L96A1 (15 posts) is basically the less-known name (British military designation) of the AI Arctic Warfare (194). No distinction at all. All minor variants has been aliased into the main tag. I do not want to manually nuke it (discouraged action). However, let's make tagging and gun identification easier yet accurate.
The Barrett M82 (standardized by the U.S. military as the M107) a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle...
The tag M107 (less than 20 posts) already have an implication, so nuking it manually is not an option for me. It is more well-known under the correct name Barrett M82. While Barrett M107 has less than 10 posts. Requested in order to prevent others from making duplicate tags.
Might sound really controversial, while the goal of this BUR is to keep tagging weapon names correct and concise while not causing tag count inflation. That's why here I am here accepting discussions regarding such issue with the community in order to make tagging better and encouraging the administration team into handling BURs even sooner (perhaps). This is not the same thing as a badly-considered idea to alias Colt Commando into M4 carbine just because they're identical to those who are not familiar with both. It's because of usage context. Imagine finding Vietnam war-themed posts (e.g. post #2140973) or those set before early 1990s while finding characters holding rifles that look like shortened M16 with adjustable stock, while lacking rails and other more recent attachments except the tubular black handguard and old-fashioned top carry handle.
Perhaps Girls' Frontline character naming should not be an absolute guide to create gun name tags. Here are some legitimate reasons:
The so-called M4 SOPMOD II is basically the same M4 Carbine model but with some sort of modern attachments.
IMFDb said: An even shorter-barreled M4A1 carbine with a 10.5 inch barrel. The upper receiver, which is used on a regular M4 lower receiver, is designated CQB-R (Close Quarters Battle-Receiver), while the entire weapon system is designated as the Mk 18 Mod 0 by the United States Navy.
The Mk18 is essentially the same M4 Carbine with alternately replaced upper receiver which was designed by Daniel Defense. Nothing significantly differs but decrease on barrel length.
SOPMOD itself only refers to tactical accessories. Despite so, it is misused to refer M4 carbines featuring it (16 posts total). It's better to tag each items accordingly, such as optical sight, etc. Therefore, it should be rendered ambiguous and redundant, while manually nuking certain tags may cause some trouble.
Despite the whole modifications, both are not even the whole different rifle model. They are still technical subvariants of the M4.
EDIT: Removed SOPMOD from the BUR, thanks a lot to anyone who deprecated and nuked it! Please reconsider this BUR into approval.
IMFDb said Early Type 56 rifles are very similar to the Russian SKS-45, with a milled trigger group, blade bayonet, and long lug threaded barrel. Later Type 56s have a stamped sheet metal trigger group, short lug threaded or pressed and pinned barrel....
Utility alias, while it should also be usable outside Girls' Frontline-specific character naming. It is just Chinese-produced variant of the SKS without any significant visual difference. Generally speaking, artistic rendition of real life gun models can be inadequate or slightly inaccurate. Type 56 carbines and SKS with removable (AK) magazines are mainly aftermarket modification. Namely the imported SKS-D and SKS-M. For the same reason, that we do not even use tags like Karabiner-S for East German SKS or Zastava M59/66 for the Yugoslavian counterpart.
It's unlike the Type 56 assault rifle which most variants can be visually identifiable with AKM-style stamped metal receiver, but without canted muzzle and its non-removable pigsticker bayonet. While later variants either have under-folding stock or side-folding one with Bakelite parts.
Despite the "carbine" nomenclature of the SKS, it is still classify as a semi-automatic rifle. AFAIK, it was because the SKS was shorter than most WWII-era service rifles such as the Mosin-Nagant or SVT-40. In fact its length is identical to most contemporary military rifles, even shorter than full-sized service rifles (i.e. AK or FN SCAR).
Visually determining the difference between "original" Soviet-produced SKS and their copies externally is not possible.
Wikipedia said: The HS2000 (Hrvatski Samokres) is a series of semi-automatic pistols. Polymer-framed and striker-fired, the series is manufactured by HS Produkt (formerly I.M. Metal) in Karlovac, Croatia. In Europe, the pistols are marketed as the HS and XDM series, while in the United States, the pistols are sold as the Springfield Armory XD and XD-M series, respectively.
Utility alias. The gun is more well-known under the name Springfield Armory. Both weapons are visually and mechanically the same. Feel free to reverse the alias, it's all up to administration team decision.
The bulk update request #18079 is pending approval.
create alias hs2000 -> springfield_armory_xd create implication springfield_armory_xd -> handgun
An alternate option of aliasing. Despite the XD-M has only 4 posts, while I don't want other users to make duplicate tags for the same gun model. It came out first as the HS2000, wile XD is US market name. This time and most of the time, Girls' Frontline character naming is actually correct.
Wikipedia said: The Hanyang 88 was essentially a copy of the Gewehr 88, with a few minor differences, including the absence of the barrel shroud...
Both have same mechanism, exterior bolt handle and magazine shape. The Gewehr 88 was introduced in 1888, before Type 88 was produced in 1895. Artistic details can be often inadequate and not always entirely accurate. Often, manually nuking a "duplicate" tag does sound like a good option. Also, _(gun) qualifier is awfully redundant and not a good way to standardize tag naming.
Wikipedia said The most common models include the Type 38 chambered for the 6.5×50mmSR Type 38 cartridge, and the Type 99 chambered for the 7.7×58mm Type 99 cartridge, which is comparable in power to a modern .308 Winchester round.
The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (三十年式歩兵銃, 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box-fed bolt-action repeating rifle
There are no distinct visual differences between any series of Arisaka bolt action rifle family, while most of the time artistic flaws or lack of details may render some of them more difficult for most users to identify. Furthermore, they are all Arisakas and people know those only under the Arisaka name.
There are two posts containing Type 38 carbine tag, but I don't think nuking it manually will be a better option. Even Type 44 carbine only has one. It's up to administrators' decision to either rename both underpopulated tags with even less than 6 posts into Arisaka or keeping them into alias.
For the same reason, we only use Mosin-Nagant catch-all correct term for all variants, instead of having overly-specific ones like the Finnish M/91 rifle, Czechoslovak VZ91/38 Carbine or whatever - regardless of specified length difference or country of origin.
Once again, most viewers cannot tell the differences between Arisaka variants externally apart. Further details are very miniscule or either poorly-rendered by most artists. Intuitive name is more encouraged.
It is basically the M14, but with several minor and non-distinct modifications for sniper-grade accuracy. Do not want to nuke that tag manually because there's still an implication on it.
They're the same family of rifle, just with a few different details. The M40 is the USMC's adoption of the Remington Model 700 in 7.62 NATO, with a short action receiver.
Source and images for reference: M40 rifle and Remington Model 700, identical bolt handle and the entire stock shape Found another small tag for a lesser-known variant of what is commonly known as the Remington Model 700. Refrain from nuking it manually.
The actual name of the rifle is indeed CZ 805 BREN without hyphenation. In order to make it more searchable. Also, bumping most of previous related BURs here, in order to prevent others from making different tags for same gun models.
The CZ 805 BREN was created to replace the Sa vz. 58 in the Czech Army in 2006, which later sprung a family of rifles; CZ 807, CZ BREN 2, CZ BREN 2 BR and CZ BREN 2 PPS.
The CZ BREN 2 is essentially the modular subvariant of the earlier CZ 805 BREN. No significant visual distinction between each subvariants. Tagging weapon models should be accurate, but not unnecessarily redundant.
