To each their own. .308 because it is basically a 7.62.
Well it IS a 7.62.
7.62 by 51. There isn't too much headspacing differences between .308 and 7.62 NATO- most of the differences is in powder loads.
But it's certainly not anything like 7.62x39, which is what a Chinese AR would more likely use, and .308 is more similar to the 7.62x54r (but not the same as it), so if a Chinese AK based AR was going to be in a caliber comparable to .308, it would be 7.62x54r.
There are Galils in .308 and AK type weapons made for export/assembled in the USA that are chambered in .308, but this is a Chinese weapon we're talking about here.
The Chinese AR would probably just use 5.56 like it did in Fallout 3, because it was made to use captured American Ammo. I say just port the Fallout 3 CSA. We're needing a Full Auto 5.56 AR anyway- the only auto 5.56 is the LMG.
There were Chinese infiltrators at the Dam as evidenced by their suits- no reason why there couldn't be Chinese weapons in the Mojave. Maybe since they were stealth operators the CARs could have integrated silencers. Also, bring back the 10mm Chinese Mauser but give it power matching the 10mm (was pathetic in Fallout 3).
For the .308 weapon, I say bring in the R91, put it in .308 like a G3, and call it the R93. Don't make it full auto- that role is fulfilled by the "Automatic Rifle". Make it semi, like "This Machine", though obviously it will have more ammo capacity and a higher fire rate. It will be the .308 equivalent of the Service rifle. You could give it a scope, but it would be a very low zoom scope. Perhaps the "R93M Marksman Rifle" or something like that.
I want to see a unique plasma caster or perhaps a mod that converts the plasma caster back to its original purpose as a plasma torch, the caster would fire like a flamethrower except instead of a jet of flame doing fire damage, it's a jet of plasma that does plasma damage and can melt the enemy.
I'd like to have "mixed" unarmed weapons. While knuckles go on both fists, things like the power fist only go on one fist. I want to see something like a power fist and displacer glove, or a ballistic fist and a mantis gauntlet, linked as one weapon. You attack with one fist and then the other. Maybe this is too complicated to put into the game, since it needs one weapon to have multiple effects at different times. Tricky.
Explosives has been neglected- we need the nuka grenade to come back. Victory isn't quantum, but I bet it has isotopes that can be used to make a potent explosive. I'd also like to see an explosive sniper- maybe some sort of Gauss rifle that propels 25mm/40mm grenades at high speeds to ensure flat trajectory, or maybe a grenade launcher with an advanced holographic sight (in the Dead Money style, not like real holosights) which will let you aim the grenade accurately.
I think explosives in general need a boost of effectiveness anyway.
I still really want to have a man-portable .50 BMG M2 HMG designed to be used by Power-Armored troops, call it the Heavy Machine Gun. A full auto drum fed 12 gauge with a 20 round drum would be neat too.