Saturday, March 28, 2009

How scary is the MTG Terminator assault gun?

Israel's Tavor TAR-21 and the Terminator Maarheinigt is different from the rest of the island military in its weapons. Its assault weapon is MTG "Terminator," seen recently from news footage of the captures of Gibraltar, Cyprus and Namibia. No Maarheinigt soldier has ever discussed its technical data though. The Attland never sells or shows any of its military weapons, including the Terminator.

What is known is that it is a unique, three caliber weapon. Combining a 12 Gage shotgun barrel on center top, a 9 MM barrel on the right hand side of the shooter, and the NATO 5.56x45 caliber barrel on the left, the gun is not light.

However, the gun is made using Brog Corporation's custom-manufactured polyesters, into which the metal barrels are embedded. The result is still a light weapon for its cumbersome outline, and most of all, well-balanced. Maarheinigt soldiers were seen firing it with with one hand only, hence the nickname of the Terminator.

The weapon is pre-sited with its own, Koborg Optics' purpose-designed ACOG-like sight contained inside the carrying handle, comes with bipod, detachable sniper scope, night and star sights, Brog's D-size isotope batteries, a silencer for the 9 MM barrel, and attachable bag for capturing spent shells. In addition to standard shotgun ammunition, the 12 gauge chamber can also fire specially made explosive slugs containing electrical discharge or conventional explosives, as well as sub-caliber munitions.

The muzzle and the general cosmetics look like the designers borrowed from Israel's Desert Eagle and Tavor, and some versions of the gun also look like a Pancor Jackhammer. The 10-round 12 gauge cartridge magazine and the 20-round 5.56 MM magazine are inserted in the rear, side-by-side slots, almost reminiscent of Tavor's STANAG magazine location. The 20-round 9 MM magazine is inserted into the handle.

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