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Gunsmith Katsumi - Akitsukuni Arms Design Quest

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  • Informational
    • Tachibana Katsumi

    Stress: 5/10

    Accomplishments
    Mechanical Engineering degree
    Got a job in your field
    Type 37 Special Purpose Rifle
    Type 38 Self-Loading Pistol

    Friends
    Maeda Rumi: Your roommate.
    Sanders Clara Rose: A colleague who works for Naylor, Sons & Daughters.

    Coworkers
    Mr. Watanabe: Your superior.
    Mr. Akutagawa: The boss of the company.

    Workshop 3
    Ms. Ikeda Nioh: Chemist. She also seems to be Mr Watanabe's personal secretary, but you're not sure if that's an official position.
    Mr. Yakade Yasuo: Physicist, specialized in ballistics. A living, breathing Technical Appendix C.
    Mx. Kusonoki Mayumi: Has a degree in materials science. Gets a look on their face when they say they know more about wood than anyone.
    Mr. Shiragiku Hideyoshi: Metalworker. Having met him, you've learned why metalworking is a craft and the meaning of the phrase "thinks himself heaven's gift to women".
    Mr. Kashiwa Ichiro: An apprentice gunsmith with a background in carpentry and actually using guns on people.

    Technologies
    Rifles (Familiar)
    Shotguns (Familiar)
    Pistols (Familiar)

    Rotate-and-pull bolts (Practical)
    Straight-pull bolts (Practical)
    Aperture sights (Practical)
    Stripper clips (Practical)
    Lever-delayed blowback operation (Practical)
    Double-stack magazines (Practical)
    Single-action handguns (Practical)
    En bloc clips (Conceptual)
    Simple blowback operation (Conceptual)
    Short recoil operation (Conceptual)
    Toggle-delayed blowback operation (Conceptual)
    Blow forward operation (Conceptual)
    Simple blowback operation (Conceptual)
    Double-action pistols (Conceptual)
    Automatic revolvers (Conceptual)
     
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    • Hmm. I seem to remember from Matsura Quest that the tanks were effectively immune to bullets, even when strafed by aircraft or going up against fixed defenses.

    This suggests that addressing the last war might require going further afield than simple anti-tank rifles.

    Say, a grenade launcher.

    edit: I'm now envisioning us going up to the Empress and handing her a beautifully embellished rambo-bandolier of 40mm grenades.
     
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    Vebyast said:
    Hmm. I seem to remember from Matsura Quest that the tanks were effectively immune to bullets, even when strafed by aircraft or going up against fixed defenses.

    This suggests that addressing the last war might require going further afield than simple anti-tank rifles.

    Say, a grenade launcher.
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    Would that work either? It's not the same at all, but I should think the kind of armor that can withstand a strafing run should be at least somewhat effective against a pre-ww1 grenade launcher equivalent.

    I haven't read any other gayaverse stuff though.
     
    I dunno about the antitank rifle either. That's fun too, but as something for the empress... well she's probably not good enough to get the most out of a high end sniper, but it wouldn't break her ribs and shatter her shoulder to try.
     
    I'm not sure giving the Empress a piece of what would effectively be crew-served artillery at this point in weapons development is the best idea, even if you put 皇后両陛下の最後の議論 on the barrel. An M1 Carbine-like would lack...prestige? Power projection? Compared to a submachine gun, which is why I'm not switching my vote yet. But if we did have ranked choice voting, I'd have "Rifle, but sized to fit the Empress, please" here.
     
    Davin Valkri said:
    I'm not sure giving the Empress a piece of what would effectively be crew-served artillery at this point in weapons development is the best idea, even if you put 皇后両陛下の最後の議論 on the barrel.
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    Well...did they only ever give katanas to Empresses? Or did they hand over bigger swords like nodachis? Cause those things were apparently used against cavalry, so if you think about it, an anti-tank rifle is really just a continuation of that proud old tradition...
     
    coyote16able said:
    Already exsists with auto 5 at this point in time but I like it so let's take it one step further and make it belt fed.
    [X] A shotgun
    [X] Push the boat out, make...
    -[X] The most technically advanced gun you can think of
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    I'm against a shotgun. Especially auto-shotguns are really difficult to make work for fundamental reasons - different shells have very different recoil characteristics and it's almost impossible to make an action that tolerates a sufficiently wide range of shells to be really useful. This is less of an issue for militaries because when they need to run a particular kind of shell through their shotguns they can just ask someone to design one with the right amount of energy and momentum, but it's probably much more of an issue for sporting use.
    Davin Valkri said:
    I'm not sure giving the Empress a piece of what would effectively be crew-served artillery at this point in weapons development is the best idea, even if you put 皇后両陛下の最後の議論 on the barrel. An M1 Carbine-like would lack...prestige? Power projection? Compared to a submachine gun, which is why I'm not switching my vote yet. But if we did have ranked choice voting, I'd have "Rifle, but sized to fit the Empress, please" here.
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    Yeah, AT rifle would be funny but maybe not actually a good idea. I'm going to stick with the plan of a quality sniper rifle.

    (edit: Also, can you imagine the Empress going shooting with a huge gun? There's really no way to use those things except prone. The really big ones even have turf spikes so you can't use them on concrete. She'd have to get down in the dirt to use it because. Her butler, or whoever it is that handles reloading, would have to get down in the dirt right next to her. It's either the best idea or the worst idea.)

    (edit edit: It kinda reminds me of that story about Queen Elizabeth terrorizing the Saudi king by taking him for a drive... while driving the way she would have when she was a military driver during WWII.)
     
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    firestorm440 said:
    Well...did they only ever give katanas to Empresses? Or did they hand over bigger swords like nodachis? Cause those things were apparently used against cavalry, so if you think about it, an anti-tank rifle is really just a continuation of that proud old tradition...
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    The iconic women's weapon in our timeline is the Naginata, so long (albeit light for their form) weapons for women to help compensate for smaller physical size is established tradition.

    I'd imagine prestige weapons in general though, and I'd bet that the larger swords that require more material and are more demanding of the smith do show up in good numbers.

    The biggest question I have is whether it has to be entirely domestic, because, hooo boy that could be interesting sourcing quality glass domestically.
     
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    [X] A rifle
    [X] Push the boat out, make...
    -[X] The most accurate gun you can engineer
    Vebyast said:
    Say, a grenade launcher.
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    Until somebody invents High-Low Propulsion or something similar, recoil forces are going to be far too high for this to be a good idea (particularly given the empress' notably slight build even for her gender, ethnicity, and time period).
     
    Vebyast said:
    Yeah, AT rifle would be funny but maybe not actually a good idea. I'm going to stick with the plan of a quality sniper rifle.

    (edit: Also, can you imagine the Empress going shooting with a huge gun? There's really no way to use those things except prone. The really big ones even have turf spikes so you can't use them on concrete. She'd have to get down in the dirt to use it because. Her butler, or whoever it is that handles reloading, would have to get down in the dirt right next to her. It's either the best idea or the worst idea.)

    (edit edit: It kinda reminds me of that story about Queen Elizabeth terrorizing the Saudi king by taking him for a drive... while driving the way she would have when she was a military driver during WWII.)
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    If you insist I'm sure we could scrounge up an armored car to mount this on. Very technically advanced, needs a name to emphasize that fact...how about "technical"? :V

    xthetenth said:
    The iconic women's weapon in our timeline is the Naginata, so long (albeit light for their form) weapons for women to help compensate for smaller physical size is established tradition.

    I'd imagine prestige weapons in general though, and I'd bet that the larger swords that require more material and are more demanding of the smith do show up in good numbers.

    The biggest question I have is whether it has to be entirely domestic, because, hooo boy that could be interesting sourcing quality glass domestically.
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    I think an AT rifle is acceptable if there's a history of anti-cavalry weapons being submitted. If not, perhaps a submachine gun would be better.
     
    firestorm440 said:
    If you insist I'm sure we could scrounge up an armored car to mount this on. Very technically advanced, needs a name to emphasize that fact...how about "technical"? :V
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    "Hi, I'm Iana McCollum, and welcome to Forgotten Weapons. Boy do I have a treat for you today.

    "Pre-War Imperial Akitsukuni had a tradition where Her Imperial Majesty's Matchlock Manufactory Tokei, the oldest and most respected firearms shop in the country, would annually present their finest work to the Empress as a gift to celebrate her Ascension Day. Nowadays we know HMMMT for its excellent firearms design, but back then they were only just getting into that business and were much more known for their high-end sporting weapons, and they went all-out on their Ascension Day gifts. If all the other embellished firearms we've had on the show are diamond rings and necklaces, these are Faberge Eggs. Some of them are estimated to this day to have been among the most expensive small arms ever manufactured. We have no idea how much they'd actually cost because none of them has ever gone up to sale. I'm not going to be changing that, sadly, but I do have something else to show you.

    "See, these Ascension Day guns were not just beautifully embellished, they were often special or novel for other reasons. For example, one year HMMMT presented the Empress with serial number one of Akitsukuni's Pocket Hammerless production. And, well, one year, just after their war with Caspia, someone got An Idea, and so we have this.

    "You're seeing your screen right, that is a Rolls-Royce. Yes, it is armored. Yes, literally every visible surface of the car is covered with carvings, engravings, inlays, and other embellishments. And yes, it does belong on Forgotten Weapons, because it is-

    *clunk*

    *thump thump thump*

    *clank*

    "-it is also a technical. And the heavy machine gun is even more finely embellished than the rest of the car.

    "Now, let's get in here and look at this more closely, shall we?"
     
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    Vebyast said:
    "Hi, I'm Iana McCollum, and welcome to Forgotten Weapons. Boy do I have a treat for you today.

    "Pre-War Imperial Akitsukuni had a tradition where Her Imperial Majesty's Matchlock Manufactory Tokei, the oldest and most respected firearms shop in the country, would annually present their finest work to the Empress as a gift to celebrate her Ascension Day. Nowadays we know HMMMT for its excellent firearms design, but back then they were only just getting into that business and were much more known for their high-end sporting weapons, and they went all-out on their Ascension Day figts. If all the other embellished firearms we've had on the show are diamond rings and necklaces, these are Faberge Eggs. Some of them are estimated to this day to have been among the most expensive small arms ever manufactured. We have no idea how much they'd actually cost because none of them has ever gone up to sale. I'm not going to be changing that, sadly, but I do have something else to show you.

    "See, these Ascension Day guns were not just beautifully embellished, they were often special or novel for other reasons. For example, one year HMMMT presented the Empress with serial number one of Akitsukuni's Pocket Hammerless production. And, well, one year, just after their war with Caspia, someone got An Idea, and so we have this.

    "You're seeing your screen right, that is a Rolls-Royce. Yes, it is armored. Yes, literally every visible surface of the car is covered with carvings, engravings, inlays, and other embellishments. And yes, it does belong on Forgotten Weapons, because it is-

    *clunk*

    *thump thump thump*

    *clank*

    "-it is also a technical. And the heavy machine gun is even more finely embellished than the rest of the car.

    "Now, let's get in here and look at this more closely, shall we?"
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    Tell me the entire Army wouldn't be drawing...ahem, "swords"...at the thought of being able to lead a cavalry charge face-first again.
     
    I want to build a submachine gun. Partly because that's going to push our name out.

    Partly because I want this to be a gun that her majesty could theoretically use and use accurately. Something light. Something controllable. Something you can point. And something that can slaughter all comers in rapid succession. A gun tailor made for a woman to use. One very specific woman.

    If house and home and family and living God are under attack. She'll have thirty rounds.

    Now she's not actually ever gonna use it, but it's the sentiment that counts.

    I also wonder if it would be possible to source materials from all of Akitsukuni. It would be super poetic.
     
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