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If you could fuk off the SA-80.. what weapon would you most like?
The_Sloping_Wire said:The truth (tip top PC answer!)
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Auld_Sapper said:Ah, guns ? What type,well..erm...here's my tupence worth.
Fisrtly bear in mind 'tis a whiley since I handled a weapon. I even predate the fabled SA80 and speaking as an ex oggie I have to say that ballistic doo-dahs, trajectory hoo-hahs and stopping powery bloo-blahs matter not a fig. If I had ever got around to having to shoot things I'd have been properly miffed as it meant some Infantry oiks had failed in thier mission to keep the bad people away from the brains of the outfit. No, practicallity is the name of the game here so......
Firstly I'd keep the SLR, knew it,liked it and it looked like a proper gun, but, some 'in house' mods would have been the way forward, vis....
I suppose it would have to have one of those boxy things for the bullets, 'case the oiks let the baddies through, but the addition of a decent bottle opener would be a start along with a built in baccy tin and a striker strip for the matches or even some kind of zippo attachment. Handy for lighting fuses too I suppose.
The lumpy bit at the end, erm.. butt ?? well thats ok as it is but needs to be massivley strengthened for hammering nails and the removal of stiff bridging pins. It should also contain the new 'self cleaning'kit and bringing it right up to date a nice MP3 player and Sat Nav unit.
The pistol grip and the stock would have built in hand warmers, be teflon coated to repel muck and have a proximity sensor so that if you walked away without it after having a tom on exercise it would bleep loudly.
The slotted thing at the very end would also be modified so that if you used it to lever open the steel banding on ammo crates it would'nt affect the zeroing.
The bayonet, in keeping with the multi tasking ability of the Corps, would be many bladed and include 'one of those things for removing the stones from horses hooves'. The cutting edges of said blades would of course be dulled, it being a well known fact that if you give a Sapper summit sharp not only will he cut himself, but, also everyone else in a 10m radius, chippies being particularly prone to this.
A small mirror and compact to ensure the 'warryest cam looks', secure storage for yur condoms (water carrying ! what else ?) and an enlarged Suet sight that incorporated the latest flat screen technology, an internet link and mini mouse so's you can surf porn when the Zazzman thinks your 'looking to your front'.
Just about covers it I think.
A lot of people regard the FN/FAL as the best main battle rifle of all time. The factory iron sights could be improved upon, but other than that, I'd be at a loss to find a fault.
I believe that Heckler & Koch used to market a version of the 91 that actually had a bottle opener fitted into the receiver. The idea was to stop people from deforming the lips of their magazines (the boxy thing that holds the bullets) by using them for the same purpose.
There was a Sharps carbine, used during the USA Civil War, that had a coffee grinder in the stock. They put it there so that the soldiers wouldn't feel the need to smash the stuffings out of the weapon by using the butt to crush coffee beans.
"...enlarged Suet sight..."? Never heard of it. A means of luring sparrows and squirrels into range during E&E exercises perhaps?
Not_Whistlin_Dixie said:"...enlarged Suet sight..."? Never heard of it. A means of luring sparrows and squirrels into range during E&E exercises perhaps?
I think it's still in the prototype stages, so they've yet to get the style designers inAuld_Sapper said:Michty, Soft Pawn, what a horrid, brutal looking thingy