Editing BT-16 (section)

== Design ==

The BT-16 used an inline blowback action with a poppet valve and a link rod connecting the bolt and hammer. The Elite had a machined aluminium receiver and grip frame, a locking centre feed and a spring-return T-shaped cocking handle. Its removable barrel used [[Tippmann Model 98|Model 98]]-compatible threads in a separate receiver insert.[1]

The Elite had a bottom-mounted cylinder connection connected by hose to a vertical gas adaptor. The same vertical adaptor could accept a cylinder directly. The Field version was supplied for vertical cylinder mounting and omitted the Elite's bottom-line hardware and foregrip.[1][3]