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If I remember correctly, it's not really a prototype of the P90, but rather a "workshop model" or something like that (I don't remember the gunsmith terminology). It's not meant to resemble the final product in any way, or even be a usable weapon. Its sole purpose is to test that the internal mechanisms work. Basically, it's the firearm equivalent of the Northrop Tacit Blue.
Either that, or it's the army variant of the Bosch vacuum we had in the kitchen when I was a kid.
I can't look at without giggling. Aww, it's so stupid! Like they fumbled some CAD layers and flew the bounding box.
If it looks stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Sure, assuming once is enough.
Was in service for three years, and they built a second model.
If you're interested in more, Lazerpig recent "stealth" video discuses this very aircraft and how it competed with the F-117
Thanks. I am more into prop planes, but knowledge is always good to have.
Gun breadboard.
i truly do not understand just exactly what the hap is fuckening here
My best guess is a proof of concept of the idea of rotating bullets 90° for their desired mag geometry.
Here's the final version of the concept.
That seems a lot more likely to jam when you absolutely need it to fire.
Yes but SG1's after action reports indicate this isn't a problem, at least against Jaffa.
That's amazing engineering then.
Probably testing bore height vs grip height and how it has an affect on feel, accuracy, etc
The FN P90 (matching the text in the pic):
Not only did the FN P90 fire a revolutionary and original ammunition, but it also marked the advent of two significant technological events in the history of gun making at FN. First of all, its patent specified the placement of the 50-round magazine along the barrel and axis of the weapon, while all the machine pistols of the time were still encumbered, either laterally or vertically, by their long magazines. Furthermore, through the power of its spring, the FN P90 magazine itself ensured the rotation and exit of the ammunition into the gun's chamber. Also, for the first time in FN's history, the development team chose to put their faith in the possibilities offered by technical polymers. This choice placed FN Herstal definitively at the forefront of high tech technologies. More than 50 percent of the new arms later developed by FN Herstal would be made of composite materials.
Also famously used in the defense of Earth against the Goa’uld
That thing on the bottom looks like it came from the set of a 1980s sci-fi B-movie.
Now we get to summon my favorite kind of people. Let’s see if they’re here.
It looks like the bastard child of an assault rifle and a box of Belgian chocolates
It looks like someone was handed a bipod and told to look menacing.
It looks like you insert and rotate it to unlock a secret level.
It looks like a staple gun hot-glued to a tape dispenser.
It looks like a medium-range Dymo labeler.
It looks like a carbine version of the USFA Zip .22.
No, the final p90 actually looks like a gun. It's spacy and cool, with weird shapes, but it has all the ergnomics of a gun. #thisisaweaponofwar
That thing looks like like something the badguys use to storm the Enterprise.
Especially with a short barrel - they look more like automotive parts than firearms. Only in-context does the design click. No other gun had those ergonomics.
I imagine the climb on either of those would be significantly reduced.
I kinda want that naked p90 on the top
I unironically love that version. Height over bore be damned.
