Aug 252009
Continuing the Rock Island Arsenal Museum photos.
On the right are variants of the Thompson submachine gun, while on the left are numerous assault weapon prototypes. #5823 near the bottom is one of the SPIW prototypes, which was to fire a combo of 40mm grenades and saboted flechette rounds. One of the things that killed the project was that the sabots were made out of fiberglass (why???), which were somewhat shredded after firing… and some of the glass shards would make their way back into the eyes of the shooter. *STOOOOPID.* There must’ve been *something* better than fiberglass.
Some more oddball prototypes.
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