PEW PEW PEW LASER GUNS!

I must give credit to the individual or individuals who doubtless spent an entire week coming up with a Star Trek acronym for this new gun. That was a real stretch, right there...

Incidentally, this comes on the heels of the Army canceling the XM-8 infantry rifle. Now that I look at that gun, I begin to think that the R&D folks have been watching Starship Troopers again. Where are the normal looking guns? There seems to be trend to make a shell that looks slick, stick a gun in it, and call it a new weapon. For example, the XM-8 looks like this:

This is, basically, what's inside:

Circa 1968... and it's the basis for all kinds of guns now called 'new'.
Of course, it might be nice to give some thought to looks, or you end up with this:

This would make the first time that the Swedes have not demonstrated a sense of style.

Now please excuse me, I'm going to try and come up with a weapon called by the acronm F.A.S.P.W.N... anything with P.W.N. in it, really... It's going to look like this:

The ultimate in close combat weaponry!