SG-1 Weaponry

[Chachi]

I was watching a season 1 episode earlier and notived that SG-1 was just using MP-5 submachine guns. What other (earth)weapons have been primary arms for SG teams, and does anyone know why they switched to the P90's besides the kevlar-defeating bullets they fire and aesthetic purposes?

so far, I've been able to think of: M249 SAW, SPAS-12, M-4, MP-5, P90, and Tippmann Pneumatic 68 carbine paintball guns that they call tranquilizer guns.

oh, and those m-16 looking assault shotguns

anything else?

-Chachi

[./freelancer]

and does anyone know why they switched to the P90's besides the kevlar-defeating bullets they fire and aesthetic purposes?

Because they are so much better, and waay cooler And the kevlar-defeating bullets should be reason enough

[Agent_Dark]

I was watching a season 1 episode earlier and notived that SG-1 was just using MP-5 submachine guns. What other (earth)weapons have been primary arms for SG teams, and does anyone know why they switched to the P90's besides the kevlar-defeating bullets they fire and aesthetic purposes?

so far, I've been able to think of: M249 SAW, SPAS-12, M-4, MP-5, P90, and Tippmann Pneumatic 68 carbine paintball guns that they call tranquilizer guns.

oh, and those m-16 looking assault shotguns

anything else?

-Chachi

Those M-16 looking shotguns are USAS automatic shotties

Teal'c uses a MM-1 auto grenade launcher in a few episodes (Death Knell for one) and Sam has her 'Carter Special' that she uses throughout Season7.

They first switched to the P-90 in the Season 4 episode 'The First One' (where Daniel gets captured by the Unas, and the rest of SG-1 go out to find him). O'Neill specifically asks for the P-90's before heading out, so I assume he wants them for the Armor Piercing rounds. Unas' have thick hides after all

[ColonelKlink]

I dont think SG-1 ever used them but there were some M-16A1's and XM177's being used by the base security and other sg teams. Actually now that i think of it, sam uses an XM177 in season 3 nemesis.

[Panther]

Teal'c uses a MM-1 auto grenade launcher in a few episodes (Death Knell for one) and Sam has her 'Carter Special' that she uses throughout Season7.

Nooo! It's a 40mm Federal Multi-Launcher!

[captain_kirk999]

Don't forget Daniel's 9mm!!!

P90's do look a lot cooler than the old MP-5's and they're also more compact, lighter and easier to carry around. Everyone in Atlantis carries a P90 and a 9mm, I don't remember seeing much else. When the Daedalus arrives maybe it should bring bigger weapons now that they know about the wraith threat, P90's aren't powerful enough to take down multiple wraith (wraiths?)

[_Owen_]

your question can be answered with another question, why eat a rotten apple when you have a perfectly good chocolate bar in your hand? i would like to insert that the P-90 is the coolest weapon ever made. and it is not that a P-90 can't take down multiple wraiths, it can, the just regenerate, atlantis need weapons that will kill the wraith, the P-90's can deffinetly do some damage. but since the P-90's are so cool, i suggest for atlantis that they find someway to modify the P-90's so that they kill the wraith imediatly.

[Anubis69]

Not to mention the macho rail guns they use in "The Seige part 2". When i saw those babies being rolled out, my heart soared.

[randy]

Not to mention the macho rail guns they use in "The Seige part 2". When i saw those babies being rolled out, my heart soared.

I wan't some energy weapons for the sg1. Like mini-bullets but made of energy.

Besides the rail guns, has the SG1 command made any real weapons or defense that not been helped built by the Tok'ra or the Asgard? They need to be more original.

[Anubis69]

I wan't some energy weapons for the sg1. Like mini-bullets but made of energy.

Besides the rail guns, has the SG1 command made any real weapons or defense that not been helped built by the Tok'ra or the Asgard? They need to be more original.

Rail gun bullets don't have to be made of energy, they can be projectiles as well but instead of being fired using gun powder etc. and other traditional mechanisms but accelerated by two powered rails. or is that a coil gun? either way, one is two rails, one is one rail but i can't remember which is which.

[aAnubiSs]

http://www.powerlabs.org/coilgun.htm
http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm

[randy]

Rail gun bullets don't have to be made of energy, they can be projectiles as well but instead of being fired using gun powder etc. and other traditional mechanisms but accelerated by two powered rails. or is that a coil gun? either way, one is two rails, one is one rail but i can't remember which is which.

They said in the Siege that rail guns bullets were going at Mach 4 so probably gave us the illusion of energy weapons.

[aAnubiSs]

They were going at Mach 5, and Mach 5 is just a velocity, why would it give us the illusion of energy weapons?

If it was an energy weapon there wouldn't be a 10,000 round limit since there's an atmosphere full of atoms.

[Wandering Tamer]

If I recall correctly, the weapons that the Air Force people used in Children of the Gods didn't really effect the Jaffa that came through the gate. So maybe they switched to the armor peircing rounds because its effective against Jaffa armor. Just a thought.

[Anubis69]

http://www.powerlabs.org/coilgun.htm
http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm

Thanks for the links, cleared up a lot of grey areas!