[mamelukesabre]

I understand your concept here, and I like it. But I don't care for either the AK or the BAR. The AK is a jack-of-all-trades, and master of none weapon that has nothing going for it except for it ability to fire no matter how much abuse it takes...and it's really really cheap to produce. The BAR is too slow and too big and too heavy and although I too have a soft spot for the 30-06 round, it really is inferior to the 308. The tommy gun is a beautiful weapon. great up close and can be fitted with a silencer very effectively. But there are probably others that are better nowdays. maybe a mac10 or a scorpion. But the tommy gun can take drum mags. You can't put a drum mag on a weapon that takes stick mags inside the pistol grip.

[LibKill]

There are other weapons.

The primary criteria must be reliability. If it ain't reliable it is a crime to make a trooper carry it.