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This is a mockup for new ideas. As of now there are no plans for release.
As you know, the vanilla combat rifle is a rifle for .308. This is the idea of combat rifle for other caliber. For comparison, ammo meshes are also lined up.
Carbine has already been released as Mod. Originally made for .45, it looks like the size to match other small bullets.
Assault rifle is for 5.56. It is a bit smaller than vanilla.
Anti-Material Rifle is for .50 cal. Also, for 5 mm almost the same size will be necessary.
I first learned that 5 mm is such a large bullet. It is almost the same as .50 cal!
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https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/22801
For the drum mag tab, I attempted to change before.
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/images/98676
There is no way the 5mm round is nearly the same size as .50 cal. The in-game model might be that big, but I'd have to say it's just an oversight. Remember, .50 cal is 12.7 mm, more than double that 5mm measurement. 5mm should be similar in size to the 5.56mm.
I have come to believe that it was originally intended to be analogous to the Russian 5.45, way back in Fallout 1. Whether that is true or not it is definitely an intermediate rifle round.
weird considering the .308 is Fallout 4's equivalent of .308 winchester which is similar to the 7.62x51 Nato so it would be redundant to have both ammo types.
in-game stats of 5mm weapons from F3, FNV and F4 are all weaker than 5.56 weapons which likely means that the 5mm has to be a smaller or weaker round than the 5.56
even most the pistol calibers are a little over sized compared to the 5.56, that or the 5.56's in-game model is just too small.
Fallout 4's in-game ammo model sizes is just a jumbled mess.
real life 5.45x39 weighs about 10 grams each, real life 5.56/.223 weighs about 12-15 grams each doing it realistically the two rounds are so close together in terms of performance they'd be redundant. Meanwhile in fallouts 1-3+NV 5mm weighed about half of 5.56/.223 do to its role as dakka ammo thankfully 5.56/.223 were weighed reasonably accurately so we can work out that the classic fallout 5mm weighs about 6 grams each puting it at roughly equivalent to popular PDW rounds like 5.7x28 or 4.6x30 in terms of weight. Additionally the low damage high armor penetration behavior exhibited in new vegas also backs up the PDW round theory so someone had to have also noticed this and ran with it to give 5mm its own niche.
Of course the weight theory falls apart in fallout 4 because 5mm here weighs 3 grams each which is only equaled by .22LR... damn it bethesda...
At this point I'd just shrug off realism and design 5mm as a fictional round based around its existing stats to avoid screwing with the level lists that means based on its low price and weight that its much smaller that 5.56mm and should go in the shortened carbine receiver(you could probably fit it in the 10mm pistol too).
I wouldn't be worried about the in game mesh because there aren't any rounds laying loose in the game world for a player to notice and highlighting that bethesda screwed up and used a giant heavy MG round would be a lot weirder for the player.
Perhaps I will prepare such a thing when I make this a Mod.
A wholehearted, "yes please!"