To: Long Cut
Just to let posters/lurkers know this isn't a "hit-and-run" question, as I'm posting, then going
to do some work...
But my naive, only-shot-an-AR-15 once question is this:
Is there a reason(s) for not using a bull-pup configuration to give a more
compact weapon, especially since US forces have been making noise about the
difficulties of returning fire out of their HUMVEEs suring hot situations.
Just curious why the bull-pup isn't at least part of the US military small arms inventory.
430 posted on
11/23/2003 10:02:08 AM PST by
VOA
To: VOA
But my naive, only-shot-an-AR-15 once question is this: Is there a reason(s) for not using a bull-pup configuration to give a more compact weapon, especially since US forces have been making noise about the difficulties of returning fire out of their HUMVEEs suring hot situations. Bullpup configurations are have a number of properties that make them less than optimal in many ways. I haven't met a bullpup personally that I would prefer over a CAR15 type configuration. It would be possible to engineer a fine bullpup-ish design, but it would require some significant changes (or eliminations) to the baseline engineering assumptions that are not very feasible within the framework of NATO standards.
432 posted on
11/23/2003 10:09:07 AM PST by
tortoise
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