Bullpups Are Futuristic: Difference between revisions

 

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* The fictional Colt M72A1 bullpup is the Earth Federation's primary small arm in ''[[Gundam]]'''s ''Universal Century'' timeline. While it's never named outside of production or supplemental materials (due to the franchise's focus on [[Mecha]] and not small arms), the design has been consistent since at least ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'' where the production art merely refers to it as the "Earth Federation Forces Official Assault Rifle".

 

* ''[[Soldier]]''

* ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' has the fictional (but with several of the props actually functional modified Mini-14s) Morita rifle series. Like most of the props from the movie they [[Prop Recycling|have been reused in countless future productions]].

* Mini-14s in after-market bullpup stocks are further modified to be the primary weapon in ''[[Total Recall]]''

 

* Bullpups of all kinds appear in ''[[Firefly]]'' with the intent of appearing futuristic.

* 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.

** From a production point of view its downwards ejection greatly simplifies actor placement (no need to worry about ejecting brass onto someone), its ambidextrous controls make it usable by any actor and the light weight is also appreciated by actors who have to hold the thing across multiple takes.

 

* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', among the many variations from vintage wooden rifles to blocky things with folding stock, has bullpup-configured lasguns. The Elysian Drop Troops (space paratroopers) are equipped with these (Accatran pattern), so that their weapons are shorter, lighter, and more maneuverable. It makes them look more advanced and modern, in comparison to the very archaic and [[Used Future]] look of typical regiments. There's no engineering reason that all lasguns shouldn't be this way, since they don't shoot physical bullets and so there's no additional complexity to the design - it's just a matter of routing the power to the middle of the weapon versus the back. Possibly because the Guard often uses bayonets, and that's where total length is a good thing.

** ''[[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay]]'' has a good assortment. So there are generic Bullpup Lasgun (stats between a common lasgun and lascarbine without advantages of either), Accatran MkIV lasgun used by the Elysians (like a common lasgun, but with bonus on "who's first" opposed tests and range reduced almost to carbine's) and Roth “Lightning” lasgun (long-barreled version with longer range than common, but the same weight).

 

* Invoked by China during the re-occupation of Hong Kong. To give the appearance of a modern military in the PLA's first internationally public outing in decades they rushed a new rifle into service, the QBZ-95. While domestic opinion in unknown, the version exported to Canada <ref>The US prohibits importation of non-Shotgun Chinese firearms after Norinco tried selling guns to some US gangsters</ref> was received as being functional but with some really weird controls and strange design choices (some of which were fixed in an upgraded version). China appears to have given up and is now trying to find a conventional rifle to replace it.

* Since the trigger is purely electronic and therefore just as good in bullpup configuration as standard, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4 the proof of concept ArcFlash Labs' GR-1 Anvil Portable Gauss Rifle] is built as a bullpup.

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