Talk:MA6K Individual Combat Weapons System (ICWS) Assault Rifle

Hmm, where to begin? Lets start with the name.

The name, whatever happened to D, E, F, G, H, I and J? Also K is usually preserved for carbine weapons.

Now the ammo, it carries, if i am readingthis, bigger rounds, in larger magazines, and carries two of these? Where the HELL do they go?! 62 round magazines fill up the rear butt pretty much, some 200?! Also, dual magazines? The only weapons with dual feed systems are machine guns, because they are the only firearms big enough for them, and even those are prone to jamming. Also, the magazine size was reduced from 62 to 32 cos the 62 sized magazine reduced spring strength, reducing the effectiveness of the weapon, so 200 is gonna really mess it up.

Now, the propulsion system. What is exaclty the point of firing plasma and molten slag at people? I'm sure bullets would piss them off alot more. These rounds are just silly, i mean, the smallest plasma accelerator we know of is the plasma pistol, how are humans gonna reverse engineer it to make it less than 8cm long? Also, why use these instead of chemical explosions? using gunpowder would be alot more effective, cost effective and over all a smarter thing to do. Also, on the note of plasma and the ammunition material, plasma is essentially an innaccurate ball of fire, not only is it gonna melt bullets it will melt the gun. The only materials capable of resisting it, for a time, are ceramic armour, titanium or tungsten, which are essentially heavy and better used for armour or more hgih powered guns. Any material completely resistant to it would most likely be inhumanly expensive and would instantly be slammed by UNSC HIGHCOM, who would want a gun that literally shot thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of credits all for the purpose of being slightly advantageous over the MA5C. --Ajax 013 16:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)