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Post by admin on Oct 3, 2006 23:59:45 GMT -5
DC-15L Long Rifle Source: Episode III As seen in: Episode II, Clone Wars I and II, Battlefront I and II, Episode III Most of the GMs in the Order 66 scene can be seen carrying this weapon. However it is known to be a standardized weapon among the clone units, so do not consider it to be a GM-specific weapon (considering the other weapons they are known to use). Discuss!
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Post by tj on Oct 5, 2006 16:43:26 GMT -5
The base of most rifles in Star Wars were British machine guns an the German MG34 (my girlfriend like it!) Only the barrel was changed for episode II and III and some little modifications were made. A good introduction You will find at www.fanwars.be/
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2006 17:15:49 GMT -5
Well spotted trooper! Though since they were all digital models, there were a few cosmetic details changed on the receiver section to better accomodate the new barrel section. Most notably was the magazine slot and the shell discharge section being replaced with a simple gunmetal-colored block. This detail appears on both the long rifle and the carbine. But the receiver section was definitely based on the MG pictured in your post.
I've actually thought it'd be AWESOME to build a DC out of the MG, but I assume it'd be grossly expensive to do so.
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Post by corbin on Oct 5, 2006 18:06:35 GMT -5
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2006 18:09:37 GMT -5
Heck yeah. I'm considering getting one of their vacformed DCs. There's someone buidling one on CTN and taking it to the extreme. Then again, you have to if you don't want the top and bottom to look weird.
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Post by corbin on Oct 5, 2006 18:16:53 GMT -5
was the DC 15 based on the MG34 or the MG42?
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2006 18:39:50 GMT -5
It was based on the MG-34 receiver. It's a slimmer version of the 42.
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Post by corbin on Oct 5, 2006 19:59:24 GMT -5
if you used a 42 receiver, once all the parts where on it to make a DC15. could you really tell the difference?
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Post by admin on Oct 5, 2006 21:03:13 GMT -5
Well the receiver would look awefully large. It's not really meant to be a large receiver because not much goes on in it. The gun cracks in half at that point, shotgun style, and you put a power cell in (source: CW Vol.1), and the "fire" signal moves from the trigger to the power cell, then up the barrel section into the tibanna gas chamber and fires. If it were more compact in design, I could see the receiver based on the 42 because there would need to be more room for the electronics. The sheer length of the DC-15 allows for tighter components over a longer length.
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Post by tj on Oct 7, 2006 2:29:16 GMT -5
was the DC 15 based on the MG34 or the MG42? The MG34 was developed in 1920s an introduced in the German army in 1938, the MG42 was introduced in 1942 was easier to produce, has got some littler improvements and cheaper then the MG34. You can change the the barrel in 3 seconds, fire 1200-1500 rounds per minute. After 65 years in service, now under the name MG1 and 3, it´s in my opinion the best machine gun ever buildt.
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Post by admin on Oct 7, 2006 11:20:38 GMT -5
The deeces were still based off the 34 though.
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Post by grumpydevil on Oct 8, 2006 0:21:07 GMT -5
Here's my Cushman DC-15 rfle... -Kyle
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Post by tj on Oct 8, 2006 3:15:29 GMT -5
It looks very nice. My girlfriend contacted him for the props but we didn´t got an answer...
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Post by Socker on Oct 9, 2006 16:42:58 GMT -5
This is my DC-15 though to way to do Socker Suenl
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Post by Goose on Oct 12, 2006 14:56:57 GMT -5
Here's my Cushman DC-15 rfle... -Kyle I might have to invest in one of those Cushman's eventually.
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