Alliance: The Silent War

I mean as a replacement for the .223.

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The 5.56 or .223 actually replaced the 7.62x51 and 30-06 round. Sure we still kinda use the m14 but the 5.56 replaced it as the main round used by our soldiers.

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From what I can tell, that was a very controversial move, with a lot of people claiming that it was politically motivated. They ditched the m14 because it was too heavy, but there was nothing stopping them from making an m16 that used 7.62.

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That exists, it's called the AR10. It's basically what the M16 was developed from.

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It's because it was a new weapon system that no one really wanted to trust at first. Honestly I'd still use the m14 but the m16 and it's variants are amazing with their versatility.

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Ive also heard that the m14 was a lot more reliable weapon. It would fire after being put into dust, whereas something like 1/3 of our soldiers complain about their m16s/m4s jamming. The 223 doesn't exactly have the ideal knockdown power. Ive seen things where insurgents hit by it still continued to fight...

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What I find most baffling is that we haven't already switched to an AR15 variant that is NOT gas operated. That should instantly increase weapon reliability by a significant margin.

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Excuse my ignorance, but what other forms are there to operate a rifle aside from bolt action and gas? I feel dumb asking, but i'd like to know.

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I was specifically thinking about a piston based solution. Rather than having the gas physically cycle the weapon, as it expands it pushes on a piston (in an enclosed chamber) that actually cycles the weapon. This keeps the dirty gas from flowing directly into the rifle's moving parts and leaving gunk on them.

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Ohh ook, that makes more sense now. Piston system like the HK 416?

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M16's during vietnam (the a1) actually had a lot of problems, but it wasn't the weapon system's fault. The manufactor basically said that there was no reason to clean etc etc so the govt told the soldiers ALSO there was something about them using the wrong powder something I can't exactly remember but it was a huge mess which caused it to jam so much.





I agree Piston based system sounds 100% better. I'm not exactly sure why they haven't but I'm sure it's because they don't feel like replacing thousands and thousands of rifles(money etc).

Whenever I cleaned my weapon I cleaned it until all you could hear was the action and that was only when you pulled the charging handle back all the way and let go. If you slowly pulled the action back you couldn't even hear the metal on metal. Never had a problem until I was shooting behind cover and a casing hit my hand and went back into the ejection port XD (still have the scar on my hand from the casing lol)

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Correct.

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Yeah, a lot of the earlier faults were not the rifles fault: having the ammunition changed last minute to one with very shitty and dirty powder, lack of cleaning supplies, telling soldiers it never needed cleaning, etc. However, that they are gas operated doesn't help matters at all.

As for the cost of the switch. I agree with the difficulty of replacing all of them. The problem is that they never stopped buying gas operated ones. Even if you leave the ones in service as-is until they actually need replacement, they should have started buying better new ones a LONG time ago.

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Will this difference in realiability be present in some from in Alliance? I have read that weapon jamming will probably not be present but how about things like water? I find it interesting that in most games, your weapon works fine after you spend a couple minutes dunking it in the water. Not even any water dripping off of it when you take it out.. which is rather puzzling imho.

It would make for a neat tactic for fooling people. You go swimming with your m16, drop it somewhere. And when someone comes along they go "hey, free gun" only to get the surprise of their life when they pull the trigger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjMH94PuT_I

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Pedantic Peter (not to be confused with pedobear) here...

The terms you all are looking for is direct impingement versus gas piston. Gas is involved in both operating mechanisms, it just hits different surfaces.

Gas. You know, like the stuff I'm spewing now .

Also, there are a dizzying array of mechanisms for cycling a firearm. Worth a read if you're bored:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic

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Submachine gun time!
MP-35


MP 3008


PP-19 Bizon


PP-91


PP 2000


K6 Borz


Calico M960


Colt mod 635


Beretta PM 12


Taurus MT9



But how could we forget about LMGs?

Stoner 86


Ultimax


HK221


Type 88 (china)


Type 96 (Japan)

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Aren't some of those technically "machine pistols"?

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Yes and PDW's.

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Hm, I can't say that I know the difference between the two. My ultimate wish is for alliance to have many of these guns that have never been seen before in any game. I believe I remember seeing the colt smg in Clear and Present Danger though now that I think about it.

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No you saw a short barrel m4. That more than likely is an ar15 with a 9mm upper.

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