Quote from: gold on Sep 20, 2016, 04:00:00 AM
The canon is full of things which make no sense militarily.
Like in an era where the standard-issue carbine is firing 10mm explosive-tip caseless rounds out to 2km at 950rpm, for the long range sniper rifle (M42a, labelled M4Ra in the game) to fire a standard 7.62x51mm NATO round looks positively toothless by comparison.
For a battle rifle to be worthwhile in a time and place in which 10mm explosive-tip rounds are standard-issue for carbines, you're either gonna need a GIGANTIC 20mm round for anti-materiel work, or you're gonna need the opposite extreme: something like the 4mm sabot SCAR round. Anything but a (by then) 230 year old 7.62 NATO.
Maybe its used for anti-bug operations unless its using the A19 rounds, which it says, "is usually used by USCM Snipers".
If i were a sniper, or could use a anit-material weapon, i would use the Armat Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle. Its depicted gibbing 2 humans in moded m3 armor with a single beam, 3 normalish xenos with a single beam, the m78 pig, or the M44 sledgehammer.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Sep 20, 2016, 12:46:53 PM
Quote from: Xenomrph on Sep 20, 2016, 08:42:27 AMDo you mean the Smart Gun?
I do. As a military weapon it doesn't stand up to even the smallest amount of logical scrutiny. It'd be fine for pest control (provided those pests don't lack an infra-red signature, like a certain Alien we know... ), but as soon as you come up against someone who can actually shoot back it would be totally pointless and a death trap for the operator.
I think parts of the series should be about the human interaction with other humans, i think Cameron was on to something with its design, i would like to see someone write stories in which the gun is useful in a smart way.
What are your thoughts on the M57 and M59/B smart guns? I thought the 57 was awesome, the gun itself isn't gudied anymore, just the projectiles, and it can shoot like that gun from fifth element. You know that gun Drax had. Or was his name Zor or Zurg?
The M59 is more similar to the M56 except its sensor is strong enough to see through walls, probably thick walls.