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I'd seen this a while back, but had recently come across it again. A search has revealed nothing here on the site.
It appears to be a 7,62mm NATO calibre assault rifle prototype, interestingly in blowback. There appear to be at least 2 prototypes, as one has lugs on the rear tubular receiver that looks like it may have been for a stock of some sort. in the forum below, a fellow makes mention that there are two slightly different receiver types.
http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=27423&p=151290&viewfull=1
Apart from the attachments below,there are a few more pics in this link above.
The only other assault rifle that I know of that used blowback was the Gustloff Sturmgewehr VG1-5. Although that used a system of delayed blowback, there is some doubt whether the "delayed" blowback on that actually made a difference. The unique way in which part of the forward receiver/barrel shroud moved, making it a de facto heavy bolt, seemed always to me far more akin to a direct blowback...
It appears to use a Sterling SMG trigger/handgrip.
Some of the speculation out there wonders whether it was a naval or vehicle mounted weapon, but the magazine feed seems to rather obviously (to me at least) rule that out.
Other speculation I've seen is that it might have been a "basic" cheap assault rifle in case of WW3 ever breaking out.
In one of the attachments, a person who visited the Sterling works in Dagenham can be seen holding something that appears to be one of the prototypes.
Certainly, a direct blowback in such a large calibre (7,62X51mm) seems like quite a handful, to understate things.
There is a lack of real info out there on the web, and I was wondering if anybody has any further info about this design and its history?
It appears to be a 7,62mm NATO calibre assault rifle prototype, interestingly in blowback. There appear to be at least 2 prototypes, as one has lugs on the rear tubular receiver that looks like it may have been for a stock of some sort. in the forum below, a fellow makes mention that there are two slightly different receiver types.
http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=27423&p=151290&viewfull=1
Apart from the attachments below,there are a few more pics in this link above.
The only other assault rifle that I know of that used blowback was the Gustloff Sturmgewehr VG1-5. Although that used a system of delayed blowback, there is some doubt whether the "delayed" blowback on that actually made a difference. The unique way in which part of the forward receiver/barrel shroud moved, making it a de facto heavy bolt, seemed always to me far more akin to a direct blowback...
It appears to use a Sterling SMG trigger/handgrip.
Some of the speculation out there wonders whether it was a naval or vehicle mounted weapon, but the magazine feed seems to rather obviously (to me at least) rule that out.
Other speculation I've seen is that it might have been a "basic" cheap assault rifle in case of WW3 ever breaking out.
In one of the attachments, a person who visited the Sterling works in Dagenham can be seen holding something that appears to be one of the prototypes.
Certainly, a direct blowback in such a large calibre (7,62X51mm) seems like quite a handful, to understate things.
There is a lack of real info out there on the web, and I was wondering if anybody has any further info about this design and its history?
