PAPOP

The PAPOP (PolyArme POlyProjectiles, "multi-projectile multi-weapon") is a French project to construct a multi-usage infantry weapon for the FÉLIN system. It combines a 35 mm grenade launcher with a 5.56 NATO assault rifle, both in a bullpup configuration, complete with targetting aids.

The PAPOP project aims at providing, by 2010, a versatile weapon capable of engaging ennemy infantry, even protected, with a range of up to 600 metres.

The concept is a bi-tube shoulder weapon complete with an electronic targetting system. The rifle fires sub-calibre ammunition with a 5.56 NATO sabot with a muzzle velocity of 1500 to 1800 metres per second. The second tube is a semi-automatic 35 mm grenade launcher with programmable shells. A large selector switches from rifle to grenade. The targetting system includes night vision, a telemetre and a targetting computer which also programmes the grenades prior to launch.