tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post8874197627594242777..comments2024-03-18T04:09:49.450-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: FWS Armory: Grenade Launchers, Rocket Launchers, and RPGsWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-69587123316372357952018-02-18T17:22:04.608-06:002018-02-18T17:22:04.608-06:00I think I have read it! FWS will do a topic on it!...I think I have read it! FWS will do a topic on it! I became a fan of Pepe Moreno when he did "Batman Digital Justice". Thanks for the heads up!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-64186052325181541272018-02-18T06:51:38.481-06:002018-02-18T06:51:38.481-06:00Another absolutely remarkable post. Well researche...Another absolutely remarkable post. Well researched and always interesting. I'm wondering if you ever read Pepe Moreno's generation Zero, It was originally published in Heavy Metal magazine in 84. Also available as a tpb. As a teen I loved it's future war feel not to mention the great art. Lots of tropes in there especially space nazi's. I think you'd love it.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727615989263081800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-32773778359249289522016-01-08T15:48:34.202-06:002016-01-08T15:48:34.202-06:00Wow! Thanks for the answer! There is nowhere on th...Wow! Thanks for the answer! There is nowhere on the internet that I could find the information needed for the "Dick of Death" grenade launcher, and I was always impressed with the weapon itself and its design. <br /> Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-23703584432076005452016-01-07T02:45:48.912-06:002016-01-07T02:45:48.912-06:00Hi William
I made the grenade launcher for "n...Hi William<br />I made the grenade launcher for "no escape" "escape form Absalom" or penal colony" as it was known while filming. The grenade launched was referred to in the script as a Rugger. Clearance was give by rugger to use their name. The head of special Effects a man with a good sense of hummer dubbed it the "Dick Of Death" and that name stuck with us in the armoury department. It was a scratch build based on nothing but the designers, my assistant Peter and my ideas. the other weapons used in the film were Beretta 92FS,F88 and replica Pancor Jackhammers that we also built from scratch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-77939320708825036522015-04-15T14:18:12.840-05:002015-04-15T14:18:12.840-05:00It will be really nice! Modular weapons are intere...It will be really nice! Modular weapons are interesting topics, and thanks for commenting your readers comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-40661460378832533152015-04-15T12:05:31.520-05:002015-04-15T12:05:31.520-05:00One of the days I will cover the weapons of ALIEN:...One of the days I will cover the weapons of ALIEN: Resurrection in the a Armory blogpost about modular weapons<br />Thanks for commenting and reading! Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-67388558810508918092015-04-15T10:29:20.027-05:002015-04-15T10:29:20.027-05:00Umhhh... What? Thatcher? Sorry, i wanted ,,i think...Umhhh... What? Thatcher? Sorry, i wanted ,,i think That Lever-action", Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-25788333771433826262015-04-15T10:25:49.504-05:002015-04-15T10:25:49.504-05:00I'm just showing my idea, i ThinkPad Thatcher ...I'm just showing my idea, i ThinkPad Thatcher Lever action grenade launcher should be nice attached under M41 Pulse Rifle, sorry if i make you mistaken, and sorry for my English, because i m not english<br />P.S.<br />But theme are more GL's in Aliens: Ressurection <br />the Incinerator if it's That weapon name<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-5642668458285057542015-04-15T08:37:59.864-05:002015-04-15T08:37:59.864-05:00I am not sure about any lever-action GL from the A...I am not sure about any lever-action GL from the ALIENS universe...please tell me more Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-797961014737187062015-04-12T17:50:53.152-05:002015-04-12T17:50:53.152-05:00What about Lever-action terminator-style grenade l...What about Lever-action terminator-style grenade launchers, under m41 pulse rifle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-46399520231926531232015-03-23T21:05:25.119-05:002015-03-23T21:05:25.119-05:00Another possible direction for this category is th...Another possible direction for this category is the High Impulse Weapon System, which can apparently manage recoil well enough to make a shoulder-launched mortar;<br />http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=18289<br /><br />-YairAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-51019767800269532832015-03-23T08:16:59.256-05:002015-03-23T08:16:59.256-05:00You did forget the SMAW (Shoulder Launched Multi-p...You did forget the SMAW (Shoulder Launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon) It can shoot Anti-Personnel and Anti-Armor Rounds she's a heavy bitch but not nearly as bad as the MK-19 That bitch is 79Lbs that you cant break down to carry among the squad she is one heavy bitch.<br />Awesome Post ThanksDoc Wade (FLEET MARINE FORCE) Corpsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02856514317936686317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-26229376522620553942015-03-22T17:45:17.585-05:002015-03-22T17:45:17.585-05:00Yup, It's like they made the Trailers for a to...Yup, It's like they made the Trailers for a totally different game that was never released. <br />sure the released game had a fair story, good graphics even innovative ideas. but what they promised and what they delivered are night and day. <br /><br />May be one day the Predator missile style pack will return in some other game but Ghost seems dead despite a good concept. <br /><br />LCONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841691624835390231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-39656743434582987252015-03-22T15:23:56.480-05:002015-03-22T15:23:56.480-05:00I know the pain... I ride on hype train for Ghosts...I know the pain... I ride on hype train for Ghosts and even if it was not BAD game the number of things they mess up and not give us as promise was huge. Shashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772329154615576984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-49754924740008007422015-03-22T15:22:39.449-05:002015-03-22T15:22:39.449-05:00As always excellent work and good read.
Btw: Wil...As always excellent work and good read. <br /><br />Btw: William do FWS have some other email to contact you, the option in blogger is not working for me for some unknown reason. Shashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772329154615576984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-9688965645790461972015-03-22T15:12:11.457-05:002015-03-22T15:12:11.457-05:00Bolt weapon is rather interesting system that esca...Bolt weapon is rather interesting system that escape clear classification. It is a hybrid of rocket launcher and classic firearm, bolt is fired using a chemical propellant in form of normal explosion inside barrel and after it leave the rocket engine fire up and start to accelerate the warhead. In practice is neither the rocket neither normal bullet it's just a... bolt. Shashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772329154615576984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-82615703778352813802015-03-22T15:07:19.365-05:002015-03-22T15:07:19.365-05:00A few Thoughts
After I saw Elysium I had trouble w...A few Thoughts<br />After I saw Elysium I had trouble with the Airburst AK.It didn't make sense to me as a AKM. The payload vs Velocity made it highly specialized and very limited. even the explosive payload seem way to big for the projectile, but then I realized The Idea could be salvaged if you changed the Model. the Elysium prop was a AK no doubt and the science behind it is realist and does not require waiting till 2150 or whatever. Rather if you Changed it to another member of the AK family of weapons, the saiga 20 it might have the payload to do some damage and still pack a 13 round magazine. <br />The XM31 in COD Black ops2<br />was I think loosely based on the wrist mounted weapon from the US Army's Future Soldier 2025 inititive way back when. in the game it sucked and in Reallife the Army's Mock up moved it from the wrist to a pistol to a carbine and then redid the whole thing. <br />CARB series in Avatar was loosely based on the Crye MR-C mock up for Natick and again had a small grenade launcher. <br /><br />Now to reality <br />I am Sorry to say that your list is lacking. Particularly in the Under barrel Grenade launcher category but I am willing to forgive those, What I cant For give if not mentioning more of the "Smart rifles" <br /> <br />The The XM25 CDTE decended form the XM29 but scaled it up to 25mm well dropping the underslung 5.56mm carbine but there is also still the K11 which is almost Identical to the Xm29 but uses a Straight pull bolt action on the grenade launcher.<br />The Chinese PLA ZH-05 combines a single shot 20mm Grenade launcher with a 5.8mm Assault rifle. <br />then there is the recent Canadian prototype model That mates a 4 Shot 40mm grenade launcher with a 5.56mm Telescopic cased ammo bullpup Assault rifle.<br /> http://www.popsci.com/colt-makes-weird-gun-canadian-armed-forces<br /><br />And standing alone you have the Paws 20.<br />Well the ZH05, PAWS 20 And Canadian weapon may today lack Air-burst Work is on going and any number of makers including the US, Israel and beyond are know to be working on adapting Airburst to a wider range of Grenade types including 40mm. <br /><br />Then there is the Predator, One of the greatest failures in MSF video games. Seen only in the Trailer for the Game but never available in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier the game was a Three Round near Vertically Fired Pack/Shoulder mounted guided Anti tank Weapon <br />Of Course Ubisoft Cheated us, And kept it along with Everything else really cool in the trailer ( Exoskeletons, armed mini quad drone, even smart scopes out of the final Game. Ubisoft you MSF Cock tease!! :-( <br /><br />And then there is MBDA who aims to create a 40mm Rocket launcher fired like a shotgun or grenade launcher mounted under a Rifle barrel. <br />http://defense-update.com/20101231_conceptvision.html#.VQ8fjPnF-So<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> LCONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841691624835390231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-51104042469803399292015-03-22T13:36:21.941-05:002015-03-22T13:36:21.941-05:00I had to hall a few of those in my time in the ser...I had to hall a few of those in my time in the service. M203, AT-4, LAW and the Javelin. You might be interested to know that the US army is at least testing an American made RPG7 and the regular army is now using the old carl gustav.<br />Also apparently the Army is testing an automated turret with a 30mm auto cannon to give the Stryker's some more punch. But I haven't seen any new info on that since September of last year.<br />commissarmoodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453787431294606707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-46063986007054909052015-03-22T07:55:54.332-05:002015-03-22T07:55:54.332-05:00Airburst grenades are, to put it simply, fucking s... Airburst grenades are, to put it simply, fucking scary. The thought of a futuristic soldier who's gun carries guided smart grenades, targeted by the AI built into his helmet, is enough to scare any alien species away from earth(unless they look like baby elephants, in which case they'll wait for us to break out the nuclear hand-grenades).<br /> Then there is the Apache attack helicopter. Two AGLs on each stub wing, and another two in the chin turret slaved to the gunner's helmet HUD. Imagine that with smart/guided ammo... Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534610668635337473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-70358501673045951712015-03-22T03:25:42.551-05:002015-03-22T03:25:42.551-05:00You failed to mention the Bolter of Warhammer 40k ...You failed to mention the Bolter of Warhammer 40k <br />http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/BolterWilliam Blanquelt (Doctor Friki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13355566352612067536noreply@blogger.com