Army research a mini assault rifle

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As I reviewed this Thread, terms such as "bullpup design" and "squeeze bore" caught my interest. Back in 1974, I put together a concept drawing, Rifle of the Future (See attached pics), which incorporated a number of design ideas I had, at the time: Bullpup layout, electronically-actuated trigger, tapered-bore, free-floating barrel, recoil-absorbing butt assembly ---





I look forward to the future development of these concepts.