Thread:SpiritedDreaming/@comment-24857712-20150927024310/@comment-25396609-20151013162012

No matter what combination of mechanism I try to use and justify that shield design I cannot find one that works the way ou seem to want it to.

If I am understanding correctly you want the shield itself to transform into the gun, however because of the dimensions of a tower shield it would take an extremely long time to transform assuming all pieces of the gun are simply mounted on the shield and move into position to form the assault rifle as the shield collapses.

The possible mechanisms required for this transformation would have to move perfectly in sync or the whole thing will jam up and be rendered inoperable, which s not a risk you want to take in combat.