| | | Airsoft p90 | The p90 is the newest innovation in weaponry
introduced to deal with improvements in body armor. It
is manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, and
features a bull pup design and a fifty round magazine,
which is located on top of the weapon, so that the
need for a bulky and cumbersome magazine is
eliminated. It was designed to be effective against
ever improving body armor by utilizing small caliber
bullets fired at a high velocity. Nato expressed a
need for just such a weapon on April 16, 1989, as
regular small arms pistol fire were becoming
increasingly useless against enemies in body armor,
and due to the fact that assault rifles, which had no
trouble piercing body armor, were too large and bulky
for close quarters combat. It entered into service in
1994, but it's innovative design is still a surprise
to civilians, who have not seen much of the weapon.
It is a blowback-operated, select fire weapon which
features both semiautomatic and automatic modes of
firing. The clear magazine, which is located on top of
the weapon, makes checking the amount of remaining
ammunition easy. It is made mostly of lightweight
composite materials, making it very light. The p90
also features very little recoil, and spent rounds are
ejected downwards, out of the weapon.
The FN P90 represents the top of the line military
weaponry, and as such, will most likely never be
available to the public. While you may never be able
to own the P90, several airsoft gun manufacturers
offer airsoft replicas of the weapon. In fact, it's
futuristic design, as well as other innovative
features makes it one on the most popular designs for
airsoft guns to replicate.
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