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L39 Assault RifleTypeAssault RifleWeight3.27 kg (7.2 pounds)
(empty mag)Length860 mm (33.9 in)Barrel Length325 mm (12.8 in)Cartridge5.56x45mm LORD
(standard)ActionShort-stroke piston
Gas Actuation
Rotating BoltRate of Fire775 rpm (cyclic)Muzzle Velocity870 m/s (2,854.3 ft/s)Effective Range550 m (point target)
820 m (area target)
Feed System35-round box magazine
100-round Beta C-MagCost$3,800
The L39 may fire in semi-automatic, fully-automatic, or in a 2-round burst, to ensure accuracy and magazine endurance. Equipped with a transparent 35-round box magazine, the L39 may fire any 5.56mm NATO approved STANAG magazine, or a Beta C-Mag. This weapon is equipped with side and dorsal rails, a modified SUSAT 4x magnified tritium-powered illuminated combat optic coming standard with the weapon, while other optics such as HOLOtechs may be used, as long as they use the Picatinny system or the LORD system. This LORD modified SUSAT optic is equipped with bullet drop compensator, tied to the laser designator mounted below the grenade launcher. Depending on the range of the target as picked up by the laser designator, the optic's reticle (or in the case of the SUSAT, the tip of the post) adjusts to compensate. The L39 is equipped with a folding stock. When shortened, the overall length of the weapon is 640 mm, versus the extended 860 mm. The flash hider may be screwed off, and replaced with an effective muzzle brake to decrease recoil, or a suppressor. Any urban combat operator would acknowledge the importance of a suppressor, especially in buildings when sound is amplified. And amplified gunshots can become fatiguing.
The L39’s construction lines up the stock with the receiver and barrel, directing all recoil into the shooter’s shoulder, rather than down. A weapon with a curved stock, such as an AK-47, redirects its recoil downwards, causing muzzle climb, while a weapon with a straight stock, such as the AR-15, redirects its recoil directly back, increasing accuracy.The firing group controls are located on either side of the rifle, with the charging handle also being ambidextrous. The L39 may fire in semi-automatic, fully-automatic, or in three-round bursts. The L42A2 uses a long-stroke piston system, similar to the AK-47. This means, when a round is fired, escaping gases are syphoned from the barrel, and directed into a shaft holding a piston. This piston forces the bolt back, ejecting the spent cartridge out and loading a new cartridge into the barrel. This system, unlike the direct impingement system, redirects carbon fouling which would normally be directed into the receiver away from the rifle.
The L39 has an integrated 25mm grenade launcher, with a 4-round magazine. Using a double-action system, similar to a revolver, it has an effective range of 175 meters (574.15), utilizing a high explosive, air burst grenade. Constructed into the handguard, and equipped with ambidextrous controls, the grenade launcher is easily accessible. Its ladder sights may be mounted on either end of the launcher, depending on the shooter's preferences. Once the last round of the magazine is fired, the bolt carrier catches the bolt, keeping it open so once the shooter loads a new magazine in, the shooter does not have to work the charging handle to load the new round. He simply has to press the button above the magazine release, streamlining the reloading process.
The L39 utilizes the 5.56x45mm LORD, updating the aerodynamics of the 5.56x45mm NATO round, and incorporating some Lochinver Ordnance proprietary developments. Like the 5.56 NATO cartridge, the LORD cartridge tumbles, but does not fragment like the NATO round does, allowing for it to travel through more portions of the body than otherwise. The tumbling effect of smaller intermediate cartridges on impact with a person causes the dragging and tearing of organs and other tissue, creating massive damage without additional collateral damage. With a marginally steel core, the 5.56mm LORD round has capabilities that the standard NATO round doesn't, with increased kinetic energy, allowing for penetration through thicker cover, as well as thinner body armors.
The 5.56x45mm LORD round employs the use of experimental propulsion developed by Lochinver Ordnance in 2009, allowing it to achieve greater muzzle velocities and greater effective ranges than it would have otherwise if it utilized conventional propellants. The 5.56mm LORD comes in 6 flavors; incendiary, hollow point, full metal jacket, tracer, explosive and armor piercing. Our armor piercing rounds are coated in high-tensile steel, with a filing of steel, rather than a coating of steel and a filling of lead, giving them huge capabilities in terms of armor piercing capabilities. Explosive rounds are longer than regular 6.8mm rounds at 49mm. The case size is the same, decreasing the range but allowing for the same round to be fired without changing the barrel. Each round contains a microchip which is tethered to a laser designator on the rifle. When a target is locked, each round times itself to explode directly above it. The user may add or detract as many meters as he wants, so he can have a burst behind or in front of the target. Each round is filled with smokeless powder and a small amount of PETN, with the microchip positioned at the tip of the round. Thanks to a multi-cartridge chamber, the L39 may fire the 5.45x38mmR, 6.5mm Grendel, or 6.8mm Remington cartridges with a simple barrel change. 325mm barrels for each of these cartridges are included with the package, and are installed with a clockwise screw. The 5.56x45mm LORD cartridge is completely interchangeable with the 5.56x45mm NATO or .223 rounds without such a change. With each rifle, 100 rounds of 5.56x45mm ammunition is shipped, with the exclusion of the explosive ammunition. 60 rounds of 5.56x45mm PETN charged ammunition is provided.
The L39 has an integrated grenade launcher which fires the 25mm Air-Burst Grenade from a four-round magazine. Using a similar technology as the 5.56x45mm PETN charged ammunition, a laser designator relays information to a microchip in the tip of the grenade, it is designed to detonate in the area above an enemy, producing the most damage possible. With the use of a simple nob on the side of the grenade launcher (which is tied to the laser designator), the shooter may adjust the distance from the target which the grenade detonates. 30 25mm grenades are provided with the package.