I think that a lot of the reason you see such reduced interest in the bullpup configuration is people realizing just how much health damage you do to your troops having the damn muzzles so close to their primary breathing orifices. And they wouldn’t come out needing hearing aids.Īll I can say is that the noise and the gas must have been epic for the shooter it’s already bad enough with most bullpup configurations, but that short-arse barrel plus the FAMAS configuration putting it that close to your face…? Nuts. Not least because with the 9, they wouldn’t go in with an unrealistic expectation of their effective range. The more I see of “shorty” or sawn-off rifles firing 5.56 x 45mm or 5.45 x 39mm, the more I suspect that the users would probably be better off with the same or similar weapons in 9 x 19mm. A 9 x 19mm version of this would be highly interesting, as well, and would probably have been easier to make due to the FAMAS having a delayed-blowback action as opposed to the AUG’s gas-piston system. Steyr had a short-barreled version of the AUG in 5.56mm- and found out that the only “shorty” their customers were willing to buy in quantity was the 9 x 19mm version. All of which also does a decent job of giving away your position to the other guy. In exchange you get increased blast and flash, which is a handicap in night combat, and increased muzzle sound signature from what’s already one of the loudest infantry rifle rounds ever made. Without that velocity, it’s not an effective man killer. It robs the 5.56 of the muzzle velocity which is its raison d’etre to begin with. I’ve always felt that chopping the barrel of a 5.56 x 45mm shorter than 16″ (40.6cm) turns a reasonable assault rifle or carbine into an indifferent submachine gun.
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