Personal armor parts

Well I guess that this is the closest forum to ask and discuss this kind of thing.

Recently I have been wondering about things, nowadays we have succeded in making things smaller, guns have calibers with decent killing power with little recoil. So what you guys think of this, it is possible for us to build an arm/wrist mounted pistol/machine pistol using only technology avaliable for us now?

In my opinion is yes, the thing can be shaped as a gundam like forearm and hand, to have enough space to add the internal components of the weapon, using a small caliber, .22, 9mm, perhaps .45 or even 5.7x28mm as the ammo for it, with alteration to make the trigger group and trigger it is possible to have a rather reliable arm mounted gun. Ah, the magazine would be external, hell we can even make the thing belt fed as far as I know it. Laser aiming devices would be used as well to ensure accuracy.

What you guys think? Feel free to add your own ideas here for weapons to a personal armor part, but keep grounded on present time technology.

Sure why not, but it is just easier to build an old fashioned pistol.

I agree with that, but this is something extra to add, pistols and other regular artilery would be there as well, this idea is for busy hands situation, like holding something and can't hold a regular gun. Or in smaller calibers and configurations assassination, I mean a 'up the wrist' arm gun would kill someone discreetly in a busy street or crowded room without being noticed as the gun is hidden inside the assassin's wrist.
For muzzle flash and related burns there are solutions as protection to the arm, for the flash I am not sure, but I am sure that something can be wiped up.

Silencers eliminate most of the flash, special bullets can do the rest, using a modified version of the metal storm system solves most problems.

I believe the main reason people haven't put guns on their hands yet is because it would cause too much stress and pressure on the user. When you're finish using the damn thing, I think you would be really tired and sore. Also you would be carrying weights on your hands practically. I jsut don't find it too feasible.

That is why you put all of the mechanism and the ammo on the fore arm, besides guns aren't exactly heavy devices, even if the gun was built onto your hand it wouldn't be a significant weight unless you had to hold your arm out for an extended period.

And most of the modern handguns are quite light. I want to point out that nowadays a submachine gun weights 2 and something kilos, a pistol less than one kilo, that isn't much to carry on your arm for long periods of time. And I was talking about 'small' calibers, types for average pistols, well maybe .22 LR or the 5.7mm who can be used in rifles or submachineguns, both are rather small and with small recoil.
Since the gun is mounted on the forearm, I personally don't think that the recoil and will be all that big of a issue, the thing is strapped on the forearm, a bit sorness can be expected after firing but should be rather insignificant as it should be equally dividied in the whole forearm and arm. And keeping in reasonably small calibers, no magnums other than .22 or other ridiculously large munitions as the cassul, should add to comfort when firing the stuff, training with it would also make the user used to the different type of effect of the recoil on his body.

You don't get it, the ammunition will have to be built into the arms too or else it would be pointless to have such a weapon. If you actually have to fit cartridges into the arm then it would be jsut a waist of time. Ammo would have to be built in the damn thing but it would add undesired weight to one focused part of the body. The thing wouldn't be built for simple pistol rounds either. The reason this giant hunk would be built is for the army. They would need to use it for their main weaponry. THey would fill it up with rifle rounds, and lots of it. Also in emergencies of being taken on and off it would jsut take too much time. In a sudden attack you would have to put on the damn thing and would prob take to long. If you had to take it off for the many different reasons that meet soldiers in combat, then it wouldn't be feasible as well. Also what would be the command for firing the bullets? Clenching your fists?

In my idea this weapon is magazine fed, keeping the minimal amount of parts on the weapon to make it smaller, so there would be a magazine port and magazine to be used on this weapon, the firing command can be mostly anything, a button on the palm, or in the pinky that you press against the palm, or eletric impulses from a particular hand movement, or even a leaver/string I am not sure of how it is called, it is connected to a ring in the middle finger, then to a flexible bar that is activated when pulling your fhand closed on a fist down, there are many poissible ways to fire the thing you can pick any.

As I mentioned this isn't a main weapon, but an additional weapon for powered armors, if you want a good example of this kind of thing download the manga Red Eyes, you will see a ton of them there. I am not discussing how they would or should be used in conbat situations, but if it is possible to build it using modern technology. In my view the most tricky issue would be the firing command/trigger, but with imagination it can be solved.

It's possible but just not feasible for military uses. Such an idea would be laughed at when presented. In the end, it would just have to be something practical and revolutionary in warfare. If it came as a whole battle armor piece, it would have to be very mobile. I mean we just haven't really developed anything to become something like Iron Man yet. The best we can probably do is like Robo Cop, but that thing would get shot down easily. In actuality people are making armor augmentations to human bodies. I'm not for sure which country, but I think it is either Canada or France that is already developing leg armor that increases speed and strength. It conserves stamina for the individual and would actually be something useful. The problem is like anything else in the world, the money required for mass production for soldiers. In truth, is all that really worth it for a soldier's life? So it may be accpeted, it may not. It all depends on if teh country wishes to invest such a product on their soldiers.