an idea that popped into my head the other day. wondering why super huge anti material rifles went fired from over the shoulder like a rocket launcher is.

i'll probably flesh this idea out more on an actual character using it - but right now i am just trouble shooting out the design

the shells fired are chemically and magnetically accelerated discarding sabot rounds. so the rear portion explodes like a cannon shell - the recoil being mainly absorbed through the suspension system attached to the rear floating assembly. a magnetic coil system bring the round's speed up even further.

round types could vary within the constrains of the sabot system of course. i envision a standard tungsten/DU dart, a heavier high impact round (think flipping a armored car with a broadside hit) or 3-4 smaller round for long range anti infantry buckshot.

the optics system is housed on top of the barrel and contains all sorts of high tech stuff that i simply haven't thought of yet. essentially its image is transmitted via fiber optics into a high resolution screen (shown) or straight into an uplink in the user's eye/spine/scifi body modification.

the backpack mounting arms stay ridged when the weapon is sensed being ready to fire but can float free with a degree of resistance otherwise. also, fine-tuning or limited take-over can be managed digitally through small motors and the steadying actuators.

the remaining recoil is sent to the backpack unit which is transferred into both shoulders and hips while firing from a prone position.

back to my bread and butter!

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