We've never officially used the AUG in the US outside of Customs & Immigration, and even then only as an optional weapon; and the only ones who choose it are the non-shooter types or rookies who've played too much Call of Duty who somehow get it into their heads that it looks cool and is therefore a better weapon. We (the professionals) hate bullpup configurations in ARs anyway. Then again; the girl holding it has sergeant chevrons and 'Capt' on her nametape, so I'm not sure if accuracy or realism is what the artist is going for.
aharshma said: We've never officially used the AUG in the US outside of Customs & Immigration, and even then only as an optional weapon; and the only ones who choose it are the non-shooter types or rookies who've played too much Call of Duty who somehow get it into their heads that it looks cool and is therefore a better weapon. We (the professionals) hate bullpup configurations in ARs anyway. Then again; the girl holding it has sergeant chevrons and 'Capt' on her nametape, so I'm not sure if accuracy or realism is what the artist is going for.
What is wrong with bullpup design? I haven't had the chance to fire traditional or bullpup rifles, only pistols, but I had thought bullpup designs were somewhat better.
Not just uncomfortable, the time and technical fumbling required to reload mean that you're out of the fight a lot longer than, say, the M4, and your situational awareness is diminished much more than the M4; in any position, prone or otherwise. The magazine release on most of them, and the AUG particularly has to be pressed by your non-firing hand into the stock and the magazine physically pulled out of the weapon, as opposed to the ones on carbine systems that can be operated with your trigger finger, allowing the magazine to fall out on its own, or if need be, a flick of the wrist and the time required to press that bullpup mag release can be spent grabbing your fresh mag. Adding steps of operation like the bullpups do equal more potential malfunctions or operator errors; particularly under stress, where it counts. I don't mind bullpup configurations on sniper rifles, but they don't belong in a direct engagement and I avoid them altogether (not like I've had to choose; I've never had to be issued one, sorry Brits).
They jam a lot too, and the added complications of reloading a bullpup are compounded when you have to problem solve.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has had problems with bullpup rifles jamming. I use to own a civilian version of the AUG and it had a tendency to jam a a lot if it wasnt constantly oiled. In the end I traded it for a FAL and haven't looked back since
What is wrong with bullpup design? I haven't had the chance to fire traditional or bullpup rifles, only pistols, but I had thought bullpup designs were somewhat better.
Pick up a bullpup. Notice that almost all of said bullpup designs have an ejection port on one side of the gun or not for operation (and inb4 "BUT YOU CAN SWITCH EJECTION SID-" Yeah, no one is going to do that shit in combat. We're talking about how at any given time casings will be ejected out one side of the other). There are exceptions, like the FN P90... which is... it's own little can of worms that I'm not opening up here. And the F(S)2000. Which has its own issues like magazine capability (due to the design of the magazine well and how the magazine fits and feeds in the rifle) and having the wonderful option of a "toilet seat" like hinged top-cover just barely big enough to fit a few fingers in for you to attempt to fix any hang-ups (read: WISHFUL THINKING EVEN IN THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES).
But what happens when you look at modern combat training doctrine? We have weapon transitions. You train in case your dominate arm is no longer usable due to injury (or at least you should). See the problem here? With about 99% of bullpups on the market you trying to use the rifle in the other hand - even for a quick transition around a corner - means having miniature controlled* explosions detonating right next to your face with NOTHING to prevent shit from flying out into your face and that includes having SCALDING HOT brass being ejected at force right into your face.
To give you an idea of how badly this can go down, attempt to find footage of UK soldiers firing SA80s/L85s left-handed... I have to wonder what horrific injuries have occurred from some poor bastard attempting that... To give you an idea why: L85s are right-side-ejection only, meaning that a left-hand shooter has to either shoot right handed or... deal with a reciprocating gnarly and knurled charging handle that violently moves back and forth during firing and protrudes quite a bit and will be very close to your face. Imagine something like getting hit by a punch across the face while the person doing the punching has a cheese grater for a fist. It's no wonder that left-handed UK soldiers are just told to shoot right-handed.
