[Some of the facts/details aren't quite right, here - beware.]
Yep, that's it: "While HECKLER&KOCH will make us wait at least until next year to see the first prototypes of civilian-grade G36 and XM8 rifles, FN of Belgium is already giving us what we want, with the PS-90 and the P-2000.
The PS-90 is a sporter version of the P90 submachinegun. It will take the same .5'8x42mm-FN cartridge, from the same P90 clear plastic 52-rounder magazines; the SS193 ammo, with metal ball and tungsten core penetrator, being an armor-piercing special cartridge, is forbidden by law in many countries, including USA and Italy; FN has already intention to throw on the civilian market the SB193 cartridge (Ball), which has no tungsten penetrator.
The PS-90 is basically a P90 submachinegun with semiauto fire capabilities only and a 12' barrel. Basically it looks like a P90 submachinegun with a sound suppressor attached, isn't it? For Italian firearms owners: should the PS-90 hit our shores, it would be short enough to be catalogued and sold as a PISTOL, not as a rifle; thus, it would have no 'maximum' ammo capacity (which is 10 rounds for long arms in Italy). This means that we'd be able to sport standard P90 52-rounder magazines.
The P-2000 is the sporter version of the FN F2000 modular bull-pup assault rifle. It has no selective-fire capabilities, fires the .5'56x45mm-NATO ammunition, feeding from STANAG-compliant magazines. The weapon will be equipped with MIL-STD Picatinny upper rail, and standard iron sights. It will be sold with a 4x tunnel optic lenses sight; the electronic FCS (Fire Control System) developed and provided by MEOPTA Contravers for the military F2000 is unlikely to be sold to civilians, due to the high cost, but its protective plastic shell might be, and it is compatible with the use of the standard 4x optic sight, so that anybody will be able to use them an"
My notes (and other findings) related to the FN 5.7x28mm Weapon System (Ammunition, Five-seveN pistol, P90 PDW, PS90 carbine, CMMG Banshee Mk57, SCHV weapons in general, conversion of other weapons, accessories, reloading, etc.)
Friday, October 21, 2005
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