![]() "You would own the battlefield."Ī regular light machine-gun shoots the same ammunition as the other troops' rifles, but it is normally fed from a long belt rather than a magazine with only 30 rounds, and an LMG is designed to be fired on full auto for sustained periods (though in short bursts only, or even its heavy barrel would soon fail due to overheating). "I could see a whole squad carrying it," said Specialist Brandon Smith of the US Army, having participated in the trials lately, meaning that all soldiers would have such firepower in their personal weapons, not just specialists. The machine-gun that only weighs as much as a rifle. Unfortunately this means that a gunner or one of his mates has to lug around a spare barrel on top of all the other gear festooning the section: and steel gunbarrels, especially ones meant to stand up to sustained automatic fire, are heavy things. The gunner can thus keep on shooting while the first barrel gets a chance to cool off. Thus, modern machine guns are generally designed so that the barrel can be swiftly swapped for a spare. The only problem is that even firing professional, short, controlled bursts, one will quite soon heat up your gun's barrel to the point where it will start to melt and become useless. It's the gunner's job in a firefight to put continuous firepower on the enemy, so keeping him pinned with his head down and allowing the gunner's team-mates to manoeuvre and win the fight (that's the theory, anyway). Nonetheless, he's expected to fire it on full automatic as a matter of routine, if not perhaps with the gay abandon seen in the movies. As he has to hump his gun and most of his ammo himself, it certainly doesn't have a cooling water jacket around its barrel in the style of former days. Only light in the context of machine-guns, though.Īt the moment in most modern armies, one soldier in each four-man fire team carries a light machine-gun (aka Squad Automatic Weapon in some circles). Well, it's the result of a couple of new technologies that US military boffins have successfully tested in the past year, both initially aimed at easing the life of machine gunners within infantry sections*. They're light enough that you can carry plenty. When it does finally run empty, no need to fret - you snap in another massive box of rounds. But, amazingly, you can fire long bursts on full auto as though you were in a movie without stripping all the rifling out of the bore: and then fire more long bursts without reloading, because your weapon holds easily fifty or a hundred rounds, while remaining light enough to handle easily in a close-up firefight. You carry a weapon - it's called a "machine rifle", perhaps - which is no heavier than a normal assault rifle of today. You're not a SWAT door-kicker any more, but an infantryman of the (perhaps quite near) future. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Citadel terminal entries terminal, R91 5.The Hollywood style machine-rifle that can fire for ages on full auto without reloading or melting its barrelĬhange time again.↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout and Fallout 2 item description: "".For other versions in Fallout Shelter, see rusty assault rifle, enhanced assault rifle, hardened assault rifle and armor piercing assault rifle.For the unique R91 assault rifle found in Fallout 3 cut content, see Wanda.Like any firearm, the R91's effectiveness and accuracy will suffer without regular maintenance. ![]() As a result, despite the war having taken place two centuries ago, the R91 can be found commonly throughout the ruins of D.C., currently utilized by slavers and raiders as well as sold by legitimate traders and arms dealers. The weapon was used by troops on the Anchorage front and served as the National Guard's standard issue rifle during urban pacification operations, who were fully deployed in Washington D.C. Chambered for 5.56mm ammunition, the R91 full-auto urban assault rifle is common throughout the Capital Wasteland. Manufactured by civilian defense contractor Stent Security Solutions, the R Series of combat assault rifles was used reliably following the discontinuation of the M series in the early 21st century. Gameplay articles: Fallout 3, Fallout Shelter
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