- XHellKnightX
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Weapons nowdays are soo much more effective than 100 years ago you might as well be comparing the stone age to The Mideval(sp?) Times.
Anyway. Yes, the Halo 1 weapons are strangely out-dated for being year 25XX. The Halo 2 weapons are about at the limit/idealistic of the versions we currently use. But, I would rather have a realistic weapon thats beleviable than a Fully automatic Rail gun for a Assault Rifle.
in 500 years im sure the whole "Ballistics" idea with barrel and bullet weapons will at least be taken to the limit. I cant understand why it hasnt already.
Just a few ideal figures to put into a gun.
Excellent accuracy- ideally, where you point it, it shoots. and have a scope or something that compensates for wind, height, and distance.
Reliablility- pretty much high reliablility and durability, no jamming or breaking..this was a problem with the first M-16 in the vietnam "conflict".
High Magazine capacity- 36 rounds is exellent for a rifle. 60 is huge. 12-15 for a .50 cal pistol is huge too.
Leight weight- for convenience and frees up other space. also makes it easier to aim...but does NOT reduce recoil.
Sufficient Muzzle jouls and bullet FPS- essentially the guns power. for Feet Per Second...3000 FPS for a rifle is incredible (only a few guns in the world hit this). And im not sure about a Handgun...but 2000 FPS would be awsome i believe. But thats a realistic. but wild guess.
Other Nifties and Ammunition- like recoil compensators, muzzle flashgaurds, the "break" in the front of the sniper rifles barrel for the super high powered guns(i dont remember the technical name for it)...stuff like that also makes a gun more user friendly. Ammunition depends on what your intended targets are.
Rifles- Generally speaking, Armor-Piercing High-Explosive rounds would be ideal, but probably impractical to mass produce.
Pistol- Same as above, but Semi-Armor Piercing is the best you can do because...well its a pistol. Hollow points and Talon rounds would get the job done as well.
Sniper Rifles- Generally, you could use the same as a rifle. But, APFSDS (Armor-Piercing-Fin-Sabalized-Discarding Sabot) rounds made of Tungsten or Depleted Uranium would be better overall. for those who dont know what the heck a APFSDS is, its basically a Dart inside of a Casing. look it up on www.ask.com if you want to know more.
Just my thoughs...
Note: Whoever said that the UNSC didnt need a military before the covenant....what are you talking about? the Whole human population was on the brink of collapse right before the covenant decided to show up. They had a huge military. I think the Human Forces had the strongest military just before the Cov. decided to appear. The UNSC gets demolished in space battles so they really cant built ships faster than they get destroyed. They also had several planets as military strongholds, but REACH was the most heavily fortified and was ONLY used by the military.
[Edited on 5/16/2006]