Palaimachos Arms Limited Infantry Weapons Catalogue [MT]

by **The Eagleland** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:04 pm

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- Model 30 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$85|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$100,000,000
- Model 30A1 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$100|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$150,000,000
- Model 30A2 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$150|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$200,000,000
- Model 33 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$100|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$150,000,000
- Model 34 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$250|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$250,000,000
- Model 35A2 Assault Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$1,500 (C Variant), NS$3,500 (L, M and H Variants)|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$500,000,000 (C Variant), NS$2,000,000,000 (L, M and H Variants)
- Model 56 Carbine|Unit Cost: NS$200|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$300,000,000
- Model 98 Sniper Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$3,850|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$800,000,000
- Model 79 Sniper Rifle|Unit Cost: NS$3,500|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$600,000,000
- Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System|Unit Cost: NS$9,000|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$3,000,000,000
- Model 45 General Purpose Machine Gun|Unit Cost: NS$2,000 (C Variant), NS$3,800 (L, M and H Variants)|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$500,000,000 (C Variant), NS$2,500,000,000 (L, M and H Variants)
- Model 89 Shotgun|Unit Cost: NS$1,000 (Stockless Variant), NS$1,500 (Fixed Stock Variant), NS$1,200 (Folding Stock Variant)|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$100,000,000 (Stockless Variant), NS$150,000,000 (Stocked Variants)
- Model 90 Shotgun|Unit Cost: NS$1,300|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$900,000,000
- Model 90B Shotgun|Unit Cost: NS$1,500|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$1,000,000,000
- Model 60 SMG|Unit Cost: NS$350|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$50,000,000
- Model 86 SMG|Unit Cost: NS$3,100|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$1,000,000,000
- Model 50 Pistol|Unit Cost: NS$1,000|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$800,000,000
- Model 24 Pistol|Unit Cost: NS$750Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$500,000,000
- Model 25 Pistol|Unit Cost: NS$1,850|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$750,000,000
- Model 105 Combined Firearm|Unit Cost: NS$9,500|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$10,000,000,000
- Model 907 Compact Grenade Launcher|Unit Cost: NS$5,000|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$3,500,000,000
- Caseless Ammunition Index|Unit Cost: NS$4,500 (6.3x40mm CAT, 6.8x40mm CAT, the 7.62x40mm CAT), NS$3,500 (10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT, 12x40mm CAT), NS$7,500 (12.7x100mm CLA, 14.5x100mm CLA )|Domestic Production Rights Licence Cost: NS$1,500,000,000

by **The Eagleland** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:15 pm

History

The Orthodox Federation of the Eagleland was plagued by a number of civil wars throughout it's history, from the Ancient Times to the most recent conflict in 1995. In the late twentieth century, all three major civil wars, i.e. the aforementioned 1995 Communist Conflict, the 1982-1984 Communist Insurgency and, the most legendary of them all, the 1956 Communist Civil War, known as the "Second Vietnam Conflict" to the outside world, involved fighting with communist armies and their ideas. In the 1967 Civil War (1967-1974) the loyalist Eagleland Army came to grips with an entirely new assault rifle, different from those faced in older conflicts; the "Capitaloktonos" (Capitalist-Killer) rifle, which was eventually designated as the Model 30 Assault Rifle.

The Eagleland Communist Party (KKA), better known as the "Eagle Cong", fought the Eagleland Dictatorship (1967-1975) since they seized power from the democratic Federal Government. The KKA had expected the coup for several years and, in the remote factories of the State of Athens, constructed a copy of the legendary AK-47 and AKM rifles, examples of which were provided by the Soviet Union. The "Kapitaloktonos Rifle" was chambered in the standard round of the Eagleland Army at the time, being the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It may seem trivial that communist insurgents used NATO rounds, but at the time everyone in the Eagleland have been trained in the use of weapons discharging the 7.62x51mm and it was, in addition, the most widely used cartridge at the time. Hence, the Model 30 Assault Rifle did not differ greatly from the Model 33 Rifle in use with the Eagleland Army at the time in terms of recoil, but it was more reliable than the "Plumber Rifle", as the Model 33 was referred to.

The Model 30s were constructed in massive numbers, even in makeshift, ad hoc factories. When the Eagleland Air Force took out the insurgents' factories, production went underground. In the end, the pace of construction was hindered by dwindling resources, and the communist insurgents had to resort to using Model 33s captured from dead or captured enemies, as well as makeshift weapons, but the tables were turned by 1971. The KKA were crushed in a series of battles in the jungle, with Eagleland Special Forces playing a critical role. The newly acquired M16s, Stoners and CAR-15s allowed Special Forces raiders to carry more ammunition to the fight and move faster and stealthily across hostile terrain, thus giving them the advantage when it came to firefights. Despite the Model 30s superiority over the M16 and other 5.56mm platforms, something obvious in the caves, the KKA could no longer fight effectively. The KKA leader, Alexis Zervas, surrendered to the Federal Government in 1974, by handing over his Model 30 to the Eagleland Military Police.

But the story was not over for the legendary rifle. Despite the fact that it was also used en masse in the other two conflicts that followed, the "Capitalist Killer" was here to stay, as demand now rose exponentially for the civilian market. Destroyed factories were rebuilt, creating thousands of jobs in an industry where an AK clone was produced, that discharged the 7.62x51mm NATO round, and was met with high demand. The Model 30, although not selected for the Eagleland Army, was, and still remains, the most widely sold firearm in the Eagleland, and local production has to cope with international demand as well.

Characteristics

The Model 30 Assault Rifle, albeit similar to the legendary Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK) rifle family, designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, the KKA board that designed the copy of the AK series made some significant changes to make it more suitable to the requirements of fighting in the Eagleland. The goal was simple; on the one end of the spectrum the goal was to produce a "sovereign" rifle, that could be manufactured in the Eagleland without need for licenses. On the other end of the spectrum, a tailor-made customization of the AK was required for fighting in the multi-faceted climatic zones of the Eagleland, be it from the mountains and the Mediterranean Climate areas, to the deserts and the jungles of the country. In order to achieve this, the board needed to alter the Kalashnikov design.

Externally, three changes were made to the original design. First, the magazine port has been designed in such a way that the curved magazines inherent to the weapon would be inserted with less difficulty than on the normal AK rifle series. Second, the fire selector, above the thumb, is a lever pushed forwards and backwards, not to be switched up or down; this facilitates fire control without the need to lose sight of the target. Lastly, the exterior of the rifle is much more simple than that of the original AK, in order to facilitate the ease of production, thereby reducing production times significantly.

Internally, however, the weapon received a major facelift. Even though the original AK series of weapons was designed to discharge the 7.62x39mm Russian, as is the case with the Model 30 Assault Rifle, this rifle was given the additional feature of having more fire modes than that of normal Kalashnikov rifle family weapons. Specifically, the Model 30 fire selector switch has four modes; safe, semi-automatic, three-round-burst and fully automatic. The three round burst was originally included in the M16 family of weapons and later transferred to the Model 33 and, subsequently, to the Model 30 rifle.

The gas pistol system is also different; The Model 30's gas system is similar to that of the Model 33 and of the FN FAL (on which the latter is based). The gas system is driven by a short-stroke, spring-loaded piston housed above the barrel, and the locking mechanism is what is known as a tilting breechblock. To lock, it drops down into a solid shoulder of metal in the heavy receiver. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base, allowing adjustment of the gas system in response to environmental conditions. This reduces recoil and makes it more controllable.

Another feature that makes the Model 30 differ from the AK-47 and AKM, is the fact the receiver of the Model 30 is 1.5mm thick, compared to the ~1mm receiver of the AKM, making it more rigid. In addition, the bore and chamber, as well as the gas piston and the interior of the gas cylinder, are not chromium-plated, as in the AKM and AK-47 rifles. This makes the Model 30 more accurate than a standard AKM, but not without cost; the fact that these internal parts are not chromium-plated means that they are more susceptible to corrosion than those of the AKM and the AK-47.

However, other aspects of the AK-47 remained unchanged in the Model 30. This includes a key trait of the Kalashnikov family of rifles is the large gas piston, the generous clearances between moving parts, and the tapered cartridge case design, that allow the gun to endure large amounts of foreign matter and fouling without failing to cycle. This was retained in the Model 30 assault rifle. The way the sighting system is set up is also a common feature. Sight rails are also present to mount Soviet-made optics on the left side of the rifle. Finally, the magazine setup, from it's heavy steel construction, to it's feed lips, is exactly the same as that of the original AK-47.

Specifications

-Name: Model 30
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Eagleland Communist Party (KKA) Armaments Board
-Designed: 1966-1967
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1976)
-Produced: 1966 - Present
-Number built: 300,000,000
-Empty Weight: 3.43 kg
-Length: 880 mm
-Barrel length: 415 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x39mm Russian
-Action: Short-Stroke, Gas-operated, Tilting Breechblock
-Rate of fire: 650–700 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s
-Effective range: 350 m
-Feed system: Magazines, 30-, 10-, 20- and 40-round box and 75- and 100-round drum magazines
-Sights: Adjustable iron sights with a 378 mm sight radius, 100–1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 30 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of eighty-five NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$85). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for one hundredmillion NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$100,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

by **The Eagleland** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:59 am

History

The Model 30 Assault Rifle, also known as the "Capitaloktonos (Capitalist-Killer) Rifle", has been incredibly succesful in the Eagleland civilan weapons market, having emerged as a true Eaglelander adaption of the legendary AK-47 and AKM of the Soviet Union. However, this sucess was history, as other weapons, both foreign and domestic, with better controlalbility and accuracy, principles necessary for the effective application of the fundamentals of marksmanship in combat, began ushering the end of the sales boom for the Model 30 assault rifle.

The introduction of the AK-74 in the Soviet Army in 1974 on the one hand and the replacement of the Model 33 with the Model 34 in 1984 on the other, were the two events that led to the decision for Palaimachos Arms Limited to cut production of the rifle more than 80%. The rifle is still being produced for civilian customers in the Eagleland and abroad, but the "boom" turned to "bust" by 1990, with demand reduced significantly since the 1970s.

The Model 30, however, remained the most widely sold rifle in the Eagleland, and petitions were made to upgrade the rifle, from 1987 to 2004, in view of the changes in technology, which were at the time extensive. Palaimachos Arms replied to these petitions in 2005, by hiring former Eagleland Army Special Forces Sergeant Major Socrates Ioannou, to provide Palaimachos Arms Limited with the blueprints for a new and improved version of the rifle, without altering many of it's characteristics that made it a success in the sales department of Palaimachos Arms.

The modernised platform was complete in less than six months and it was incredibly successful, with the demand for the Model 30A1 rising. In fact, old Model 30s were sent for refits into the Model 30A1 version en masse from civilians in the Eagleland and abroad. This success story still carries on today, with the Model 30A1 in service with many Eagleland National Guard units. Even though it's perfomance was superb in Eagleland Army trials, it never entered service on logistical and expense issues (the Eagleland Armed Forces stockpiled massive quantities of 7.62x51mm NATO rounds for the Model 33 and Model 34 rifles).

Characteristics

The Model 30A1 has a series of improvements over the old Model 30 assault rifle, both internally and externally as well. These changes were made in order to enhance accuracy, albeit at a loss of some reliability. The theory was that, even if one could see the target if they could not hit it, they could not deck it. Hence, the need to modernise the rifle eventually led to efforts made in order to enhance accuracy and make it more comfortable when acquiring targets at any distance, great or small.

The most important feature is the extended sight radius and the greater distance between the rear and front sight posts of the rifle. This was done in order to help the user in more effective target acquisition and reduce reaction times for those who need to fire back. Another obvious feature is the replacement of side rails with Picatinny Rails and the introduction of fully ambidextrous controls for the rifle, to maximise versatility. In addition, a great effort was made to make the weapon more durable, by replacing the wooden parts of the weapon with Polymer, thus increasing durability and reducing the weight of the weapon at the same time.

Another goal set in the design phase is the reduction of weight. In the rough, multi-faceted terrain of the Eagleland, it is not unusual for heavy rounds to become unbearable to carry when marching in extremely long distances, no matter how tough one is trained or how fit they are. Hence, the weapon's weight needed to be reduced. This goal was partly accomplished with the aforementioned polymer parts, but that is not all. The weapon's design follows that of the AKM, the modernised version of the AK-47 on which the Model 30 was based.

That is, the Model 30A1 features detail improvements and enhancements that optimized the rifle for mass production; some parts and assemblies were conceived using simplified manufacturing methods. For one, the Model 30's milled steel receiver was replaced by a U-shaped steel stamping. As an additional weight-saving measure, the stamped receiver cover is of thinner gauge metal than that of it's predecessor, the Model 30. As a result of these modifications, the Model 30A1’s weight was reduced by approximately one kilogramme, accuracy during automatic fire was enhanced and several reliability issues, inherent to the old Model 30 assault rifle design from the AK-47, were addressed.

Internally, however, the rifle received a significant renovation. The very loose tolerances of the rifle meant that mounting iron sights to the rear of the rifle meant that they would not be able to hold zero properly, thus obstructing the user from delivering effective, accurate fire in any given situation. Hence, the tolerances were tightened enough for the weapon to remain steady when firing and this not only increases accuracy, but also provides manufacturers with the ability to mount iron sights on top of the rifle. Although this decreases the reliability index of the weapon and increases the need for maintenance, the Model 30A1 boasts a higher rate of accuracy than many Kalashnikov-based platforms, including the Model 30.

However, the short-stroke, FAL-inspired gas piston mechanism, present in the earlier Model 30 rifle, was maintained to minimise recoil felt from discharging the rifle, as with all other internal features of the rifle. The original, internal fire control and magazine release mechanisms were left unchanged, except for the fact that instead of an horizontal, the fire control lever was replaced with a switch, similar to that found on modern firearms like those made by Heckler and Koch GmbH, which were now ambidextrous, as mentioned above.

Specifications

-Name: Model 30A1
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Socrates Ioannou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2005
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2005)
-Produced: 2007 - Present
-Number built: 2,000,000; 45,000,000 Model 30s were refitted into the Model 30A1 version
-Empty Weight: 3.23 kg
-Length: 880 mm (stock extended); 645 mm (stock folded)
-Barrel length: 415 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x39mm Russian
-Action: Short-Stroke, Gas-operated, Tilting Breechblock
-Rate of fire: 650–700 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s
-Effective range: 350 m
-Feed system: Magazines, 30-, 10-, 20- and 40-round box and 75- and 100-round drum magazines
-Sights: Adjustable pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments; Picatinny Rail for various attachments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 30A1 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of one hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$100). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for one hundred and fifty million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$150,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

by **The Eagleland** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:02 am

History

Despite the effectiveness of the Model 30A1 rifle and of it's predecessor, the Model 30 assault rifle, one main issue impeded their further success and undermined the marketing and sale of the weapon to the general public in the Eagleland. Despite their very low prices, their sales were limited because of the fact that they discharged the 7.62x39mm Russian round, which was not the standard ammunition for the Eagleland National Guard (the one being the 7.62x51mm NATO round). Additionally, there was one more disadvantage of the rifles' design, that being the lack of an ability to change barrels. This was very important in the alpine regions of the Eagleland, where the residents tended to favour rifles with longer barrels like the L1A1 SLR, the FN FAL or the FN FGR over the Model 30 and Model 30A1 rifles because of the effective range. Hence, the production of a new rifle was necessitated.

The Model 30's modernisation programme manager, Socrates Olorou, former member of the Eagleland Army Special Forces, was contracted by Palaimachos Arms Limited to adress these issues. Socrates Olorou, in collaboration with his neighour, a Russian immigrant and former Gruppa Alpha operative named Mikhail Konstantinov, was up to the task of designing the Model 30 rifle to solve the aforementioned issues. The project lasted for eight months, from October 2008 through May 2009. During this time, many aspects of the old rifle series, primarily and mainly the internal components of it, plus it's system of operation, were altered radically. Few changes were made to the external appeareance of the weapon, except for the position of the magazine release and the magazine port was redesigned. The weapon's stated goal during development, however, was to make the rifle a 7.62x51mm firing platform, that could be changed to other calibres with proper adjustments, and give the user the ability to change barrel lengths if needed.

One of the most important was the featuring of an innovative balanced gas operating system known as the Balanced Automatics Recoil System (BARS), developed by Peter Andreevich Tkachev of TsNIITochMash, that was first used earlier on the AO-38 assault rifle of 1965 and essentially eliminated felt recoil and muzzle rise. This, alongside several other internal modifications, were deemed necessary. Two prototypes were designed; one with and one without a BARS system, designated Model 30A2X and Model 30A2Y prototype variants. The Model 30A2X's mechanism significantly reduces the recoil felt from the discharge of the 7.62x51mm NATO round, while the Model 30A2Y variant with the old short-stroke mechanism failed to deliver the same result, but rather has seen an increase in recoil, especially during automatic fire. The Model 30A2Y was rejected and development continued on the X variant until it's completion in May 2009.

The rifle was the most successful variant of the Model 30 family, with over seven hundred and fifty million models made. Even though it outperformed the Model 30 and Model 30A1 by a vast margin and has essentially proven itself a rifle equal to the Model 34, which was then in service with the Eagleland Armed Forces, it never replaced these aforementioned rifles in military service, although many militia units in the Eagleland National Guard use this rifle and especially in a version configured to discharge Grendel 6.5 mm rounds, the standard round of the Eagleland National Guard. Nevertheless, many Eagleland households proudly show the improved version of the rifle as a symbol of freedom and liberty, and the rifle is the one that led to Socrates Olorou to become one of the members of the Board of Palaimachos Arms and gave the old Russian immigrant the opportunity to become an Eagleland National, which he took.

Characteristics

The Model 30A2 does not differ greatly from the older variants of the Model 30 assault rifle family when the exterior of the rifle is concerned. The most notable changes, externally, are limited, but these include a larger trigger housing, a larger ejection port for the effective discharge of spent casings of 7.62x51mm NATO rounds, a new, ambidextrous magazine release button on a different location and a new polymer buttsock, that can be changed with other stocks as desired, whereas older versions of the rifle had specific stocks that could not be changed for other ones.

However, the rifle was totally changed on the inside. In order to discharge 7.62x51mm NATO rounds properly, with as much of a minimal recoil as possible, a totally new and different firing mechanism is utilised. The new rifle features a balanced system that functions along the lines of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, first utilised in the AK-107/108 platform. This system uses a recoil-reducing countermass mechanism with two operating rods that move in opposite directions, thereby providing "balance". One operating rod, the upper, has a gas piston facing forward while the lower also has a gas piston. The gas tube at the forward end of the handguard is double-ended to accommodate the two rods. The enlarged gas tube cover of the upper handguard guides both rods in their travel.

When the rifle is fired, gas is tapped from the gas port to enter the gas tube, driving the bolt carrier to the rear and the counter-recoil upper rail forward. The critical timing of the reciprocating parts is accomplished by a star-shaped sprocket that links and synchronizes both components, causing both to reach their maximum extension, or null point where forces are exactly equal, at exactly the same instant. The felt recoil is therefore eliminated, enhancing accuracy and assisting control during fully automatic fire. The travel distance of the Model 30A2's reciprocating parts is less than the other two rifles of the Model 30 family, hence the cyclic rate of fire is higher at 750-800 rounds/min rather than 600 rounds/min of the other rifles. This is smaller than that of the AK-107/108 on which the mechanism is based, for the simple reason that it discharges 7.62x51mm NATO rounds instead of 5.45mm or 5.56mm ammunition, which are more powerful and produce far more recoil than the other two.

The rifle also has other featured that older Model 30 family models and variants could not match. The Model 30A2, with proper modifications from a skilled armourer or from Palaimachos Arms Limited (on request), can be configured to fire rounds ranging from 5.45x39mm Russian and the 5.56x45mm NATO to the Grendel 6.5mm, Remington 6.8mm Special Purpose Cartridge (SPC) and even the 7.62x39mm Russian rounds. Rounds more powerful than the 7.62x51mm NATO cannot be discharged in any way from the rifle. On the other hand, the user can change both the buttstock and barrel of the gun from these barrel lengths: short (330mm or 13 in), medium (400mm or 16 in) and long (500 mm or 20 in) barrel lengths. The user can partly disassemble the rifle and change the barrels in a relatively short amount of time, by simply removing a number of screws and then pulling the barrel away from the BARS system. This system ensures that the barrel change is as fast as possible.

Other features, however, of the Model 30A1, the platform which required these improvements, remain unchnaged, such as other ambidextrous controls, Picatinny Rails, pop-up rear sights, tighter tolernces and Polymer Parts, have remained unchanged and unaltered with the rifle's design.

Specifications

-Name: Model 30A2
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Socrates Ioannou and Mikhail Konstantinov, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2008-2009
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2009)
-Produced: 2010 - Present
-Number built: 750,000,000
-Empty Weight: 3.62 kg
-Length: 858 mm (with Short Barrel), 928mm (with Medium Barrel) and 1028 mm (with Long Barrel)
-Barrel length: Short (330mm or 13 in), Medium (400mm or 16 in) and Long (500 mm or 20 in)
-Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO; Other calibres can be discharged with proper modification, from 5.45x39mm Russian to the 7.62x51mm NATO.
-Action: Short-Stroke, Gas-operated, BARS system
-Rate of fire: 750-800 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 715 m/s
-Effective range: 300 m (Short Barrel), 600 m (Medium Barrel), 800 m (Long Barrel)
-Feed system: Magazines, 30-, 10-, 20- and 40-round box, 60-round casket and 75- and 100-round drum magazines
-Sights: Adjustable pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments; Picatinny Rail for various attachments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 30A2 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of one hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$150). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for two hundred million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$200,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:31 am

History

The Model 33 Assault Rifle, developped in 1954, was the Eagleland's first purpose-built assault rifle, entirely of it's own design. The rifle, which was eventually given twenty nicknames, is the most widely-found rifle in the Eagleland, with more than four billion rifles in circulation in the country. In service since 1954 until 1984, for thirty years this has been the weapon issued to millions of Eaglelander soldiers and billions of Eaglelander conscripts, who, thanks to Eagleland Law, got to keep their rifles forever. Cheap, easy to manufacture, reliable and simple to operate, this rifle is still in service with many militia groups in the Eagleland and became the basis for many other Eagleland-made small arms.

It all began in 1953, when the need for an assault rifle was evident. The Eagleland's M1 Garand, standard-issue at the time, was long outmodded at the time, and, while major militaries were fulfilling the need for an assault rifle and, given the large population of 5.6 billion people of the time, the Eagleland Military needed a new weapon. Palaimachos Arms Limited, responsible at the time for the production of most of the Eagleland's small arms, as it is today, began a competition for a new rifle design that would represent the company in a quest to provide the Eagleland Security Forces with a new assault rifle. The answer came from a young designer by the name of Ioannis Tellides, a plumber who was a weapons instructor in the Eagleland Army and was working for Palaimachos Arms Limited. While his job involved fixing leaks in the pipes of the company's buildings, his life changed from a stroke of luck.

While he was fixing a small flood inside the Designer Board's executive office, Tellides noticed that the patterns proposed were rather complex and would require a lot of effort to use. When the design staff were wondering what to do to alleviate these issues, he replied: "if you can make a gun out of the pipes I am fixing the army will be fully equipped in five days". That reply inspired the staff to invite him, after he fixed the leak, to explain his position. He stated that complex rifles would be impractical, hence he proposed that a simple rifle be designed from scratch. The staff did not fully understand his point and he was given 24 hours to deliver a crude prototype to illustrate his point. The Design Board initially adhered to the belief that the plumber would not succeed at delivering the weapon platform in time and hence designed a weapon variant, slightly based on the Sturmgewehr StG-44 assault rifle of Nazi Germany.

However, ten hours later, a very crude prototype was presented before the Design Board, which was that of Tellides. The young plumber, inspired from an FN FAL he bought from a gun shop, designed a rifle that could be constructed easily and crudely with some pipes. The design put forward impressed some members of the Design Board, yet most remained satisfied with the one they designed. The Board eventually decided to hold a competition between the two rifle models on May the seventh, 1953. Ioannis Tellides' prototype was copied with proper materials and with proper manufacturing methods, although Tellides funded his local gunsmith to make his prototype "battle ready", as he said. Eight months later, Tellides's copied design won the competition, but on competition day, Tellides' "battle-readied" prototype was also on display, where it also defeated the StG-44 model utterly. The two FAL-based rifles won the competition, and Palaimachos Arms presented an improved version of the rifle to the Eagleland Ministry of National Defense.

It's effectiveness was so great, that the rifle was quickly adopted for general issue to all Eagleland Armed Forces and Eagleland National Guard personnel. The new rifle, designated as Model 33 Assault Rifle, despite the fact that it was clearly a Battle Rifle, was chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition and became the most widely distributed (not widely sold) rifle in the Eagleland in less than three decades. The rifle has seen various wars and was so cheap and effective, billions of models were constructed and provided to the Eagleland Military. Four billion two hundred million (4,200,000,000) rifles are widely distributed in Eagleland households and an estimated five hundred million (500,000,000) rifles have been stored in Municipal Armouries, for use in emergencies by National Guard units. It has been in the Eagleland Armed Forces for thirty years, making it one of the longest issued rifles in the Eagleland Military.

Characteristics

The Model 33's receivers are made of 7075 aluminum alloy, its barrel, bolt, and bolt carrier of steel, and its handguards, pistol grip, and buttstock of plastics. Another ergonomic feature is its straight-line recoil design, where the recoil spring is located in the stock directly behind the action. This serves the dual function of operating spring and recoil buffer. The stock being in line with the bore reduces muzzle rise, especially during automatic fire. Because recoil does not significantly shift the point of aim, faster follow-up shots are possible and user fatigue is reduced.

The Model 33's gas system is similar to that of the FN FAL, on which the rifle is based. The gas system is driven by a short-stroke, spring-loaded piston housed above the barrel, and the locking mechanism is what is known as a tilting breechblock. To lock, it drops down into a solid shoulder of metal in the heavy receiver. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base, allowing adjustment of the gas system in response to environmental conditions. This reduces recoil and makes it more controllable. The piston system can be bypassed completely, using the gas plug, to allow for the firing of rifle grenades and manual.

The Model 33's magazine capacity ranges from five to 30 rounds, with most magazines holding 20 rounds. In fixed stock versions of the Model 33, the recoil spring is housed in the stock, while in folding-stock versions it is housed in the receiver cover, necessitating a slightly different receiver cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier, and a modified lower receiver for the stock. Model 33 rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations, with the heavy barrel intended for automatic fire as a section or squad light support weapon. Most heavy barrel Model 33's are equipped with bipods, although some light barrel models were equipped with bipod, which was later made available as an accessory not permanently built into the rifle.

The Model 33 rifles have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights are similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights consist of a rear, rotating diopter drum soldered to the receiver and a hooded front post installed in the gas block. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight drum is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

The upper receiver can accept quick-detachable rails and adapters used to mount optics (STANAG 2324 compliant). The scope mounting system consists of a centering hole located on the front face of the rear sight assembly and a dovetail-like mounting point at the front end of the receiver. Palaimachos Arms Limited can offer several types of quick-release scope mounts and Picatinny rails. A version of the rifle with an integral receiver-mounted Picatinny rail is also offered; in this configuration the weapon is fitted with flip-up emergency battle sights—a rear aperture sight which folds down into a recess in the rail and a folding front blade.

Specifications

-Name: Model 33
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Ioannis Tellides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1954
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1954)
-Produced: 1954 - Present
-Number built: 4,200,000,000
-Empty Weight: 4.2 kg
-Length: 1,050 mm
-Barrel length: 528 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO
-Action: Gas-operated, short-stroke, tilting breechlock
-Rate of fire: 700 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
-Effective range: 600 m
-Feed system: 20-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Fixed iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 33 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of one hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$100). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for one hundred and fifty million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$150,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

by **The Eagleland** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:13 am

History

In the mid 1980s, the Model 33 Assault Rifle was in need for a major overhaul. The Model 33's design, based on that of the FN FAL, was becoming obsolete and more modern designs for weapons were slowly emerging globally, leaving the most widely distributed rifle in the country relatively behind with advances in technology. The Model 33 also had several issues that needed to be adressed. The Model 33 produced massive recoil when fired on fully automatic, presented only one variant, that could only discharge 7.62x51mm NATO rounds, and it was fairly easy for the weapon's internal components to catch dirt and become dirty (even though the Model 33 was so reliable that this issue was not as serious as the first of the aforementioned). Palaimachos Arms Limited began a project to develop a weapon system that would become the successor to the Model 33 rifle.

This necessity became even more intense as the Eagleland Military switched it's standard-issue cartridge from 7.62x51mm NATO to the 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition. Despite it's inferiority, the 5.56x45mm rounds were much lighter to carry en masse by an individual infantryman, something critical in the jungles, the islands and the deserts of the Eagleland, where movement is either hindered by trees, rocks or impeded by extremely high temperatures (average temperatures in summer, on average, exceed 40 degrees Celsius; the Lacedaemonian Desert has a record of 49 Degrees Celsius in heatwaves in August). Special Operations, in particular, count grams, not kilograms, when operating in the Eagleland. As time moved on, a transition needed to be made. The Eagleland's Special Operations Command (known as EL-SOCOMD in English-speaking countries) decided to set the example, by requesting that Palaimachos Arms make a rifle specifically for Special Operations, while the rest of the Eagleland Army saw that necessity, too, and required a rifle as well. Palaimachos Arms did not decline these necessary requests.

The Model 33's design was compared to that of the M4/M16 rifle family and several changes were made. The firing system was altered and several methods of it's construction were changed. Nevertheless, the quality of manufacture and material strength enable the Model 34 to operate reliably, while it's tighter tolerances make it more accurate when discharged. Rifle variants have been made originally in NATO 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm. As of 2004, however, Model 34 rifles are available are available in a greater variety of cartridges.. The Model 34, when completed in 1984, while an improvement over the Model 33, was not as successful as neither the previous rifle nor the Model 56 Carbine, with only four hundred million (400,000,000) in previous service with the National Guard (only 5,000,000 still remain in service) and an additional one hundred million (100,000,000) in storage in municipal armouries. However, the Model 34 and 56 rifles have replaced successfully the Model 33 Rifle in the Eagleland Armed Forces, serving from 1986 to 2012, when they were officially replaced by the Model 35A2 Rifle.

Characteristics

Internally, To minimise recoil as much as possible, a totally new and different firing mechanism is utilised. The new rifle features a balanced system that functions along the lines of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, first utilised in the AK-107/108 platform. This system uses a recoil-reducing countermass mechanism with two operating rods that move in opposite directions, thereby providing "balance". One operating rod, the upper, has a gas piston facing forward while the lower also has a gas piston. The gas tube at the forward end of the handguard is double-ended to accommodate the two rods. The enlarged gas tube cover of the upper handguard guides both rods in their travel.

When the rifle is fired, gas is tapped from the gas port to enter the gas tube, driving the bolt carrier to the rear and the counter-recoil upper rail forward. The critical timing of the reciprocating parts is accomplished by a star-shaped sprocket that links and synchronizes both components, causing both to reach their maximum extension, or null point where forces are exactly equal, at exactly the same instant. The felt recoil is therefore eliminated, enhancing accuracy and assisting control during fully automatic fire. The travel distance of the Model 34's reciprocating parts is less than that of the Model 33, hence the cyclic rate of fire is higher at 850-900 rounds/min.

The Model 34 uses a faster twist rifling system in the barrel of the rifle, so as to allow the use of a trajectory-matched tracer round. In addition to the new rifling, the barrel, which is hammer-forged, was made with a greater thickness in front of the front sight post, to resist bending in the field and to allow a longer period of sustained fire without overheating. The flash suppressor was modified, this time to be closed on the bottom so it would not kick up dirt or snow when being fired from the prone position, and acting as a recoil compensator. The front grip was modified from the original shape to a "boxed" one, which better fit smaller hands. The new handguards were also symmetrical so that armories need not separate left and right spares. The handguard retention ring is removed, for the handguard to be an integral part of the upper receiver; by flicking two switches at the bottom, however, the handguard can be removed.

The new buttstock became ten times stronger than the original due to advances in polymer technology since the early 1960s. Original Model 33 stocks were made from fiberglass-impregnated resin; the newer stocks were engineered from DuPont Zytel glass-filled thermoset polymers. The new stock included a fully textured polymer buttplate for better grip on the shoulder, and retained a panel for accessing a small compartment inside the stock, often used for storing a basic cleaning kit. A dust cover was also added at the ejection port of the gun. Unlike the Model 33 rifle, the Model 34 can be modified to include Picatinny Rails on not only the top of the gun, but also on the handguard as well.

The Model 34's magazine capacity ranges from five to 30 rounds, with most magazines holding 20 rounds. In fixed stock versions of the Model 34, the recoil spring is housed in the stock, while in folding-stock versions it is housed in the receiver cover, necessitating a slightly different receiver cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier, and a modified lower receiver for the stock. Model 34 rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations, with the heavy barrel intended for automatic fire as a section or squad light support weapon. Most heavy barrel Model 34's are equipped with bipods, although some light barrel models were equipped with bipod, which was later made available as an accessory not permanently built into the rifle.

The Model 34 rifles have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights are similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights consist of a rear, rotating diopter drum soldered to the receiver and a hooded front post installed in the gas block. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight drum is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

The upper receiver can accept quick-detachable rails and adapters used to mount optics (STANAG 2324 compliant). The scope mounting system consists of a centering hole located on the front face of the rear sight assembly and a dovetail-like mounting point at the front end of the receiver. Palaimachos Arms Limited can offer several types of quick-release scope mounts and Picatinny rails. A version of the rifle with an integral receiver-mounted Picatinny rail is also offered; in this configuration the weapon is fitted with flip-up emergency battle sights—a rear aperture sight which folds down into a recess in the rail and a folding front blade.

Specifications

-Name: Model 34
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Konstantinos Kyriakides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1984
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1984)
-Produced: 1984 - Present
-Number built: 500,000,000
--Empty Weight: 3.8 kg
-Length: 1,050 mm
-Barrel length: 528 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO; 5.56x45mm NATO; 6.5mm Grendel and others, from 5.45x39mm Russian to the 7.62x51mm NATO.
-Action: Short-Stroke, Gas-operated, BARS system
-Rate of fire: 850-900 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 820 m/s
-Effective range: 600 m
-Feed system: 20/30-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Adjustable pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments; Picatinny Rail for various attachments (as of 1997)

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 34 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of two hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$250). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for two hundred and fifty million, NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$250,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:27 am

History

The Model 34 Assaut Rifle and it's carbine variant, the Model 56, have been the standard-issue rifles in the Eagleland Armed Forces. These lightweight weapons utilised primarily the 5.56x45mm NATO and, as of 2004, the Grendel 6.5mm round, the intermediate cartridge between the old 7.62x51mm NATO and 5.56x45mm NATO rounds. However, changes in technology rendered these rifles old in a relatively short amount of time. In the end of the first decade of the twenty first century, major leaps in bullet technology have resulted in a new type of bullet; the caseless round. Caseless rounds have become gradually popular with more and more militaries. The first ever caseless rifle to become a major player in international militaries was the R2 Rifle family, soon to be followed by an old ally of the Eagleland, the Libertarian Governance, with the Shrec AR-9 assault rifle.

The Eagleland Ministry of National Defense, in collaboration with Palaimachos Arms Limited, decided to follow suit, with the introduction of the Model 35 Assault Rifle in 2011. The Model 35 Rifle, being a cheaper alternative to the expensive R2 series of weapons, was designed in 2011 to provide the Eagleland infantry with a rifle that could fire caseless rounds, from a relatively inexpensive platform. Originally, it was designed to discharge the 6.5mm caseless rounds, common for both the Model 35 Rifle and the Shrec AR-9 of the Libertarian Governance. The Model 35 Rifle, however, very soon became obsolete with the introduction of two more rifles, before it was even introduced; the Shrec AWS and the LY-21 AHLAR. Their revolutionary featured rendered the need for a more technologically advanced upgrade of the Model 35.

In November 2011, as soon as the Model 35 Rifle entered limited service with the Eagleland Army, work began on an improved variant, which would incorporate newer advances in technology. This variant, known as the Model 35A1, was eventually considered a "waste of resources" by the Eagleland Ministry of National Defense and was cancelled a month later. However, testing on the Shrec AWS and the LY-21 AHLAR have caused the Ministry of National Defense to revive the project, alongside Palaimachos Arms Limited's engineering expert, Alexandra Konstantinidou.

As the project continued, several problems were encountered with the Model 35A1 Prototype. The latter and the Model 35 Rifle, based on the Model 34 Rifle the later replaced, shared several issues regarding reliability and design featured. Neither of these rifles had ambidextrous firing controls, adjustable cheek wells and the firing mechanism was unacceptably prone to failure in arctic conditions. Eventually, the Model 35A1 Prototype was scrapped and redesigned from the beginning, based on the Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR) of Magpul Industries, which was making record sales in the Eagleland public.

Externally, the Model 35A1 Prototype shares a lot of common features with the Adaptive Combat Rifle, such as a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip, with the additional ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel. Internally, the gas operation system is also common. But this is where the similarities end, as other features, such as the fire control mechanism and the ignition system, have been altered.

The Model 35A1 Prototype was completed in 2012 and testings began on the same year, which concluded sucessfully. On March 2012, the Model 35A2, as it was designated, entered service not just with the Eagleland Army, but also with the rest of the branches of the Eagleland Armed Forces, replacing all rifles, except in some Tier One Special Forces units, and, subsequently, entered mass production. From March 2012 to April 2013, millions of rifles have been produced for service, with the number exceeding 100,000,000. The rifle is standard-issue in the Eagleland Armed Forces and in some units of the Eagleland National Guard.

Characteristics

The Model 35A2 utilizes a Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt form of operation to chamber the round. With a short-stroke system, the piston moves separately from the bolt group. It directly pushes the bolt group parts. The energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. The bolt, upon contact with the breech, rotates and locks into place, being held in place by lugs attached to the breech or barrel extension. Upon closing, the bolt passes through the slots cut in the front of the barrel extension, and then rotates; at this point it is locked in place. The bolt remains locked until the action is cycled, either manually by the operator, or mechanically by the gas created by discharging the rifle pushing on the bolt carrier, which then rotates the bolt and unlocks it from the breech so that a new round can be chambered.

The key advantage of this system over direct impingement ones, as noticed, is it's superior reliability. Dirty gases are used to move the bolt and chamber the round in the latter, which is likely to cause a malfunction. On the other hand, short-stroke gas piston systems vent the gases away harmlessly, thus reducing the risk of malfunction. Since the design fires caseless rounds, there is no need for an ejection port, although there is one, therefore the next round is simply inserted into the chamber. In the event of a malfunction, by pressing a black switch next to the ejection port, the jammed round is expelled from the rifle, so that the weapon can be unjammed and then a new round is inserted by pulling the charging handle.

The rounds are ignited via an electronic or a mechanical system of operation. The user can determine which one to use by flicking the System of Operation (or SO) switch next to the ejection port; switching the SO switch from the left side activates the Mechanical System of Operation, while on the right side actives the Electronic System of Operation; in other words, the SO switch is fully ambidextrous. The trigger uses an electronic system of operation rather than the conventional firing pin/percussion cap layout, to ignite the propellant and discharge a round. Fewer moving parts and no mass shift during firing also improves accuracy and decreases component wear.

The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant which then deflagrates with a plasma jet, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view on the right side of the weapon, near the buttstock, as mentioned above.

Electric ignition systems have a significant number of advantages over mechanical systems;

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

The Mechanical Operation is far more simple. Once the trigger is pulled, the electronic signal is sent again to that mechanism, but this time the firing pin mechanically expands the primer, which ignites the round by making contact with the charge, much like in cased assault rifles. The round is fired, the primer is moved back and the cycle repeats. Rate of fire in both modes is 850 rounds per minute. This mode of operation is useful in case of a malfunction of the electronic firing mechanism or when the user wants to use cased ammunition. Unlike in the Electronic Operation mode, when the round is ejected in case of a malfunction, in the Mechanical mode of operation the spent case is ejected from the weapon, much like a normal assault rifle.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the Model 35A2. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the rifle’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 35A2 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 35A2 is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 35A2 rifles in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The Model 35A2 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress.
The weapon case features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for very quick break down of the weapon into its separate components.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the rifle is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

The Model 35 has received positive reviews from the Eagleland Armed Forces which utilize the rifle, mainly due to it's Ergonomical Design. The Model 35A2 aims to carry on - and improve on - these characteristics. In detail, the Model 35's compatibility with STANAG magazines and it's ambidextrous controls are also included in the Model 35A2. However, new features are also present. The Model 35A2 features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for quick break down of the weapon into its separate components. Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes.

In order to mount attachments the Model 35A2 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Buttstock of the Model 35A2 has several features itself as well. Designated as the Type 45A3 Buttstock, it is a combination of a retractable and folding stock, with an adjustable cheek well. It's sloping cheek weld provides a wide contact surface for user comfort, while supplemental friction lock minimizes accuracy robbing wobble and a shielded release latch prevents snagging.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 35A2 magazines feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 35A2 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All Model 35A2 rifles give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

The Model 35A2 rifles have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with pop-up iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights's function is similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights are attacked with screws to the rifle and are not permanently fixed to the rifle, hence these can be removed. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

The Model 35A2 was designed to, primarily, discharge three caseless rounds: the 6.3x40mm caseless, 6.8x40mm caseless and the 7.62x40mm caseless, designed by Palaimachos Arms to meet not only Eagleland Military specifications, but also international demand for caseless ammunition and rifles that discharge such ammunition. The choice of caseless telescopic ammunition is justified by a reduced mass and weight, as well as enhanced magazine capacity. The fact that these cases are spent fully when the round is ignited is another characteristic sought after by many users, including Special Operations Forces. The Model 35A2's caseless rounds do not necessitate barrel changes; the ignition sustem is "ammo blind". Combined with the fact that these rounds have the same diameter, the Model 35A2 is able to discharge all three caseless telescopic ammunition it was designed to fire.

However, The Model 35A2's standard barrel is capable of firing, with the appropriate changes in the lower receiver, cased ammunition, to be ejected normally when spent. That is, it can fire the 5.45mm Russian, without changes to the barrel. With appropriate barrel changes, and with the proper lower receiver, the rifle can fire the 5.56x45mm NATO, 5.8×42mm DBP87, Grendel 6.5mm, 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge, 7.62x39mm and the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridges. If specified, Palaimachos Arms Limited can provide lower receivers for rounds with similar diameters to these aforementioned catridges. The Model 35A2, however, cannot accept barrels that are designed for rounds larger than 7.8 milimetres or smaller than the 5.45mm Russian.

Derivatives and Variants

The Model 35A2 has the following derivatives, based on design features:

Model 35A2S: Service Variant.
Model 35A2C: Carbine Variant.
Model 35A2A: Automatic Rifleman Variant.
Model 35A2D: Designated Marksman Variant.

Based on ammunition discharged, the Model 35A2 has the following variants:

C Variant: Cased Variant.
L Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant.
M Variant: 6.8x40mm CAT Variant.
H variant: 7.62x40mm CAT Variant.

Specifications

-Name: Model 35Α2
-Type: Assault Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Alexandra Konstantinidou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2012
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2012)
-Produced: 2012 - Present
-Number built: 150,000,000
-Empty Weight: 3.0 kg (Carbine), 3.2 kg (Service), 3.9 kg (Designated Marksman Rifle), 4.3 kg (Automatic Rifle)
-Length: 65.4 cm (Stock Folded), 83 cm (Stock Deployed), 90.5 cm (Stock Extended)
-Barrel length: 450 mm
-Cartridge: 6.3x40mm CAT, 6.8x40mm CAT, 7.62x40mm CAT
-Action: Short Stroke, Gas-piston, rotating bolt
-Rate of fire: 550 rpm(Carbine), 850 rpm (Service), 900 rpm (Automatic Rifle)
-Muzzle velocity: 1,035 m/s
-Effective range: 500m (Carbine), 800m (Service), 950m (Designated Marksman Rifle), 750m (Automatic Rifle)
-Feed system: 30-60-round detachable box, depending on ammunition type and calibre; 100-round drum
-Sights: Pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 35A2 Assault Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of specific monetary units, as specified in the following catalogue:

Based on ammunition discharged, the Model 35A2 has the following variants:

C Variant: Cased Variant: One thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$1,500).
L, M, and H Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant: Three thousand NationStates Dollars (NS$3,000).

There are no different price levels set for variants based on design features.

Domestic Production Rights Licences are available as follows:

C Variant: Cased Variant: Five hundred million NationStates Dollars (NS$500,000,000).
L, M, and H Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant: Two billion NationStates Dollars (NS$2,000,000,000).

Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:20 am

History

In the mid 1980s, the Model 33 Assault Rifle was in need for a major overhaul. The Model 33's design, based on that of the FN FAL, was becoming obsolete and more modern designs for weapons were slowly emerging globally, leaving the most widely distributed rifle in the country relatively behind with advances in technology. The Model 33 also had several issues that needed to be adressed. The Model 33 produced massive recoil when fired on fully automatic, presented only one variant, that could only discharge 7.62x51mm NATO rounds, and it was fairly easy for the weapon's internal components to catch dirt and become dirty (even though the Model 33 was so reliable that this issue was not as serious as the first of the aforementioned). Palaimachos Arms Limited began a project to develop a weapon system that would become the successor to the Model 33 rifle.

This necessity became even more intense as the Eagleland Military switched it's standard-issue cartridge from 7.62x51mm NATO to the 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition. Despite it's inferiority, the 5.56x45mm rounds were much lighter to carry en masse by an individual infantryman, something critical in the jungles, the islands and the deserts of the Eagleland, where movement is either hindered by trees, rocks or impeded by extremely high temperatures (average temperatures in summer, on average, exceed 40 degrees Celsius; the Lacedaemonian Desert has a record of 49 Degrees Celsius in heatwaves in August). Special Operations, in particular, count grams, not kilograms, when operating in the Eagleland. As time moved on, a transition needed to be made. The Eagleland's Special Operations Command (known as EL-SOCOMD in English-speaking countries) decided to set the example, by requesting that Palaimachos Arms make a rifle specifically for Special Operations, while the rest of the Eagleland Army saw that necessity, too, and required a rifle as well. Palaimachos Arms did not decline these necessary requests.

The Model 33's design was compared to that of the M4/M16 rifle family and several changes were made. The firing system was altered and several methods of it's construction were changed. Nevertheless, the quality of manufacture and material strength enable the Model 56 to operate reliably, while it's tighter tolerances make it more accurate when discharged. Rifle variants have been made originally in NATO 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm. As of 2004, however, Model 56 rifles are available in a greater variety of cartridges. The Model 56, when completed in 1984, while an improvement over the Model 33, was not as successful as the previous rifle; nevertheless, five hundred million (500,000,000) rifles are still in service with the National Guard and an additional three billion rifles (3,000,000,000) are in storage in municipal armouries. Since 2001, the Model 56 and 34 rifles were enhanced with an improved firing mechanism, intended to reduce recoil as much as possible. However, the Model 34 and 56 rifles have replaced successfully the Model 33 Rifle in the Eagleland Armed Forces, serving from 1986 to 2012, when they were officially replaced by the Model 35A2 Rifle.

Characteristics

Internally, the rifle's firing mechanism has been altered. To minimise recoil as much as possible, a totally new and different firing mechanism is utilised. The new rifle features a balanced system that functions along the lines of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, first utilised in the AK-107/108 platform. This system uses a recoil-reducing countermass mechanism with two operating rods that move in opposite directions, thereby providing "balance". One operating rod, the upper, has a gas piston facing forward while the lower also has a gas piston. The gas tube at the forward end of the handguard is double-ended to accommodate the two rods. The enlarged gas tube cover of the upper handguard guides both rods in their travel.

When the rifle is fired, gas is tapped from the gas port to enter the gas tube, driving the bolt carrier to the rear and the counter-recoil upper rail forward. The critical timing of the reciprocating parts is accomplished by a star-shaped sprocket that links and synchronizes both components, causing both to reach their maximum extension, or null point where forces are exactly equal, at exactly the same instant. The felt recoil is therefore eliminated, enhancing accuracy and assisting control during fully automatic fire. The travel distance of the Model 56's reciprocating parts is less than that of the Model 33, hence the cyclic rate of fire is higher at 850-900 rounds/min.

The Model 56 uses a faster twist rifling system in the barrel of the rifle, so as to allow the use of a trajectory-matched tracer round. In addition to the new rifling, the barrel, which is hammer-forged, was made with a greater thickness in front of the front sight post, to resist bending in the field and to allow a longer period of sustained fire without overheating. The flash suppressor was modified, this time to be closed on the bottom so it would not kick up dirt or snow when being fired from the prone position, and acting as a recoil compensator. The front grip was modified from the original shape to a "boxed" one, which better fit smaller hands. The new handguards were also symmetrical so that armories need not separate left and right spares. The handguard retention ring is removed, for the handguard to be an integral part of the upper receiver; by flicking two switches at the bottom, however, the handguard can be removed.

The new buttstock became ten times stronger than the original due to advances in polymer technology since the early 1960s. Original Model 33 stocks were made from fiberglass-impregnated resin; the newer stocks were engineered from DuPont Zytel glass-filled thermoset polymers. The new stock included a fully textured polymer buttplate for better grip on the shoulder, was lighter and could be removed easily. A dust cover was also added at the ejection port of the gun. Unlike the Model 33 rifle, the Model 56 can be modified to include Picatinny Rails on not only the top of the gun, but also on the handguard as well. The Model 56's magazine capacity ranges from five to 30 rounds, with most magazines holding 20 rounds.

The Model 56 carbines have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights are similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights consist of a rear, rotating diopter drum soldered to the receiver and a hooded front post installed in the gas block. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight drum is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

The upper receiver can accept quick-detachable rails and adapters used to mount optics (STANAG 2324 compliant). The scope mounting system consists of a centering hole located on the front face of the rear sight assembly and a dovetail-like mounting point at the front end of the receiver. Palaimachos Arms Limited can offer several types of quick-release scope mounts and Picatinny rails. A version of the rifle with an integral receiver-mounted Picatinny rail is also offered; in this configuration the weapon is fitted with flip-up emergency battle sights—a rear aperture sight which folds down into a recess in the rail and a folding front blade.

Specifications

-Name: Model 56
-Type: Carbine
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Konstantinos Kyriakides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1984
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1984)
-Produced: 1984 - Present
-Number built: 3,500,000,000
--Empty Weight: 2.6 kg
-Length: 840 mm
-Barrel length: 368 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO; 5.56x45mm NATO; 6.5mm Grendel; see Variants.
-Action: Short-Stroke, Gas-operated, BARS system
-Rate of fire: 850-900 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s
-Effective range: 400 m
-Feed system: 20/30-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Adjustable pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments; Picatinny Rail for various attachments (as of 1997)

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 56 Carbine to civilian and military customers at the cost of two hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$200). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for three hundred million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$300,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:47 am

History

One of the most destructive rounds that forever defined the twentieth century is the 12.7x99mm round, known as the fifty calibre (.50 cal) BMG. The .50 BMG has been immortalised by two revolutionary weapon designs, being the Browning M2HB Heavy Machine Gun platform and Ronnie Barett's M82 rifle. The latter, based in his home garage in his hometown of Mufreesboro, Tenesee, in the United States, has come up with the idea of using the .50 BMG in a semi-automatic sniper rifle. Although heavy calibre rounds have been previously used in other rifles in much older times, such as the Soviet PTRS and PTRD, used in the Second World War against Nazi Germany's feared armoured vehicles, Barrett's design was revolutionary and forever immortalised his surname, as the name of the rifles his company produces. The rifle is in service with many armed services around the globe.

Palaimachos Arms limited assessed the Barett M82 and intended to make a rifle more suitable for fighting in the Eagleland. The M82's weight is immense and boasts a great profile; when discharged, if the firing position is not concealed enough, the rifle can reveal the position of the shooter(s). As such, Palaimachos Arms introduced, two years later, in 1991, a new anti-materiel rifle, designated as the Model 98 sniper rifle, which has been successful in both the Eagleland civilian market and the Eagleland National Guard, which introduced the rifle to it's snipers in 1992 and still utilises the same weapon, even though the Armed Forces issued it in 1995 and replaced it in 2013 with the newer M100 AMBITIS, the Model 98's sucessor. Over thirty million rifles were made, issued and sold to Eaglelander and international customers.

Characteristics

The Model 98 is a short recoil semi-automatic sniper rifle that discharges the powerful 12.7x99mm NATO catridge, known as the .50 BMG. When the gun is fired, the barrel initially recoils for a short distance (about 25 mm), being securely locked by the rotating bolt. After the short travel, a post on the bolt engaged in the curved cam track in the receiver turns the bolt to unlock it from the barrel. As soon as the bolt unlocks, the accelerator arm strikes it back, transferring part of the recoil energy of the barrel to the bolt to achieve reliable cycling. Then the barrel is stopped and the bolt continues back, to extract and eject a spent case. On its return stroke, the bolt strips the fresh cartridge from the box magazine and feeds it into the chamber and finally locks itself to the barrel. The striker is also cocked on the return stroke of the bolt. The gun is fed from a large detachable box magazine holding up to 10 or 20 rounds.

The receiver is made from two parts (upper and lower), stamped from sheet steel and connected by cross-pins. The heavy barrel is fluted to improve heat dissipation and save weight, and fitted with a large and effective reactive muzzle brake. All Model 98 rifles are are equipped with two-chamber brakes of rectangular cross-section. They are also fitted with a scope mount and (circa 1996) folding backup iron sights, should the glass scope break, that can, however, be uninstalled. Rifles produced after 1997 have long Picatinny accessory rails mounted. Every Model 98 rifle is equipped with a folding carrying handle and a folding bipod that are both detachable. The rifle can also be fitted with a detachable rear monopod under the butt. The buttpad is fitted with a soft recoil pad to further decrease the felt recoil. Model 98 rifles could be mounted on a great variety of infantry tripods or on vehicles using a special soft-mount.

Specifications

-Name: Model 98
-Type: Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Konstantinos Kyriakides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1991
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1991)
-Produced: 1991 - Present
-Number built: 30,000,000
--Empty Weight: 10 kg
-Length: 1200 mm
-Barrel length: 740 mm
-Cartridge: 12.7x99mm
-Action: Gas-operated, direct impingement, rotating bolt
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 853 m/s
-Effective range: 1830 m
-Feed system: 10/20-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Sniper Scopes

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 98 Sniper Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of two thousand, eight hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$3,850). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for eight hundred million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$800,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

by **The Eagleland** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:18 am

History

Sniping is an important aspect of modern warfare. Ever since the Revolutionary War (1776-1781) of the United States of America, where American riflemen were able to decisively deal crushing blows and win the war against the British Army, despite their victories, sniping essentially entered the scope of warfare. The Eagleland's closest story with sniper rifles was in several Sondrian wars where Model 15 Rifles, which utilised the 8.6mm "Variopoula" (Sledgehammer) or VARP round. Heavy and powerful, this round produced a massive amount of recoil and made the rifle rather uncomfortable to shoot. These rifles were fitted with scopes and used as sniper rifles. Never replaced with the M1 Garand (that became standard-issue in 1941) in sniper service, the Model 15 was legendary and forged the Eaglelander sniper legend. As time progressed, however, clear updates were needed. Therefore, in the late 1980s Palaimachos Arms Limited introduced the Model 79 Sniper Rifle.

The Model 79 Sniper Rifle is a modernised version of the old Model 15 Rifle. The Model 79 was reconfigured to discharge the 7.62x51mm NATO round and then, in another version launched in 2007, the 7.8mm Winchester Magmum (better known as the .300 Winchester Magnum) and the 8.58×70mm (better known as .338 Lapua) cartridge. As the Rifle was reconfigured, there were massive rooms for both weight reduction and reduced recoil. Among other features, the Model 79 became the standard-issue rifle of the Eagleland Armed Forces' snipers, until it was replaced by the Accuracy International L96 Sniper Rifle in service, even though all one hundred and seventy million sniper rifles that have been produced are still in service with some Eagleland National Guard snipers.

Characteristics

The Model 79 sniper rifle is operated by a bolt-action mechanism, with 2 forward dual-opposed lugs. The bolt face is recessed, fully enclosing the base of the cartridge, whereas the extractor is a C-clip sitting within the bolt face. The ejector is a plunger on the bolt face actuated by a coil spring. The bolt is of 3-piece construction, brazed together (head, body and bolt handle). The receiver is milled from round cross-section steel. The Model 79 can be fitted with a variety of scopes and, circa 1998, been built using polymer parts instead of wood for increased durability and reduced weight. The rifle includes a built-in bipod made of stainless steel for increased durability and lifespan. Finally, the weapon can be loaded with a removable magazine, with rounds attached to a clip or simply by hand, one by one.

Specifications

-Name: Model 79
-Type: Sniper Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Anastasios Tellides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1985
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1985)
-Produced: 1985 - Present
-Number built: 170,000,000
--Empty Weight: 5.1 kg
-Length: 1092 mm
-Barrel length: 660 mm
-Cartridge: 7.62x51mm NATO, 7.8mm Winchester Magnum, 8.58×70mm Lapua
-Action: Bolt-Action
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 790 m/s
-Effective range: 800-1,500 m
-Feed system: 10/20-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Sniper Scopes

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 98 Sniper Rifle to civilian and military customers at the cost of three thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$3,500), for all cartridges. Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for six hundred million NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$600,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:59 am

History

The introduction of the Model 98 Anti Materiel Rifle was a very important addition to the Eagleland Armed Forces' and National Guard's arsenals. However heavy and cumbersome, the Model 98 left a mark on the Eagleland Military, following the footsteps of Ronnie Barrett in Tennessee, and proved beneficial during the wars the Eagleland has waged from the last decade of the twentieth century, to the first decade of the first. The Model 98 began to be replaced in the Eagleland Armed Forces by the Lyran Made LY23 ‘Songbird’ Anti-Materiel Rifle in 2013, however the introduction of the Model 35A2 in military service a few months before and the construction of the bullpup variant of the Model 35A2, the Model 35A2B, accelerated the process. While the LY23 Songbird was very effective, it was even more cumbersome to use than the Model 98 it began to replace. It was eventually determined that the LY23 was too heavy and too unpractical to replace all anti-materiel rifles. Palaimachos Arms Limited came up with a drastic solution to that issue, at a time when the LY23 only replaced 40% of all Model 98 Rifles.

In April 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited introduced the latest semi-automatic rifle in the Eagleland Armed Forces' arsenal, the Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System, better known as the M100 AMBTIS (pronounced "ambitis"). The M100 AMBTIS is the latest anti-materiel rifle made by Palaimachos Arms limited, and is considered the successor to the old and powerful Model 98 Semi-Automatic Anti-Materiel Rifle, made in the late 1980s. The Model 100 AMBTIS is a bullpup-configured model, based on the Model 35A2B platform, in itself a brainchild of the Model 35A2 model, now standard issue in the Eagleland Armed Forces. As of September 2013, ten million M100 AMBTIS rifles have been constructed and sold to Eaglelander and foreign military and law enforcement clients, and is considered one of Palaimachos Arms' brightest success stories. It makes us 60% of all anti-materiel rifles in the Eagleland Military, with the LY23 making up the remaining 40%.

Characteristics

The difference between the M100 and the Model 35A2's mechanism lies in it's bullpup design. Almost every moving part has been amassed to the buttstock, the rear of the weapon, and that not only makes the weapon more versatile, but also reduces space and length, aspects useful when used in situations where camouflage and concealment are both key to survival. It is also lighter than many anti-materiel rifles available. The M100 AMBTIS, however, has many similarities with the Model 35A2 rifle family, mainly in the way it is constructed and the way it works, alongside it's capability to accept different cartridges.

Mechanically, it operates on the same "dual-operation" principle of the Model 35A2. The M100 utilises a Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt form of operation to chamber the round. With a short-stroke system, the piston moves separately from the bolt group. It directly pushes the bolt group parts. The energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. The bolt, upon contact with the breech, rotates and locks into place, being held in place by lugs attached to the breech or barrel extension. Upon closing, the bolt passes through the slots cut in the front of the barrel extension, and then rotates; at this point it is locked in place. The bolt remains locked until the action is cycled, either manually by the operator, or mechanically by the gas created by discharging the rifle pushing on the bolt carrier, which then rotates the bolt and unlocks it from the breech so that a new round can be chambered.

The key advantage of this system over direct impingement ones, as noticed, is it's superior reliability. Dirty gases are used to move the bolt and chamber the round in the latter, which is likely to cause a malfunction. On the other hand, short-stroke gas piston systems vent the gases away harmlessly, thus reducing the risk of malfunction. Since the design fires caseless rounds, there is no need for an ejection port, although there is one, therefore the next round is simply inserted into the chamber. In the event of a malfunction, by pressing a black switch next to the ejection port, the jammed round is expelled from the rifle, so that the weapon can be unjammed and then a new round is inserted by pulling the charging handle.

The rounds are ignited via an electronic or a mechanical system of operation. The user can determine which one to use by flicking the System of Operation (or SO) switch next to the ejection port; switching the SO switch from the left side activates the Mechanical System of Operation, while on the right side actives the Electronic System of Operation; in other words, the SO switch is fully ambidextrous. The trigger uses an electronic system of operation rather than the conventional firing pin/percussion cap layout, to ignite the propellant and discharge a round. Fewer moving parts and no mass shift during firing also improves accuracy and decreases component wear.

The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant with a plasma jet, which then deflagrates, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view below the buttsock, near the magazine well, as mentioned above.

Electric ignition systems have a significant number of advantages over mechanical systems;

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is
particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

The Mechanical Operation is far more simple. Once the trigger is pulled, the electronic signal is sent again to that mechanism, but this time the firing pin mechanically expands the primer, which ignites the round by making contact with the charge, much like in cased assault rifles. The round is fired, the primer is moved back and the cycle repeats. Rate of fire in both modes is 850 rounds per minute. This mode of operation is useful in case of a malfunction of the electronic firing mechanism or when the user wants to use cased ammunition. Unlike in the Electronic Operation mode, when the round is ejected in case of a malfunction, in the Mechanical mode of operation the spent case is ejected from the weapon, much like a normal sniper rifle. The M100 AMBTIS, however, can only use a semi-automatic mode of operation in both instances.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the M100. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the rifle’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The M100 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the M100 is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The M100 rifle in all configurations uses heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The M100 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress.
The weapon case features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for very quick break down of the weapon into its separate components.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the rifle is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

In order to mount attachments the M100 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Buttstock of the M100 has one more feature itself as well. It's sloping cheek weld provides a wide contact surface for user comfort, while supplemental friction lock minimizes accuracy robbing wobble and a shielded release latch prevents snagging.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All M100 magazines feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the M100 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All M100 rifles give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

The M100 AMBTIS includes a compensator for reduced recoil, which can be removed and replaced or simply used with a suppressor that is tailor-made for the rifle, so that noise elimination at long distances is achieved. It also features a removable bipod and all of it's controls are ambidextrous. The M100 was designed to, primarily, discharge the 12.7x100mm CLA and the 14.5x100mm CLA ammunition types, designed by Palaimachos Arms to meet not only Eagleland Military specifications, but also international demand for caseless ammunition and rifles that discharge such ammunition. The choice of caseless telescopic ammunition is justified by a reduced mass and weight, as well as enhanced magazine capacity. The fact that these cases are spent fully when the round is ignited is another characteristic sought after by many users, including Special Operations Forces. The Model 100's caseless rounds do not necessitate barrel changes, as the ignition sustem is "ammo blind".

However, the Model 100's has versions that are made to discharge the 7.62x51mm NATO, 7.8mm Winchester Magnum, 8.58×70mm Lapua, 12.7x99mm NATO, 12.7x108mm Russian, the 14.5×114mm Russian cartridges and the 14.7mm x 115mm Lyran respectively. If specified, Palaimachos Arms Limited can provide a version with barrels and magazine wells for rounds with similar diameters to these aforementioned catridges. The M100, however, cannot accept barrels that are designed for rounds smaller than the first of the aforementioned calibres or greater than the 14.7mm x 115mm Lyran.

Specifications

-Name: Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System
-Type: Sniper Rifle
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Alexandra Konstantinidou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2013
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2013)
-Produced: 2013 - Present
-Number built: 10,000,000
-Empty Weight: 10 kg
-Length: 120 cm
-Barrel length: 740 mm
-Cartridge: 12.7x100mm CLA and the 14.5x100mm CLA, see Characteristics.
-Action: Gas-Operated, Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 853 m/s
-Effective range: 1830 m
-Feed system: 30/20-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Sniper Scopes

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System of all variants to civilian and military customers at the cost of nine thousand NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$9,000). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for three billion NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$3,000,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the rifle should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case. For the 14.7x115mm Lyran cartridge you must possess relevant domestic production rights licences from Lyran Arms; Palaimachos Arms Limited does NOT offer the 14.7x115mm Lyran cartridge for sale.

by **The Eagleland** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:04 pm

History

Historically, the Eagleland Armed Forces and the Eagleland National Guard fielded only one general purpose machine gun since 1967, being the Model 44 General Purpose Machine Gun, manufactured and issued in 1957. The Model 44 was designed to discharge the 7.62x51mm NATO round, and, despite it's weight and recoil, proved reliable and effective in the harsh environments of the Eagleland, during the many wars waged during the period 1960-1999. It served alongside the more famous but less reliable American M60 Light Machine Gun. The M60 has seen limited service in the Eagleland Armed Forces and is only used by the Eagleland National Guard as static defences, mainly because it was extremely unreliable in the hot and humid conditions of the Eagleland's jungles, and, despite it's upgrades, the Model 44 is still preferred over the M60, even in National Guard Units, leaving a gap in Light Machine Gun capability across the military spectrum of the Eagleland.

The gap in LMG capabilities was filled in 2012 when the Model 35A2 entered service with the Eagleland Armed Forces, and the latter possessed an automatic rifleman variant, designed for filling that role, but that created a logistics issue in that the Armed Forces reverted to the 6.3x40mm CLA ammunition and the Model 44 was not designed to discharge such ammunition. As such, a few months later, in September 2012, Palaimachos Arms Limited created it's successor, the Model 45 General Purpose Machine Gun, based on the perfomaces of the American LSAT project. The Model 45 Light Machine Gun took some fundamental characteristics of the LSAT and adapted those with several key features of the Model 35A2. The end result was successful, and is now the standard-issue GPMG of the Eagleland Armed Forces.

Characteristics

The Model 45 is a belt-fed, long-stroke, gas-piston operated light machinegun, which uses a swinging chamber. The chamber swings around a longitudinal pivot; it swings from horizontally parallel with the pivot (the firing position), to vertically parallel (the feed position), and back again. The long-stroke gas-piston is used to operate this action. A round is fed into the chamber at the feed position using a rammer, and the new round also serves to push a spent or dud round out of the far end of the chamber. During firing, another mechanism seals the chamber, then it is unsealed, so the feeding process can be repeated. The advantages of this whole action include its simplicity and its isolation of the chamber from barrel heat.

The rounds are ignited via an electronic or a mechanical system of operation. The user can determine which one to use by flicking the System of Operation (or SO) switch next to the ejection port; switching the SO switch from the left side activates the Mechanical System of Operation, while on the right side actives the Electronic System of Operation; in other words, the SO switch is fully ambidextrous. The trigger uses an electronic system of operation rather than the conventional firing pin/percussion cap layout, to ignite the propellant and discharge a round. Fewer moving parts and no mass shift during firing also improves accuracy and decreases component wear.

The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant which then deflagrates with a plasma jet, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view on the right side of the weapon, near the buttstock, as mentioned above.

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

The Mechanical Operation is far more simple. Once the trigger is pulled, the electronic signal is sent again to that mechanism, but this time the firing pin mechanically expands the primer, which ignites the round by making contact with the charge, much like in cased machine guns. The round is fired, the primer is moved back and the cycle repeats. Rate of fire in both modes is 850 rounds per minute. This mode of operation is useful in case of a malfunction of the electronic firing mechanism or when the user wants to use cased ammunition. Unlike in the Electronic Operation mode, when the round is ejected in case of a malfunction, in the Mechanical mode of operation the spent case is ejected from the weapon, much like a cased machine gun.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the Model 45. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the rifle’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 45 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military.

The Model 45 weapons in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The Model 45 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress.
The weapon case features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for very quick break down of the weapon into its separate components.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the rifle is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

In order to mount attachments the Model 45 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Buttstock of the Model 45 has several features itself as well. Designated as the Type 45A4 Buttstock, it is a retractable stock, with supplemental friction lock that minimizes accuracy robbing wobble and a shielded release latch prevents snagging.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 45 magazine boxes feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 45 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All Model 45 weapons give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

The Model 45 weapons have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with pop-up iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights's function is similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights are attacked with screws to the weapon and are not permanently fixed to it, hence these can be removed. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the weapon's line of sight.

The Model 45 was designed to, primarily, discharge three caseless rounds: the 6.3x40mm caseless, 6.8x40mm caseless and the 7.62x40mm caseless, designed by Palaimachos Arms to meet not only Eagleland Military specifications, but also international demand for caseless ammunition and weapons that discharge such ammunition. The choice of caseless telescopic ammunition is justified by a reduced mass and weight, as well as enhanced magazine capacity. The fact that these cases are spent fully when the round is ignited is another characteristic sought after by many users, including Special Operations Forces. The Model 45's caseless rounds do not necessitate barrel changes; the ignition sustem is "ammo blind". Combined with the fact that these rounds have the same diameter, the Model 45 is able to discharge all three caseless telescopic ammunition it was designed to fire.

However, The Model 45's standard barrel is capable of firing, with the appropriate changes in the lower receiver, cased ammunition, to be ejected normally when spent. That is, it can fire the 5.45mm Russian, without changes to the barrel. With appropriate barrel changes, and with the proper lower receiver, the rifle can fire the 5.56x45mm NATO, 5.8×42mm DBP87, Grendel 6.5mm, 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge, 7.62x39mm and the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridges. If specified, Palaimachos Arms Limited can provide lower receivers for rounds with similar diameters to these aforementioned catridges. The Model 45, however, cannot accept barrels that are designed for rounds larger than 7.8 milimetres or smaller than the 5.45mm Russian.

Derivatives and Variants

Based on ammunition discharged, the Model 45 has the following variants:

C Variant: Cased Variant.
L Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant.
M Variant: 6.8x40mm CAT Variant.
H variant: 7.62x40mm CAT Variant.

Specifications

-Name: Model 45
-Type: General Purpose Machine Gun
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Aristotelis Alexiou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2012
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2012)
-Produced: 2012 - Present
-Number built: 50,000,000
--Empty Weight: 4.5 kg
-Length: 917 mm
-Barrel length: 418 mm
-Cartridge: 6.3x40mm CAT, 6.8x40mm CAT, 7.62x40mm CAT
-Action: Gas-piston; push-through feed-and-ejection; open, swinging chamber
-Rate of fire: 650 rpm
-Muzzle velocity: 920 m/s
-Effective range: 1000 m
-Feed system: 100, 200 or 350 round soft pouches of full-loop-polymer linked, disintegrating belts
-Sights: Pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 45 General Purpose Machine Gun to civilian and military customers at the cost of specific monetary units, as specified in the following catalogue:

Based on ammunition discharged, the Model 45 has the following variants:

C Variant: Cased Variant: Two thousand NationStates Dollars (NS$2,000).
L, M, and H Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant: Three thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$3,800).

Domestic Production Rights Licences are available as follows:

C Variant: Cased Variant: Five hundred million NationStates Dollars (NS$500,000,000).
L, M, and H Variant: 6.3x40mm CAT Variant: Two billion, Five hundred million NationStates Dollars (NS$2,500,000,000).

Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the weapon should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:24 am

History

In 1975, the newest member of the Design Board of Palaimachos Arms, Xenophon Papagos, had a passion for shotguns; from double-barrelled shotguns to the newer, pump-action shotguns of his age, including the Italian-made Franchi SPAS-12 and those of the USA-based Remington. Palaimachos Arms had never manufactured shotguns, as that was the monopoly of Legion Armories, Palaimachos Arms' only competitor in the Eagleland arms manufacturing industry at the time. Legion Armories made shotguns based on what Eaglelanders refer to as the "old school" of shotguns: wooden parts, large shotguns. However, Papagos designed a shotgun that initiated the "new school" of Eaglelander shotguns, which are lighter by design. Xenophon's design was so successful, that two billion, five hundred million models were manufactured for civilian, military and law enforcement use in the Eagleland and abroad. The Eagleland Armed Forces issued this shotgun to Military Police and, later, to front line forces, until it's replacement by the Model 90B Shotgun in 2013. It is the most popular shotgun in the Eagleland, and is also distributed to many Sondrian nations.

Characteristics

The Model 89 Shotgun, in contrast to the Franchi SPAS-12, utilises only a pump-action system to cycle ammunition. This entails a smaller rate of fire, but it also means that the Model 89 Shotgun's pump had significantly less friction. The multiple threads, alongside the pump's sharp internal stainless steel components inside the thread, that can be used from a base with an external polymer cover, reduce friction whenever the spacious threads are filled with mud, ice or sand. If lubricated, the friction is significantly reduced and so the Model 89 can act as a de facto semi automatic shotgun. The Model 89 also has a magazine cut-off feature, which prevents loading a new round from the internal magazine when the gun is cycled. This allows the operator to load a specialised round into the chamber without firing the entire magazine first.

The shotgun was designed with reliability in mind. All external parts, alongside the smoothbore barrel, are all made from stainless steel. This makes the gun resilient and reduces it's recoil at the cost of augmented weight and expense. The multiple threads on top of the shotgun exist to allow the gun to dissipate heat quickly. Another unique feature is the polymer pistol grip, which is durable and more comfortable than steel pistol grips. The stock is made of poylmer as well. The hook on folding-stock variants is also unique; this hook can be rotated in 90-degree increments, so it fits under the user's forearm when the stock was extended. With the stock supported under the forearm the gun could theoretically be fired with one hand, allowing the user to fire around cover or use their support hand for other tasks. The Model 89 features a push-button crossbolt safety inderneath the gun, between the main well and the trigger housing. Also, it's barrel is externally threaded to accept a variety of attachments, from chokes to gas-grenade launchers.

Specifications

-Name: Model 89 Shotgun
-Type: Shotgun
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Xenophon Papagos, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1975
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1975)
-Produced: 1975 - Present
-Number built: 2,500,000,000
-Empty Weight: 4 kg
-Length: 1041 mm (with stock and/or extended stock (if folding)
-Barrel length: 546 mm
-Cartridge: .10 Gauge, .12 Gauge, .20 Gauge
-Action: Pump-Action
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: N/A
-Effective range: Varies, depending on ammunition
-Feed system: 8+1 rounds, internal tube magazine
-Sights: Iron Sights

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 89 Shotgun to civilian and military customers at the cost of specific monetary units, as specified in the following catalogue:

The Model 89 has the following variants, based on the existence of a stock:

Stockless Variant: One thousand NationStates Dollars (NS$1,000).
Folding Stock Variant: One thousand, two hundred Nationstates Dollars (NS$1,200)
Fixed Stock Variant: One thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$1,500).

No price levels are set regarding ammunition-based variants.

Domestic Production Rights Licences are available as follows:

Stockless Variant: One hundred million NationStates Dollars (NS$100,000,000).
Stocked Variant (Folding Stock or Fixed Stock): One hundred and fifty million, NationStates Dollars (NS$150,000,000).

Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which gauge the shotgun should be delivered. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different gauges than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:57 am

History

Xenophon Papagos, one of the Eagleland's most legendary arms manufacturers, has understood that the evolution of the shotgun is a must with fast paces in technology. The needs of Eagleland citizens, that are better trained in assault rifles and pistols but not shotguns, commanded the necessity for a new shotgun on the market that would be able to match those expectations. Xenophon Papagos took the design of the Model 35A2 rifle to the shotgun field, by changing entirely it's internal firing mechanism and introduced the weapon in October 2012. The shotgun is now widely demanded in the Eagleland civilian weapons market and over sixty five million shotguns were manufactured, as a testament to the astonishing success of this weapon. The Eagleland Armed Forces, however, have not selected the shotgun, however satisfactory was it's perfomance, in lieu of the fully automatic Model 90B shotgun, designed in February 2013.

Characteristics

The Model 90 Shotgun, although a derivative of the original Model 35A2 Assault Rifle design, differs from it in several key areas. First, the weapon is configured exclusively for cased shotgun ammunition use. For that reason, only a mechanical firing process is utilised. Second, the weapon can only be used in a semi automatic mode or be rendered safe, instead of having fully automatic fire capability entailed. Also, the weapon utilises a gas-operated, short-stroke gas piston mechanism to operate, unlike the Model 35A2 which employs a Short Stroke, Gas-piston, rotating bolt mechanism. Otherwise, the Model 90 Shotgun is near identical to the Model 35A2 in terms of appearance and modularity.

With a short-stroke or "tappet" system the energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. This has the advantage of reducing the total mass of recoiling parts compared to the long-stroke piston. This, in turn, enables better control of the weapon due to less mass needing to be stopped at either end of the bolt carrier travel. These sudden stops on other systems disrupt the weapon's point of aim, especially with light weapons in full-automatic fire.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 90B uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 90B, much like the Model 35A2, is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 90B rifles in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

In order to mount attachments the Model 90 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Buttstock of the Model 90 has several features itself as well. Designated as the Type 45A3 Buttstock, it is a combination of a retractable and folding stock, with an adjustable cheek well. It's sloping cheek weld provides a wide contact surface for user comfort, while supplemental friction lock minimizes accuracy robbing wobble and a shielded release latch prevents snagging.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 90 magazines feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 90 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip.

The Model 90 shotguns have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with pop-up iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights's function is similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights are attacked with screws to the rifle and are not permanently fixed to the rifle, hence these can be removed. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

Specifications

-Name: Model 90
-Type: Shotgun
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Xenophon Papagos, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2012
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2012)
-Produced: 2012 - Present
-Number built: 65,000,000
--Empty Weight: 3.0 kg
-Length: 65.4 cm (Stock Folded), 83 cm (Stock Deployed), 90.5 cm (Stock Extended)
-Barrel length: 450 mm
-Cartridge: .10 Gauge, .12 Gauge, .20 Gauge
-Action: Gas-operated, short-stroke, rotating bolt
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 350 m/s
-Effective range: Varies, depending on ammunition
-Feed system: 10/15-round detachable box magazine, 20/32-round drum magazine
-Sights: Pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 90 Shotgun to civilian and military customers at the cost of one thousand, three hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$1,300). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for nine hundred million NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$900,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which gauge the shotgun should be delivered. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different gauges than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:02 am

History

The design of the Model 35A2 assault rifle in 2012 changed the playing field for Eagleland-made firearms, in that it spawned a number of unique weapon designs. The Model 90 Shotgun was no different. However, the Eagleland Armed Forces did not select this shotgun, as the Eagleland Armed Forces required a fully automatic shotgun, and not a semi automatic, as in Close Quarters Combat rate of fire is extremely important. As such, the Palaimachos Arms Limited Weapons Design Board enlisted the help of Xenophon Papagos once again to design a compact shotgun with a fully automatic mode of operation. Based on the newly-procured Model 35A2B, the new shotgun entered service with the Eagleland Armed Forces in March 2013. As an indicator of it's success, as of September 2013, ten million shotguns were made in for service in the Eagleland Armed Forces.

Characteristics

The Model 90B is a totally different weapon to both the Model 90 Shotgun and the Model 35A2B Assault Rifle on which it is based. On the one hand, the Model 90B is in a bullpup configuration and entails a fully automatic firing mechanism, whereas on the other hand it differs from the Model 35A2B in that the firing mechanism is totally different. Generally, unlike other derivatives of the Model 35A2, the Model 90B and Model 90C are both designed to fire cased shotgun shells only. Specifically, the Model 90B is able to be chambered in .10 Gauge, .12 Gauge and .20 Gauge cartridges. The Model 90B can, much like the Model 90, discharge a great variety of ammunition, including the FRAG-12 explosive shotgun round and incendiary "Dragon's Breath" ammunition. The barrel is externally threaded to accept a variety of attachments, from chokes to gas-grenade launchers. It also has a fire selector switch (for alternating between semi-automatic, three round burst or fully automatic modes of operation)

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 90B uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 90B, much like the Model 35A2, is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 90B rifles in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The Model 90B, in sharp contrast to the Model 90, utilises a fully automatic firing mechanism, adapted from the American AA-12 shotgun design, utilising the Advanced Primer Ignition (API) blowback system. In the API blowback design, the primer is ignited when the bolt is still moving forward before the cartridge is fully chambered Image. In a plain blowback design, the propellant gases have to overcome static inertia to accelerate the bolt rearwards to open the breech. In an API blowback, they also have to do the work of overcoming forward momentum to stop the forward motion of the bolt. Because the forward and rearward speeds of the bolt tend to be approximately the same, the API blowback allows the weight of the bolt to be halved. Because the momentum of the two opposed bolt motions cancels out over time, the API blowback design results in reduced recoil. This system has been adapted for the bullpup configuration.

In order to mount attachments the Model 90B makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Buttstock of the Model 90B has one additional several feature itself as well. Designated as the Type 45A5 Buttstock, it entails supplemental friction lock that minimizes accuracy robbing wobble and a shielded release latch prevents snagging.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 90B magazine boxes feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 45 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip.

The Model 90B weapons have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with pop-up iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights's function is similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights are attacked with screws to the rifle and are not permanently fixed to the rifle, hence these can be removed. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the rifle's line of sight.

Specifications

-Name: Model 90B
-Type: Shotgun
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Xenophon Papagos, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2013
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2013)
-Produced: 2013 - Present
-Number built: 10,000,000
--Empty Weight: 4.2 kg
-Length: 850 mm
-Barrel length: 740 mm
-Cartridge: .10 Gauge, .12 Gauge, .20 Gauge
-Action: Advanced Primer Ignition (API) blowback
-Rate of fire: 300 rpm
-Muzzle velocity: 350 m/s
-Effective range: Varies, depending on ammunition
-Feed system: 10/15-round detachable box magazine, 20/32-round drum magazine
-Sights: Pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 90B Shogun to civilian and military customers at the cost of one thousand, five hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$1,500). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for one billion NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$1,000,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which gauge the shotgun should be delivered. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different gauges than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:02 am

History

It is difficult to imagine Palaimachos Arms without the Model 60 Sub Machine Gun. Based on the Igram M10 (known as MAC-10) Sub Machine Gun of the United States, the Model 60 SMG was designed to be "the people's saw". Sure enough, in the first two years, two hundred and fifty thousand copies were sold to Eaglelander customers. The gun was a crucial tool for rebels seeking to overthrow the dictatorship of 1967,as it's light weight made it versatile and easy to use. Even after the Bankruptcy of 1975, sales would skyrocket dramatically, as it was a far cheaper weapon to buy than a revolver in the Eagleland. Even today, the cheap and reliable Model 60 is in demand, in both the Eagleland, and abroad, and production continues, even if two hundred million examples were constructed.

Characteristics

The Model 60 was built predominantly from steel stampings. A notched cocking handle protrudes from the top of the receiver, and by turning the handle 90° would lock the bolt, and act as an indicator that the weapon is unable to fire. The Mdel 60 has a telescoping bolt, which wraps around the barrel. This allows a more compact weapon, and balances the weight of the weapon over the pistol grip where the magazine is located. It fires from an open bolt, and in addition, the light weight of the bolt results in a rapid rate of fire. In addition, this design incorporates a built in feed ramp as part of the trigger guard. The barrel is threaded to accept a suppressor, which worked by reducing the discharge's sound, without attempting to reduce the velocity of the bullet or rather stops air from rushing into the barrel, inhibiting the sonic signature. It also acts as a foregrip to inhibit muzzle rise when fired. A small bracket is added with a small strap beneath the muzzle to aid in controlling recoil during fully automatic fire.

Unlike simlilar Sub Machine Guns like the MAC-10, the Model 60 utilises the Advanced Primer Ignition (API) blowback design. In the API blowback, the primer is ignited when the bolt is still moving forward before the cartridge is fully chambered Image. In a plain blowback design, the propellant gases have to overcome static inertia to accelerate the bolt rearwards to open the breech. In an API blowback, they also have to do the work of overcoming forward momentum to stop the forward motion of the bolt. Because the forward and rearward speeds of the bolt tend to be approximately the same, the API blowback allows the weight of the bolt to be halved. Because the momentum of the two opposed bolt motions cancels out over time, the API blowback design results in reduced recoil. The Sub Machine Gun can only discharge 9x19mm Parabellum rounds.

Specifications

-Name: Model 60
-Type: Sub Machine Gun/Machine Pistol
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Ioannis Kachimichalis, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1972
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1972)
-Produced: 1972 - Present
-Number built: 200,000,000
--Empty Weight: 2.8 kg
-Length: 269 mm
-Barrel length: 146 mm
-Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum
-Action: Advanced Primer Ignition (API) blowback
-Rate of fire: 1200 rpm
-Muzzle velocity: 366 m/s
-Effective range: 70 m
-Feed system: 32/45-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Iron sights, 10-70 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 60 Sub Machine Gun to civilian and military customers at the cost of three hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$350). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for fifty million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$50,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

by **The Eagleland** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:48 am

History

The legendary Model 60 Sub Machine Gun, however popular and versatile, was never adopted by neither the Eagleland Armed Forces and the National Guard, nor the Eagleland's various law enforcement agencies. The reason was that the Model 60 lacked the stopping power needed to eliminate adversaries and was improper for use on enemy contacts that wore body armour. Another issue, in particular, was that the very high rate of fire of the Sub Machine Gun in question was a tactical issue in that the consumption rate of available ammunition soared dramatically. As such, Palaimachos Arms, taking the Model 35A2 as a template, designed the new Model 86 Sub Machine Gun, to discharge new and special caseless rounds. The weapon was incredibly successful, as two hundred million (200,000,000) sub machine guns of this kind manufactured and distributed across the Eagleland's military, law enforcement services and households.

Characteristics

The Model 86 utilizes a Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt form of operation to chamber the round. With a short-stroke system, the piston moves separately from the bolt group. It directly pushes the bolt group parts. The energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. The bolt, upon contact with the breech, rotates and locks into place, being held in place by lugs attached to the breech or barrel extension. Upon closing, the bolt passes through the slots cut in the front of the barrel extension, and then rotates; at this point it is locked in place. The bolt remains locked until the action is cycled, either manually by the operator, or mechanically by the gas created by discharging the weapon pushing on the bolt carrier, which then rotates the bolt and unlocks it from the breech so that a new round can be chambered.

The key advantage of this system over direct impingement ones, as noticed, is it's superior reliability. Dirty gases are used to move the bolt and chamber the round in the latter, which is likely to cause a malfunction. On the other hand, short-stroke gas piston systems vent the gases away harmlessly, thus reducing the risk of malfunction. Since the design fires caseless rounds, there is no need for an ejection port, although there is one, therefore the next round is simply inserted into the chamber. In the event of a malfunction, by pressing a black switch next to the ejection port, the jammed round is expelled from the weapon, so that it can be unjammed and then a new round is inserted by pulling the charging handle.

The rounds are ignited via an electronic or a mechanical system of operation. The user can determine which one to use by flicking the System of Operation (or SO) switch next to the ejection port; switching the SO switch from the left side activates the Mechanical System of Operation, while on the right side actives the Electronic System of Operation; in other words, the SO switch is fully ambidextrous. The trigger uses an electronic system of operation rather than the conventional firing pin/percussion cap layout, to ignite the propellant and discharge a round. Fewer moving parts and no mass shift during firing also improves accuracy and decreases component wear.

The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant which then deflagrates with a plasma jet, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view on the right side of the weapon, near the buttstock, as mentioned above.

Electric ignition systems have a significant number of advantages over mechanical systems;

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

The Mechanical Operation is far more simple. Once the trigger is pulled, the electronic signal is sent again to that mechanism, but this time the firing pin mechanically expands the primer, which ignites the round by making contact with the charge, much like in cased weapons. The round is fired, the primer is moved back and the cycle repeats. Rate of fire in both modes is 850 rounds per minute. This mode of operation is useful in case of a malfunction of the electronic firing mechanism or when the user wants to use cased ammunition. Unlike in the Electronic Operation mode, when the round is ejected in case of a malfunction, in the Mechanical mode of operation the spent case is ejected from the weapon, much like a normal sub machine gun.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the Model 86. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the rifle’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 86 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 86, much the the Model 35A2, is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 86 Sub Machine Guns in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The Model 86 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress. The weapon case features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for very quick break down of the weapon into its separate components.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the rifle is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

The Model 86 also features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for quick break down of the weapon into its separate components. Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. In order to mount attachments the Model 86 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 86 magazines feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 86 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All Model 86 weapons give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

The Model 86 sub machine guns have a 540 mm (21.3 in) long sight radius and are equipped with pop-up iron sights adjustable for both windage and elevation. The sights's function is similar to those on some Heckler & Koch weapons, such as the HK MP5. The sights are attacked with screws to the weapon and are not permanently fixed to it, hence these can be removed. The rear sight has an open notch setting marked "1" designed for immediate firing up to 100 m but also contains apertures with settings "2", "3" and "4" corresponding to 200, 300 and 400 m firing ranges. The 400 m setting has a removable iris for sportive shooting. The sights are adjustable via micrometer screws with windage and elevation increments of 1.5 mrad or 4.5 cm (1.8 in) at 300 m.

For night use, the dedicated "1" notch setting in the rear sight is provided with two self-luminous tritium-powered inserts fitted laterally on each side of the notch and additionally in a flip-up post attached to the foresight. When firing rifle grenades the front sight hood is aligned with the uppermost edge of the grenade's warhead, this provides an estimated point of impact up to 75 m. The rifle's sights were placed relatively low over the bore axis to ensure a minimal silhouette when firing from the prone position, but high enough to provide comfort and speed when shouldering the rifle in the kneeling and offhand shooting positions. The design of the shoulder stock also facilitates the rapid alignment of the shooting eye with the weapon's line of sight.

The Model 86 was designed to, primarily, discharge three caseless rounds: the 10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT, 12x40mm CAT, all caseless telesopic, designed by Palaimachos Arms to meet not only Eagleland Military specifications, but also international demand for caseless ammunition and rifles that discharge such ammunition. The choice of caseless telescopic ammunition is justified by a reduced mass and weight, as well as enhanced magazine capacity. The fact that these cases are spent fully when the round is ignited is another characteristic sought after by many users, including Special Operations Forces. The Model 86's caseless rounds do not necessitate barrel changes; the ignition sustem is "ammo blind". Combined with the fact that these rounds have the same diameter, the Model 86 is able to discharge all three caseless telescopic ammunition it was designed to fire.

Specifications

-Name: Model 86
-Type: Sub Machine Gun
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Alexandra Konstantinidou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2012
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2012)
-Produced: 2012 - Present
-Number built: 200,000,000
--Empty Weight: 3.0 kg
-Length: 65.4 cm (Stock Folded), 83 cm (Stock Deployed),
-Barrel length: 450 mm
-Cartridge: 10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT, 12x40mm CAT
-Action: Short Stroke, Gas-piston, rotating bolt
-Rate of fire: 850 rpm
-Muzzle velocity: 1,035 m/s
-Effective range: Varies, depending on ammunition
-Feed system: 30-round detachable box; 60-round detachable box; 100-round drum
-Sights: Pop-up iron sights, 100-1000 m adjustments

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 86 Sub Machine Gun to civilian and military customers at the cost of three thousand, one hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$3,100). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for one billion NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$1,000,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the weapon should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:55 am

History

The History of Firearms cannot be written without mentioning the legendary Desert Eagle. This pistol, however unpopular with regular shooters, still remains in high demand around the world, and particularly in the film industry. However, the sidearm's aforementioned unpopularity with many shooters lies in it's weight, unreliability and, mainly, in it's massive recoil. This sidearm is, therefore, rarely used for self-defence, but for hunting and target shooting. One of the members of the Weapons Design Board, Christos Papadopoulos, owned a Desert Eagle Mark VIII himself, and proposed that some changes be made to the design of the weapon. Unable to address the issue of weight, the Design Board were only able to enhance it's reliability index and reduce it's recoil. Nevertheless, the pistol's success was still considered satisfactorily, with five hundred thousand examples sold in the Eagleland.

Characteristics

It can be considered that the Model 50 sidearm is, in essence, the Eagleland's copy of the legendary Desert Eagle of America's Magnum Research Corporation. However, there are several key features that make the Model 50 stand out from the Desert Eagle. First and foremost, many users of the Desert Eagle state that the pistol's recoil is excessive. To this end, as well as other purposes, several adaptions to the design were made. The pistol includes the traditional double action trigger mechanism. The firing mechanism automatically cocks the hammer or striker after the gun is fired. This mechanism will cock and release the hammer when the hammer is in the down position, but, on each subsequent shot, the trigger will function as a single action. There is the option to cock the hammer before the first shot is fired. This removes the heavy pull of the double-action. Moreover, there is a de-cocker to return the pistol to double-action.

Another feature of the Model 50 is it's near-complete stainless steel construction. The Desert Eagle has been noted to be, more often than not, unreliable and requires a lot of maintenance. To combat that issue, the Model 50 has been constructed with stainless steel in nearly all of it's parts. This makes the pistol extremely robust and further reduces recoil, at the expense of weight and augmented cost. While the Desert Eagle's Mark XIX weighs roughly 2 kilogrammes, the Model 50, based on the Mark VII model, weighs 2 kilogrammes as well. The sidearm is designed to discharge three of the same rounds used in the Desert Eagle; the 12.7×33mm Action Express (.50 AE), 10.9 mm Magnum (.44 Magnum) and the 9x33mmR (.357 Magnum) cartridges.

The Model 50 uses a gas-operated mechanism normally found in rifles, as opposed to the short recoil or blow-back designs most commonly seen in semi-automatic pistols. When a round is fired, gases are ported out through a small hole in the barrel near the breech. With a short-stroke or tappet system, the piston moves separately from the bolt group and pushes the bolt parts. The energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. This has the advantage of reducing the total mass of recoiling parts compared to the long-stroke piston. This, in turn, enables better control of the weapon due to less mass needing to be stopped at either end of the bolt carrier travel. The benefits of short-stroke piston design over the direct impingement system are ease of maintenance, longer service life of various components in the pistol.

Switching a Model 50 to another chambering requires only that the correct barrel, bolt assembly, and magazine be installed. Thus, a conversion to fire the other cartridges can be quickly accomplished. The rim diameter of the .50 AE (Action Express) is the same as the .44 Remington Magnum cartridge, consequently only a barrel and magazine change is required to convert a .44 Model 50 to the larger, more powerful .50 AE round. The Model 50 sidearm is fed with a detachable magazine. Magazine capacity is 9 rounds in .357 Magnum, 8 rounds in .44 Magnum, and 7 rounds in .50 Action Express.

The Model 50 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 50's barrel, much the the Model 35A2, is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 50 pistol uses heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The Model 50 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress.

Specifications

-Name: Model 50
-Type: Pistol
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Christos Papadopoulos, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2013
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2013)
-Produced: 2013 - Present
-Number built: 500,000
--Empty Weight: 2 kg
-Length: 269.2 mm
-Barrel length: 152.4 mm
-Cartridge: 12.7×33mm Action Express (.50 AE), 10.9 mm Magnum (.44 Magnum), 9x33mmR (.357 Magnum)
-Action: Gas-Operated, Short-Stroke, Gas Piston System, Double Action/Single Action
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: N/A
-Effective range: 50 m
-Feed system: 7/8/9-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Tritium-illuminated Iron Sights

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 50 sidearm to civilian and military customers at the cost of one thousand NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$1,000). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for eight hundred million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$800,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the weapon should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:47 pm

History

The history of semi-automatic sidearms in the Eagleland begins with the issuing of the Model 1911 pistol to all military personnel in 1915. This revolutionary design by Browning, combined with the immense stopping power of the 11.43x23mm Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) cartridge (better known as the .45 ACP), turned this pistol in the weapon of choice for millions of Eaglelander soldiers and billions of citizens, who keep their M1911s at home. Very reliable when handled professionally, and tested in the jungles of the Eagleland, the Model 1911 had one issue, being it's small magazine capacity of seven rounds. Troops would often complain that the magazine capacity in some serious circumstances was small. However, since that was the "most serious" issue, the M1911 is adored nation-wide, and continues to be sold for citizens who have fulfilled their military obligations. However, a newer, lighter platform was proposed in 1984. Georgios Kleandrou was a young worker at Palaimachos Arms Limited when the need to replace the M1911 was not felt, but rather proposed by a new design. The proposed sidearm, the Model 24 pistol, would have a smaller weight index, would have enhanced reliability and an enhanced magazine capacity, to name but a few to the changes in it's design. The Model 24 pistol was eventually selected and issued to all branches of the Eagleland Armed Forces and National Guard, replacing the M1911 in service and was highly acclaimed. Circa September 2013, more than five billion, nine hundred million models were manufactured, an indicator of it's astonishing success.

Characteristics

The Model 24 sidearm utilizes a Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt form of operation to chamber the round. With a short-stroke or "tappet" system the energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. This has the advantage of reducing the total mass of recoiling parts compared to the long-stroke piston. This, in turn, enables better control of the weapon due to less mass needing to be stopped at either end of the bolt carrier travel.

The pistol includes the traditional double action trigger mechanism. The firing mechanism automatically cocks the hammer or striker after the gun is fired. This mechanism will cock and release the hammer when the hammer is in the down position, but, on each subsequent shot, the trigger will function as a single action. There is the option to cock the hammer before the first shot is fired. This removes the heavy pull of the double-action. Moreover, there is a de-cocker to return the pistol to double-action.

The hammer-forged barrel has a female type polygonal rifling with a right-hand twist. The stabilization of the round is not by conventional rifling, using lands and grooves, but rather through a polygonal profile consisting of a series of six or eight interconnected non-circular segments (only the .45ACP and .45GAP have octagonal polygonal rifling). Each depressed segment within the interior of the barrel is the equivalent of a groove in a conventional barrel. Thus the interior of the barrel consists of smooth arcs of steel rather than sharply defined slots.

The method by which Model 24 barrels are rifled is somewhat unusual; instead of using a traditional broaching machine to cut the rifling into the bore, this particular process involves beating a slowly rotating mandrel through the bore to obtain the hexagonal or polygonal shape. As a result, the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove is not compromised as with conventional square-cut barrels. This has the advantage of providing a better gas seal around the projectile as the bore has a slightly smaller diameter, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, slightly greater consistency in muzzle velocities, increased accuracy and ease of maintenance.

The Model 24 feeds from staggered-column or double stack magazines that have a 17-round capacity (which can be extended to 19 with an optional floor plate) or optional 33-round high capacity magazines. For jurisdictions which restrict magazine capacity to 10 rounds, Palaimachos Arms offers single stack 10-round magazines. The magazines are made of steel and are overmolded with plastic. A steel spring drives a plastic follower. After the last cartridge has been fired, the slide remains open on the slide stop. The slide stop release lever is located on the left side of the frame directly beneath the slide and can be manipulated by the thumb of the shooting hand.

The striker firing mechanism has a spring-loaded firing pin that is cocked in two stages, powered by the firing pin spring. When the pistol is charged, the firing pin is in the half-cock position. As the trigger is pulled, the striker is then fully cocked. At the end of its travel, the trigger bar is tilted downward by the disconnector, releasing the striker to fire the cartridge. The disconnector resets the trigger bar so that the striker will be captured in half-cock at the end of the firing cycle. This is known as a pre-set trigger mechanism, referred to as the "Safe Action" trigger by the manufacturer. The disconnector ensures the pistol can only fire semi-automatically.

Switching a Model 24 to another chambering requires only that the correct barrel, bolt assembly, and magazine be installed. Thus, a conversion to fire the other cartridges can be quickly accomplished. The Model 24 sidearm has been designed to discharge the following calibres:

9x19mm Parabellum
9x51mm SIG
10×22mm Smith & Wesson
11.43×23mm Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP)
10×25mm Auto

Specifications

-Name: Model 24
-Type: Pistol
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Georgios Kleandrou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 1984
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 1984)
-Produced: 1984 - Present
-Number built: 5,900,000,000
--Empty Weight: 0.6 kg
-Length: 202 mm
-Barrel length: 114 mm
-Cartridge: 9x19mm Parabellum, 9x51mm SIG, 10×22mm Smith & Wesson, 11.43×23mm Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP), 10×25mm Auto
-Action: Short-Recoil, Double Action/Single Action
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 260 m/s
-Effective range: 25 m
-Feed system: 10-33-round detachable box magazines, depending on ammunition discharged.
-Sights: Sniper Scopes

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 24 sidearm to civilian and military customers at the cost of seven hundred and fifty NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$750). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for five hundred million NationStates Dollars and are indefinite (NS$500,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the weapon should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:48 pm

History

The Model 25 sidearm is the brainchild of two weapons designs; the Model 35A2 Assault Rifle, and of the Model 24 pistol. The Model 35A2 was the first weapon manufactured in the Eagleland that was included several new characteristics, including an electric firing mechanism, electric trigger and caseless ammunition. The Model 24 was a sidearm that replaced the M1911 pistol, but time had passed quickly and a new pistol was required. As such, Iasonas Kleandrou, the son of Georgios Kleandrou, the person behind the Model 24's design, took his father's design to the next level. He designed the weapon based on both the Model 24 and 35A2 systems, and the result was a reliable, robust sidearm. It has, as of September 2013, replaced the Model 24 in the Eagleland Armed Forces and in several law enforcement units as well, with more than one hundred and fifty million sidearms (150,000,000) manufactured.

Characteristics

The Model 25 sidearm utilizes a Short-Stroke Gas-Piston, Rotating Bolt form of operation to chamber the round. With a short-stroke system, the piston moves separately from the bolt group. It directly pushes the bolt group parts. The energy is imparted in a short, violent push and the motion of the gas piston is then arrested allowing the bolt carrier assembly to continue through the operating cycle through kinetic energy. The bolt, upon contact with the breech, rotates and locks into place, being held in place by lugs attached to the breech or barrel extension. Upon closing, the bolt passes through the slots cut in the front of the barrel extension, and then rotates; at this point it is locked in place. The bolt remains locked until the action is cycled, either manually by the operator, or mechanically by the gas created by discharging the weapon pushing on the bolt carrier, which then rotates the bolt and unlocks it from the breech so that a new round can be chambered.

The key advantage of this system over direct impingement ones, as noticed, is it's superior reliability. Dirty gases are used to move the bolt and chamber the round in the latter, which is likely to cause a malfunction. On the other hand, short-stroke gas piston systems vent the gases away harmlessly, thus reducing the risk of malfunction. Since the design fires caseless rounds, there is no need for an ejection port, although there is one, therefore the next round is simply inserted into the chamber. In the event of a malfunction, by pressing a black switch next to the ejection port, the jammed round is expelled from the pistol, so that the weapon can be unjammed and then a new round is inserted by pulling the charging handle.

The rounds are ignited via an electronic or a mechanical system of operation. The user can determine which one to use by flicking the System of Operation (or SO) switch next to the left side of the slider, near the ejetion port; switching the SO switch from the left side activates the Mechanical System of Operation. The trigger uses an electronic system of operation rather than the conventional firing pin/percussion cap layout, to ignite the propellant and discharge a round. Fewer moving parts and no mass shift during firing also improves accuracy and decreases component wear. The pistol includes the traditional double action trigger mechanism. The firing mechanism automatically cocks the hammer or striker after the gun is fired. This mechanism will cock and release the hammer when the hammer is in the down position, but, on each subsequent shot, the trigger will function as a single action. There is the option to cock the hammer before the first shot is fired. This removes the heavy pull of the double-action. Moreover, there is a de-cocker to return the pistol to double-action.

The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant which then deflagrates with a plasma jet, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view on the right side of the weapon, near the buttstock, as mentioned above.

Electric ignition systems have a significant number of advantages over mechanical systems;

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

The Mechanical Operation is far more simple. Once the trigger is pulled, the electronic signal is sent again to that mechanism, but this time the firing pin mechanically expands the primer, which ignites the round by making contact with the charge, much like in cased weapons. The round is fired, the primer is moved back and the cycle repeats. Rate of fire in both modes is 850 rounds per minute. This mode of operation is useful in case of a malfunction of the electronic firing mechanism or when the user wants to use cased ammunition. Unlike in the Electronic Operation mode, when the round is ejected in case of a malfunction, in the Mechanical mode of operation the spent case is ejected from the weapon, much like a normal pistol.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the Model 25. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the pistol’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

The pistol's slide is made of polymer, just like the Glock pistol series. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 86 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The rifling is then added. Specifically, polygonal rifling is added, which provides a number of advantages such as a slightly smaller bore area, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation and prolonged barrel life.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 25, much the the Model 35A2, is constructed in the same way as the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

The Model 25 Pistols in all configurations use heavy fluted barrels composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep hole drilled using electrical discharge machining. The drilling accomplishes two things. First it adds the cooling system to the barrel liner. This cooling system is composed of 25 half circle longitudinal channels drilled into the liner. The Titanium is then added to the Mo-Re rod by Plasma Transfer Arc Spray. The barrel is then deep hole drilled to form, the bore.

The rifling is then added. The Model 25 uses a polygonal rifling which provides a number of advantages, These include not compromising the barrel's thickness in the area of each groove, a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient use of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet, greater consistency in muzzle velocities, less bullet deformation, resulting in reduced drag on the bullet when traveling through the barrel which helps to increase muzzle velocity, less buildup of debris in the barrel and prolonged barrel life due to lower barrel stress. The weapon case features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for very quick break down of the weapon into its separate components.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the pistol slider is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

The Model 25 also features quick release bolts that remain in place when unlocked on many external components. This provides for quick break down of the weapon into its separate components. Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. In order to mount attachments the Model 25 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as tactical lights, laser aiming modules and reflex sights. It can also mount several sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability.

The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. All Model 25 magazines feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. In addition, the Model 25 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All Model 25 weapons give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

The Model 25 was designed to, primarily, discharge three caseless rounds: the 10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT, 12x40mm CAT, all caseless telesopic, designed by Palaimachos Arms to meet not only Eagleland Military specifications, but also international demand for caseless ammunition and rifles that discharge such ammunition. The choice of caseless telescopic ammunition is justified by a reduced mass and weight, as well as enhanced magazine capacity. The fact that these cases are spent fully when the round is ignited is another characteristic sought after by many users, including Special Operations Forces. The Model 25's caseless rounds do not necessitate barrel changes; the ignition sustem is "ammo blind". Combined with the fact that these rounds have the same diameter, the Model 25 is able to discharge all three caseless telescopic ammunition it was designed to fire.

Specifications

-Name: Model 25
-Type: Pistol
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Iasonas Kleandrou, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2012
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2012)
-Produced: 2012 - Present
-Number built: 150,000,000
--Empty Weight: 0.9 kg
-Length: 224 mm
-Barrel length: 135 mm
-Cartridge: 10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT, 12x40mm CAT
-Action: Gas-Operated, Short-Stroke, Gas Piston System, Double Action/Single Action
-Rate of fire: N/A
-Muzzle velocity: 260 m/s
-Effective range: 50 m
-Feed system: 17-30-round detachable box magazines, depending on ammunition discharged.
-Sights: Tritium-Illuminated Iron Sights

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 25 sidearm to civilian and military customers at the cost of one thousand, eight hundred NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$1,850). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for seven hundred and fifty million NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$750,000,000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.

Please note that your order should specify in which round the weapon should be chambered in. Palaimachos Arms is available to prepare variants that discharge different calibres than those it was already designed to chamber. Please inquire for details in such a case.

by **The Eagleland** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 2:48 am

What Caseless Ammunition Types do we offer?

Our latest series of weapons, i.e. those derived in one way or another from the Model 35A2 Assault Rifle Family, use caseless ammunition as standard. Palaimachos Arms believe that caseless ammunition (in reality, caseless telescopic ammunition), represent a major leap in firearms technology as:

It is lighter, increasing the amount of ammunition carried for the same amount of weight;
It increases the magazine capacity of weapons;
When discharged, the telescopic case is completely ignited, leaving behind no trace.

As such, we offer eight (8) different ammunition types, three of them apply for the Model 35A2 Assault Rifle Family and the Model 45 General Purpose Machine Gun, two apply for the Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System (AMBTIS), and three for both the Model 86 Sub Machine Gun and the Model 25 Pistol. These are as follows:
Model 86 Sub Machine Gun and Model 25 Pistol

10x40mm CAT
11.43x40mm CAT
12x40mm CAT

Model 35A2 Assault Rifle and Model 45 General Purpose Machine Gun

6.3x40mm CAT
6.8x40mm CAT
7.62x40mm CAT

Model 100 Anti-Materiel Bullpup Target Interdiction System

12.7x100mm CLA
14.5x100mm CLA

How does Caseless Ammunition Work?

Caseless ammunition sold by Palaimachos Arms Limited is telescopic. This means that the actual bullet is encased inside a specialised containment case. Specifically, the round is fully sealed with a combustible polyamide resin; the rounds have an annular primer which detonates via plasma generated by a piezoelectric cartridge inside the reciprocating bolt, while the firing charge is made from octanitrocubane explosive. Octanitrocubane has an extremely high relative effectiveness factor of 2.38, more than twice that of Dynamite. It is also the fastest known explosive, with a detonation velocity of 10,100 meters per second making it an extremely potent primary charge for ammunition. This means that the rounds, while much more powerful than standard ammunition can be significantly more compact than normal and achieve much higher terminal ballistic coefficients than is conventional.

Ammunition Types

All of Palaimachos Arms Limited's caseless ammunition types come with many variants.

Full Metal Jacket: It consists of a "soft core" of lead, encased around a "hard" gilding metal. This allows for greater muzzle velocities (related to other bullet types) and can adequately achieve penetration of body armor.
Full Metal Jacket-Incendiary: It consists of a "soft core" of lead, encased around a "hard" gilding metal, encoated with White Phosphorus. This allows for greater muzzle velocities (related to other bullet types) and can achieve penetration of body armor with ease. It causes burn damage to the target, amplifying the force it receives from the bullet and makes recovery more difficult.
Hollow-Point: This is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, generally intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration and disrupt more tissue as it travels through the target, causing immense damage.
Armour Piercing: This round has a "soft" lead core, encased with Tungsten. This allows for excellent Penetration of Body Armor as well as targets behind light armored vehicles and cover. When used properly, it can be used to penetrate the armor of lightly armored vehicles.
Armour Piercing-Incendiary:This round has a "soft" lead core, encased with Tungsten, with the exterior of the bullet encoated with White Phosphorus. This allows for excellent Penetration of Body Armor as well as targets behind light armored vehicles and cover. When used properly, it can be used to penetrate the armor of lightly armored vehicles. Additionally, it causes burn damage to the target, amplifying the force it receives from the bullet and makes recovery more difficult.
Armour Piercing-Stress Fragmentation: This round has a "soft" lead core, encased with Tungsten and an explosive substances with nanothermite . This allows for excellent Penetration of Body Armor as well as targets behind light armored vehicles and cover. When used properly, it can be used to penetrate the armor of lightly armored vehicles. As the round fragments, the explosives inside the bullet are ignited and explosive damage is caused. Penetration is reduced for a slight increase in explosive damage.
Tracer: These have a hollow back, filled with a flare material. Usually this is a mixture of magnesium metal, a perchlorate, and strontium salts to yield a bright red color, although other materials providing other colors have also sometimes been used. Tracer material burns out after a certain amount of time. Such ammunition is useful to the shooter as a means of learning how to point shoot moving targets with rifles.

Export Policy

Every weapon purchased from Palaimachos Arms comes with five thousand rounds of ammunition. However, if more ammunition of each type is required, you are requested to order specific ammunition types and amounts that correspond to your needs. Additional purchases are charged normally. As such, pricing, per ten thousand (10,000) rounds of ammunition, stands at:

Four thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$4,500) for the 6.3x40mm CAT, 6.8x40mm CAT and the 7.62x40mm CAT cartridges;
Three thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$3,500) for the 10x40mm CAT, 11.43x40mm CAT and 12x40mm CAT cartridges;
Seven thousand, five hundred NationStates Dollars (NS$7,500) for the 12.7x100mm CLA and the 14.5x100mm CLA cartridges.

Domestic Production Rights Licences for all ammunition types and calibres currently stand at one billion, five hundred million NationStates Dollars (NS$1,500,000,000) and are indefinite.

by **The Eagleland** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:14 am

History

The history of Grenade Launchers in the Eagleland Armed Forces has been long and glorious. From the old M-79 Grenade Launcher, to newer ones in service such as the Mk. 19 and the M203, these have been popular among Eaglelanders for some time. However, dedicated grenade launchers were bulky, heavy and not handy in close quarters combat, something which meant grenadiers were not equipped with dedicated grenade launchers. To solve this, Anastasios Tellides examined the design of the Kriss Super-V design and of the Morrigan series of firearms to create a new, compact grenade launcher for the Eagleland Military. The Model 907, the end result of that research, is now in service in all frontline branches of the Eagleland Military, after passing trials in September 2013.

Characteristics

The Model 907 differs from other Eaglelander firearms in that they utilise a totally different firing mechanism to operate. Based on the T2 Morrigan Design and the Vector, the Kriss Super V system is applied. The Model 907 is fired from the open-bolt position, with a cammed, articulating bolt that utilizes a slider to hold the bolt forward long enough for pressure to drop in the breech. The bolt and barrel are in a straight line, with the bolt and cam pins in angled channels in the slider. The slider directs recoil forces downward into the receiver, "re-vectoring" recoil forces away from the shooter's shoulder. A counter-balancing buffer reduces muzzle climb and felt recoil. This delayed blowback action operates under Advanced Primer Ignition (API), whereby each round begins the firing process as it is being advanced into the chamber, before it fully passes the breech.

In an API weapon, the bolt never locks and instead slides into a long, smooth chamber with a gradual tapered entrance, advancing until the pressure from the round being fired forces the bolt back and the projectile forward. This action drastically reduces the required weight of the bolt and smooths operation, especially in fully automatic fire. The bolt is not forced to dump its momentum in the forward position, which reduces muzzle flip and recoil dramatically. As long as the bolt of the weapon remains forward of the breech, the breech is sealed. The precisely-engineered bolt takes enough time to reverse directions and pass the breech under recoil that chamber pressure drops and the ammunition fully expends, keeping hot combustion gases forward of the breech and providing for clean, precise operation. Recoil is minimised, thanks to this assymetrical recoil system, which eliminates muzzle climb by directing recoil donwards, not towards the user. This means that the M907 can boast a rate of fire of 1500 rounds per minute, a very high figure for a grenade launcher, with minimal recoil suffered, even though the weapon only entails a three-round burst or a semi-automatic firing mode, alongside a safe firing mode.

The Model 907 is discharged only by an electronic mode of operation, as electronic operations are necessary for the weapon's optimal operation. The Electronic System of Operation works as follows: Upon pulling the trigger, an electronic signal is sent to a special mechanism which activates the firing pin. Once the pin is activated, it then in turn sends a small electrical current to cause detonation of the primer, providing the thermal impulse necessary to ignite the propellant which then deflagrates with a plasma jet, producing pressure to the round. The round is then fired, the primer is pulled back and the process repeats the next time the trigger is pulled or if it's kept pulled. The Electronic system of operation works on 3 Lithium batteries, which can either be replaced while disassembling the rifle or recharged by special holes which can be found while opening the Electronic Weapon Operation Interface view on the right side of the weapon, near the buttstock, as mentioned above.

Electric ignition systems have a significant number of advantages over mechanical systems;

It is inherently reliable and easy to maintain, containing no moving parts.
The lack of moving parts also contributes to accuracy, bringing the lock time (delay between trigger pull and firing) to zero. This is particularly useful in precision fire against moving targets.
The plasma jet can ignite nearly anything that can burn at all, including rounds too damaged or too wet for regular primers.
Propellants with extremely high ignition temperature can be used, preventing cook-offs even in a very hot chamber - even with caseless ammunition.
Electric ignition provides a more even burn, allowing for slightly increased muzzle energy. High expansion velocity propellants further increase it.
Primerless, caseless rounds can be produced at reduced costs, starting at just a few cents a piece, making very extensive training affordable.

To avoid cookoff of caseless rounds a denatured hexogen propellant with a special binder and coating for the ammunition has increased the spontaneous ignition temperature to 371 °C. A flutted barrel for added safety and efficiency has been incorporated in the Model 907. The flutted barrel design dissipates heat quickly, as the latter is being allowed to reach the outside temperature at a faster rate by removing materials. A full-potency muzzle-brake, mostly hidden behind the forward elements of the weapon’s furnishings, deflects propellant gases upward and sideways, counteracting some of the rifle’s rearward motion, and also serving in a capacity as a flash suppressor. This muzzle-brake is internally threaded for use with silencers or sound-suppressors, and is designed to also prevent the propellant gases from kicking up dust in and around the shooter’s location.

Carbon fiber is used in the weapons stock, receiver, handguards and pistol grip to reduce overall weight. The receiver, while being largely composed of CFRP, utilizes low alloy steels in critical areas. The gas piston system is composed of a low alloy chromium-molybdenum steel. The resulting chamber is a light weight, highly powerful and fully capable of handling high temperatures noticed on caseless weapon systems. The Model 105 uses a heavy flutted barrel composed of a liner of molybdenum-rhenium (Mo-Re) which is mated to titanium. The barrel manufacturing process begins when molybdenum-rhenium rods composed of 47.5% Mo are deep-hole drilled using electrical discharge machining to form the bore. Since the weapon fires 25mm grenades, smoothbore barrels are used, therefore no rifling is added.

Standard gun steel and chromium plated gun steel barrels suffer from several disadvantages. They possess high weight, have poor thermal management, and suffer from microcracks and porosity in the electro deposited chromium that allow hot propellant gas to degrade the steel. The barrels and liners also suffer erosion effects when hyper velocity rounds and high rates of fire are present. These are major contributors to the cost of firearms ownership by any military. Therefore, the Model 907 is constructed in a similar way to the Model 35 rifle, which has been proved extremely reliable by Eagleland military specifications.

Internally, replaceable systems are removable in modules. These modules can be replaced with other modules that make for fast configuration changes. A patented EM-5 Dry Lubricant system is used to coat all internal parts and the barrel. EM-5 is the official designation for the controlled atmospheric application of a proprietary formulated, modified tungsten disulfide. When the tungsten disulfide is applied in lamellar form through the precision process it forms a thin, uniform coating that forms a molecular bond with the substrate, and does not chip, flake or peel. It is inert, inorganic, non-toxic, non-corrosive and resistant to most petrochemical fuels, solvents and acids. However, it is compatible will all wet lubricants.

Electronic components, where present, use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) instead of silicon as their base. While less practical in most regards, GaAs is capable of working at far greater temperatures than silicon, in some applications up to 700°C, and can tolerate overloads as high as an order of magnitude. GaAs can also protect such electronics from the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP). On the outside, the rifle is finished with a ceramic-based powder coat, which can be matched to any camouflage pattern desired. Similar to polymer powder coats, but cured at a higher temperature, it provides a durable, no-gloss surface of the desired tone. Parts that contact the shooter have multi-layer coating to thoroughly insulate him from internal heat.

In order to mount attachments the Model 907 makes use of a proprietary rail system designated as "Desmotis Rail Interface" (DRI). The DRI's are designed to mount auxiliary equipment such as telescopic sights, tactical lights, laser aiming modules, night vision devices, reflex sights, foregrips, and bipods. It can also mount sights or attachments that are compatible with Picatinny Rails. DRI's use the top surface of the rail for the alignment and reference of the accessory which provides excellent repeatability. The Pistol Grip combines reinforced polymer body construction with comfortable, wrap-around rubber overmolding for maximum weapon control in adverse environments. As standard, Model 907 GLs mount the Type 807 Adjustable sight, with 1.5x, 3x, 4x and 6x magnification levels and with a built-in laser rangefinder and Night Vision Optic; these can be removed at any given time by the user and it's batteries are both rechargeable and/or replaceable.

All Model 907 magazine boxes feature as standard speed plates, which allows for rapid magazine extraction and positive handling. It also protects the base of magazine from impact. Slings can be attached via the buttstock's sling attachment point and/or by DRI-mounted sling attachments. In addition, the Model 907 features a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip. All Model 907 weapons give the user the ability to change calibers by simply replacing the bolt head, magazine, and barrel.

Specifications

-Name: Model 907
-Type: Grenade Launcher
-Country of Origin: The Eagleland
-Designer: Anastasios Tellides, Design Board, Palaimachos Arms
-Designed: 2013
-Manufacturer: Palaimachos Arms (as of 2013)
-Produced: 2013 - Present
-Number built: 10,000,000
--Empty Weight: 8.2 kg
-Length: 640 mm
-Barrel length: 440 mm
-Cartridge: 25mm
-Action: Super-V Assymetrical Recoil System
-Rate of fire: 1500
-Muzzle velocity: 853 m/s
-Effective range: 1000 m
-Feed system: 10/20-round detachable box magazine
-Sights: Various

Export Policy

Currently, as of August 2013, Palaimachos Arms Limited offers the Model 907 Compact Grenade Launcher to civilian and military customers at the cost of five thousand NationStates Dollars per unit (NS$5,000). Domestic Production Rights Licences are available for three billion, five hundred million NS Dollars and are indefinite (NS$3,500,000,0000). Produced weapons and Domestic Production Rights may not be re-sold to other foreign entities or states or subjects without authorisation from Palaimachos Arms Limited.