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Trip down the memory lane: EM-2 / Rifle No.9 (1949) SPIW/SALVO (1951) ACR Program (1980's) OICW(1990's- early 2000's) Hmm.. those buttons near handguard: this looks mighty familiar!

To a degree. 90's were a period of stagnation. "Bright ideas" from the 80's like G11, whole SPEW/SALVO project things turned out to be expensive duds. In the press of the time though- those were "guns of future". Post 9/11 things changed - especially things like optics, mechanically it was all...

Funny thing that. It seems so obvious in these days when you have access to lots of gun knowledge (if you can discern reputable sources) Looking through 2020 sourcebook. Every gun looks like SA80. RN-FAL Is sa-80/L85. When it was designed.. what were the sources? Soldier of Fortune? And now...

[click for high-res] Minor differences in decals and colours, also the one from cab seems to have bolt of sorts. To sum up: clearly chemical burner. no way to feed from magazine to chamber (not enough space for cartridge to pass under, unless it is some kind of blow-forward thing) What's with...

Corkscrew design looks like spiral fluting. Available today in custom rifles. It also clearly missing something where bolt should go. Controls suggest some energy weapon, too much fancy electric switches that serve no purpose on chemical-propelled one, then again, magazine says otherwise...