![]() ![]() 221 Fireball for the standard 5.56x45mm NATO, resulting in a weapon as compact as it was loud. This gun didn’t go anywhere, but the basic concept was copied by Mack Gwinn, an enterprising firearms designer, who produced what he called the “Bushmaster Arm Pistol”. One of these was the “Davis Gun”, designated by Colt the IMP-221, a pistol-rifle hybrid with a bullpup layout, firing the recently introduced commercial. A better weapon, capable of fully automatic fire and firing more potent ammunition than standard pistol rounds, was requested, and several designs submitted. Pilots of downed jets were increasingly vulnerable as enemy forces mopped up the essentially unarmed jet drivers. The United States Air Force faced a similar problem in how to arm its aircrews. This weapon was intended to be fired with the arm extended, like a pistol, and was designed to give aircrews and other personnel the firepower of an infantry rifle at short ranges. ![]() The Colt IMP-221, AKA the “Davis Gun”, showing its ability for the receiver and magazine housing to rotate out of the way of the firer’s arm. ![]()
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