User:AugFC/Firearms Archive

An archive of weird and wonderful weapons from around the world. Many of these weapons are extremely rare or one-of-a-kind pieces which, unfortunately, have very little available information surrounding them. If you have any information or images of rare and obscure weapons, post 'em here.

Enouy Revolver
An English transitional revolver designed by Charles Osborne and modified by Joseph Enouy. Dates from around 1855. The "ferris wheel" device attached to the weapon holds up to 8 cylinders; 48 rounds in total. Such a device was likely never sold commercially. Only one of these revolvers is known to exist, and it is in private hands. A wooden mock-up also surfaced.

Bullpup FN FAL
An FN FAL/L1A1 SLR converted into a bullpup rifle. Mechanism seems very crude. Unknown date/origin.

Nader Grenade Launcher
An Iranian underbarreled RPG. Little to no information can be sourced on this weapon, since it has never been seen outside of Iran. Appeared briefly in an Iranian propaganda video, in which it was fired, seemingly without any backblast. It is likely that the weapon is not a true RPG, but rather a grenade launcher stylized to look like an RPG. Quite why the designer felt it necessary to do this is unknown.

Parker Hale Rogun
A British riot shotgun (Rogun) designed by Birmingham-based company Parker Hale Ltd. Unknown date of origin. Incorporates an unusual mechanism in which the forend is pushed forward rather than pulled back in order to chamber a new round. The barrel also slides forward simultaneously. Less than 20 of these shotguns are known to exist.

Bushman IDW
A British experimental weapon that was intend to replace both handguns and submachine guns. Reportedly, the Individual Defence Weapon (IDW) has eliminated weapon "climb", so that the firer may stay centered on their target upon firing. The concept was improved and prototyped by Parker Hale Ltd., but the firm was bought out in the late 90's and since then the company has ceased firearms manufacture.

SEK PSDR-3
A German suppressed revolver designed by Joe Peters of Peters-Stahl GmbH. It is essentially a Smith & Wesson Model 25 chambered for .45 ACP with an enormous suppressor coating the entire barrel and cylinder. It was probably never intended for commercial sale. The weapon was tested at Hereford, and apparently functioned very well, but because of its large size and unwieldy design it is not an ideal combat weapon.

Thorneycroft-Farquhar Carbine
A British bullpup rifle developed during the early 1900's. This prototype was a joint contribution between British arms designers James Baird Thorneycroft and Moubray Gore Farquhar in 1905. It was briefly trialed by the British Army, but proved unreliable compared to the competing SMLE rifle and also, because it was so lightweight, users complained of excessive recoil. Nevertheless the Thorneycroft-Farquhar Carbine is historically relevant since it is probably the first bullpup rifle ever designed. A surviving trials model is currently being kept at the Infantry and Small Arms School in England.

Unknown Anti-Material Rifle
An unknown scoped bullpup anti-material rifle briefly seen in an Iranian propaganda video. Unknown date. Appearance is somewhat similar to the LR2A and the Steyr HS-50, but nobody has been able to positively identify this rifle as of yet. It may be an Iranian copy of another design.

SerLea ACE
A Lebanese submachine gun with twin barrels and twin magazines. Allegedly trialed with the LAPD and rejected. Less than 8 of these weapons currently exist. A blank-firing version appeared very briefly in the 1990 movie Direct Hit.