BR55 battle rifle: Difference between revisions

It is interesting to note the ammo used for the Battle Rifle. It uses a new [[9.5mm x 40]] Experimental Round. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x51_NATO 7.62mm x 51] round is a moderately large round used on the [[MA2B_Assault_Rifle|MA2B]] and on modern day marksman rifles and machine guns. The 7.62mm already has a history of having [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x51_NATO#Development too much recoil] because of the bullet's size which made it hard to fire fully-automatically in assault rifles. Having a bigger bullet that is almost 2 mm longer in width would make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoil recoil] worse. Due to this thoery, it would make sense to say that [[Technology#UNSC_Technology|future technology]] might have some role in countering these effects. It could be safe to say also that due to the Battle Rifle's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullpup bullpup] design, it could counter the recoil effects.

The size of the ammo would also have a problem fitting in a 36-round magazine of the current Battle Rifle. If an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3 Heckler Koch G3] (which is chambered in 7.62mm x 51) has a standard magazine count of 20 and be the size that it is, it would be hard to see a bullet much thicker than the 7.62mm fit inside of a magazine of the Battle Riffle's size and with a capacity of 36 rounds. Again, this might have something to do with future UNSC weapon technology. This is a continous pattern with UNSC assault rifles as a similar instance occured with the [[MA2B_Assault_Rifle | MA2B]]. The MA2B has a magazine of 60 rounds chambered in the 7.62mm x 51 with a rather "small" magazine size.