The Steyr AUG is an Austrian-made bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartirdge. The AUG is often cited as the first successful bullpup assault rifle design, seeing service with the armed forces of over twenty countries and becoming the standard-issue rifle of the Austrian and Australian armed forces. When adopted by the Bundesheer in 1977, it was considered a highly advanced weapon design, combining the bullpup configuration, a polymer housing, dual vertical grips, an optical sight as standard, and a modular design.
Overview[]
The Steyr AUG is a bullpup design — in other words, the firing chamber is located behind the trigger. This allows the weapon to have a far longer barrel in a smaller overall package, while also placing the action in the stock, utilizing space that is wasted in a conventional layout and also giving the weapon improved recoil characteristics. Other notable features include its translucent magazines, allowing the amount of remaining ammunition within to be determined with a quick visual inspection, its vertical foregrip and the integrated scope of early variants. The weapon can also be quickly and easily converted for a left-handed shooter.
The Steyr AUG is often incorrectly cited as the first bullpup assault rifle. However, this is not true, as the British-designed EM-2 preceded it. However, the AUG was the first bullpup assault rifle to see widespread use as the EM-2 was dropped after the prototype stage.
Notable Users[]
Several Colombian Scorpions were armed with Steyr AUGs during a firefight with the LAPD.
Predator: Hunting Grounds's G-ROW assault rifle uses the F90 as its basis, serving as Fireteam Voodoo's early unlock rifles.
Appearances[]
- Predator 2
- Alien: Covenant
- Predator: Hunting Grounds (video game; as the G-ROW)
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