoil less, cartridge less bullet.

How about we let the guys who actually use the weapons design the weapon...

It's just a little exercise, and if you are lucky enough to have had a successful design, you can sue colt or FN or HK when they take your design.

See what kind of fun a 6 page college essay about place can take away?

montyp165 said:

The Bushmaster ACR seems to be an interesting modular assault rifle design, but a FN2000 type bullpup seems a better balance to me.

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the ACR is the Masada with a change in the location of the charging handle and addition of a Gas adjustment. and now with the Massoud (named after the late Northern alliance leader,) a 7.62x51mm version of the ACR/massada previewed at the 2008 shot show I am even more Impressed.

the Fn2000 is a good sulution of the Bullpup issues but the forward eject causes it's own issues. and the system is still rear heavy unless one adds the EGLM and computerized sight.

Rail guns need too much power. just ask the navy they just got one to work but it eats power like nothing else so your rifle might end up looking and sounding and irradiating the user like the a portable nuclear proton reactor from ghost busters

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Rail guns need too much power. just ask the navy they just got one to work but it eats power like nothing else so your rifle might end up looking and sounding and irradiating the user like the a portable nuclear proton reactor from ghost busters

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Maybe not a rail gun, but a similar concept such as the metal storm, hand gun and area denial system. it uses an electronic ignition system to fire the bullets, allowing it to fire bullets at a much higher rate, yet fewer moving parts which means that there is less of a chance for it to jam. The handgun version of the metal storm fires 3 bullets a second, making it the most powerful and fastest in the world, imagine how much more fast and powerful it would be if the concept was adapted to a assault rifle

stahlman said:

Maybe not a rail gun, but a similar concept such as the metal storm, hand gun and area denial system. it uses an electronic ignition system to fire the bullets, allowing it to fire bullets at a much higher rate, yet fewer moving parts which means that there is less of a chance for it to jam. The handgun version of the metal storm fires 3 bullets a second, making it the most powerful and fastest in the world, imagine how much more fast and powerful it would be if the concept was adapted to a assault rifle

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What they don't tell you is practicality; Metal Storm might have a fast fire rate, but try getting a soldier to hulk enough ammo to last a firefight; not going to happen. Furthermore, reloading Metal Storm takes a long time, not something you want in a rapid firefight.

Pointblank said:

What they don't tell you is practicality; Metal Storm might have a fast fire rate, but try getting a soldier to hulk enough ammo to last a firefight; not going to happen. Furthermore, reloading Metal Storm takes a long time, not something you want in a rapid firefight.

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. true true.

for the time being and foreseeable future lasers, ion canons, micro missiles , and Rail guns are out. besides if it ain't broke don't fix it at least in methods of operation the best of the time being is a short stroke gas piston.