TM just announced an AEG AA-12 shotgun.

[M.S.-ARC]

Video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=23&v=O9DdG0jFNVg


Here's what is known so far:

3 cylinder 3 barrels

semi and full auto

10 rps x3 barrels = 30 rps

90 round standard magazine and 3000+ round drum.

Each barrel has an individually adjustable hop so you can control the spread.

There is a FET already installed.

The two lower barrels have the hop on the sides allowing spread rather than lift.

Only the body, magazine and buttplate are plastic, it weighs 4.2kg.

Projected release summer/fall of this year.

Full article here:  http://www.hyperdouraku.com/event/hobbyshow1505/index.html

This is a game changer.  Looks to be a completely new type of aeg.

More info here:  http://imgur.com/a/6IwII

[Praetor]

Well this goes on my purchase list.

[luke213]

That's really interesting;) It's going to be a bear on the parts front likely at least unless someone clones it and it becomes popular enough to actually support a good amount of aftermarket stuff since I don't see anything that will be standard other than maybe the motor. Either way really freaking cool, fills the niche of another good shotgun option well. Honestly I'd rather see this mechanism in pump form rather than the gas 870 they released. Gas is cool but it's hard to get as functional as an AEG without some sort of external line setup. This could really be a good system to allow shotguns to be more realistic and effective which I'm always game for;)

Luke

[Guts and Glory]

I'm going to guess that local fields won't be letting folks go full auto drum mag crazy with it.  At least, I hope that won't be the case.

The guts of it are so large though that I doubt they could fit it into anything else but an AA-12 without sacrificing something.

[luke213]

I'm curious I'd love to see a full diagram of the internals since the spring powered versions fit in normal sized shotguns I'm just not sure how much more mechanism there is in this. We'll find out I'm sure as soon as someone tears one apart, but I'd still love to see it;)

Luke

[M.S.-ARC]

More info here:  http://imgur.com/a/6IwII

[Ajax]

As if I didn't have enough things to spend money on. That thing looks wicked.

[Major_Monocle]

I'm curious I'd love to see a full diagram of the internals since the spring powered versions fit in normal sized shotguns I'm just not sure how much more mechanism there is in this. We'll find out I'm sure as soon as someone tears one apart, but I'd still love to see it;)

Luke

I'm thinking all it might have is a heavy spring and an enlarged cylinder and piston to accomodate the 3 cylinder heads? That would make the most sense to me, and it would allow a variant of a V6/V2 to fit inside. Regardless of internals, I'll be buying one.

[Troubadour]

More interested to see that TM is making a GBBR.

[Ancalos]

this makes me happy, wonder what the price tag will be.