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-A "bullpup" rifle is one where the action is behind the trigger. This allows for a longer barrel (which means more accuracy) with shorter overall length and weight, but increases the complexity adding to manufacturing time/cost as well as increasing the chance of malfunction and making maintenance more difficult. Further, in most cases this means the rifle can't be ambidextrous without making it eject spent brass downward (adding further complexity). As the British, one of the few countries to adopt a bullpup as their primary rifle, have discovered this is also an issue for right handed users as it prohibits shooting left of cover which is a major disadvantage in today's close range, urban combat.
+A "bullpup" rifle is one where the action is behind the trigger. This allows for a longer barrel (which means more accuracy) with shorter overall length and weight, but increases the complexity adding to manufacturing time/cost as well as increasing the chance of malfunction and making maintenance more difficult. Further, in most cases this means the rifle can't be ambidextrous without making it eject spent brass downward (adding further complexity). As the British, French and Australian armies have discovered this is also an issue for right handed users as it prohibits shooting left of cover which is a major disadvantage in today's close range, urban combat.
-Why bullpups are seen as fururistic is unclear. Perhaps it is that they are often made with sleekly angled (so that it will not snag on a soldier's gear) plastic or that many of them have integral optics and less prominent iron sights (a tie in with [[Sighted Guns Are Low Tech]]). The prominent ventilation holes, necessary for the barrel to cool effectively, might also play a role. The Mini-14 in aftermarket bullpup kits is an exceptionally prominent example in live-action works due to it keeping the Mini-14's high tolerance for blanks.
+Why bullpups are seen as futuristic is unclear. Perhaps it is that they are often made with sleekly angled (so that it will not snag on a soldier's gear) plastic or that many of them have integral optics and less prominent iron sights (a tie in with [[Sighted Guns Are Low Tech]]). The prominent ventilation holes, necessary for the barrel to cool effectively, might also play a role. The Mini-14 in aftermarket bullpup kits is an exceptionally prominent example in live-action works due to it keeping the Mini-14's high tolerance for blanks yet not maintaining the Mini-14's exceptionally plain or ugly (depending on configuration) appearance.
 For whatever reason, it has been decided that bullpups look futuristic. Off the shelf bullpup conversion kits for most popular rifles (The AR15 is one of the few exceptions as its buffer tube renders it incompatible with such conversions) are often so commonly used as futuristic weapons in movies and film they have their own sections on the [http://www.imfdb.org Internet Movie Firearms Database] under their parent firearm.
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 == Live-Action Television ==
 * Bullpups of all kinds appear in ''[[Firefly]]'' with the intent of appearing futuristic.
-* The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode ''Nemesis'' features the heavily make-uped Kradin aliens using AK derivatives in aftermarket bullpup kits.
+* The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode ''Nemesis'' features the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|heavily make-uped yet human bodied]] Kradin aliens using AK derivatives in aftermarket bullpup kits.
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