Thiazian Army Kit - Rifle
Been musing on on rifles and which option to choose for my fictional Island state (Southern Indian Ocean) and am looking for some options on which path to take or whether there is another path for my...
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If you wanted to do something really crazy, adopt the US Navy's 6mm Lee Navy round and rifle. You could probably buy the tooling and surplus stuff cheap when the USN and USMC switched to the 30-03...
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Is it necessary (second option) to follow NATO? Why not go the whole hog and adopt the EM2; I've made the assumption that my Malacian army bought all the tooling when Churchill put NATO commonality...
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1. Hello Board! 2. What is the geography looking like? Central-European climate or Dschungle or different? 3. Professional army or conscription based?` 4. Own Production capabilities or none? 5....
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If you are going for a fully professional army (like the Australians) then adopt the FN FAL post WW2. If you are going to have a large number of conscripts (like the US Army in the 1960s) then go for...
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OK first off I got something wrong, Boer's used the 7mm Mauser (7.2mm by 57mm) not the 8mm (7.79mm by 57mm) and that is quite interesting!So if they follow the Boers, they are well set up to go for...
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I'd keep the Sterling as a 9-mm weapon, as you will still need to use this round for your hand-guns anyway (Browning HP?). Choice of the 'rifle round' will have an impact on what LMG and MMG you can...
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Zen9 wrote:OK first off I got something wrong, Boer's used the 7mm Mauser (7.2mm by 57mm) not the 8mm (7.79mm by 57mm) and that is quite interesting!So if they follow the Boers, they are well set up...
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Ok first off various states outside of NATO didn't follow them or if they did, it was many years later. More a number of Balkan states continued with new weapons for the 8mm Mauser after annoying the...
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Zen9 wrote: AK47 chambered for the Swedish round, cheaper than a FAL, reliable. Militia and Army view this as a serious contender. Why not use the round that was intended? The 7.62 X39 is a very...
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I feel the Mas 49/56 in 7.62 would have given them the best battle rifle.
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A few Qs that might help, How big rich is your fictional Island state ? (at different dates) Can we get any info about your nations relations with others ? (at different dates) How big is your armed...
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Why not use the round that was intended? The 7.62 X39 is a very good "battle round". When used in the SKS its accuracy is on par with most medium power rifle rounds. The AK47 itself has accuracy...
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JSB wrote:A few Qs that might help, How big rich is your fictional Island state ? (at different dates) Can we get any info about your nations relations with others ? (at different dates) How big is...
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Zen9 wrote:Why not use the round that was intended? The 7.62 X39 is a very good "battle round". When used in the SKS its accuracy is on par with most medium power rifle rounds. The AK47 itself has...
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Ahh!!!Missed a component in this story!!!Farquar-Hill Rifle.....ordered by the British Army in 1918, for 100,000 units, canceled in 1919. Apparently a pleasant rifle to shoot.An interesting 'what if'...
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