you know you want one!

Ghost33 · Post by **Ghost33** » 2006-03-05 19:21

PRMM should include this bad boy!!

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Shrike,,00.html

Post by **Fullforce** » 2006-03-05 19:57

whoa. Nice.

EON_MagicMan · Post by **EON_MagicMan** » 2006-03-05 20:01

Yes! Fully mobile machineguns! You thought the SAW was a badass gun, you ain't seen nothing yet!

Naahhh.

Pliskin · Post by **Pliskin** » 2006-03-05 22:02

Sweet.

DangChang · Post by **DangChang** » 2006-03-05 22:51

Too lazy to read the full article....but couldn't they just use a drum magazine? I mean the rounds would get dirty with belt-fed ammo wouldn't they?

Ghost33 · Post by **Ghost33** » 2006-03-06 06:24

DangChang wrote:Too lazy to read the full article....but couldn't they just use a drum magazine? I mean the rounds would get dirty with belt-fed ammo wouldn't they?

Its not fed through the Magazine port (although you can still load it with standard Mags) the whole upper reciever is replaced with the full auto 200 round SAW belt feed.

so its SAW firepower for CQB

Baisicly the SAW is a LMG (light Maching Gun) and the Shrike is an AMG (Assult Machine Gun)

funn stuff

this is a little excerpt from the owner/designer

He continued, “I raced motorcycles in my youth and aside from physical and emotional conditioning, machine performance is everything when it's time to win a race. Combat is no different; it's a race for your life. I wanted an extremely lightweight modular system that was dual-feed with both a belt and a magazine. I wanted a quick-change barrel of various lengths and I wanted 5.56mm NATO so that I could carry a lot of ammo. I wanted piston-operation and I settled on a short-stroke tappet design for performance in waterborne operations. I wanted it to fit on an M16 and M4 lower receiver without permanent modification to the lower. I wanted it to be CQB capable for vehicle use and house-to-house fighting. I wanted the lighter weight and ergonomics of the M16, but when I pulled the trigger I wanted it to roar like a SAW. I wanted it to feed from standard M249 ammunition sources for improved logistics. In the event that a 200 round container got knocked off of the weapon, I wanted it to still pull that free-hanging belt without stalling. I wanted it to be intuitive for an operator, easy to maintain, easy to repair, familiar in controls and easy to train on. When I threw it to my cheek, I wanted to be looking down M16 sights because that's the weapon that I trained on. When I wanted to add an optic or accessory, I wanted a place to mount it. I wanted a full engineering package so that the Shrike 5.56™ could be produced in quantity with predictable results. And ultimately, I wanted performance and reliability. So, I got what I wanted; I got everything that I wanted. I got the perfect Assault Machine Gun! ARES Defense has developed an extremely high-performance modular family of weapons and now we want our customers and soldiers to have them.”

Post by **RikiRude** » 2006-03-06 07:12

I want one of these!!

http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod- ... m-ii.shtml

It also usually has a fore grip (i think thats what they are called)

ghosty · Post by **ghosty** » 2006-03-06 18:02

We'll you would know when your out of ammo I guess.