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[Funk]

Division Name: TorpCannon inc
Current Division Money: 6500c

Spoiler: orders (click to show/hide)

 
Research:rocket propelled bullets (wiki Gyrojet for the idea.)
Design a Light Sniper, the Lighting Rod Mk1 a Light Sniper (DMR) with a Bolt Action
it boasts 15 medium size round mag, a long barrel and Medium power Scope.

Attachments
Bipod
Aiming Laser
Suppressor
Ergonomic Stock
Flash Hider.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

On country: I'd prefer we all operate within an un-named country.

Division Name:ACME
Current Division Money: 4500C

Okay, so assuming everyone is now in Phase II, and everyone stays in Phase II until they have submitted their designs for contracts:

Research:
Refine Plastic fiber material- we want to make it more durable, maintain light weight, and reduce cost.
-Try different polymers to benefit all three, while structural changes/minimal reinforcement can keep weight near-static while drastically increasing durability.

Design:
(If bullpup and/or small-AR chassis require new design initiation, then they're not applicable)
Re-designate to Acme A-1/b, incorporate the S/B/A mechanism into the medium AR body*, and incorporate PFM materials into stock/mag/handle.
*If applicable, include bullpup layout and switch to S/B/A  small-AR chassis.

Spoiler: Acme A-1/b (click to show/hide)

Components: S/B/A  M-AR chassis (S/B/A  S-AR chassis if applicable), ergo handle, ergo stock, M-cal Avg barrel, M 20rnd mag, low-zoom sight, PFM (& Bullpup layout if applicable)

-If applicable in same turn as applying component changes, and jam/stability issues persist across chassis/firing mechanism changes: work on decreasing jam rates by improving round-chamber loading, firing mechanism, & chamber clearing; plus, improve stability. (what is general instability?)
-I also want to submit my design to paratrooper-testing before selling my pitch to the higher-ups.


If&OnlyIf I must submit my design in this post, prior to refinement, for any chance of recieving contract

Spoiler: sales pitch (click to show/hide)

Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the Acme A-1/a, a new assault rifle designed with our glorious paratroopers in mind. Featuring a highly-accurate burst-fire chassis & low-zoom sights, this rifle is intended to maximize the effectiveness of every round our troopers carry into battle, ensuring every bit of force gets to it's intended target. Stopping power is par-course, and the noted lack of requiring excessive amounts of extra ammunition is sure to be welcomed by our light-traveling paratroopers. At a modest cost, I'm sure our paratroopers will appreciate the unique set of abilities the A-1/a provides on the battlefield.
I'd like to add, gentlemen, that our technicians are still hard at work creating new innovations and revolutionary research that can be applied to this weapon, and if you would like to see these changes made after awarding us the contract, not only is this feasible, but I personally promise a design which will impress upon you our flexibility and competence in armament design.
Thank you for your time gentlemen.

Questions:
How much change can we make to a prototype before we have to wait for phase I and initiate a new design?
How many times can we refine a design before the military stops accepting designs for current contracts?
Are there any protections/bonuses to those of us who spend the money to create novel innovations or refine designs?

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Current Researched tech:

Spoiler: AR Fire Selector designed (click to show/hide)

Semi/Burst/Auto small-AR chassis
Your research goes above and beyond the chassis you'd built for, designing a universal fire-selector for all AR chassis. It should be easily adapted in the future to any AR chassis. Cost to produce is minimal at 500C.
AR Fire Selector designed

Spoiler: Plastic Fiber Material (Attachment) designed (click to show/hide)

Light-weight low-stress materials
You experiment with light materials for guns, and come across a light plastic/fiber hybrid. While somewhat costly, it would greatly reduce the weight of a gun it is used for- however, it is weak and easy to break. Not for mainline weapons. 1500C to produce.
Plastic Fiber Material (Attachment) designed

Spoiler: Attachment: Bullpup Layout (click to show/hide)

Bullpup Layout
By experimenting with basic design, you've hit upon multiple shell designs for various weapons. You can now produce Bullpup weapons, which offer more maneuverability at larger sizes as well as shorter overall gun length. It won't cost you anything extra to produce.
Attachment: Bullpup Layout

Current designs:

Spoiler: Acme A-1/a (click to show/hide)

Components:
Medium AR burst, ergo handle, ergo stock, M-cal Avg barrel, M 20rnd mag, low-zoom sight

Your design team sets to work on a medium-sized assault rifle. Using a low-zoom scope, you focus on ease of use and aim, and manage to produce a burst-fire rifle with exceptional accuracy with ease of use. It suffers from high jam rate as well as overall instability, which could pose problems if released in it's current state. It will cost 1500C to produce.

-Major edit

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Removed

(Assuming this doesn't require a new design initiation, and can take multiple turns inside phase II)
Re-designate to Acme A-1/b & use the newly-researched bullpup layout & S/B/A  small-AR chassis.
spoiler=Acme A-1/b
Components: S/B/A  small-AR chassis, ergo handle, ergo stock, M-cal Avg barrel, M 20rnd mag, low-zoom sight & Bullpup layout/spoiler

& consolidated information into a single entry, to remove clutter/improve clarity. Also decided I wanted to incorporate PFM tech into the prototype no matter what, whereas before it was only inserted as a replacement for an inapplicable S-chassis or Bullpup attachment.

[Tsuchigumo550]

You've pointed out a design flaw, and fixed it for me. Rebuilding a weapon based on your tech is fine in Phase II, but using only your tech. Other players are then allowed to use all currently created items (not just designed) on the next Phase 1.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Ah ok, you're welcome! Another question, if I may:
Can we split our R&D while refining our product, so I'd have those two designs listed above developed concurrently? And more specifically, would this incur any kind of penalty? Is there an associated cost with refining designs?

Example:
Design:
Acme A-1/b
Re-designate to Acme A-1/b & use the newly-researched bullpup layout & S/B/A  small-AR chassis.

Spoiler: Acme A-1/b (click to show/hide)

Components: S/B/A  small-AR chassis, ergo handle, ergo stock, M-cal Avg barrel, M 20rnd mag, low-zoom sight & Bullpup layout

Acme A-1/c
Re-designate to Acme A-1/c, incorporate the S/B/A mechanism into the medium AR body, and incorporate PFM materials into stock/mag/handle. Include bullpup layout if applicable.

Spoiler: Acme A-1/c (click to show/hide)

Components: S/B/A  M-AR chassis, ergo handle, ergo stock, M-cal Avg barrel, M 20rnd mag, low-zoom sight, PFM  (& Bullpup layout)

Btw, thank you for your time and for answering questions

[Tsuchigumo550]

No problem, though sometimes I do so slowly. Fair warning.

I'd like to keep R&D to one project simply because you only paid for the one design- later on you can re-release a modified version for cheaper than rebuilding it with a higher success rate, but you've only got the single prototype unless you built two of the same thing, which would have different rolls anyway.

Refining generally doesn't cost anything, though it depends on what you're making. Guns, no cost.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Hmm, so are contracts on-going? What's the incentive to revisit old designs?

[Tsuchigumo550]

Saving reputation and money, mainly. If your gun does poorly by unseen consequence or you lie and send a bad gun out, you can make an improved version with new tech the next turn and save or improve your reputation. If you have a weapon similar to what's needed for a contract, but not quite up to snuff, revising it is much cheaper than a complete redesign.

[tryrar]

Alright, Time to get to work:

Franz&Dreck Munitions:
Current Cash:7500C

Research:
Try again with the compact reloadable launcher system

Refine the FLIR sight so that it will work both in AND out of FLIR mode

Design:
Add the FLIR sight and the laser designator to the basic launcher designed earlier to create the XM-50 launcher prototype

IF the reloadable launcher system is successful this time, combine all three components to create the XM-100

Regardless, the sales pitch for the XM-50:

Spoiler: XM-50 (click to show/hide)

Franz&Dreck Munitions is proud to present to our fine military the XM-50, a new generation of light launchers. Featuring a thermal-holographic sight, the rockets this launcher fires are laser-guided, betraying few emissions to any sensors that may be present, giving our troops. The small, lgithweight guided rockets still pack a good punch for your anti-vehicular needs, as well as doubling as AAA in a pinch!

[Unholy_Pariah]

replace The current barrel with the prototype stealth medium cal. long barrel, try to resolve the accuracy and jamming issues.

put my rifle in for consideration in the DMR replacement contract

Spoiler: pitch (click to show/hide)

Gentleman allow me to present the Wraith DMR, the latest in long range medium caliber warfare.
Featuring ergonomic stocks and grips, an exceptionally light bolt action chassis, 15 round clip,high zoom Sniper optics and trusty bipod for maximum accuracy the wraith finds the perfect balance between maneuverability and lethality.
But wait there's more, with its cutting edge stealth barrel this weapon is not only capable of taking out enemy combatants from almost any range, it also keeps your location hidden preventing any enemy combatants from discerning which direction from which they are being fired upon and more importantly, it keeps them from firing back with any degree of success.
Perfect for any engagement whether it be scout recon, battlefield support or special ops liquidation mission i guarantee you that the wraith is the gun for the job.

(if the contract goes down to a fight between my light sniper and a1s armor piercing rounds also mention that "the bullet does not fire the gun")

Division Name: Outcast Engineering
Current Division Money: 4500C

Spoiler: weapon designs (click to show/hide)

Code: (Wraith DMR) [Select]

Light Sniper (DMR)-Bolt Action chassis
Average Basic rounds
Medium 15rnd clip
Stealth medium Cal. Long  barrel
High-Zoom Sniper Optic
ergonomic Stock/handle
BipodYour design of a DMR feels like a hybrid of an assault rifle and a sniper rifle, utilizing high-end optics while shedding unneeded weight. Surprisingly light, your design suffers from accuracy loss at intended range as well as a tendency for magazines to get stuck in your rifle port. These should likely be addressed before launch.

Spoiler: current research (click to show/hide)

Tac Screen/ID Rangefinder
You fail at getting the scope and rangefinder to work together, but your engineers offer a compromise- a side-mounted screen connected to a laser useful for rangefinder and enemy detection. The screen determines range as well as using a low-power camera to identify the enemy and their armaments. It's cost is slightly prohibitive, but the design is hardly flawed. 2500C to manufacture (one time cost)

Low Zoom Sight/Low Zoom NV Sight
You begin searching for a way to toggle night-vision for scopes. Development goes well, but you hit an unfortunate roadblock of not being able to get a clear high-zoom image, or use a smaller scope body. The result is a huge sight with very low focus, but it is quickly adapted into a low zoom (1.2) night-vision sight. It can be toggled on or off with the flick of a switch. 1000C to produce, 1 time cost.

Spoiler: prototypes (click to show/hide)

stealth barrels
Finally, it seems you've hit upon success. You've managed to create barrels with integrated silencers, and by grafting a flash hider to that you've struck gold. Perfect for espionage and special ops teams, this barrel only has one problem- it's inability to hold large rounds and it's length. Still, you have a working prototype without production cost.
Stealth Small Cal. Medium, Stealth Small Cal. Long, Stealth Medium Cal. Long created.

[a1s]

Division Name: Ayes Arms
Current Division Money: 6500C
The DMR seems solid, and in all your testing was able to reach far distances when fired by an experienced marksman. It's weight is somewhat prohibitive, but it's acceptable for what it is. All in all, your design seems solid. It will take 3000C for you to produce (one-time charge)
produce the DMR, and enter it for testing into the "Build a DMR" program.

Ayes Arms DeMaGeR-1 rifle is the modern and reliable choice for any marksman. It features zooming sights for easier aiming, bolt-action operation to prevent jamming and armor-piercing bullets that will turn any cover into mere concealment.

You're able to plan out a semi-automatic sniper chassis, but it's quite long and recoils powerfully. It is, however, cheap. You can continue to work on this design and even out the kinks (2000C) or continue with the current plan (1000C).
Fix the design- we want it to recoil less violently, so as to allow more accurate shots.

Small AP Round, Medium AP Round, Large AP Round created.[/i]
Introduce these as a companion piece to the DMR.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I am confused with my microsmg thing, so I can produce my FN-SM right now and spend additional 500cr to get body for the next project?

Or spend 500cr and try to convert FN-SM to smaller version of itself?

Or spend 500cr and get two protypes?

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I think you get two optional upgrades for your current prototype- upgrading to an even smaller body, and replacing the ergonomic stock with a collapsible/fold-over one.

[kingfisher1112]

Kingfisher arms creates the following weapon:
Body: Revolver-Semi
Rounds: Large Semi
Magazine: Revolver 6rnd.
Barrel: Large cal Long
Sights: Iron Sights

[Cheesecake]

Division Name: Blackwarp Industries
Funds: 6000C

Orders: Work to reduce cost of building the Gyroscopic Recoil.
               Produce the Quad-slot holster and universal ammo clip.
               Prototype the sat-guided missile.
               Continue research on Styrosteel alloys.

I'll present it once it is functional. Unless I have to now.

[RAM]

Division Name: The People's Armament Union(P.A.U.)
Current Division Money: 10000C
-1000 Research infra-red aiming-laser
Final money: 9000C