Beedok, I'd just ignore Cockroach if I were you. He lives up to his name...
His trolling aside, it does look a tad modern, but hey if you have rationalised that in your timeline (which you have) then go for it. It's like calling Steampunk "Archaic", well, that's kind of the point. However it's justified in whatever timeline the steampunk-ness occurs in.
That said, things do have to look vaguely plausible from a physics perspective, hence my comments on the tank. The barrel just looked too large a calibre for the turret, but as I understand it, shipbucket/tankbucket or whatever intentionally overscale barrels for detail purposes. Less obvious in a large warship, painfully so in a small scale AFV.
Similar rules for Hapsburg really
Me, I think we will have advanced further than that, but hey if you want mid-20th aesthetics and technology derived from them in your far future timeline, go for it. Only one question though Haps, if it's a 0.50 Calibre round with a more powerful propellant than we have currently, even in a caseless design won't the recoil be rather excessive for a service rifle? Look up the Boys 0.55in Anti-Tank Rifle. Not a pleasant weapon to shoot, and that was designed for a specific task. A bullpup design would help offset some of that issue. Or, perhaps given the more powerful propellant etc, perhaps your weapon incorporates some kind of recoilless function or a muzzle compensator?
His trolling aside, it does look a tad modern, but hey if you have rationalised that in your timeline (which you have) then go for it. It's like calling Steampunk "Archaic", well, that's kind of the point. However it's justified in whatever timeline the steampunk-ness occurs in.
That said, things do have to look vaguely plausible from a physics perspective, hence my comments on the tank. The barrel just looked too large a calibre for the turret, but as I understand it, shipbucket/tankbucket or whatever intentionally overscale barrels for detail purposes. Less obvious in a large warship, painfully so in a small scale AFV.
Similar rules for Hapsburg really
Me, I think we will have advanced further than that, but hey if you want mid-20th aesthetics and technology derived from them in your far future timeline, go for it. Only one question though Haps, if it's a 0.50 Calibre round with a more powerful propellant than we have currently, even in a caseless design won't the recoil be rather excessive for a service rifle? Look up the Boys 0.55in Anti-Tank Rifle. Not a pleasant weapon to shoot, and that was designed for a specific task. A bullpup design would help offset some of that issue. Or, perhaps given the more powerful propellant etc, perhaps your weapon incorporates some kind of recoilless function or a muzzle compensator?
