04-21-2014, 03:25 PM
If you look at the Mk.48, it has a 19.75" barrel:
![[Image: 300px-Mk_48_PEO_Soldier.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mk_48_PEO_Soldier.jpg/300px-Mk_48_PEO_Soldier.jpg)
If you bullpup or semi-bullpup a smaller LMG, using the best component systems of LMG's to-date, chamber it in something with 6.5mm 130gr at 2500-2600fps, then you really have something. The Russians are ahead of the game with that PKM bullpup, although it is an afterthought, rather than purpose-built from scratch, and the ammunition container is in the wrong place.
If you bullpup or semi-bullpup a smaller LMG, using the best component systems of LMG's to-date, chamber it in something with 6.5mm 130gr at 2500-2600fps, then you really have something. The Russians are ahead of the game with that PKM bullpup, although it is an afterthought, rather than purpose-built from scratch, and the ammunition container is in the wrong place.
