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A member of the MilNet Joint-Venture Exports(C), the Commonwealth of Land Warfare Cooperatives(C) is an organization of collectivized means of productions between all the Third Spanish States workers who manufacture and conceptualized instruments and methods of defense and fight. Composed by all land warfare cooperatives, each directly or indirectly involved in the sector, like the Special Arms Confederated Industries, Cotarm, FSoft, Tienda del Coche, the MilNet Private Defense Agency and expanding internationally to encompass organizations like the Brazilian Engesa among many others.

It provides excellent, cost-effective high-performance technologies for the discerning buyer, aware of how modernity makes the use of older weaponry ever challenging. Therefore, there will be no resale of old, traditionally-held weapons like the AK-47 more than superseded by our FA-65 assault rifle and by other weapons from modern arms industries which offer different pros and cons compared to our products. Thus, if you are looking for wasting money buying inferior weapons, armors and artilleries of the 20th century that you could simply manufacture or clone in your own nation at a much lower cost, look elsewhere.

Now if you wish to make a fruitful investment for your national or organizational defense, and for purchasing innovative land warfare solutions you'll see nowhere else you came to the right place. Everything here is made with a major care over reliability, flexibility, mobility and modularity without sacrificing protection or firepower, and here also are offered exclusive and innovative products to the market that no other company could provide, taking advantage of avant-garde concepts and unconventional approaches to tactical concerns that give excellent and new tactical opportunities for the wise. Our products, specially armors and artillery, are optimal for mobile warfare and for strategies and tactics based on blitzkrieg, deep operations or on the adaptation of guerrilla warfare and/or People's War to a regular Army, although they also offer a worthy performance on more defensive and less mobile approaches.

Finally, these is one of the few places where not only products are offered, but also services. There are several military consultants you can contact through the Commonwealth that can help to upgrade your strategical directives and army to modern warfare. As a freebie recommendation, we advise all that anything reminiscent of trench and static warfare is by large obsolete in modernity, and like an old motto says, the best defense is offense.

Note that the due to several political and humanitarian reasons, AEROCON severely restricts the sale of some of its products and of all its services to nations associated with Stalinism, Fascism, National-Socialism or other extreme forms of authoritarianism, and will not under any circumstance sell cluster bombs, nuclear and other forms of weaponry that provokes post-war deaths of innocents. Regardless, only a direct state of war between the Confederacy, one of its allies and the given nation ensues the total embargo of all Third Spanish States industries to the same. At the moment no civilization is blocked from purchasing products from the Milnet.

Equally, nations known for upholding libertarian values, regardless of their economic axis being at the "left" or at the "right", and/or who have expressed their compromise to support the defense of the sovereignty of the Confederacy against foreign threats, will be naturally prioritized by the Commonwealth, with the following nations being likely to receive discounts and promotional services for any purchases they perform as of now:

• ThePeoplesFreedom
• Lamoni
• Kahanistan
• East Glacia
• Vault 10
• Senestrum
• Izistan
• Free States of Alacea

On the matter of Domestic Production Rights, with rare exceptions, the same are only offered to nations with democratic, transparent backgrounds which have a good ranking in corruption perceptions indexes. Regarding value, for nations which seek to use any of our technologies as standard issue, domestic production rights will be negotiated and scaled according to the given nation capability and projections for the given duration of the same, and will last for five years. The cost of renovation of the given DPR will be based on projections of how many further units you wish to build, although except for infantry arms, we have established a five-year maximum schedule of upgrades over our existing technologies, making the purchase of DPR for the upgrades that shall come more interesting and more cost-effective compared to keeping the production rights for the non-upgraded technologies.

If you have an idea of what you need, it is not necessary to search for individual items in the lists. Simply point out the technology in your military you would like to upgrade, the basic strategic and geographical aspects of your nation which influence on your needs and we will recommend the technologies to you. Also, you can make large scale purchases with much more convenience through our packages


Infantry Equipment Catalogue

Note: Given prices of guns do not include non-standard add-ons or configurations and are for Ceramic Matrix Composite lined barrels when available. Also, CMC lining ensures higher sustained rate of fire and reduced barrel wear due to its superior resilience compared to conventional steel lining.

Melee weapons

• CC25 25cm multipurpose knife/bayonet: $25

Handguns, Machine-pistols and SMGs

• P70 10mm Caseless Pistol: $600
• P70A 9mm Caseless Variant: $500
• SF27 10mm Submachinegun: $1200
• SF27A 9mm Variant: $1000

Rifles

• FA-65 6.5x39mm Assault Rifle: $1500*
• RAA-39 6.5mm Amphibious Assault Rifle: $1500

*3x night sight included.

Battle and Precision Rifles

Note: All rifles of this category are chambered for the 7.62x54mm caliber and all belong to the same series of rifles(and the sniper and DMR ahead also belong to it), sharing significant common elements between them, including barrel. All of them support caseless ammunition, particularly interesting for the bolt-action sniper rifles, and are also optimized for polymer cased ammunition. Given prices include standard scopes for each of them. Reference for the entire RA series, including prices for non-standard configurations(usable for the next category as well)

• RBA Bullpup Selective-fire Battle Rifle: $2150
• RSA Bullpup Selective-fire Battle Rifle: $1750
• RPA Semi-auto Precision Rifle: $2500
• RPA-BAS Selective-fire Bullpup Variant: $3100

DMRs and Sniper Rifles

• RFDA 7.62x54mm Semi-auto Designated Marksman Rifle: $4000
• RFDA-C Folding Stock Variant: $4100
• RFDA-B Bullpup Variant: $4300
• RFDA-BS Suppressed Bullpup Variant: $5000
• RFDA-S Suppressed Variant: $4750
• RFA 7.62x67mm(.300 Win) Bolt-action Caseless Sniper Rifle: $16200
• RFA-B Bullpup Variant: $19200
• RAM-37 16.5mm/20mm Anti-Materiel Rifle: $15000

Shotguns

• ECU-95 12 ga. Semi-automatic Shotgun: $1500
• EC-3 12 ga. Compact Pump-action Shotgun: $1400
• EC-3S 12 ga. Hearing-safe Suppressed Shotgun: $1500
• USS-4 Sledgehammer 12 ga. Automatic Shotgun: $3000
• EC-3T 28 ga. Tactical Compact Shotgun: $1300
• EC-3ST 28 ga. Tactically Suppressed/"Silenced" Shotgun: $2100

Machineguns

• A-31 6.5x39mm Light Machinegun: $2700
• AA-70 7.62x54mm Bullpup, Selective-fire General Purpose Machinegun: $2800
• ZM145E 14.5x114mm Heavy Machinegun: $4500
• MA-65 "Rambo" 6.5x55mm Minigun: $9000

Grenade Launchers

• LG50 50mm Underbarrel Grenade Launcher*: $750($650 if bought coupled with a rifle)
• LGA50 Semi-auto Grenade Launcher: $1250
• ZM300 30x135mm Crew Served Autocannon/Airburst Grenade Launcher: $8000**

*Price is the same for its specific rifle tailored variants.
**Tripod included.

Exotic Grenades

• Rubikampfer Würfelgranaten: $800

Crew-served Weapons

• GEM Man Portable ADATS launcher: $4,750*
• Durruti Man Portable ADATS missile: $4,800
• Ardor White Phosphorous missile: $3,500
• GEM 2 Man Portable ADATS launcher: 5,250*
• Durruti 2 "Fire-and-forget" ADATS missile: $6,500
• MOI-19A 60mm Light Mortar: $25,000
• MOI-19B 60mm Three-shot Salvo Light Mortar: $30,000
• MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched rocket: $800
• MOI-20A 85mm Medium Mortar: $40,000
• MOI-20B 85mm Three-shot Salvo Medium Mortar: $45,000
• MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar: $1,600

*8x scope included

Infantry Armor

• CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmet: $2000
• CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vest: $5000

Unmanned Ground Vehicles Catalogue

A new sector of the market, UGVs promise to revolutionize warfare and make real a future of warfare involve robots. Although far from the fictions which depict inefficient biped machines that are completely useless next to tanks, most of the "robots" of the Confederacy shall be tracked, small enough to fit inside most IFVs midsections, nimble, low-profile and pack enough firepower to support infantry and Special Forces, having a traverse superior to that of larger vehicles. Future projects include unmanned tanks and artillery. As it is related to the MEV-135 Librecielo, the Libertad is at the Artillery section of Armored Fighting Vehicles catalogue instead, but also is a UGV.

• ACT-3 Miliciano Tactical Combat UGV: $ 1.5 million

Armored Fighting Vehicle Guns Catalogue

As of current, the Commonwealth offers domestic production rights of some of its AFV and artillery guns to nations interested to research and develop their own armored fighting vehicles using Confederacy technology. Our guns are featured by relatively high rates of fire for their calibers compared to other tank guns of the same calibers in the market. Like with all DPRs, they will be negotiated in a per case basis. You could also purchase individually the guns for the given prices.

Tank guns

• MTIS-L120 Lightweight 120mm, L44 stealth ETC gun and turret: $ 1 million
• MTIS-M120 Standard 120mm, L55 low signature ETC gun and turret: $ 1.2 million

Dual-purpose guns

• MTIS-M135 Heavy 135mm, L52 w/ tank turret: $ 2.5 million
• MTIS-M135 w/ artillery turret system: $ 3.5 million

Armored Fighting Vehicles Catalogue

Note: Unless otherwise specified, all main guns use electrothermal-chemical technology.

Tanks

• ST120-A Sino Stealth Tank: $ 6.2 million
• ST120-B Sino 2A1 Main Battle Tank: $ 9 million
• HT135-B Cáscara 2A1 "Fortress Buster" Heavy Tank: $ 20 million
• HT135-H Königsbären Heavy Tank: $ 45 million

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• HIFV-40B Hacha Infantry Fighting Vehicle: $ 6.2 million
• HIFV-50 Sucuri Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle: $ 6.5 million
• M135 MacGavin Multimission Effects Airborne Vehicle: $ 8 million

Note: The HIFV-50 Sucuri is built over the Sino 2A1 chassis and have a maintenance commonality with it

Recon/Cavalry Multimission Vehicles

• VBM-47 Capivara Lightweight Modular Armored Car: $1.5 million Light ADATS configuration, $700,000 all others.

Anti-air/Artillery

Note: All MEV-135 variants also pack the capabilities of Third Spanish States Air Defense Anti-Tank System

• MEV-135 Librecielo Multimission Effects Vehicle: $ 7.5 million
• DR-135 Libertad Unmanned Resupply Vehicle: $9 million
• CA-155A Oso Self Propelled 155mm Gun Artillery: $ 8.5 million
• DR-155 Pescado Resupply Vehicle: $ 5.5 million
• AMT-4 Hidalgo Airborne Self Propelled Howitzer: $ 5 million

Future releases: CA-135B Oso 2A1 Self-Propelled 135mm Gun Artillery, with improved MRSI capabilities, targeting systems and mobility.

Support

• MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Command Center: $ 13 million
• HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulance: $ 7.5 million
• SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicle: $ 5 million
• HR-135 Titan Heavy Recovery Vehicle: $ 8 million
• VBM-47 Capivara Lightweight Armored Utility Car: $700,000

Note: The SR-120 and HR-135 are built over the Sino 2A1 and Cáscara 2A1 chassis, respectively. A Sucuri Tankbulance can transport up to 4 wounded soldiers and retains the armament of the Sucuri IFV for defensive purposes.

Army Aviation Catalogue

• HA-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopter: $ 25 million

Military Consulting Services

Through the MilNet Private Defense Agency, the Commonwealth can offer Military Consulting services to democratic nations which require an upgrade into their strategic and tactical doctrines. By contracting the MilNet you can both improve your military capabilities and efficiency during peace, or receive the support of war veterans to plan your operations during war. Our expertise lies with mobility warfare, like in blitzkrieg and deep operations, and in Special Forces and Special Operations. Prices will vary depending on the situation, whether it is for peacetime or wartime operations and the involved scale of the consulting. The table below exemplifies some of the variables:

Peacetime: 1x over base price
Wartime: 3x over base price
- Against totalitarian nation: 50% off
- Against anarchists: Divide by zero
- Against fascist paramilitaries: 25% off

Involving a division: 1x over base price
Involving an army: 10x over base price
Involving multiple armies: 20x over base price

Multipliers of scale and nature of the consulting services are not multiplied, but summed. The base price is fully negotiable and depends on multiple factors to be decided. We have a signed compromise to return your investment in the case our military consulting proves ineffective, something which shall not happen.

Final Note: Items with their prices colored in Red are restricted sales products. Only nations with an honorable international reputation respecting non-disclosure agreements, stable and transparent democratic governments are given access to their purchase.

(OOC Rules:

• Please do your own math.
• Remember that money does not grow in trees and to check your nation economic realism before making purchases.
• Roleplay it and make your post In-character rather than "WTB 4 1337 tanks for my Armiez"
• The price of DPRs will vary depending on how well you RP a negotiation.
• Please give OOC feedback and criticisms, the "must be IC" rule is only for purchase orders.
• The Military Consulting basically involves a "consultant" getting to your nation to overview its military operations in either war and peace, offering advices to ensure victory in case of war or to improve your military in case of peace. It is basically a service which requires a separate IC thread and a RP to occur.

This is an optional read for those seeking deeper understanding of some of the advantages offered by the newest technologies applied to our products.

Caseless Ammunition: Where conventional ammunition requires brass cases which surround the round to link it with its propellant load and primer, a caseless ammunition uses a chemical bonding agent to link the projectile with its primer, and is usually wrapped around a solid propellant charge cast into the shape of the same. Technical details aside, caseless ammunition achieves basically two advantages: it can become even fifty-percent more lightweight than a conventional brass cased ammunition and it does not eject empty cases, which specially in the case of a hidden sniper, is a quite important tactical advantage. The downside to is that where the ejected brass cases take some of the heat away with them, the barrels of guns using caseless ammunitions are more prone to overheating and reliability issues, requiring a higher standard of weapon quality to compensate. Such is the reason why all Confederacy weaponry able to support caseless ammunition also can support telescoped polymer cased ammunition. Which to choose will depend on the specific needs. For low intensity and counter-terrorist operations where combats are not expect to last more than a few hours, caseless ammunition will rarely present issues, but for a total war where battles can last for entire days, then polymer cased ammunitions is more suitable despite increased weight.

Electrothermal-chemical technology: Using the heated plasma of a cartridge triggered by an electrical discharge to fire a projectile, it stands as an intermediary between the now commonplace chemical propelled weapon technologies and the still heavily experimental coilguns and railguns. Mastery of ETC is considered essential for a nation before the latter could ever become realities in a distant future. On performance, ETC guns have better muzzle velocities, more predictable reactions and higher efficiency than traditional guns, and are essential for any armored vehicle to be able of defeating modern armors. They can use either solid or liquid propellants, with the latter being less stable and predictable, but allowing increasingly variable muzzles to extend the simultaneous impact capability of gun artilleries. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrothermal-chemical_technology

Intelliview Display System: The Intelliview technology allows any type of military unit, be it a tank, a ship or an aircraft, to receive and process the visual feed of their own sensors and cameras, of several different external sources like radars and unmanned vehicles and integrate all such data into a configurable, understandable whole to ensure maximum awareness in accordance to a network-centric warfare doctrine. Capable of simulating top-down views, and of processing graphically and textually the estimations of several informational systems like for example those responsible for informing the ammunition left, estimating the trajectory of unguided weapons or the effectiveness of all the vehicle weapons against a given target of known armor properties and speed, it's also the smaller brother of the tactical theater display system and guarantees a much superior line of sight, accuracy and awareness in the battlefield, specially for armored fighting vehicles.

Matrix composite: Initially explored in the United States LSAT program, matrix composites are either based on ceramic or metal, involving the combination of materials like Alumina-Silica fiber and Aluminum to create a new synthetic material that can be applied to the construction of components for chemical propelled and electrothermal-chemical propelled weaponry, particularly of their barrels. As a replacement for the more traditional steel, it is more lightweight and more resilient, reducing the weight of the weapon it is applied at and increasing its sustainable rate of fire. Their disadvantage is that all matrix composites, due to their complex manufacture process, are more expensive than steel. But for developed economies who seek a standing army, the higher prices are compensated by the superior operational capabilities of weapons which use this technology. They are also used with good effectiveness as a non-reactive tank armor and replacement for Chobham and other older composite armors. Source: http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2005smallarms/tuesday/christou.pdf

Tactical Theater Display: The apogee of network-centric warfare, this is a component of any Confederacy mobile command center for leaders to operate into large-scale theaters of war in both land, sea and air, offering an unequaled level of information awareness made possible by both the capability of receiving information and of filtering and shaping it into a readable and understandable form. The image is given by a large 80x60 inches widescreen display or similar, which also supports touchscreen technology, from where a fully three-dimensional abstraction of the battlefield coupled with tactical and strategic maps, which also indicate the status and ETA of supply convoys compete for space into a full fledged strategic suite. The TTDs also contain a text-to-speech engine and can be used to set or change waypoints and objectives for nearby platoons or naval flotillas to converge through on-the-fly, in a manner of conveying visual information only possible before between "armchair generals" having fun with virtual military simulations, although it is an entirely professional display system. There is no fluff on its hardware renderer, and vehicles and detected objects, including terrain and static buildings, are displayed into a 3D wireframe mode with no textures to avoid unnecessary consumption of processing power. Through touchscreen, coordinates informed verbally or an user interface, the commander can thus set missions, waypoints and objectives for several platoons, fireteams and squads with little delay, while receiving equally several informational updates on the situation of the battlefield as a whole, allowing thus critical decisions to be made with more screen of time before the "it's too late" situation comes due to the rapidness information can be conveyed, relayed and transmitted through this manner. Squadrons of unmanned aerial vehicles with waypoint navigation support also can be given waypoints using this system. There are fictional examples which envisioned this sort of integration like this.The TTD is not as fancy, but much more functional and flexible. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-centric_warfare

Telescoped Polymer Case: Using recent developments in synthetic materials, it became possible to develop polymers with enough structural and thermal properties to replace conventional brass cases, with reductions in bullet weight which can reach 30% compared to the latter. Telescoped ammunition is where the case envelops exactly the entire projectile rather than leaving its tip exposed and reduces the length of the round. As a con, weapons designed for this type of ammunition have physical properties which make it little viable to employ any type of metallic cased ammunition into them. However, thanks to the development a an pre-ejection port which ensures that the the final port will only open when a cased ammunition is fired, and to similar physical properties, weapons designed for this type of ammunition in the Confederacy also support caseless ammunition. Source: http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2005smallarms/tuesday/gagne.pdf

• Armored Divisions
• Infantry Divisions
• Brigades

These packages are intended to offer the entire equipment necessary for a division or brigade. As for the training and organization, it lies as your nation military responsibility, although our military consulting services can help you to establish it. The available equipment in such packages also allows the implementation of network-centric warfare.

Armored Divisions

Armored Divisions combine a significant amount of armor and helicopter gunships with a high level of mechanization for their infantry, having enough vehicles to rapidly transport the entire division, and are optimal for a mobility focus in warfare, be it for an elastic defense or for a blitzkrieg. They have a disadvantage however, for their mobility comes at a cost: they are more expensive than the Infantry Divisions for which packages are below, and also are less combat-effective than Infantry divisions in cramped and uneven areas like jungles and cities. The following armored division packages are available:

Generalist Combined Arms Division

“Jack of all trades, master of none”, a generalist combined arms division will perform relatively well against any situation, for the specializations lie with smaller units like brigades, platoons and squads which can be deployed according to the situation at hand. It is the most suited for all-terrain operations, for its significant amount of infantry and light high-mobility vehicles allows it to operate better in mountains, cities and jungles compared to other armored divisions. Equally, it is the most economical division of all available packages.

Armored Vehicles
80 ST120-A Sino Stealth Tanks**
100 ST120-B Sino 2A1 Stealth MBTs
20 HT135-B Cáscara 2A1 Heavy Tanks
250 HIFV-50 Sucuri IFVs
60 M135 MacGavin IFV MMEVs
60 DR-135 Libertad URVs

1 Self-propelled Artillery Brigade

Support
2250 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
50 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles
5 HR-135 Titan Heavy Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
5,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,500 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
24,000 Rubikampfer Würfelgranaten Attack Ammunitions
12,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
12,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
12,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
250 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,500 A-31 Light Machineguns
1,000 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
200 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
50 ZM300 Man-Portable Autocannons
500 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
750 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
7500 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
400 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
4000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
100 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
1000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
200 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Air Cavalry
100 HC-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopters

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: $ 11 billion

Main Battle Division:

A Main Battle Division focus is the destruction of enemy tanks and fast conquest of terrain, and is the staple of a Blitzkrieg operation, or in any situation where concentrating forces to break through a focal point in enemy lines is desirable. As such it excels in open terrain combat, like in plains and deserts, but is not very effective against more geographically hostile areas. However, like once proved in the Ardennes, a wise tactician with the proper logistical preparations can overcome such limitations and surprise the enemy by coming from where one is least expected.

Armored Vehicles
400 ST120-B Sino 2A1 Stealth MBTs
30 HT135-B Cáscara 2A1 Heavy Tanks
240 HIFV-50 Sucuri IFVs
85 M135 MacGavin IFV MMEVs
85 DR-135 Libertad URVs

1 Self-propelled Artillery Brigade

Support
800 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
100 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
60 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles
5 HR-135 Titan Heavy Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
6,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,800 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
12,000 Rubikampfer Würfelgranaten Attack Ammunitions
12,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
12,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
12,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
250 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
2,000 A-31 Light Machineguns
500 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
100 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
50 ZM300 Man-Portable Autocannons
500 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
500 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
5,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
300 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
3,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
100 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
1,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
250 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Air Cavalry
120 HC-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopters

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: $ 16 billion


Armored Assault Division:

Where a Main Battle Division seeks to conquer open terrain and advance through the weak points at an strategic level, an Armored Assault Division is intended to breakthrough an enemy defensive line faster than spelling “Maginot”, for sometimes, focusing too much into avoiding tougher defenses might lure your forces to a strategically disadvantageous area and away from key provinces of the enemy territory before they can encircle the defensive lines. This division packs the highest firepower of all armored divisions, but also is heavily intensive in logistics, slower and bears the most significant parcel of the terrain disadvantages.

Armored Vehicles
270 ST120-B Sino 2A1 Stealth MBTs
274 HIFV-50 Sucuri IFVs

2 Self-propelled Artillery Brigades
2 Heavy Tank Brigades

Support
650 VBM-47 Capivara Light ADATS
120 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles
15 HR-135 Titan Heavy Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
4,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
4,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
12,000 Rubikampfer Würfelgranaten Attack Ammunitions
12,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
12,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
12,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
500 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,850 A-31 Light Machineguns
1,000 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
200 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
150 ZM300 Man-Portable Autocannons
500 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
700 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
7,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
400 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
4,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
200 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
2,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
200 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Air Cavalry
120 HC-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopters

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: $ 17 billion

Cavalry Division

An Air-Land Cavalry Division is capable of significantly faster deployment compared to other conventional armored divisions, having a higher relative quantity of armored cars, stealth tanks and light armored vehicles than any other, and being better suited for uneven terrain than all but Generalist Combined Arms Divisions, specially thanks to their much more effective air cavalry. It is perfect for tactical encirclement, hit and run tactics and for securing poorly guarded areas before the enemy reinforcements arrival, being also as integral to a blitzkrieg as a main battle division. It also excels in non-conventional warfare. Its primary disadvantage is a lack of ground firepower and resilience compared to the other divisions, with both traded off for speed and mobility, although gunships partly compensate for the lack of main battle tanks of such division, with the offset their cost, and of requiring better air defenses and escorts to be effective, like the CL-32 Buitre air superiority fighter. A more economical version, more akin to armored cavalry than to Air-land cavalry, with a greatly reduced air cavalry regiment is available as well, albeit logically more lacking in firepower.

Armored Vehicles
150 ST120-A Sino Stealth Tanks**
150 M135 MacGavin IFV MMEVs

2 Self-propelled ADATS brigades

Support
2,800 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
3,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
10,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
10,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
10,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
250 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,800 A-31 Light Machineguns
875 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
100 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
550 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
200 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
2,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
500 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
5,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*

UGVs
100 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Air Cavalry
400 HC-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopters

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: $ 18 billion

ECONOMICAL VARIANT:

100 HC-1 Quijote Ground Attack Helicopters only

PRICE: $ 11.5 billion

*Domestic Production Rights for further ammunitions are included.
**If your nation is not cleared for purchasing these sensitive technology vehicles, they shall be replaced by Sino 2A1 MBTs.

Infantry Divisions

An infantry division has a primarily defensive role, and is suitable for elastic defense tactics. Although infantry units will make the backbone of any army, “pure” infantry divisions are virtually impossible, and basically, like all modern divisions, armors, albeit in a smaller and less significant role than that they have in armored divisions, are present. Regarding overall offensive capabilities, most types of infantry divisions are particularly limited by their slower speed, and all of them are ineffective compared to armors into direct engagements. However, in urban, jungle and mountain warfare, specially regarding specialized forces, Infantry divisions are usually quite well suited for an attack, although a combined arms division can safely replace them into all offensive operations.

Motorized Infantry

All modern infantry divisions are motorized. The idea of divisions that depend on walking on foot or horse-drawn transport is only not obsolete for militaries that would unfortunately be unable to purchase the products of the Commonwealth due to seriously under-funded military forces and crippled economies. Speed is of essence for a successful defense, and thus, the most basic infantry division is that made by motorized forces, which can benefit from the allied infrastructure for the defense of a nation. However, in the poor infrastructure conditions and rough terrains that an offensive would pass through, they are significantly slow, although they can be very useful for taking over cities.

Armored Vehicles
50 ST120-B Sino 2A1 Stealth MBT
50 M135 MacGavin IFV MMEVs

1 Self-propelled Artillery brigade

Support
3,500 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
80 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
6,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
2,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
15,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
15,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
15,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
500 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,600 A-31 Light Machineguns
1,200 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
300 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
150 ZM300 Man Portable Autocannons
550 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
600 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
6,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
425 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
4,250 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
300 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
3,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
25 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: 6.1 billion

Mechanized Infantry

Using a large amount of armored personell carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, mechanized infantry divisions are significantly more suitable for advancing through unfriendly and rough terrain than motorized infantry, making of them quite useful to accompany offensives. On the other hand, Mechanized Infantry is more expensive and logistics intensive compared to a motorized one, and shares part of the disadvantage of armored divisions on rough terrains.

Armored Vehicles
50 ST120-B Sino 2A1 Stealth MBTs
300 HIFV-50 Sucuri IFVs

1 Self-propelled Artillery brigade

Support
3,000 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
80 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
6,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
2,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
15,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
15,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
15,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
500 RFA Sniper Rifles
250 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,500 A-31 Light Machineguns
1,000 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
300 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
200 ZM300 Man Portable Autocannons
550 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
700 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
7,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
425 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
4,250 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
300 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
3,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
50 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: 7.5 billion

Garrison

Pure infantry divisions might still be useful for purely defensive reserves based on their sheer cost-effectiveness , and thus, divisions with a more limited transport capability might be used to guard territories distant from the main front against infiltration attacks and possible attempts to opening new fronts. Such divisions can be considered garrisons, and are quite effective into protecting difficult terrains like jungles, mountains and cities. Their equipment is partly optimized for close quarters battle.

1 Self-propelled Artillery brigade

Support
500 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
40 HCU-50 Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
4,500 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
1,000 ECU-95 Semi-automatic Shotguns
500 ELU-4 Automatic Shotguns
15,000 SF27 Submachineguns
15,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
15,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
300 RFA Sniper Rifles
200 RFDA-BS Silenced Designated Marksman Rifles
100 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,200 A-31 Light Machineguns
1,000 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
450 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
400 ZM300 Man Portable Autocannons
550 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
750 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
7,500 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
425 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
4,250 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
300 MOI-20 85mm Medium Mortar
3,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: 2.8 billion

Militia

Militias formed among the population will inevitably lack any form of vehicle other than technicals and many of the more specialized and heavier arms of professional militaries like mortars and artillery, however, resorting to improvised explosive devices and to their knowledge of their own cities, militias can give a major aid to professional military divisions into defending a city, and conduct prolonged guerrilla warfare to wear down the enemy forces and strategically damage their supply chains. This is the most economical of all available division packages.

Infantry Equipment
9,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
15,000 SF27 Submachineguns
1,200 RSA Battle Rifles
1,300 ECU-95 Semi-automatic Shotguns
1,000 EC-3ST Silenced Pump-action Shotguns
1,000 A-31 Light Machineguns
500 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
500 GEM MANPADATS Launchers
5,000 Durruti Man-Portable ADATS Missiles

PRICE: 75 million

Mechanized Mountaineer

Mountaineer divisions are logically specialized in combat in mountainous regions, and also, very gifted with arctic warfare. As expected, they require much of specialized equipment and training, to ensure their effectiveness in the highly hostile conditions of such environments. This package provides the former through individual climbing equipment, and modular snow-treading upgrades over the modular armored cars and armors of the same.

Armored Vehicles
50 ST120-AM Sino Stealth Tanks
300 M135M MacGavin IFV MMEVs
90 AMT-4M Hidalgo Lightweight Self-propelled Artillery

1 Self-propelled ADATS brigade

Support
3,000 VBM-47M Capivara Modular Armored Cars
30 SR-120M Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
3,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
8,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
8,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
8,000 Arctic Survival Battle Dress Uniforms
8,000 Personal Alpinism Kits
8,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
250 RFA-B Bullpup Sniper Rifles
150 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,000 A-31 Light Machineguns
600 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
50 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
25 ZM300 Man Portable Autocannons
350 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
200 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
2,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
200 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
2,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
100 MOI-20B 85mm Medium Mortar
1,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
150 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135M Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: 7.7 billion

Mechanized Marine

A division of marines is an elite among infantry, specialized in the daunting task of amphibious assaults. Supported by Sucuris and M135s with amphibious modular upgrades, and fully mechanized, due to their specialized equipment and vehicles, Marines are also quite effective in muddy weather conditions, jungles and swamps.

Armored Vehicles
50 ST120-AN Sino Stealth Tanks
200 HIFV-50N Sucuri IFVs
100 M135N MacGavin IFV MMEVs

1 Self-propelled Artillery brigade

Support
2,500 VBM-47N Capivara Modular Armored Cars
120 HCU-50N Sucuri Tankbulances
30 SR-120N Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
3,000 RAA-39 Amphibious Assault Rifles
1,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
8,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
8,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
500 Rebreathers
500 Diving uniforms
8,000 Jungle Survival Kits
8,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
200 RFA-B Bullpup Sniper Rifles
50 RFDA-BS Silenced Designated Marksman Rifles
150 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,000 A-31 Light Machineguns
600 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
50 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
25 ZM300 Man Portable Autocannons
350 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
200 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
2,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
200 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
2,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
100 MOI-20B 85mm Medium Mortar
1,000 MOG-20 85mm NLOS guided mortar*

UGVs
150 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Naval Gunships

40 HC-1N Quijote Ground Attack Helicopter

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135N Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: 7.6 billion

Mechanized Airborne Assault Division

The concept of Mechanized Paratroopers is not new, but its successful implementation has taken a time since the original ideas by the time of the Second World War. A Mechanized Airborne Assault Division packs specialized vehicles, weapons and ordnances, tailored to be air-droppable, either with rocket-assisted landings or by parachute-only drops. This division basic means of mechanization are the M135 MacGavin in its Infantry Fighting Vehicle version and the VBM-47 Capivara in its Armored Personell Carrier version, which make for the bulk of its vehicles. Due to its heavy specialization level, it is a logistically expensive division, and also, its optimal deployment as an airborne division depends upon air supremacy. Due to its very nature, such division is able to bypass static defenses at ease once air supremacy is achieved, and excels at strategic encirclement, while packing enough capabilities to keep the encirclement long enough for the enemy forces to run out of supplies. Other than the mentioned logistical costs and air supremacy dependence, it also is limited by the constraints of airborne transports, and thus is lacking in firepower for its armors and infantry alike. It’s strongly advisable for their operations to if possible always be supported by fast air superiority and close air support aircrafts, like the CL-32 Buitre air superiority fighter and the CB-1 Miaja close air support fighter.

Armored Vehicles
650 M135 MacGavin Airborne Multimission Effects Vehicles
90 AMT-4 Hidalgo Airborne Self-propelled Artillery

2 Self-propelled ADATS brigades

Support
3,000 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
30 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

Infantry Equipment
3,000 FA-65 Assault Rifles
1,000 LG-50 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
8,000 P70 Caseless Pistols
8,000 HALO Parachutes
8,000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
8,000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helmets
250 RFA-B Bullpup Sniper Rifles
150 RAM-37 Anti-materiel Rifles
1,000 A-31 Light Machineguns
600 AA-70 General Purpose Machineguns
75 ZM145 Heavy Machineguns
350 LGA-50 Semi-automatic Grenade Launchers
200 GEM-2 MANPADATS Launchers
2,000 Durruti 2 Man-Portable ADATS Missiles*
300 MOI-19B 60mm Light Mortar
3,000 MOG-19 60mm Smart Mortar-launched Rockets*
13,000 Vehicle Airdrop Rockets

UGVs
150 ACT-1 Miliciano Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Mobile HQ
27 MEV-135 Librecielo CCM Mobile Commands

PRICE: $ 9 billion

*Domestic Production Rights for further ammunitions are included.
**If your nation is not cleared for purchasing these sensitive technology vehicles, they shall be replaced by Sino 2A1 MBTs.

Brigades

Brigades can be attached to divisional levels of operations to provide specialized capabilities to a division, or for those who seek higher organicity, be attached to individual battalions as well. Note that the Commonwealth only provides the equipment for such brigades, not the organization, transport capacity and manpower necessary for them to operate.

Self-propelled Artillery Brigade:

50 MEV-135 Librecielo ADATS MMEVs
50 DR-135 Libertad URVs
40 CA155-A Oso Self-propelled Artillery
40 DR155-A Pescado Resupply Vehicles

PRICE: $ 1.371 billion

Self-propelled Air Defense Anti-tank Brigade:

90 MEV-135 Librecielo ADATS MMEV
90 DR-135 Libertad URVs
50 VBM-47 Capivara Light ADATS Modular Cars

PRICE: $ 1.544 billion

Stealth Tank Brigade:

80 ST120-A Sino Stealth Tanks*
8 SR-120 Guardia Standard Recovery Vehicles

PRICE: $ 531 million

Heavy Tank Brigade:

90 HT135-B Cáscara 2A1 Heavy Tanks
10 HR135-B Titan Heavy Recovery Vehicles

PRICE: $ 1.862 billion

Armored Car Brigade:

260 VBM-47 Capivara Modular Armored Cars
40 VBM-47 Capivara Light ADATS Modular Cars

PRICE: $ 240 million

Air defense Anti-tank Brigade:

1000 GEM 2 Man-portable ADATS launchers
10000 Durruti 2 Man-portable ADATS missiles
2000 CA-300 Ultralight Ballistic Vests
2000 CPI-300 Network-centric Combat Helments

PRICE: $ 83.5 million

*If your nation is not cleared for purchasing these sensitive technology vehicles, they shall be replaced by Sino 2A1 MBTs.

Future Packages: Engineering Brigade package

Overview:

The continual tendency of diminishing procurement funds in Third Spanish States and increasing funds for research and development of native technology have brought, parallel to the development of a Personal Defense Weapon which served as a replacement to the FN P90, the development of a new pistol, sought to serve as a replacement to the FN Five-seveN.

The 5.7mm caliber used by the mentioned firearms always had its effectiveness questioned regarding its armor piercing capabilities, and considering the evolution of bullet proof vests in the latest decades, it was soon deemed as obsolete for the needs of Third Spanish States, although it remains a popular caliber for civilian use. Also, the common practice of using locally developed caseless and polymer cased ammunition has shaped much of a radical view regarding the use of conventional brass cases, considered "relics" among the military. These reasons brought the new P70 pistol, built around a 10mm caliber.

Description:

The large-framed P70 pistol, rather than being a simple indigenous take on the Five-seveN, is a flexible, closed bolt semi-automatic firearm which was designed to be chambered with a barrel for either the self-developed caseless 10x20mmC caliber, which tests have demonstrated that it offers an superior stopping power than that of a 9x19mm and better external ballistics than those of a .45 ACP, or for the much more tried and tested caseless version of the 9x19mm caliber. Designed as a short recoil operated semi-automatic pistol, its frame supports conventional heat-resistant steel lined barrels for increased reliability. Using a pre-set hybrid action trigger which allows the firearm to be operated as a double action only even after a malfunction, it also is built with a rugged polymer frame to further reduce weight, and its internals are built to be capable of operating even in underwater if equipped with a proper underwater kit. Due to its modular design, two variants do exist: The 9x19mmC P70A and the 10x20mmC P70, all projected with the same barrel length. Although slightly larger than a typical 9mm caliber sidearm, the P70 offers superior accuracy and stopping power. Magazine loads include 12-round or 20-round detachable box magazines for the 10x20mmC variants and 16-round or 25-round for the 9x19mmC variants. Finally, its frame modularity allows it to be equipped with a silencer, with several different sorts of iron sights, including the locally popular ghost ring sight, with a small flashlight, with a green laser sight and with a 1.2x single ring attached scope as well.

P70

Caliber: 10x20mmC caseless
Structure: Steel lined barrel, rugged polymer frame.
Ammunition Types:
- 8.3g FMJ
- 9.8g Subsonic FMJ
- 8.6g JHP
Muzzle velocity: Depends on round
Operation: Short recoil, pre-set hybrid action trigger, closed bolt.
Length: 225mm
Barrel Length: 125mm
Weight: 800g empty
Feed system: 12-round or 20-round detachable box magazines
Effective range: 50m
Maximum range: 100m with 1.2x scope
Sights: Supports several modular iron sights, default is ghost ring sight
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Small Tactical Flashlight, Laser sight, 1.2x scope
Rates of Fire: 120 rpm(cyclic), 60 rpm(effective)
Cost: $600(bare), $850(w/ scope), $1,000(scope, flashlight and laser sight)

P70A

Caliber: 9x19mmC caseless
Structure: Steel lined barrel, rugged polymer frame.
Ammunition Types:
- 7.5g FMJ(phased out)
- 8 g FMJ
- 9.5 g subsonic FMJ
- 8.1 g JHP
Muzzle velocity: Depends on round
Operation: Short recoil, pre-set hybrid action trigger, closed bolt.
Length: 225mm
Barrel Length: 125mm
Weight: 760g empty(P70AC)
Feed system: 16-round or 25-round detachable box magazines
Effective range: 50m
Maximum range: 100m with 1.2x scope
Sights: Supports several modular iron sights, default is ghost ring sight
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Small Tactical Flashlight, Laser sight, 1.2x scope
Rates of Fire: 120 rpm(cyclic), 60 rpm(effective)
Cost: $500(bare), $750(w/ scope), $900(scope, flashlight and laser sight)

Note: Most iron sights will be on the house, should it be preferable other sight than ghost ring, then, you will have to inform what type of sight you would like to have it fitted with.

(OOC: I know it's a sort of copy&paste of the P70 write-up, but both were developed more or less together)



Overview:

The continual tendency of diminishing procurement funds in Third Spanish States and increasing funds for research and development of native technology have brought, parallel to the development of a Standard Pistol which served as a replacement to the FN Five-Seven, the development of a new personal defense weapon, sought to serve as a replacement to the FN P90 and potential successor for the MP5 as well.

The 5.7mm caliber used by the mentioned firearms always had its effectiveness questioned regarding its armor piercing capabilities, and considering the evolution of bullet proof vests in the latest decades, it was soon deemed as obsolete for the needs of Third Spanish States, although it remains a popular caliber for civilian use. Also, the common practice of using locally developed caseless and polymer cased ammunition has shaped much of a radical view regarding the use of conventional brass cases, considered "relics" among the military. These reasons brought the new SF27 PDW, built around a 10mm caliber.

Description:

The Subfusil 27(SF27), rather than being a simple indigenous take on the P90, is a flexible, bullpup, automatic firearm which was designed to be chambered with a barrel for either the self-developed caseless 10x20mmC or 10x20mmP polymer cased calibers, which tests have demonstrated that it offers a superior stopping power than that of a 9x19mm and slightly better external ballistics than those of a .45 ACP, or for the much more tried and tested caseless and polymer cased versions of the 9x19mm caliber. Designed as a short stroke gas operated automatic submachinegun, its frame supports conventional heat-resistant steel lined barrels for increased reliability. Using a rotating barbrel and an ejection control chamber designed based on the same principles of the FA-65 ejection control system, it also is built with a rugged polymer frame to further reduce weight, and its internals are built to have an increased ruggedness to answer to the structural challenges of caseless and polymer cased ammunition technologies. Due to its modular design, two variants do exist: The cheaper 9x19mmC or P SF27A, due to the lack of certain recoil reducing mechanisms internally, and the 10x20mmC or P SF27, all projected with the same barrel length. The SF27, performance-wise is somewhat better than the 5.7mm FN P90 and 4.6mm H&K PDWs, specially on the subject of stopping power. Magazine loads include 15-round, 30-round or 50-round detachable box magazines for the 10x20mm variants and 20-round, 40-round or 60-round for the 9x19mm variants. Finally, its frame modularity allows it to be equipped with a silencer, with several different sorts of iron sights, including a ghost ring sight, with a small flashlight, with a green laser sight and with a 1.2x or 1.4x double ring attached scope as well. As a weapon which design process was very close to that of the P70 Standard Pistol, it shares a few common features, particularly the used calibers, with it.

SF27

Caliber: 10x20mmC or 10x20mmP
Structure: Bullpup, Steel lined barrel, rugged polymer frame, collapsible stock.
Ammunition Types:
- 8.3g FMJ
- 9.8g Subsonic FMJ
- 8.6g JHP
Muzzle velocity: Depends on round
Operation: Short stroke gas operated, rotating bolt
Length: 520mm(Stock extended)
Barrel Length: 320mm
Weight: 2.2 kg empty
Feed system: 15-round, 30-round or 50-round detachable box magazines
Effective range: 100m
Maximum range: 250m with 1.4x scope
Sights: Supports several modular iron sights, default is ghost ring sight
Modes: Semi-auto and Automatic
Supported Attachments: Small Tactical Flashlight, Laser sight, 1.2x or 1.4x scope
Rates of Fire: 500 rpm(auto), 120 rpm(semi)
Cost: $1,200(bare) $1,450(1.2x scope), $1,500(1.4x scope), $1,600(scope, flashlight and laser sight)

SF27A

Caliber: 9x19mmC
Structure: Bullpup, Steel lined barrel, rugged polymer frame, collapsible stock.
Ammunition Types:
- 7.5g FMJ(phased out)
- 8 g FMJ
- 9.5 g subsonic FMJ
- 8.1 g JHP
Muzzle velocity: Depends on round
Operation: Short stroke gas operated, rotating bolt.
Length: 520mm(stock extended)
Barrel Length: 320mm
Weight: 2.1 kg empty
Feed system: 20-round, 40-round or 60-round detachable box magazines
Effective range: 100m
Maximum range: 250m with 1.4x scope
Sights: Supports several modular iron sights, default is ghost ring sight
Modes: Semi-auto and Automatic
Supported Attachments: Small Tactical Flashlight, Laser sight, 1.2x or 1.4x scope
Rates of Fire: 500 rpm(auto), 120 rpm(semi)
Cost: $1,000(bare), $1,250(1.2x scope), $1,300 (1.4x scope), $1450(scope, flashlight and laser sight)

Background:

Since its Army was born, in 2021, Third Spanish States always had a need of a lightweight and portable assault rifle for its small and efficient military force. Such rifle has existed for a long time, as a prototype: the Heckler & Koch G11 assault rifle, one of the forerunners of caseless ammunition technology. However it also presented many problems, primarily its lack of reliability due to ammunition cook-off and quick degradation through fouling. For a long time its Army used several purchased assault rifles of the AK series instead, which would later serve as inspiration for future Third Spanish States weapons as well. In 2027, Milnet Tucker Institute engineers have found a theorized way to make, based on the caseless technology started by the G11, an workable assault rifle to be used for at least the next 40 years. Their proposal was quite interesting and radical as well, and it was approved to negotiate with H&K the license of the G11 caseless technology. And after a few months of bartering, it was bought by Third Spanish States military force.

Overview:

3 years after several testings and prototypes, among then the discarded G11-S(Slow), the G11-V(Air-vented) and the G11-P(Polymer cased), focused on the development of a fast and effective enough air-venting system to prevent ammunition cook-off and of several structural improvements on its barrel to reduce fouling, finally a viable, and radically different model was developed, the G11-R(Reliable), which was internally modified and improved to resist much better to fouling than its earlier incarnations and is completely different internally from the original G11 even on its action, its only similarity with the G11 is the possibility of using caseless ammunition. In fact after those years of research and development, the only thing the G11 technology served for was to motivate the search for an effective solution to the point it was later renamed with a Third Spanish States title(FA meaning "Fusil de Asalto"). As of now it's not determined yet the life of the now renamed FA-65, though the most used of them(primarily due to testing as most Third Spanish States conflicts have been of low intensity against organized crime) have fired 20,000 rounds and are still working, though they are scheduled for preventive maintenance.

Equipped with a high heat capacity chamber of steel lining, with a drastically redesigned and highly modularized interior to increase heat transfer capability, where a bullpup design was ditched for better accuracy and to simplify internals, and also having a recoiling barrel to make its burst fire mode accurate, integrated with its short stroke gas action. It uses a simpler fire mechanism than the G11 but still quite complex by its own. Its large gas block has a piston with its own return spring, while the bolt carrier is pretty much inspired by the monolithic rotating bolt of the AK series rifles, also designed with reliability in mind. When using telescoped polymer cased ammo, each polymer case passes through a pre-ejection chamber before being ejected, ensuring that the system remain closed when using caseless ammunition and giving the user better control over its ejection.

Finally a rate of fire reducing system is installed to reduce the chamber heating from automatic fire and make its recoil more manageable in automatic fire mode. Externally it somewhat resembles a peculiar offspring of the H&K G3, H&K G11, AK series rifles and AN-94, with an unique, modular stock, horizontally and vertically bisected in four separable parts, which can be folded by pressing a small button which unattaches its lower and upper pieces from both its left and right sides and by pulling the four pieces towards the rifle body bottom and top respectively and folding them to the right, or if more convenient, folded as a whole instead by simply pressing the stock towards right without pressing the bisection lock. It also has a rail for mounting a LG40 40mm grenade launcher. Finally, according to its needs, besides its iron sight similar to that of the G3, it can be equipped with modular 2x, 3x and 4x optical scopes and night sights to expand its mission profile and be effectively used by designated marksmen or riflemen on small squads and fireteams operational level.

However it has a slower rate of fire than a G11 or even than an AN-94. Still, the logistics advantages of both caseless telescoped(CT) and telescoped polymer cased(TPC) ammunition combined with it now above average reliability and superior accuracy for its size, have granted this weapon the right to become the primary assault rifle of Third Spanish States Army.

It also uses an unique, accurate, ultra-rapid 2-rounds burst fire mode, which is similar to that of the Russian AN-94, instead of G11's 3 rounds burst, which improve its armor-piercing capabilities and ensures the second round actually hits the target that is being aimed with the aid of the recoiling barrel. It operates at single, 2-rounds burst or automatic fire. The overall improved and better balanced design, coupled with the advantages of the newly developed 6.5mm Grendel TP and CT ammunition types, also increased its effective range. Future ideas also exist to take advantage of the experience gained from the FA-65 development to design a caseless battle rifle, chambered for the 7.62x54mmPC, and it also served as the basis for the Lightweight Small Arms Technology project for the 6.5x39mm A-31 Light Machinegun and for the future RFA Sniper Rifle and 7.62x54mmPC firearms series.

It's commonly accepted that caseless ammo is the option for when regular maintenance would be suitable without hindering a battle like in low-intensity conflicts or when full auto use is completely unnecessary while for higher intensity conflicts or situations where logistics support would be strained, telescoped polymer case ammunition would be more adequate.

Specifications

Structure: Steel lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 6.5x39mmTP telescoped polymer cased or 6.5x39mmCT caseless telescoped
Ammunition Types:
- 7.8 g FMJBT: Default
- 7.0 g Scenar (Moly)
- 8.4 g Norma
- 8.0 g Matchking
- 5.8 g TNT
Muzzle velocity: 935 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, recoiling barrel
Length(Stock Extended): 830mm
Length(Stock Folded): 645mm
Barrel length: 570mm
Weight: 3.8kg empty, 4.99kg loaded(56 rds polymer), 4.79 kg loaded(56 rds caseless)
Feed system: 26, 40 or 56 rounds detachable magazine
Effective range: 500m
Maximum range : 800m
Sights: Supports modular 2x-4x optical and night sight, detachable ghost ring iron sight as default.
Modes: Single, ultra-rapid 2-round AP burst and automatic
Supported Attachments: LG50 50mm or M203 grenade launcher
Rates of Fire: 1,200 cyclic rpm(burst), 500 rpm(auto), 120 rpm(single)
Cost(3x night sight included): $1,500

Overview:

When it was stated that every single piece of Third Spanish States technology would have to originate from their own efforts until 2045, it was not actually a mere fancy statement for political interests, for a man is worth his word, and the MilNet wouldn't let their promises unaccomplished, every weapon and military technology, from the most generalist to the most specialist would be developed indigenously, and underwater assault rifles were no exception, plus they were just that, underwater assault rifles. Having to carry two different rifles for both underwater and ground operations isn't something that a frogman from the Blackguards Amphibious Assault Special Forces, or also known simply as Blackmarines, would consider tactically wise and adequate, and the ASM-DT, despite offering an average performance in surface thanks to being capable of accepting both standard 5.45x39mm surface ammunition and an underwater 5.45mm ammunition, was not enough, plus all assault rifles currently in use were chambered instead for the 6.5x39mm caliber. From the technological limitations these specialized underwater forces had, very significant due to the extensive naval focus of Third Spanish States military, came the solution in the form of the concept of a truly Amphibious Assault Rifle, the bullpup, gas operated Rifle de Asalto Anfibio 2039(RAA-39), chambered for both 6.5x39mm surface ammunition and its much longer 6.5x135mm underwater dart version, capable of being almost as effective in surface combat performance to an FA-65 and excelling in underwater against other frogmen and trained dolphins(in despite of the Animal Liberation Front), and designed from the ground for the role of underwater and amphibious infantry forces assault and infiltration.

Description:

Frame and Configuration

The RAA-39 was developed as a derivative of the FA-65 assault rifle which came as the final, definite result of the Proyecto Rifle Anfibio, a very ambitious military research and development program which sought to create a new take on amphibious warfare, an assault rifle capable of operating effectively at both underwater and ground, purported as the service rifle of the Blackmarines Frogmen and overall underwater assault and infiltration commandos. The first, noticeable difference it has compared to its father is the fact the it has an overall smaller height, more closely resembling the Russian AKs, lacks a pre-ejection chamber to simplify its firing mechanism due to the more demanding nature of the environment it was designed for, and thus it cannot operate with caseless ammunition, which does not present itself as a significant limitation due to its specialized operational roles. Its external appearance is basically that of the FA-65, but which a bullpup configuration and a much larger, stamped steel receiver with two feeding chambers, for the special magazines developed for it, which is one the reasons behind the choice of a bullpup design, for a conventional configuration would drastically increase its length compared to a FA-65, besides, it reduces the time it takes for a frogman to maneuver it, despite reducing its overall accuracy. Unlike the old APS, it packs a rifling similar to that of the FA-65 and uses a closed bolt as well, for it was never engineered as an exclusively underwater firearm but as a replacement of the previously used ASM-DT underwater assault rifle, which served as the minimum line for the intended performance.

It was intentionally built as a much more lightweight weapon than usual by intensive use of reinforced polymers in almost the entirety of the components, to reduce further the required effort and time to maneuver it beneath the waves. However, a compromise was sought between underwater and surface performance, reliability and recoil, and in fact it is heavier when empty compared to an APS, for the long recoiling barrel was preserved, and the 2-round armor-piercing burst fire mode maintained and upgraded for both surface and underwater combat, thanks to a heavily modified action group based on an intensively over-engineered and more sturdy version of the short stroke gas operated and rotating bolt action of the FA-65, to allow it to operate reliably underwater and in several different coastal environments and also to allow two darts to be quickly loaded sequentially inside the chamber and burst fired at a cyclic rate of fire of about 600 rounds per minute, presenting a deadly and sufficiently accurate option for underwater combat, while it can also fire, in surface, a burst of 2 conventional rounds at a higher cyclic rate of fire of 1,100 rounds per minute, slightly less than that of the original FA-65, while in full auto it can reach a cyclic rate of fire of 180 rounds per minute underwater and of, when limited during field stripping configuration, 300 rounds per minute in the surface, which although inferior to that of the FA-65, offers a better recoil management compared to it, although it can be adjusted to up to 500 rounds per minute.

Its primary feature however is its receiver, which, inspired by the dual-feed system of the Neostead 2000 shotgun and of Third Spanish States ECU-95 shotgun, has two, side by side, distinct feeding chambers, a larger one designed for holding its larger underwater ammunition magazine and a smaller one designed for holding its surface ammunition, which are coupled together at the gun front, and can be switched through a magazine selector which can be manually set, allowing the frogman to quickly change between surface and underwater optimized ammunitions if necessary, and which mechanism automatically switches to the loaded ammunition if only one of them is loaded in the receiver.

Barrel

Featuring a right-handed rifling twist similar to that of the FA-65, the RAA-39 barrel is featured by being slightly longer and by the fact that, due to the now acquired experience with the use of metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites in the production of more expensive, but reliable and lighter weight barrels, and due to the need of further increasing maneuverability, it logically is usually deployed with a ceramic matrix composite lined barrel overwrapped by an alumina-silica Al metal matrix composite, which, through a quite complex industrial process, is cut with shallow grooves running through its length to allow some of the gas to blow ahead of the bullet and water out of it, as a form of avoiding accidental bursting when surfacing and firing outside the water, not unlikely the barrel of the ASM-DT, while the overall thicker barrel construction grants it a better reliability it requires due to the stresses it will be continually put into during operation.

Modularity

The Amphibious Assault Rifle is, like all latest Third Spanish States developments, as modular as it can be without damaging its reliability, to allow an easy field stripping and barrel exchange, although it packs an additional, emergency feature besides a relatively easy barrel exchange procedure not unlikely that of many of the more modern Confederacy weapons: it was engineered and structured to be able, under very skilled hands, to have its barrel exchanged underwater and even, theoretically, to be entirely field stripped underwater, although the constant probabilities of components like its hammer sliding from the hands of the operator and sinking into the depths of the ocean make of it little more than a curiousity for most, if not all practical situations it will be used on.

Ammunition

Like the FA-65, it uses for surface combat purposes the now tried and tested 6.5x39mm Grendel caliber which is an excellent intermediary between a 5mm and a 7mm caliber rifle, however only featured in either as a steel or polymer cased round, with no support given or required to caseless ammunition due to its operational needs, usually in either 20 or 26-round detachable magazines. While on the other hand, for underwater combat, it can be loaded with an additional 14-round or 20-round detachable magazines, not much different in shape from the ASM-DT and APS magazines except for being larger, chambered for indigenously developed 6.5x135mm fin-stabilized steel darts, which like the Frag-12 and High Explosive Fin Stabilized shotgun ammunitions, have retractable fins which are released upon leaving the barrel to allow its length and reduce drag when inside the rifle and are effectively capable of damaging seriously certain small underwater vehicles, having a conical section of about 15mm, which in turn logically offers a poor performance in surface as the conventional 6.5x39mm round offers a poor performance underwater.

Add-ons

Similar to the Russian ASM-DT, its modular design and myriad of internally mounted rails allows it to be fielded with a retractable iron sight, being compatible with most classes of these sights, with an optical sight up to 3x, although 1.4x or 2x is the standard, and also can be fielded with a 2x night sight, considering the nature of the operations it was designed for, while it has a removable bayonet lug capable of being fitted with the multipurpose 25cm combat knife of the Confederacy or with something larger according to necessity, a barrel which supports a reflex suppressor to reduce its noise level considerably to a sufficient level for safely taking down some targets of opportunity from a 70 meters or more distance, and enough rails for fitting several additional accessories of dubious utility or very specific necessity, except for the always useful LG50 or M203 underbarrel grenade launcher it can also be fitted with.

Performance

Tests to determine its effective range under different depths, using samples from several production lots and monitored by third party auditing groups, have given the results of 50 meters, 30 meters and 15 meters for depths of 5, 20 and 40 meters respectively, which is quite superior to the performance of the APS, thanks to a more balanced dart round with improved underwater ballistics compared to the 5.66x120mm dart of the APS and to its over-engineered action, while it has a technical maximum range of 100 meters underwater.

For surface combat, it has achieved an effective range of 400 meters, 100 meters less than that of the FA-65 but more than enough for its intended purposes, considering that most modern infantry conflicts happen at most in a distance of 300 meters and the overall mission profile of the RAA-39. Maximum attainable range was confirmed at 600 meters, while it has, due to an usually lower rate of fire and to increased loaded weight compared to a FA-65, 60% of the already manageable recoil of the FA-65, which in turns makes it much more controllable to special units, specially when underwater.

Regarding reliability, 30,000 rounds were fired at a limited automatic rate of fire from it in a stress test without maintenance, and it did not jam during the test, which was repeated 10 times, from which only twice it did jam, which is a quite feat considering the stresses it was submitted to, while underwater it was tested with only a maintenance-less cycle of 10,000 rounds, considering the increased strain an underwater environment provokes, and from the 10 times the test was performed, it only jammed once.

Conclusion

The reliable RAA-39 Amphibious Assault Rifle allows a frogman to effectively operate at both underwater and surface combat, specially for infiltration and assault missions against coastal targets of opportunity, while being superior in performance to both the APS and ASM-DT rifles in underwater combat, offering a performance almost comparable to that of the FA-65 assault rifle and superior in certain aspects to it in surface combat, and packing the advantage of allowing a frogman to quickly switch between its dual magazine fed 6.5x39mm and 6.5x135mm ammunitions when needing to counter an imminent threat in the opposite environment of which he was operating his firearm in before, in a fast, effective manner. It is possibly one of the best available choices for marines and special forces with underwater training specialized in infiltration or fast assault of coastal targets, like for example the United States Navy SEALs.


Specifications

Class: Amphibious Assault Rifle
Structure: CMC lined barrel, carbon reinforced fiber and rugged polymer frame, .
Caliber: 6.5x39mm and 6.5x135mm
Ammunition Types:
- FMJBT
- Scenar (Moly)
- Norma
- Matchking
- TNT
- Fin Stabilized Steel Dart
Muzzle velocity: ~800 m/s(air), 300 m/s(underwater)
Operation: Short stroke gas-operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- Steel barrel: 3.4 kg empty, 4.7 kg w/ 6.5x39mm 20-round polymer cased and 6.5x135mm 20-round
- CMC barrel: 3.1 kg empty, 4.4 kg w/ both mentioned magazines.
28 ga.
Length: 720mm
Barrel length: 590mm
Feed system: Dual, two 20-round detachable box magazines for 6.5x39 and 6.5x135mm respectively
Effective range:
- Underwater(5m): 50m
- Underwater(20m): 30m
- Underwater(40m): 15m
- Surface: 400m
Maximum range:
- Underwater: 100m
- Surface: 600m
Sights: Modular, default is a ghost ring retractable iron sight
Supported Attachments: LG50 or M203 grenade launcher, Tactical flashlight, laser sight, up to 3x scope or 2x night sight, reflex rifle suppressor, 25cm multipurpose knife/bayonet.
Modes: Semi-auto, 2-round ultrarapid burst, automatic
Rates of Fire:
- Surface: 30 rpm(semi), 1100 rpm(burst), 300-500 rpm(auto)
- Underwater: 15 rpm(semi), 600 rpm(burst, 180 rpm(auto)
Cost:
-Steel barrel: $1,000
-CMC barrel: $1,500

Add-ons Costs:
- AA-39 Reflex Suppressor: $450
- 1.2x scope: $250
- 1.4x scope: $300
- 2x scope: $350
- 3x scope: $500
- 2x night sight: $450
- Laser sight: $100
- Tactical flashlight: $50
- 25cm multipurpose knife: $25

The next development of the Lightweight Small Arms Program, the RA Series of rifles inaugurated a myriad of firearms with support for caseless and polymer cased ammunition chambered for the 7.62mm caliber which initial goal was to replace the Dragunov designated marksman rifle series, but later expanded into several other categories of rifles which shared almost 90% of the same components in their construction, and with most having the same type of gun barrel, allowing a high degree of interchangeability of parts between them on the field. Like previously mentioned, they inherited much of their design, operation and ideas from the FA-65 assault rifle development, resulting in a relatively lower research cost compared to the latter.

Their share of similar, standardized components in their structure is high enough to the point those of them which use the same operation and caliber are actually interchangeable by field stripping and reconfiguring them with the proper equipment and technical expertise, with even another advantage being the relative ease to exchange a heated barrel for a fresh one due to such design principle of high modularity. It can be compared in nature of development goals as a high-powered version of the U.S. M-8 Lightweight Rifle Series, although having a much larger scope(with no pun intended).

Finally, it also served as a basis for the application of new technologies like Third Spanish States take on the lightweight and high heat resistance performance of a new type of gun barrel which uses alumina fiber with aluminum metal matrix composite for the overwrap material and a ceramic matrix composite liner, where there is no abrupt interface between the liner and overwrap, initially suggested and developed as part of the U.S. Lightweight Small Arms Technologies program. However, following the future exports programs, thanks to their flexibility, every variant is also available to be fielded with cheaper steel lined barrels, and due to the ease of barrel exchange, such changes are not expensive processes.

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Precision

7.62x54mm RPA Advanced Precision Rifle: $1,800
RPA-BAS Bullpup, Selective-fire: $2,400

Custom Build Packages*:
- Economic Package(Steel lined barrel, 2x scope, bipod): - $100
- Export Package(Steel lined barrel, 3x night sight, bipod): $300
- Deluxe Package(CMC lined barrel, 3x night sight, bipod): $700

Individual Add-ons/modifications*:
- Build w/ steel lined barrel: - $400
- 3x night sight/scope: $700 / $500
- 2x night sight/scope: $450 / $300
- Bipod: On the house.**

*Given prices are summed over bare rifle prices
**Limited promotion

Designated Marksman

7.62x54mm RFDA Advanced Designated Marksman Rifle: $2,500
RFDA-C Folding Stock: $2,600
RFDA-B Bullpup: $2,800
RFDA-BS Bullpup, Subsonic w/ integral silencer: $3,500
RFDA-S Subsonic w/ integral silencer: $3,250

Custom Build Packages:
- Economic Package(Steel lined barrel, 3x scope, bipod): $100
- Export Package(Steel lined barrel, 4x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $1000
- Deluxe Package(CMC lined barrel, 4x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $1400

Individual Add-ons/modifications:
- Build w/ steel lined barrel: - $400
- 4x scope: $700
- 3x night sight/scope: $700 / $500
- 2x night sight/scope: $450 / $300
- Bipod: On the house.
- RFDA to RFDA-C field modification kit: $150
- RFDA to RFDA-S field modification kit: $800
- RFDA-B to RFDA-BS field modification kit: $800

Sniper

7.62x67mm(.300 Win) RFA Advanced Sniper Rifle: $14,000
RFA-B Bullpup: $ 17,000

Custom Build Packages:
- Economic Package(Steel lined barrel, 6x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $700
- Export Package(Steel lined barrel, 8x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $1200
- National Package(CMC lined barrel, 8x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $2200
- Deluxe Package(CMC lined barrel, 4-16x scope, 3x night sight, bipod): $6700

Individual Add-ons/modifications:
- Build w/ steel lined barrel: - $1000
- 4-16x scope: $6000
- 8x scope: $1500
- 6x scope: $1000
- 3x night sight $700
- Bipod: On the house.

Battle

7.62x54mm RBA bullpup Advanced Battle Rifle: $1,700
7.62x54mm RSA bullpup Advanced Service Rifle: $1,300

Custom Build Packages:
- Economic Package(2x scope): $300
- Export Package(2x night sight): $450
- Deluxe Package(3x night sight): $700

Individual Add-ons/modifications:
- 3x night sight/scope: $700 / $500
- 2x night sight/scope: $450 / $300



A precision rifle is an intermediary between a common service or assault rifle and a designated marksman rifle, and the first weapon of the RA Series was a precision rifle which served as the foundation in the research and development of all the others.

Rifle de Precisión Avanzado RPA

Basis of all the "family" regarding its technology and the first try of it, the RPA is a streamlined, lightweight, cheap and reliable precision rifle, only more expensive than the RSA battle rifle. Although currently unused for being considered superfluous due to the existence of an already excessive number of different models among designated marksman, sniper and battle rifles. Actually, the RPA was an accidental development on the goal of creating a caseless replacement for the Dragunov SVD, which ended with an inferior performance compared to the SVD, leading to its classification as a precision rifle instead.

Class: Precision Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- "Rose" sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 800 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 3.90/4.05/4.08 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 4.95/5.10/5.13 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,080mm
Barrel length: 600mm
Feed system 10-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 650 meters(day), 250 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 800 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 3x optical scope and IR night sight
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $2,500



RPA-BAS (Bullpup Automático Selectivo)

A bullpup version of the RPA with a selective fire capability, built based on the concept of the Dragunov SVU-AS. Although falling into disuse, despite having a niche in weapons export for security forces, the RPA-BAS served as the basis of the RBA Advanced Battle Rifle, to which it shares virtually the same external appearance, and an already built RPA-BAS can be re-engineered into a RBA without significant losses of material due to the large quantity of shared components and similar operation.

Class: Bullpup Selective Fire Precision Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- Sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 800 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 4.03/4.25/4.30 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 5.08/5.30/5.35 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 955 mm
Barrel length: 550mm
Feed system 15-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 600 meters(day), 200 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 800 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 3x optical scope and IR night sight
Modes: Semi-auto, selective fire
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30+ rpm(semi), 400 rpm(auto)
Cost: $3,100



With improvements over the structural profile of the precision rifle to increase its performance to an approximated 2 minutes of angle accuracy level, the designated marksman rifles are not much besides more accurate designs based on the RPA. With the RFDA being the primary DMR, and an effective caseless ammunition replacement for the Dragunov SVD in Third Spanish States Army, which also include lighter and suppressed variants for all sorts of different operational profiles. Re-engineering the RPA into the RFDA is a slightly expensive but relatively fast process.





Rifle de Francotirador Designado Avanzado RFDA

Class: Designated Marksman Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- "Rose" sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 835 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 4.23/4.38/4.41 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 5.28/5.43/5.46 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,130 m
Barrel length: 600mm
Feed system 10-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 1,000 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 1,200 meters(day), 450 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 4x optical scope and 3x IR night sight.
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $4,000

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RFDA-C (Culata Plegable)

A folding stock and smaller variant of the RFDA designed for use with airborne troops, similar in principles to the Dragunov SVDS, although it became obsolete after the development of the bullpup variant which can fulfill the same role in a better way.

Class: Designated Marksman Rifle with folding stock
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- "Rose" sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 835 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 4.30/4.45/4.48 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 5.35/5.50/5.53 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,130 m; 950m with stock folded
Barrel length: 600mm
Feed system 10-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 800 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 1,200 meters(day), 450 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 4x optical scope and 3x IR night sight.
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $4,100



RFDA-B (Bullpup)

One of the favorites of the Blackguards Special Forces due to its small, compact frame with a superior maneuverability compared to a conventional DMR, it is specially used with frequency by the HALO paratroopers of the Air Blackguards.

Class: Bullpup Designated Marksman Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- "Rose" sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 835 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 4.53/4.59/4.61 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 5.58/5.64/5.66 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 940 mm
Barrel length: 600mm
Feed system 5-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 800 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 1,000 meters(day), 400 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 4x optical scope and 3x IR night sight
Modes: Semi-auto, selective fire
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $4,300
Variant: RFDA-BS with integral suppressor and subsonic ammunition(Effective Range: 300m, Cost: $5,000)

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RFDA-S(Silenciado)

The RFDA-S is an equivalent to the Artic Warfare Covert sniper rifle developed for some very specific sorts of Special Operations or high risk anti-terrorist or anti-coup d'etat missions, and by using subsonic rounds it has a significant dB and muzzle flash reduction, allowing a marksman to get much closer to its target and fire without calling immediate attention and giving away his position. Besides those two features it is basically the same design as the RFDA, allowing a RFDA to be reconfigured to such variant on the field in a few minutes. However it was supplanted mostly by the more compact RFDA-BS suppressed variant of the RFDA-B.

Class: Designated Marksman Rifle with integral suppressor
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT), subsonic variant.
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- "Rose" sniper bullet
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: ~300 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 4.50/4.56/4.58 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope
- 5.55/5.61/5.63 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,150 m
Barrel length: 600mm
Feed system 5-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines
Effective fire range: 300 meters(day and night)
Maximum fire range: 450 meters(day and night)
Sights: Modular, default is 4x optical scope and 3x IR night sight.
Modes: Semi-auto only
Supported Attachments: Bipod, integral suppressor
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 30 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $4,750



Using a natively developed bolt-action optimized for caseless and polymer cased ammunition which includes an ejection control port chamber, and chambered for the 7.62x67mm(.300 Win) caliber, the Rifle de Francotirador Avanzado and its bullpup variant are lightweight counterparts comparable in performance to the Arctic Warfare Magnum. Besides the standard issue 8x optical scope, they can be also fielded with 6x and 4-16x scopes. The capability of controlling the polymer case ejection or of using caseless ammo avoids the problem of an eventual case accidentally alerting an enemy soldier to the sniper's position, besides the logistical weight reduction advantages inherent to those ammunition types, although the use of caseless ammo is still rare compared to the ubiquitous use of polymer cased ammunition in these sniper rifles.



Rifle de Francotirador Avanzado

Class: Sniper Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x67mm (.300 Win) telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT)
Ammunition Types:
-10.69 g TNP(Telescoped Nosler Partition)
-9.72 g TSP(Telescoped Soft Point)
-12.31 g TJHP(Telescoped Jacketed Hollow Point)
Muzzle velocity(10.69g TNP): 900 m/s
Operation: Bolt action
Weight:
- 5.40/5.55 kg empty/TNP polymer cased with scope
- 6.55/6.70 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,265 m
Barrel length: 635mm
Feed system 5-round telescoped polymer cased or caseless box magazines
Effective fire range: 1,200 meters day, 300 meters night
Maximum fire range: 1,500 meters day, 450 meters night
Sights: Modular, default is 8x optical scope and 3x IR night sight.
Modes: Bolt action only
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 12 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $16,200



RFA-B(Bullpup)

This bolt-action bullpup sniper rifle is designed to be more compact than the standard, and as a logical fact, during assembly the side of the ejection can be changed for the convenience of whether who is using it is left or right handed to remove one of the major inconvenient features of a bullpup design, and a stiff sliding plate is also used to avoid a heavy and sluggish trigger pull. Although more expensive and slightly heavier due to its structural changes compared to the RFA, its smaller size offset it, putting it as a viable alternative to the conventional RFA and in fact there is still a sort of heated discussion regarding whether the RFA or RFA-B should be the standard sniper rifle of Third Spanish States Army.

Class: Bullpup Sniper Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x67mm (.300 Win) telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT)
Ammunition Types:
-10.69 g TNP(Telescoped Nosler Partition)
-9.72 g TSP(Telescoped Soft Point)
-12.31 g TJHP(Telescoped Jacketed Hollow Point)
Muzzle velocity(10.69g TNP): 900 m/s
Operation: Bolt action
Weight:
- 5.60/5.75 kg empty/TNP with scope
- 6.65/6.80 kg ibid with bipod
Length: 1,050 m
Barrel length: 635mm
Feed system 5-round telescoped polymer cased or caseless box magazines
Effective fire range: 1,200 meters day, 300 meters night
Maximum fire range: 1,500 meters day, 450 meters night
Sights: Modular, default is 8x optical scope and 3x IR night sight.
Modes: Bolt action only
Supported Attachments: Bipod
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 12 rpm(maximum)
Cost: $19,200



The line of 7.62x54mm Battle Rifles based on the RA(Rifles Avanzados) family is intended to bring a new degree of firepower for when the accuracy and capabilities of the 6.5mm Grendel caliber are not enough.



Rifle de Batalla Avanzado

The RBA, which development was a design branching and reconfiguration over the RPA-BAS development, is a selective-fire, gas operated bullpup battle rifle chambered for the 7.62x54mm caliber, which shares similarities in its principles with the lighter Fusil de Asalto 65. Unlike than the precision-focused RPA-BAS, it was designed to be a battle rifle with comparable accuracy to that of a 7.62x51mm G3A3 AR. Confederacy Heavy Infantry squads tend to prefer the RBA over the FA-65, while it is more than enough to serve as a more flexible designated marksman rifle at most combat situations.

Class: Bullpup Battle Rifle
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, rugged polymer stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 800 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight: 4.14/4.77/4.91 kg empty/caseless/polymer with scope.
Length: 915 mm
Barrel length: 550mm
Feed system 25-round caseless telescoped or telescoped polymer cased box magazines.
Effective fire range: 600 meters(day), 200 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 800 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is 2x optical scope with optional IR night sight
Modes: Semi-auto, selective fire
Supported Attachments: M203 or LG50 50mm grenade launcher
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rpm(aimed), 45 rpm(semi), 400-500 rpm(auto)
Cost: $2,150
Variant: RSA Battle Rifle - does not come with scope as standard and uses conventional steel lined barrel instead on its production, reflecting on its lower production cost, although it weighs due to over-engineering, when empty, 4.8 kg. Otherwise it is basically the same weapon as the RBA. Cost: $1,750

PS: Individual costs mentioned on specifications based on default configurations.

Overview

With the development of ordnance protection procedures of the last decades, encouraged by the rise of unconventional warfare in the early 21st century, and with the advances over armor technologies for many light armored vehicles, the anti-materiel rifles of the last century became particularly less efficient in their given role, and coupled with the need of the Confederacy to have every weapon and military technology built locally and independent from foreign contractions, the RAM-37 was developed as an answer to become one of the most powerful anti-materiel rifles in existence, developed as an offspring of the interchangeable ZM145 Heavy Machinegun and ZM-300 Man Portable Autocannon in many principles. Like the forerunner of its paradigm, the Steyr IWS 2000, it's not a true rifle, but a smoothbore, short recoil operated gun developed with a significant focus over firepower, which albeit expectedly heavy, despite modern techniques inherited from the Lightweight Small Arms research, can easily overcome many of the improvements over the resilience of the typical targets of AMRs. Like the Denel NTW-20, it can be switched of caliber in the field depending on the target profile. For soft and particularly flammable targets at a relatively short range, the 20mm caliber can be employed with its specialized rounds like HE and HEI, while that for armored targets, the gun can have its modularly built bolt, barrel, magazine and scope replaced without specialized field stripping equipment to retool it for a 16.5mm caliber, used by its more accurate APFSDS rounds.

Specifications

Class: Anti-materiel rifle
Structure: Steel lined smoothbore, carbon fiber reinforced polymer and stamped steel frame
Caliber: 20x110mm - 16.5x140mm
Ammunition Types:
- 25g APFSDS
- 35g HE
- 40g HEI
- 45g HEDP
Muzzle velocity: 750 - 1,000 m/s
Operation: Short recoil operated
Weight:
- 20mm: 22kg empty, 26kg loaded
- 16.5mm: 25kg empty, 28kg loaded
Length: 1,600m - 1,800m
Barrel Length: 1,000m - 1,200m
Feed system: 4-round detachable magazine
Effective range: 600m - 1,000m
Maximum range: 1,400m - 2,500m
Sights: 3-8x scope, 2-3x night sight
Supported Attachments: Bipod or Tripod
Modes: Semi-automatic only
Rate of Fire: 3-6 rounds per minute aimed, 20 rounds per minute cyclic

Cost: $15,000

Description

The Escopeta de Combate Urbano 95(ECU-95) is another of the many weapons developments motivated by an urge of having every single technology controlled at national level, including ammunition, coupled with the constant need of funds by the Army, which in most part come from the sales of guns to civilians. As a concept, it was developed with one feature in mind: Urban Warfare, and is a weapon which defies conventions, due to the fact that, not being critical for the military, its designers felt more free to take unconventional approaches beyond the already calculatedly risky ventures of the MTI regarding military technology.

Developed in 2039, it inherited the best features from the latest shotguns like the SPAS 12 and even concepts pioneered by innovative ideas like the NeoStead 2000, but its primary feature is the fact it uses the simpler inertia recoil action based on the pioneer works of Benelli on such weapons technology instead of a gas operated action like in the case of Confederacy rifles, where nearly its entire frame serves as the recoiling component to pull the inertia spring, and even the empty reinforced polymer case into the ejection port, with only its long, monolithic rotating bolt, similar to that of the FA-65 in principles, remaining stationary during the firing operation, allowing a lighter weight, simpler, more balanced frame, increased reliability and easier barrel cleaning at the expense of requiring proper practice and an adequate shooting position to give the weapon space for recoiling, making thus it not suitable for firing from a secure position in a rest or with its stock against the ground, and the lack of possible expansion of development to future automatic models, which is not actually necessary for the intended roles of this firearm, commonly used in complement of a SF27 submachinegun or another firearm optimized for urban warfare and close quarters combat.



Asides from taking the recent inertia recoil action as its operation, it features a conventional layout, due to the fact a bullpup would make the recoil unwieldy, with its ammunition feed loaded in a chamber as close to the trigger group as possible, resembling in ways the setup of a M4 carbine or G3A3 battle rifle, with the ubiquitous rails for attachment of all sorts of sights and add-ons, with its unique dual 6 to 10-round box magazines, using the tried and tested 12 ga. rounds, while being capable due its action of being fed with a wide range of shotshells as long as they provide the minimum recoil level to compress its spring, and with a selector, allowing it to be loaded with two different, selectable ammunition types at the same time. And like the Benelli M4 Super 90, it also features a collapsible stock, also fine tuned to the dimensions adequate for its inertia operation. Its entire frame was built from a combination of rugged polymer and carbon fiber reinforced polymer to further reduce its weight, and featuring also, due to a focus on modularity, the possibility of being chambered with either a steel lined barrel or with a ceramic matrix composite lined and metal matrix composite overwrap barrel, according specific needs, although due to cost-efficiency, the first tends to be more commonly manufactured.

Featuring a very compact frame for a conventional rather than bullpup weapon coupled with its overall light weight without sacrificing into recoil mechanism and overall structural strength, the ECU-95 is a sturdy, reliable shotgun popular among civilian militias, shooting range competitions, hunters and enthusiasts and also the standard issue of the Confederacy Army.

Specifications

Class: Semi-automatic Urban Warfare Shotgun
Structure: Steel lined barrel, carbon reinforced fiber and rugged polymer frame.
Caliber: 12 ga.
Ammunition Types:
- Buckshot
- Sabot
- Magnum
- Rubber
- Training
Muzzle velocity: 500 m/s
Operation: Inertial recoil operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- Steel barrel: 3.3 kg empty, 4.2 kg w/ dual 8-round mag.
- CMC barrel: 2.9kg empty, 3.8 kg w/ 8-round mag.
Length(Stock Extended): 700mm
Length(Stock Collapsed): 660mm
Barrel length: 450mm
Feed system: 10-round detachable box magazine
Effective range: 140m
Maximum range: 200m
Sights: Modular, default is a ghost ring retractable iron sight
Supported Attachments: Tactical flashlight, laser sight, up to 4x optical sight and 3x night sight, 25 cm standard bayonet.
Modes: Semi-auto
Rate of Fire: 75 rpm(cyclic), 40 rpm(sustained)
Cost:
-Steel barrel: $1,500
-CMC barrel: $2,250
-4x scope: $700
-3x night sight: $700
-Laser sight: $100
-Flashlight: $50

Further Info on Inertia Recoil Action

Benelli's page about inertia recoil action
A patent of another inertia recoil system

Overview

Developed in 2039, a time when the matrix composite barrels were becoming a stable technological staple of Third Spanish States military for small arms, the futuristic look, but reliable EC-3 is a very compact, pump-action shotgun with a pre-set hybrid trigger action which was developed inheriting concepts from both submachine and shotguns and sharing a few components with the SF-27 submachinegun, as an attempt, fortunately successful, to succeed in what the South African MAG-7, still honorably mentioned for being the forerunner of the concept, have failed, to become a portable handgun designed specifically for Close Quarters Battle which combines the maneuverability of a submachinegun with the firepower of a shotgun and uses either a compact, 50mm long self-developed 12 gauge shell or a 28 gauge shell. Another very interesting feature is also the existence of a reflex suppressor to make the noise berable to ears and a tactical, true suppressor specifically built for it to aid regarding stealth, and the fact its muzzle velocity is always subsonic, while having a still compact enough shape even when suppressed, however its 28 gauge variant obviously won't offer the same noise reduction of a 9mm submachinegun or pistol, but still be an advantage for urban special operations, the niche it was also built for.


Specifications

Class: Compact Pump-action Shotgun
Structure: Steel lined barrel, carbon reinforced fiber and rugged polymer frame.
Caliber: 50mm long 12 ga. and 28 ga.
Ammunition Types:
- Buckshot
- Sabot
- Rubber
- Training
Muzzle velocity: 300 m/s
Operation: Pump-action
Weight:
- Steel barrel: 3.1 kg empty, 3.7 kg w/ 5-round mag.
- CMC barrel: 2.8kg empty, 3.5 kg w/ 5-round mag.
28 ga.
- Steel barrel: 3kg empty, 3.5kg w/ 7-round mag.
- CMC barrel: 2.7kg empty, 3.2kg w/ 7-round mag.
Length(Stock Extended): 550mm
Length(Stock Collapsed): 500mm
Barrel length: 300mm
Feed system: 5-round detachable box magazine, 7-round extended mag.
Effective range: 32m
Maximum range: 70m
Sights: Modular, default is a ghost ring retractable iron sight
Supported Attachments: Tactical flashlight, laser sight, up to 1.4x scope, foregrip, S-3 reflex shotgun suppressor, ST-3 tactical suppressor "bucket".
Modes: Pump-action
Rate of Fire: 30 rpm(cyclic), 20 rpm(sustained)
Variants:
EC-3S, built with integrated, specifically tailored reflex shotgun suppressor to reduce noise to a level which is healthy to human ears.
-Length(Stock Extended): 670mm
-Length(Stock Collapsed): 620mm
EC-3T, 28 gauge variant.
-Length(Stock Extended): 550mm
-Length(Stock Collapsed): 500mm
EC-3ST, 28 gauge variant built with integrated, specifically tailored suppressor capable of effectively turning it into a "silenced" weapon.
-Length(Stock Extended): 700mm
-Length(Stock Collapsed): 650mm
Cost:
EC-3
-Steel barrel: $800
-CMC barrel: $1,400
EC-3S
-Steel barrel: $900
-CMC barrel: $1,500
EC-3T
-Steel barrel: $700
-CMC barrel: $1,300
EC-3ST
-Steel barrel: $1,300
- CMC barrel: $2,100

Description

Frame and Configuration

With its external frame based on a re-design of the highly modular SF-27 submachinegun, similar in appearance to a crossbreed between it and an enlarged Steyr TMP, its initial, basic design consisted into the removal of the entire bullpup action group into a conventional, but handgrip magazine feed system, like that of weapons like the Uzi and the TMP, and its own stamped steel receiver above contrasting with the mostly polymeric build of its frame, with a logically larger grip, but still built over the same pre-set hybrid action trigger group, which have the first pull pre-set, and allows it to operate even after a jam as a double action trigger only, while re-using the same hammer and spring of the SF-27, and further having a commonality of 30% of shared components with it, including external frame elements and its internally mounted rails, while having also, as an extension, the same ease of being pulled, which stands as a significant advantage compared to the unwieldy 17 pound single stage trigger pull of the MAG-7, which made accurate shots impossible, although a trigger which is relatively easy to manipulate without disrupting accuracy is also, logically, a double-edged knife, for it increases the chances of an accidental pull in the heat of CQB.

To solve this issue, there is an easily reachable, but still far enough to avoid accidental switches, safety selector located in a much more convenient place than the left-sided selector and slide lock button of a MAG-7, and allow a combatant to actually switch the safety lock with this ambidextrous selector by the hand holding the grip without having to remove his other arm from the pump, even when wearing gloves thanks to a rugged and grooved build over the entire handling parts of the frame, which allows a better adherence of hands, while not removing the possibility of "off-hand" firing, a convenient, ergonomic convenience that is one of the main features the forerunner of this concept lacked, supposedly to offer those limitations as safety features. It also lacks a slide lock button, for also three additional reasons.

First, Third Spanish Army, despite all the glamour of the "Revolutionary Freedom Fighter" image associated with its members, already is relatively small compared to its population, having, an active military of about 0.15% of the entire population inside its ranks, which in turns lead it to naturally be a much more elitist force than many more "beefed-up" military forces in the world, with much more rigid and challenging selection processes for candidates willing to join. Second, all urban warfare divisions are naturally among the most experienced and skilled of the military, meaning thus that the "safety" feature of a slide lock would be actually more of a burden to a soldier than anything and lastly, it was always considered an useless feature due to the fact that in close quarters combat, fast reaction times are of essence, and letting such lock would be more of a waste of a few precious fractions of seconds than a safety feature, according to Third Spanish States MilNet consensual mindset. However the easily visible safety selector still makes it safe enough for civilian use in places where short-barreled shotguns are not restricted by anti-gun laws.

Barrel

Although it can be fielded which larger barrels, something which would however kill its primary purpose, it uses a relatively small 300mm barrel, made of, like most Confederacy firearms, either of the cheaper, conventional steel lining or with lightweight ceramic matrix composite lining and alumina silica-Al metal matrix composite overwrap, particularly more expensive than usual due to the homegrown, almost nano-scale industrial process which is used to produce its 508µm(.020 in) oval choke, also classified in the United States as the Modified which offers a good trade-off between the much larger spread of a Cylinder choke and smaller, but more concentrated spread of a Full choke, while offering, coupled with the short length of the barrel and wide rather than tall spread of the shot, the more than enough effective range of 32 meters for one-shot, one-kill while it can still have a significant stopping power at up to 70 meters, specially when fired against lines of enemies, while its oval choke, dubbed as the "Silent Earth choke", due to its thread being also exceptionally easy to be fitted with a suppressor, and it is not too oval in shape to the point that the buckshot would spread too quickly, while it, thanks to more modern manufacture techniques, lacks the erratic patterning of Vietnam War Era's duckbill chokes like those used in the Ithaca 37, but still sacrifices the effective range, which is technically 8 meters inferior to that of a MAG-7, without considering the use of a sabot shell instead, which slightly extends the effective range to about half a dozen of meters.

Suppressor

The overall build of the barrel end, choke thread and the firing mechanism and shells specifically adjusted for subsonic muzzle velocities are no mere coincidences, but purportedly built features to make it relatively easy for its, self-developed telescoped reflex suppressor to be accepted easily over its choke, in a way that was only demonstrated by the equipping of a SPAS-15 with a suppressor. However, that was only for the civilian convenience of avoiding shotguns which can cause permanent damage to hearing, as a truly effective suppressor for tactical use would simply be impossible on a 12 gauge shotgun, however, the EC-3ST(Tactical Suppressor), taking advantage of the modularity of the EC-3 shotgun was developed as a lower, 28 gauge variant fitted with an effective, but somewhat clumsy looking integrated suppressor. The element of surprise is very important in Close Quarters Combat to be kept for as long as possible, specially in Special Operations, one of the niches this weapon was designed for, allowing it to be an effective complement for submachineguns, except when a fireteam is going into a room with hostages to surprise attack terrorists, as, like any shotgun, the use of anything, except maybe for the still dangerous sabot shot, would bring disastrous collateral damage. But the fact it can be suppressed with a comparable level of noise only slightly inferior to that of a suppressed .45 UMP submachinegun is already a feat which makes from its variant which comes with the suppressor already integrated to its frame rather than attachable, an optimal choice to couple stealth with firepower for Special Forces across the world when additional firepower is needed without calling too much attention or sacrificing maneuverability in cramped spaces. The barrel for the 28 gauge follow similar principles in design to the 12 gauge of the non tactically suppressed variants.

Modularity

Its modularity also allows it to be field-stripped easily, while changing its barrel, including producing it for different gauges, is a quite easy process which allows lower gauge variants to be theoretically developed, the barrel change is inspired by the USS-4 Sledgehammer, which likely involves deattaching the suppressor first, logically, when it is fielded, then the modular muzzle cover, and finally the barrel from the action rod, located between the trigger group and the barrel and connected the slide below its extremity, by turning it at 90 degrees clockwise, with the inverse process used for inserting a fresh new barrel. This also is reflected by the ease of cleaning its structure, for most components are modularly built and thus removable, including its hammer, its pump, its receiver and its collapsible rugged polymer stock which shares components with the SF-27.

Ammunition

It uses a natively developed, and currently under active production to attend the predicted demand, subsonic 50mm long 12 gauge shell which is cased by a heat resistant polymer, and the cut in length is justifiable to allow them to be fitted in smoothly curved box magazines capable of carrying up to 5 shells, of either sabot, buckshot, rubber or training types, loaded inside an ergonomically adequate handgrip, while also being developed, coupled with the subsonic muzzle velocity, to offer a more controllable recoil to compensate for the relatively light weight of the EC-3, despite its stock already helping to alleviate the perceived recoil, which is inferior to that of a .50 AE desert eagle, while although not standard, a foregrip can be also attached to its slide, although it tends to delay the pump action, but on the other hand, makes it easily usable by civilians, with its relatively light weight making it of a very useful personal defense weapon. And last but not least, its low muzzle velocity coupled with the availability of rubber rounds allow it to be effectively used for crowd control, although Third Spanish States military has refused to market it for it due to some strange, perhaps ironic principles that "Less-lethal ammunition is tyranny against freedom of speech!". For the EC-3T and EC-3ST variants, a full powered polymer cased 28 gauge shell is instead used, which allows a tactically effective level of suppression at the expense of reduced firepower.

Add-ons

Regarding attachments, like the SF-27, it has a generous quantity of rails, allowing it to be fielded with, for demonstration purposes only currently, a flashlight, a laser sight and 1.4x optical sight of dubious utility and still having space for a foregrip, although it is commonly only attached to either a laser sight or flashlight according to the situation, while on very rare occasions a 1.2x scope may be slightly useful for more precise aiming against enemies 32 meters to 70 meters away when loaded with sabot shells, while finally a S-3 suppressor can be fitted into a EC-3, however it won't perform as well regarding having a more tolerable noise as a EC-3S with its integrated suppressor, while the 28 ga. EC-3T can also be fielded with a separated ST-3 tactical suppressor, but equally it won't have the same level of suppression as its EC-3ST version with its integrated suppressor. The production process for the choke on its CMC lined barrel is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the MilNet, to the point that domestic production rights for it won't be considered, but that is not a big issue, as CMC lined barrels lack cost competitiveness compared to conventional steel lined ones in the international market.

Conclusion

Therefore, the EC-3 Shotgun, its hearing safe EC-3S, the lower recoil EC-3T and its tactically suppressed EC-3ST variants are reliable, unique choices of firearms for special operations and close quarters combats when the firepower of submachineguns is not enough but a conventional shotgun would be a poor compromise of maneuverability and discretion, and both are focused at potential users ranging from elite police forces to urban warfare special units, and even civilian markets unrestrained by gun control laws where the EC-3, EC-3T and EC-3S would be sold as a personal defense shotguns.

Ammunitions and Add-ons Cost:

Like mentioned, all are being continually manufactured based on demand predictions to avoid the scarcity problem due to the fact the EC-3 uses its own 12 ga. shell. Also, as a promotion, for purchases equal or larger than 1000 units of the EC-3 or of the EC-3S, a freebie of 5,000 buckshots, 2,500 sabots, 1,000 rubber and 6,000 training projectiles will be given. You can also produce your own 28 ga. shells instead of buying them, but we'll give no guarantees they'll achieve a subsonic muzzle velocity if you choose to do so instead of purchasing our homegrown subsonic 28 gauge shells.

Add-ons

- S-3 Reflex Suppressor(Compatible with EC-3 only): $150
- ST-3 Tactical Suppressor(ibid with EC-3T only): $700
- 1.2x scope: $250
- 1.4x scope: $300
- Laser sight: $100
- Tactical Flashlight: $50

Ammunition

50mm long 12 gauge polymer cased* shells prices:

- 1000rd Buckshot case: $400
- 1000rd Sabot case: $650
- 1000rd Rubber** case: $450
- 1000rd Training case: $250

- 250rd Buckshot case: $105
- 250rd Sabot case: $180
- 250rd Rubber case: $125
- 250rd Training case: $70

- 50rd Buckshot box: $22
- 50rd Sabot box: $38
- 50rd Rubber box: $23
- 50rd Training box: $17

- 5rd Buckshot box: $3
- 5rd Sabot box: $8

- 5rd Buckshot magazine: $14
- 5rd Sabot magazine: $19
- 5rd Rubber magazine: $16

- 7rd Buckshot magazine: $15
- 7rd Sabot magazine: $22
- 7rd Rubber magazine: $17

- Empty 5rd magazine: $12
- Empty 7rd extended magazine: $13

- Military Package (500 buckshot, 250 sabot, 250 training, 50 5rd magazines): $850
- Police Package (250 buckshot, 100 sabot, 650 rubber, 50 5rd magazines): $900

28 gauge polymer cased* shells prices:

- 1000rd Buckshot case: $280
- 1000rd Sabot case: $450
- 1000rd Rubber** case: $350
- 1000rd Training case: $150

- 250rd Buckshot case: $75
- 250rd Sabot case: $115
- 250rd Rubber case: $90
- 250rd Training case: $40

- 50rd Buckshot box: $15
- 50rd Sabot box: $25
- 50rd Rubber box: $20
- 50rd Training box: $8

- 5rd Buckshot box: $3
- 5rd Sabot box: $5

- 5rd Buckshot magazine: $10
- 5rd Sabot magazine: $15
- 5rd Rubber magazine: $12

- 7rd Buckshot magazine: $12
- 7rd Sabot magazine: $18
- 7rd Rubber magazine: $15

- Empty 5rd magazine: $8
- Empty 7rd extended magazine: $10

- Military Package (500 buckshot, 250 sabot, 250 training, 50 5rd magazines): $500
- Police Package (250 buckshot, 100 sabot, 650 rubber, 50 5rd magazines): $650

*Reduced weight compared to conventional brass or steel cased shells without increased costs
**Less-than-lethal rounds are not for sale to autocracies.

Domestic Production Rights

Limited domestic production rights for the EC-3, EC-3S, EC-3T, EC-3ST and subsonic 12 gauge and self-developed 28 gauge shells with polymer cases are available, except for the ceramic matrix composite lined barrel, which is only available for export, and although 28 gauge shells are already commonplace across the world, you can still license their comparatively reliable polymer cased and subsonic versions developed in the Confederacy at a loss. It should be noticed that the EC-3 is a specialized firearm, which fills a role only the MAG-7 could have done, each right is independent from the other, and also, due to several ideological reasons associated with the creators, and thus rightful owners of this firearm, DPR shall not be granted for dictatorial, totalitarian, fascist and/or theocratic States or any other form of government with curbed political freedoms. Under the following conditions Domestic Production Rights shall be granted:

EC-3
- DPR Cost: 500,000,000
- Limited only to steel lined barrel construction
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

EC-3S
- DPR Cost: 550,000,000
- Limited only to steel lined barrel construction
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

EC-3T
- DPR Cost: 450,000,000
- Limited only to steel lined barrel construction
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

EC-3ST
- DPR Cost: 800,000,000
- Limited only to steel lined barrel construction
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

50mm 12 gauge subsonic shell
- DPR Cost: 25,000,000
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract.
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

28 gauge polymer cased subsonic shell
- DPR Cost: 5,000,000
- Not available for autocracies
- No exports, as mentioned in the contract
- No sales to civilians, as mentioned in the contract.
- Royalty-free
- Duration: 10 years*

* Can be extended depending on the specific case.

Description

The Escopeta de Liberación Urbana 4(ELU-4) is basically the automatic brother of the Escopeta de Combate Urbano 95, built to be the "Street cleaner" of Third Spanish States arsenal, as an extension of the Rifles Avanzados program, thus logically an extension of Third Spanish States Lightweight Smalls Arms Program as well, and was developed sharing much in common with the Rifle de Batalla Avanzado regarding its frame and operation, as equally a bullpup, short stroke gas operated firearm with selective fire capabilities, designed to offer sustained firepower at squad level for close combat situations, and specially built for urban warfare considering its main features. Its name, Urban Liberation Shotgun, is not much asides from a local ideologically filled title, and does not compute in its export version, instead named USS-4(Urban Selective-fire Shotgun) Sledgehammer.

Developed in 2037 in the city of Nova Lisboa, where its was dubbed as the "Marretta"(Sledgehammer), uniquely away from the center of most military tech of Third Spanish States which is the city of Tucker, it was initially sought as a derivative of the RBA battle rifle, in a similar way the Saiga 12 is a derivative from the AK Series rifles, although it eventually inherited features of its own, thanks to the lack of bureaucracy and conservative restraints to new, challenging and innovative concepts, which also was helpful to the development of works like the LGA-50 bullpup grenade launcher or the bullpup SF-27 submachinegun and AA-70 advanced machinegun.

It is in certain ways an inheritor from both the USAS-12 and from the best elements of an innovative but commercially unsuccessful weapon: the Pancor Jackhammer, specially the fact it also uses a bullpup configuration and the overprevalence of lightweight polymers over a more traditional frame, while on the other hand, with the goal of reliability in mind, it inherited an as reliable bolt travel group as that of the RBA, coupled with a monolithic bolt carrier with a sturdy rotating bolt, and an equally sturdy gas block's piston with its own return spring, while the ejected polymer case goes through a pre-ejection chamber to allow its ejection to be controlled by the shooter, specially on single fire mode, while technically allowing the use of a theoretical caseless 12 gauge shell, although a reliable caseless ammunition of such caliber has not yet been developed, thus limiting its use for polymer cased ammunition. Finally, its modular design allows it to be fielded with either a conventional, cheaper steel-lined barrel or with a more expensive barrel of larger heat resistance with a lining of ceramic matrix composite overwrapped by a alumina fiber with aluminum metal matrix composite, like in the barrel used by the RBA battle rifle, both which, like in the Jackhammer can be easily replaced on the field by removing the muzzle cover and return spring, rotating the barrel at ninety degrees either clockwise or counter-clockwise to disconnect it from the action rod, by then simply pulling it out, with the opposite process logically being employed to insert a fresh new barrel in it, while field stripping is a relatively fast and easy process for a weapon of its size.

Its ammunition feed chamber supports 10-round rugged polymer box magazines containing either buckshot, sabot or magnum shells, or 20-round spiraled drum magazines which rear sides are made of translucent polymer, allowing a fast check of remaining shots, these drums are in principle similar to an helical feed system, but do not have an helix-shaped pattern of load, but instead an spiraled pattern inside the barrel, built with every consideration into avoid jamming, like for example, the existence of a multitude of springs which are aligned to push the shells exactly towards the outer region of the spiral, allowing the barrel to be slightly more compact than with a circular or revolving internal layout. Some people suggested the idea of the Jackhammer's Cassette, which could be triggered as a proximity or timed mine However, the primary feature it contains on ammunition is its flexible design capable of accepting buckshot, sabot and magnum shells according to present tactical needs. To fire such ammunition, it is packed with a stiff sliding plate, which solves one of the primary problems of bullpup designs, the typical unwieldy and bulky operation of their triggers, while on the other hand, it is properly balanced to allow a minimally trained soldier to correctly press the trigger to each of its fire modes, avoiding any involuntary bypass of the firing pin's primary sear and engagement of the auto sear which happens when the trigger is pulled on its entirety.

Featuring a collapsible rugged polymer stock, it allows the user of this shotgun to safely operate at most indoors spaces, least the most cramped corridors, for which a prototype of a very short length shotgun with similar capabilities to a MAG-7 is being developed instead. But with its length reduced to only 700mm when its stock is collapsed, it then trades sustainability for further maneuverability, while with its extended stock it offers an increased sustainable fire capability and is still less lengthy than a Pancor Jackhammer, while stable enough to effectively stop an unarmored target 140 meters away from the shooter's position, and although it lacks the spread of a sawed-off shotgun due to a longer barrel, the increased accuracy and range which is on the limits for a weapon of its class are viable trade-offs for its intended role as what could be considered, in layman terms, a "machinegun for indoors combat".

Despite featuring both single and automatic fire modes, its increased weight and costs, coupled with the incapability, despite all innovations and modular build, of a gas operated system being as easy to perform maintenance on as the inertia recoil used by the ECU-95, asides from its incapability of working with rubber bullets, have stopped it from replacing the ECU-95 due to its additional capability and effective semi-automatic firepower.

However, its incredibly light weight coupled with its maneuverability have made from the Marretta, or Sledgehammer Assault Shotgun, the standard issue automatic shotgun of Third Spanish States civilian self-policing and, like intended, the "replacement" of a machinegun for close quarters combat and effective urban warfare weapon, while to further its capabilities, a generous quantity of rails allow it to be fielded with several different add-ons, including scopes and even a bipod, while it has as standard issue an attachable and retractable ghost ring iron sight.

Specifications

Export Name: USS-4 Sledgehammer
Class: Bullpup Automatic Assault Shotgun
Structure: Steel lined barrel, carbon reinforced fiber and rugged polymer frame.
Caliber: 12 ga.
Ammunition Types:
- Buckshot
- Sabot
- Magnum
- Training
Muzzle velocity: 500 m/s*
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- Steel barrel: 4.5 kg empty, 5.1 kg w/ 10-round, 6.5kg with 20-round.
- CMC barrel: 4.2 kg empty, 4.8 kg w/ 10-round, 6.2kg with 20-round
Length(Stock Extended): 740mm
Length(Stock Collapsed): 700mm
Barrel length: 500mm
Feed system: 10-round detachable box magazine or 20-round drum magazine
Effective range: 140m*
Maximum range: 200m
Sights: Modular, default is a ghost ring retractable iron sight
Supported Attachments: Bipod, tactical flashlight, laser sight, up to 4x optical sight and 3x night sight
Modes: Selective fire
Rate of Fire: 45 rpm(semi-auto), 90 rpm(sustained), 180 rpm(maximum)
Cost:
-Steel barrel(bipod included): $2,350
-CMC barrel(bipod included): $3,000
-Laser sight: $100
-Flashlight: $50
-4x scope: $700
-3x night sight: $700

*With magnum shot

Description

Being to the FA-65 what the RPK is to the AK-47 as a machinegun developed in parallel with the first mentioned assault rifle, and as a replacement to the RPK itself, the A-31 uses the same principles and shares some standardized components with the FA-65 to make manufacture simpler while also inheriting design principles from the larger caliber Rifles Avanzados Series and logically, from the U.S. Lightweight Small Arms Technologies program. It is a sturdy, reliable short stroke gas operated 6.5mm Grendel light machinegun with a ejection control port capable of accepting both caseless and polymer cased ammunition despite the overall preference for the latter due to the reduced need of barrel exchange due to overheat and increased sustained rate of fire. The primary difference being, asides from a logically larger barrel, the fact it lacks a recoiling barrel and lacks a burst mode, operating only at full automatic or semi automatic modes, and logically it features a folding bipod integrated to its frame like other LMGs, with the difference it is a removable modular bipod built of CFRP, while on another question it has a collapsible rather than folding stock like the FA-65 to increase its portability.

It also innovates with the use of the already mentioned carbon fiber reinforced polymer for its lightweight frame and like the RA Series, with the use of a ceramic matrix composite lining in its metal matrix composite overwrap that makes its gun barrel, trading cheapness, despite overall cost reductions with further development and scale economy of this new technology, for increased resistance to heat and fouling and an overall lighter weight, making from it even lighter than the RPK, which was part of its development goals, while at the same time having a much better effective range compared to the LSAT due to having its center of gravity slightly further to its front to counter its recoil and increase overall accuracy, coupled with the superior precision of the production of grooves on its rifled barrel, as part of the new method of manufacture involved with its specific CMC lined barrel, while a rate of fire limiting system can be employed to reduce barrel heating and recoil, and be adjusted for rates of fire from 400 to 600 rounds per minute, accepting the feed of either a standardized 50-round box magazine, slightly smaller than the 56-round magazine of the FA-65, which could also technically be employed on it as both weapons use a similar feed system, with the difference the feed system of the A-31 supports link belts, including also support for 40-round and 26-round magazines, and although the utility of those in a machinegun would be very limited, this logistical advantage is very important. Or it can also accept 100 or 200-round disintegrating link belts in a more standard configuration for machineguns.

Attachments that might be mounted include optical scopes ranging from 2 to 6x, or a 3x night sight, to allow a slight extension of its suppressive fire range up to 1000 meters, but only for the role of suppressive fire, while it, as most Third Spanish States weapons, uses a retractable ghost ring iron sight as default, although it can be fielded with other forms of iron sights as well. With these features, the A-31 has become the standard light machinegun of the Third Spanish States Army and the favorite light support weapon of the Blackguards Special Forces.

Specifications

Structure: Ceramic Matrix Composite lined barrel, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer frame, collapsible stock.
Caliber: 6.5x39mmTP telescoped polymer cased or 6.5x39mmCT caseless telescoped.
Ammunition Types:
- 7.8 g FMJBT: Default
- 7.0 g Scenar (Moly)
- 8.4 g Norma
- 8.0 g Matchking
- 5.8 g TNT
Muzzle velocity: 950 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Length(Stock Extended): 925 mm
Length(Stock Collapsed): 780 mm
Barrel Length: 520 mm
Weight: 4.5 kg empty
Feed system: 50-round box magazine and 100 to 200-round disintegrating link belt
Effective range: 600m
Maximum range: 1000m
Sights: Modular iron sights, default is ghost ring sight
Modes: Single and automatic
Supported Attachments: Bipod, up to 6x optical scope and 3x night sight.
Rates of fire: 400-600 rpm(auto), 120 rpm(single)
Cost:
-CMC lined Barrel, bipod: $ 2,700
-Ibid, 3x night sight + 6x scope: $ 4,400
-Ibid, 3x night sight only: $3400
-Steel lined Barrel: $400 off final price

Description

The AA-70 Advanced Machinegun is the selective-fire general purpose machinegun that was in 2038 developed as a replacement to the logistical gap of the M240x, an inconvenient 7.62x51mm machinegun which caliber was an exception to the much widely used 7.62x54mmPC and 7.62x54mmCT, while on the other hand, the Russian PKM machinegun would soon make its 85th anniversary and it would be impossible to use it with the caseless and telescoped polymer cased ammunitions typically manufactured in Third Spanish States, and to finish the issue, a military vision that resorting the least possible in foreign technology was critical for sovereignty was becoming commonplace in the Army, Navy and Air Force, motivating the research and development of native technologies at the cost of decreasing procurement funds.

With its production based on the design layout of the Rifle the Batalla Avanzado(RBA) from the Rifles Avanzados Series of the Lightweight Small Arms Research and Development, it relates to it in a similar way the H&K HK21E3 general purpose machinegun relates to the H&K G3A3 assault rifle.The first feature of notice is the fact it, like the RBA, uses a bullpup design, sacrificing its maximum effective range and a bit of accuracy for improved maneuverability and smaller length and lighter weight compared to other GPMGs, including for a standing soldier, with the receiving chamber located slightly behind the trigger group in a configuration engineered to make of the box magazine or boxed link belt an auxiliary counterweight and stabilizer coupled with its collapsible stock which was built, like its trigger guard, based on the changes of ergonomics and recoil that a bullpup machinegun has.

The primary difference however, besides a larger and heavier frame, is the use of a new carbon fiber reinforced polymer in its frame, to increase structural strength, while on the apparent opposite path, it was chosen to use a conventional high heat resistant steel lined barrel for several reasons, primarily the still recent nature of Ceramic/Metal Matrix Composites technology, the issue of cost-efficiency and the fearsome possibility of machinegun jamming in the middle of the battlefield because the CMC technology was not yet tested under the strains of a weapon like a machinegun. Another very important change is the implementation of a three-round burst, putting it closer in equivalence to a HK21E3, and which offers a cyclic rate of fire of 2,000 rounds per minute. Similar to all the Rifles Avanzados, the AA-70 "Ametralladora Avanzada 70" barrel is also modularly built over its frame, allowing it to be replaced on the field

Similar to the A-31, it also uses telescoped polymer cased ammunition to reduce its weight and allow a soldier to carry more ammunition than he could otherwise. Finally, it offers an entirely modular sights system and can be fielded with several different iron sights, the ghost ring being the default, while it also supports up to 6x scopes and logically comes with a dismountable bipod, and can also be fielded with a tripod, becoming a light Anti-Air gun and support weapon, which is another meaning of its name, although it was designed with the first goal of being a flexible, fast deployment and capable machinegun, with an improved recoil management which justifies it relatively slow 400 rounds per minute rate of fire achieved through a limiter system, which can also be configured on the field to be quite less restrictive, reaching a cyclic rate of fire of 600 rpm.

Its primary variant is the AA-70T, a 8.7 kg weight version for use in armored fighting vehicles completely compatible with Third Spanish States remotely operated weapon systems and with the CROWS. These features brought the AA-70 as the next standard-issue GPMG of Third Spanish States Army.

Specifications

Class: Bullpup General Purpose Machinegun
Structure: Steel lined barrel, CFRP frame, collapsible stock.
Caliber: 7.62x54mm telescoped polymer cased(TP) or caseless telescoped(CT).
Ammunition Types:
- Steel core
- Tracer
- AT
- Incendiary
Muzzle velocity: 815 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight:
- 6.80kg empty with bipod
- 11.30kg empty with tripod
Length: 970mm
Barrel length: 580mm
Feed system: 50-round box magazine and 100-round/150-round disintegrating link belt
Effective fire range: 900 meters(day), 250 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 3,500 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is rectratable ghost ring iron sight.
Modes: Selective fire, three round burst.
Supported Attachments: Bipod, tripod, up to 6x optical scope or up to 3x IR night sight
Rate of Fire: 45 rpm(single), 2000 rpm(burst), 400-600 rpm(auto)
Cost:
-Steel lined barrel, Bipod and tripod: $2400
-Ibid, 6x scope and 3x night sight: $4100
-Ibid, 3x night sight only: $3100
-CMC lined barrel: $400 addition to final price

Description

The ZM145 Heavy Machinegun, also dubbed as the "KPV-2", was in 2039 developed as a replacement to the almost 100 years old KPV, which also was optimized for the new, lighter than brass, steel cased 14.5mm ammunition manufactured in Third Spanish States and modular enough to be fielded with larger calibers, following also the trend of seeking fully native arms technology in all ranges of military and civilian uses.

Inheriting the caliber from the Russian KPV, the design principles from the American M312 and the principles of the Third Spanish States Lightweight Arms Program, the ZM145 was projected with a goal in mind: a balance between accuracy and flexibility. To achieve such goal, the ZM145 was built with an entirely modular frame and this time, instead of relying on a steel lined barrel like AA-70, the MilNet Tucker Institute, with the data of a year of tests of use of the innovative technology of the alumina fiber with aluminum metal matrix composite for the overwrap material of the barrel and of the ceramic matrix composite liners with no abrupt interface between them on high caliber arms, and have sacrificed cost-efficiency to allow it to have an increased heat resistance and sustained rate of fire, while at the same time packing an incredibly light weight for a weapon of its caliber, even though a cheaper steel-lined version, taking advantage of the design overall modularity, was developed as an export and civilian market variant. This expensive technology gives it a sustained rate of fire of 100 rounds per minute without barrel exchange, and regarding this so common activity on machineguns, its modularity allows it to be refitted on the field with a new and cool barrel when necessary. While its internal structure allows it to be field stripped and refitted with a 30mm barrel in a more powerful equivalent of the M307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon: the ZM300 Man-portable autocannon(MPAC), although its name is slightly misleading because it's only 2-man portable, and also developed for use on fast attack vehicles and technicals, and due to technological limitations and exorbitant costs of building barrels for such a large caliber with CMC, is fitted only with a steel lined barrel.

By using a "recoil-reducing action" similar in principles to the short recoil action of the M312 HMG, and a considerably effective muzzle brake, its perceived recoil is reduced to about 450 Joules, much less than that of the KPV and only about 40 Joules more than the recoil of a M240, allowing it to be effectively used as a man-portable weapon as well, while its relatively long bolt travel ensures it the needed accuracy for being effectively capable of suppressive and lethal fire up to 2,000 meters and for taking down hostile close air support aircrafts efficiently.

Similar to the AA-70, it also uses a carbon fiber reinforced polymer structure on its frame, giving it, together with its overall shape, a slightly "futuristic" look which can be described in style by that look of the Pancor Jackhammer prototype, of the Steyr AUG or of the M312 HMG itself. Finally, similarly to the AA-70 it offers an entirely modular sights system and can be fielded with several different iron sights, the ghost ring being the default, while it also supports up to 10x scopes and logically comes with a dismountable bipod, and can also be fielded with a tripod, becoming an Anti-Air gun and support weapon, its improved recoil management which justifies it slow 200 rounds per minute cyclic rate of fire achieved through a limiter system, which can also be configured on the field to be quite less restrictive, reaching a cyclic rate of fire of 500 rpm.

Its primary variant with significant differences is the already previously mentioned ZM300, sought to be an effective replacement for any automatic grenade launchers as a 26 kg lightweight two man portable 30mm multipurpose autocannon characterized by the use of air burst, armor piercing incendiary and self-propelled ammunition, a design focused on preventing to the maximum degree possible accidents, a day/night integrated fire control system and significant recoil attenuation systems, while in theory, guided ammunition can be a expensive possibility as well, the ZM300 is completely compatible with Third Spanish States remotely operated weapon systems and with the CROWS, being particularly suggested for being the secondary turret system of the planned L40 135mm ETC smoothbore Cáscara 2 Assault Main Battle Tank instead of the ZM145 of the Cáscara, while also having the advantage of being lightweight enough for use by fast attack vehicles and technicals. 60 meters is the minimal safe range for firing the air burst and self-propelled ammunitions.

ZM145 HMG

Class: Heavy Machinegun
Portability: Man-portable and vehicle-mounted.
Structure: Ceramic Matrix Core lined barrel, CFRP frame.
Caliber: 14.5x114mm steel cased
Ammunition Types:
- BP(Tungsten-carbide Core)
- BPT(ibid w/ Tracer)
- AEI(HE Incendiary)
- IT(Incendiary Tracer)
Muzzle velocity: 1000 m/s
Operation: Short recoil, "recoil-reducing action"
Weight:
- 18 kg empty w/ bipod
- 24 kg empty w/ tripod
- 80 kg ZM145 ROWS
Length: 1400mm
Barrel length: 1000mm
Feed system: 50 and 100-round disintegrating link belt ammunition can
Effective fire range: 2,000 meters(day), 250 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 4,000 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is rectratable ghost ring iron sight.
Modes: Selective fire, three round burst.
Supported Attachments: Bipod, tripod, up to 10x optical scope or up to 3x IR night sight
Rate of Fire: 100 rpm(sustained, without barrel change), 200-500rpm(cyclic)
Variants: ZM145E - Steel lined with over-engineered short recoil action, weighs 22 kg empty and is about 15% larger in Height x Width average area.
Cost:
-ZM145: Currently not for sale
-ZM145E: $4,500(bipod and tripod only) $7,500(10x scope and 3x night sight included)


ZM300 MPAC

Class: Lightweight Autocannon
Portability: 2-Man portable and vehicle-mounted.
Structure: Steel lined barrel, CFRP frame.
Caliber: 30x135mm
Ammunition Types:
- HEAT Gyrojet
- HEDP Air-burst
- API
- API-T
Operation: Short recoil, "recoil-reducing action"
Weight:
- 26 kg empty
- 140 kg ZM300 ROWS
Length: 1600mm
Barrel length: 1200mm
Feed system: 50-round disintegrating link belt ammunition can
Effective fire range: 2,000 meters(day), 250 meters(night)
Maximum fire range: 4,000 meters(day), 300 meters(night)
Sights: Modular, default is rectratable ghost ring iron sight.
Modes: Automatic only
Supported Attachments: tripod, up to 10x optical scope or up to 3x IR night sight
Rate of Fire: 50 rpm(sustained, without barrel change), 200 rpm(cyclic)
Cost: $8,000(tripod), $11,000(10x scope and 3x night sight included)

Specifications

Class: Four-barreled Gatling machinegun
Structure: Parkerized steel lined barrels, carbon fiber reinforced polymer and rugged polymer frame.
Caliber: 6.5x55mm Super-Grendel
Ammunition Types:
- Full Metal Jacket - Tracer
- Armor Piercing Incendiary - Tracer
- Saboted Light Armor Piercing - Tracer
Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s
Operation: Gas operated, gatling gun
Weight:
- Steel barrels: 26 kg empty, 34 kg or more loaded
- CMC barrels: 22 kg empty, 30 kg or more loaded
Length: 830mm
Barrel length: 570mm each
Feed system: Disintegrating link belt, 150-round box case
Effective range: 800m*
Maximum range: 1,300m*
Sights: Optical/IR in ROWS and red dot sight standard in MA-65C variant
Supported Attachments: Tripod and laser sight
Modes: Full automatic only
Rate of Fire: Cyclic is adjustable from 1,500 to 7,000 rounds per minute. Sustainable is around 200-450 rounds per minute, with a higher cyclic rate of fire reducing it.
Versions:
-MA-65: Standard, optimized for being mounted as a remotely operated weapon system in gun pods of helicopters or close air support aircrafts.
-MA-65T: Ground based version, for being mounted in remotely operated turrets or secondary weapon systems of armored fighting vehicles or in emplacements in static defenses.
-MA65C: Crew-served version, comes with red dot sight and recoil-reducing tripod, may be used as a man-portable weapon.

Cost:
-MA-65 and T, Steel barrels: $9,000
-MA-65 and T, CMC barrels: $11,000

-MA-65C, Steel barrels: $6,000
-MA-65C, CMC barrels: $8,000

Description

The MA-65 is an "exception to the rule" in certain ways, as the only minigun developed and used by the Confederacy. It is a self-powered, air cooled, short stroke gas-operated 4-barreled machinegun with its operation based on a complex take over the FA-65 original operation known as the "quad-gas" and also inspired by the former Shipunov GShG-7.62 used in the Mil Mi-24 helicopter. It was specifically, and initially only tailored for helicopters to be used against fast moving targets in remotely operated gun pods, usually used in complement to high caliber, more conventional autocannons to engage light-armored targets which would otherwise be difficult to target with it alone, or to add an additional destructive capability and save the autocannon ammunition for more armored targets. Nonetheless aware of the great potential of miniguns that have been improperly explored before for ground combat, while also seeking new niches of market, the MilNet has decided to soon create two variants, while the conventional MA-65 would be attractive to army aviation centric military forces as an airborne weapon or remotely operated ground system, these variants would be interesting for those who employ static defenses, or who wish to have an unparalleled firepower in the hands of their infantrymen.

The MA-65T is a remotely operated system for armored fighting vehicles, which can be fitted as a main gun of an AFV as well, or even be placed into an static emplacement for defense as a semi-automated and remotely operated weapon system, which is particularly interesting for static defenses, recommended for private security forces, for military bases and even for the most paranoid civilians in the Confederacy as the ultimate anti-theft system, while the MA-65C, perhaps the more interesting of the group, is a crew-served minigun with its included red dot sight, tripod and support for being affixed to manned static emplacements, capable of being man-portable, thanks to, no matter how counter-productive it might seem, it having more than 65% of its weight consisting into integrated recoil reducing mechanisms, making it adequate for human handling with the same capabilities of an heavy machinegun, even when not in a fixed emplacement, although of course, like HMGs, it requires individuals with a well-trained physique, something which most modern military forces provide, to allow it to be a mobile crew-served and even man-portable weapon, being dubbed as the "Rambo" because of its sheer firepower and sensation of empowerment it gives to their wielders in face of asymmetric threats. To avoid the nuisance of batteries or extra weight, it uses a short stroke gas operated action, instead of relying on external power sources, a choice done to make it capable of surviving electromagnetic pulses and to make their maintenance easier. It is a known fact that there is a difference between cyclic and sustained rate of fire, and the MA-65 is superior to conventional machineguns in both. Its airborne version was sought for allowing shorter bursts to fire the same quantity than longer ones, for close air support role, specially in geographical scenarios like that of the Vietnam War, is a viable choice of a secondary weapon system to a main helicopter gun, while its other versions offer excellent ground strike capability against infantry and LAVs, where cumulative damage can usually seriously damage even the best protected among the latter. Its barrels were designed to be quickly exchangeable, which can be removed from the action rod by simply twisting each of them counter-clockwise after removing the modularly built support beams for the barrels and their shared muzzle brake.

One of its primary differences to most existing miniguns is that it was mirrored in all modern versions of Confederacy small caliber armament, and thus able to be fielded with both conventional steel lined barrels, or, with the more expensive but even more lightweight and more heat resistant barrels built of a ceramic matrix composite lining with a Al-alumina silica metal matrix composite overwrap, which were originated from the Lightweight Small Arms Program. The reduction in barrel weight might not be much for a conventional weapon, but for a four-barreled gun made bulky by large quantities of recoil-reducing and heat-dissipating systems, it has four times more significance in its weight.

The choice of a 6.5x55mm caliber over a 7.62mm for its role was considered a necessary decision to sacrifice the individual firepower of each bullet, but on the other hand reduce the perceived recoil to make of it an effective heavy infantry weapon, while at the same time, allowing increased stowages of ammunitions in the remotely operated gun pods it comes integrated with in its standard, airborne version, which also includes an specific "hose" ejection system for its spent polymer cases and links, and on its ground based ROWS versions. A 6.5x39mm caliber was considered ineffective for air-to-ground strikes, and thus dismissed and exchanged by a larger 6.5mm round which was based on the 6.5mm Grendel caliber, and not on the 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser, being thus named as the 6.5mm Super-Grendel.

As the biggest feature of all miniguns, the MA-65 offers also a superb cyclic rate of fire, although, depending on the mission profile, it can be adjusted from something close to a Gast gun at 1,500 rounds per minute to 7,000 rounds per minute. It is preferable to operate it a lower cyclic rate of fire when possible, as it reduces barrel heating and wear, as expected from any firearm with adjustable cyclic rate of fire.

Thus, the MA-65 has three primary utilities: as an anti-personell and anti-materiel weapon to complement the capabilities of autocannons in helicopters allowing shorter bursts to deliver the same of longer bursts in conventional guns with lower cyclic rates of fire, against fast targets, as a general purpose anti-personell remotely operated weapon system for ground based forces, specially as an additional element to AFVs, base security and private security, and as something to be fielded as a potential replacement or complement to heavy machineguns in heavy infantry companies or platoons.

Description

Borrowing some concepts from the M320 grenade launcher, having some features of its own and taking full advantage of the high modularity methodologies established for weapons design during the development of the Rifles Avanzados Series, the Lanza Granadas modelo 50(LG50) started as a risky gambit over a much less common caliber than the common 40mm caliber of most known grenade launchers, including the famed M203 of the United States Army. A long process happened, seeking to create a more powerful grenade round with a slightly longer range. Built over an aluminum frame to ensure an improved heat transfer, the 50mm grenade is a staple of Third Spanish States military which has become the standard caliber for infantry and vehicle launched grenades. Although logically having a semi-automatic variant for use with armored fighting vehicles, its default, underbarrel grenade launcher is commonplace, and considering the focus on infantry technology here, will be the one currently demonstrated.

Taking the trigger action from the P70 Standard Pistol, it strangely uses a stiff sliding plate on its trigger group and also features a pre-set hybrid action trigger, giving it the important capability of being operated as a double action only even after a malfunction of trigger group, and like the P70, the LG50 is built with a rugged polymer frame. The similarities end here, however it has some unique features of its own, the most notable being the presence of a removable modular breech rear end and several empty spaces in its internal infrastructure which seem to be for the installation of a part of the components needed for an additional or substitutive action, while the overall design gives hints of the purposeful development of the LG50 as a single-shot breech loaded underbarrel launcher built with the possibility of serving as a component for a bullpup semi-automatic grenade launcher in mind, and optimized to increase the rate at which a soldier can exchange from bullet fire to grenade fire by having its pistol trigger as close as possible from the trigger of the rifle it's attached to, to the point that although a generic all-around version do exist for rifles from 800 to 1,000mm in length including the M4 carbine, there are commonly manufactured variants specifically made for the FA-65 Assault Rifle(the LGFA50), RBA and RSA Battle Rifles(the LGRB50), while in the latter these variants are built to allow the pistol trigger of the launcher to be attached almost seamlessly right ahead of the RBA or RSA trigger, a possibility given thanks to their bullpup design, and also having the advantage that the LGRB variant supports some longer high velocity grenade rounds like the 50x71mm thanks to its larger barrel.

All grenades use steel cartridges, chosen due to their lighter weight compared to brass and which are standard for all heavier caliber weapons in Third Spanish States, aware of the exorbitant costs and engineering challenges a caseless autocannon or grenade round of such caliber would offer. Spent cartridges are discarded in a particularly effective form similar to the M320, because the flexible layout of its design allow several ways of moving the barrel for these operation to be performed: it can either have its breech opened to the right or to the left for the ejection of the spent cartridge and load of a new round.

Precision is the primary objective of its either left or right-sided relatively complex modular adjustable iron sights, which are actually besides a standard sight on the center, a couple of differently aligned and height sights at positions placed to give the estimated point of impact for rounds fired at 75, 60, 45, 30 and 15 degrees respectively. A switchable mechanism will slightly shift the heights and positions of the sights to point the estimated area of impact, whether on the ground or not, for the distances of 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters respectively, allowing a well trained trooper to fire grenades with a much superior accuracy, although it can be fielded with a simpler sight system, or more exactly, with several different modular sights as well for those not used to the peculiarities of Third Spanish States technologies or for when such relatively delicate mechanism will be harmful due to tactical needs.

Lastly its firing system is slightly improved compared to that of a M320, considering the larger caliber of the grenade it fires, and gives a welcome boost to its muzzle velocity. Its standard grenades are the 50x51mm and 50x60mm grenades, besides even buckshot, should it be tactically interesting for use. Among the variety of 50mm grenades in Third Spanish States are smoke, illuminating, high explosive dual purpose, stun, the always needed training duds and the infamous white phosphorous and napalm grenades.

Specifications

LG50

Class: Modular Underbarrel Grenade Launcher
Structure: Rugged polymer frame
Caliber: 50x51mm and 50x60mm grenades
Ammunition Types:
- High Explosive Dual Purpose
- Stun
- Smoke
- Illuminating
- White Phosphorous
- Napalm
- Buckshot
- Training
Muzzle velocity: 95 m/s
Operation: Single shot, pre-set hybrid action
Weight: 1.6kg
Length: 350mm
Barrel length: 300mm
Feed system: Breech-loaded
Effective range: 200m
Maximum range: 400m
Sights: Modular, default is a angular targeting adjustable iron sight.
Modes: Single shot only
Rate of Fire: Up to 12 rpm, depending on operator's skill
Cost: $750($100 off if bought coupled with FA-65 assault rifle, RBA or RSA battle rifles)
Variants:
-LGFA50: Tailored for the FA-65, it has a lengthened frame to put its trigger as close from the trigger of the FA-65 as possible.

• Weight: 1.7kg
• Length: 370mm

-LGRB50: Tailored for the RBA and RSA from the Rifles Avanzados Series, it's the largest single shot underbarrel grenade launcher of Third Spanish States arsenal, featuring a larger barrel length, its trigger straight ahead of the RBA or RSA trigger and the powerful 50x71mm high velocity grenade.

• Caliber: Ibid and 50x71mm
• Weight: 1.9kg
• Length: 430mm
• Barrel Length: 350mm

Description

The LG50 underbarrel grenade launcher has a quite peculiar feature, which is the way its internals were apparently designed to be modular enough to the point it could serve as a component for a bullpup semi-automatic grenade launcher, specially the removable breech rear end which would allow the insertion of a top mounted rear feeding system into it and several spacious gaps in its internal built which technically could allow its refitted industrially to work into an entirely different action.

A parallel project to the LG50, the Lanza-Granadas Avanzado Modelo 50 is a short stroke, gas operated semi-automatic grenade launcher with a rotating bolt, which is basically a completely refitted and re-engineered version of the LGRB50 variant fitted with an additional segment of frame behind its grip which contains the bullpup above barrel ammunition feed system and additional components of its action, which integrates into the now refitted segment with the trigger group and barrel, forming an entirely new, semi-automatic and equally modular grenade launcher built for the role of serving as a potential replacement for the LG50 of the grenadier in missions where having a faster, more accurate and longer ranged dedicated grenade launcher is more important than the flexibility of an underbarrel grenade launcher attached to an assault or battle rifle. As expected, it inherits the same pre-set hybrid action trigger of the LG50 and its stiff sliding plate which was used having in mind the possibility of conventing its smaller brother into the LGA50. And finally, it has a spacious 75mm through which its barrel recoils inside the frame to further reduce its recoil.

Through a series of flexible springs inside its magazine, it can be adjusted to store grenades from the low velocity 50x51mm caliber to the long range low pressure 50x71mm developed to be launched at a muzzle velocity of 130 meters per second without a significant increase on its chamber pressure. Besides, not ignoring the flexibility of the LG50, accepting a myriad of different ammunition types, which allows it for example, to hold consecutively a high explosive dual purpose, a napalm and a buckshot. With a total of 3 rails, it supports telescopic sights of up to 4x for optical and 3x for night sight besides a laser sight and despite the questionable utility, a tactical flashlight, just as a demonstration of its capability of having several tools attached to it. While its polymer frame and above-barrel bullpup feed system make it resemble an H&K G11 much more than the FA-65 which was supposedly built over it.

Proposals to create an integrated system inspired on the Objective Infantry Combat Weapon also came later, but the weight that combining a LGA50 with a RBA would make it a completely unwieldy weaponry despite both weapons having comparatively light weights for their calibers, and thus the current configuration continues and the LG50 is the only grenade launcher that is attachable to rifles due to its much lighter weight and compact frame compared to the LGA50.

Specifications

Class: Bullpup semi-automatic grenade launcher
Structure: Steel lined barrel, carbon reinforced fiber and rugged polymer frame.
Caliber: 50x51mm, 50x60mm and 50x71mm
Ammunition Types:
- High Explosive Dual Purpose
- Stun
- Smoke
- Illuminating
- White Phosphorous
- Napalm
- Buckshot
- Training
Muzzle velocity: 95 m/s(50x51mm), 110 m/s(50x60mm), 130 m/s(50x71mm)
Operation: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Weight: 5.3kg empty
Length: 840mm
Barrel length: 350mm
Feed system: Above-barrel 3-round detachable box magazine
Effective range: 200m
Maximum range: 400m(50x60mm), 800m(50x71mm)
Sights: Modular, default is a angular targeting adjustable iron sight.
Supported Attachments: Laser sight, up to 4x optical sight and 3x night sight.
Modes: Semi-auto
Rate of Fire: 60 rpm(cyclic), 20 rpm(sustained)
Cost:
- Weapon: $1,250
- Laser Sight: $100
- 4x scope: $700
- 3x night sight: $700

Quick Overview

An insane idea turned into an amalgamation of new technologies and concepts, the RW is basically a contact fuzed hand grenade with an unique compartmentalized set of explosives and shrapnel detonated in a chain reaction, which can also serve as a proximity device, shaped like a Rubik Cube. Thanks to a modular construction, it can be attached to throwing handles and to fixing devices to facilitate its set up as a tripwire, although leaving it on the floor might be a much more effective manner of setting up traps against enemy forces, specially in urban environments.

Specifications

Designer: Anonymous, currently decided to go to a drugs rehabilitation clinic.
Manufacturer: MilNet
Class: Hand grenade and proximity device

Length, width and depth: 57 mm
Miniature cube LWD: 19 mm
Mass: 450 g
Shrapnel mass: 150 g
Filling mass: 250 g

Fragment: Steel linings and 1 mm microballs
Filler: RDX
Fuze: Contact and Timed activation Proximity Fuze

Kill radius: 3 meters
Casualty radius: 12 meters
Maximum fragment dispersion radius: 100 meters

Effective throwing range: 30 meters

Cost: $800

Operational History:

Used to soften Soviet Spain's diversionary attack attempt during liberation of Mallorca

Instructions:

FOR THROWING

1. Attach a throwing handle to the modular cubic slots
2. Make sure you have a safe place to take cover at
3. Throw the grenade against the overall location of the target, pressing the release trigger of the handle while it is on its direction, or throwing it with the handle attached if safer.
4. Get behind cover

FOR SETTING PROXIMITY TRAPS

1. Lay the explosive on the ground, if possible putting a few children toys together with it to aid the disguise.
2. Either use the pre-set code, or solve the Rubik Cube puzzle to activate the proximity fuze.
3. Run away before the three seconds are over, hide somewhere and wait for the unaware enemy to fall into the trap.

Description

Consumption of marijuana and psychotropic drugs is officially forbidden in Third Spanish States military forces. However, in an anarchic place like the Confederacy, the enforcement of rules like this is less than optimal, and the idea of a grenade shaped like a Rubik Cube a direct consequence.

Being an unusual set of multiple compartmentalized explosives and shards in each cube of the cube, it basically consists into a both proximity and contact fuzed fragmentation grenade made of a cluster of mini-grenades designed to detonate into a chain reaction, following two methods of triggering its detonation mechanism, the "ridiculous" and the "too slow" ways, which are respectively solving the puzzle like if it was a simple Rubik Cube or using a very simple preset combination of twists and turns, after which the same has a three second timer to allow the soldier to get away and avoid being caught by his own grenade. However, like certain grenades, it can also be detonated upon contact if threw with enough force, which has already brought certain incidents with frustrated soldiers forgetting it was a grenade based on a cluster of "mini-bombs" and not a Rubik cube.

The manner such detonation mechanism works is somewhere between geniality and schizophrenia. The contact fuze is basically achieved through the presence of an inner glass of sulphuric acid which serves to melt certain impermeability walls which cover the small tubes connecting the central cube with the previously isolated reactive agent, while its acid catalysis ensure an extremely fast reaction, coupled with the concussion of the impact which provoke its detonation. Now regarding the proximity fuze, which makes of it an interesting boobytrap, it is a very simple and passive mechanism, which is based on the same basis concept earlier optical sensing of world war two. It involves small clusters of photovoltaic cells, which are coincidentally the innocent black borders of the cube, and a very simple spark igniter. The spark igniter few millimeters of combustible is stored in a separated compartment of the central cube, which access to the explosives is restrained due to the manner that the multiple tubes connecting each cube interlock. As a sort of puzzling and esoteric mechanism, there are only two manners to ensure an open path through the small tubes for the liquid fuel to reach the igniter, where both were already mentioned. A pressure sensor also is used in the end of the tubes, ensuring that it will not immediately detonate after the liquid reaches the igniter, for it uses a delayed mechanism through springs to open another of the tiny walls blocking the liquid from reaching the igniter.

The photovoltaic cell current is measured by perhaps the most compact amperimeter ever built, which in turn is conveniently analog with a ridiculously tiny pointer. Now one would ask, why would a pointer be needed in a device no electrician is going to use for checking a household plug? The pothead genius behind this idea concluded that the pointer could serve to pull the trigger of the igniter system if the exact current needed to trigger the process was reached! Of course, such system would be tricky during night, when doodads like this are truly deadly. Now what is to think that there is an invisible spectrum laser sensing fuze with the same coming out from the tiny gaps of the cube! With all of it occupying 40% of the space that could be used to make it a much more efficient and powerful grenade. And when the photovoltaic cell current drops, the laser automatically turns on.

It has in no way replaced the standard 50mm hand grenade of the Confederacy, but however, despite how wacky it seems to be, it has served to demonstrate the practicality of a simple idea: to have a grenade that can serve both as a proximity trap and as a hand grenade, something which could make of it a very interesting device in well trained hands. Despite, its psychological value, which could lead an enemy force to underestimate the Confederacy, is also a plus to the major utilities of it.

The only problem is humanitarian, considering that it is shaped like a toy. But instructions are pretty clear on how to avoid letting it alone, while defusal requires a specific frequency code to be emitted to temporarily disable the proximity sensing of the same.

It uses heavily compressed RDX combined with 1mm balls and shards in each "cube", with the central piece connecting to all the others as the actual device that ensures the almost simultaneous chain reaction. Tests have proved it is a sufficiently lethal weapon, although its design makes it less effective than conventional hand grenades, and packs a much smaller kill radius, although sufficient for its main role of a sort of bizarre tripwire disguised as a toy.

Overview


Several logistics and tactical advantages of having a single type of missile for both low altitude anti-air defense and anti-tank roles, coupled with the limitations that the separation between those two categories of defense gave to the the effective deployment of Heavy Assault Fireteams with their own anti-tank and anti-air capabilities, and the Man Portable Air Defense Anti-Tank System Program, were reasons to motivate the development of a new type of missile.

Taking advantage of the already existing technology of the 135mmx2.2m ADATS missile deployed by the Librecielo Multimission Effects Vehicle, it was developed a new, man portable version of it for use on the GEM self-propelled MANPADATS launcher, a considerable re-engineering process being then started to build a new missile based on it.

Featuring a cut on quantity of propellant and of warhead besides several modifications over its structure, including the more ubiquitous use of carbon fiber reinforced polymers on its tip in replacement of alloys, the measures taken on the creation of the man-portable version of the ADATS sought to establish features that would influence negatively the least possible regarding the armor piercing capability of the ADATS. The length of the MANPADATS is of 1.25 meters compared to the 2.2 meters of its "father" and its launch weight is 15 kg compared to 55 kg, with a slower burning propellant and an warhead composed by a high explosive fragmentation/shaped charge, weighs 3.5kg in comparison to the 16 kg of the 135mm ADATS. The laser-beam riding guided system still remains the same with a few modifications to reflect the reduction on the maximum range by replacing the laser beam of the ADATS to the two lesser range laser beams that are attached to the GEM launcher and meticulously aligned for both to simultaneously "paint" the same 2cm² region of a target, operated manually through a SALH system as well rather than automatically by an armored fighting vehicle like in the case of the ADATS. Neither it can establish uplink to external radars to further its range like the Librecielo system.

As expected, certain concessions had to be done to allow such missile to be effectively feasible as a man portable ammunition. Whereas a successful indirect fire of an ADATS can destroy virtually every known armored fighting vehicles once it impacted with their tops, the warhead from the MANPADATS is only effective against the vulnerable rear and tracks of most main battle tanks, and has less than half of the ceiling of the ADATS, which can technically be used even against fighters at a lower altitude flight for their standards, whereas the MANPADATS is able to target only low altitude aircrafts like helicopters and slow aircrafts. It is not a weapon that can replace integrally the capabilities of the ADATS, but an adequate compromise for small squads tactics.

Specifications

Length: 1.25 m
Diameter: 135 mm
Launch weight: 15 kg
Launcher weight: 4.5 kg
Speed: Mach 3+
Propellant: Two-stage Solid fuel rocket
Range: 80m - 5.5 km
Ceiling: 4 km
Guidance Semi-active laser homing.
Warhead: 3.57 kg High Explosive Fragmentation/Shaped Charge
Detonation mechanism: Laser Optical Sensing Proximity fuze.
Penetration: ~700mm RHAe at 15º
Launcher's supported attachments: up to 8x optical scope or 3x IR night sight
Counter-countermeasures: Dual Single-point painting Laser beams. Guidance deactivation on command during the middle of the trajectory of a missile. Skilled operators might launch unguided projectiles with high efficiency against ground targets.
Cost:
- Launcher: $3,250
- Scope: $1,500
- Missile: $4,800

Quick Overview

The Durruti 2 is a major upgrade over the original Durruti Man-portable ADATS, which primary features are a fire-and-forget guidance system providing three different network-centric sensor feed(electro-optical, infrared and datalink), working through voting logic as a form of electronic counter-countermeasure and allowing the operator to reposition after firing, a switchable top-attack mode to target the most vulnerable region of all AFVs in a programmed flight trajectory intended to reduce the effectiveness of active protection systems, and a more powerful tandem charge warhead intended to offer sufficient penetration capability to defeat both reactive and conventional roof armors of all armored vehicles cataloged in the Confederacy database, although proper empirical tests must happen to confirm such capability, improved ceiling due to new aerodynamic designing, and the same efficiency against close air support aircrafts of its previous version. All of these new features however, come at a cost as the new system is more expensive, and also requires portable supercapacitor batteries to work properly, and thus it did not push the first MANPADATS into obsolescence due to weighing and costing more than it, although it is still not too costly for its role as a $6,000 missile against at least a $6 millions tank


Specifications

Length: 1.25 m missile , 1.35m launcher
Diameter: 135 mm missile, 150mm launcher
Launch weight: 16 kg
Launcher weight: 3.5 kg
Speed: Mach 3+
Propellant: Two-stage solid fuel rocket
Range: 80m - 5.5 km
Ceiling: 5 km
Guidance: "Fire and forget" automatic electro-optical, IR homing and datalink.
Warhead: 4.2 kg High Explosive Fragmentation/Shaped Charge
Detonation mechanism: Contact fuze.
Penetration: ~800 RHAe line of sight at 15º
Flight profile: lo-lo(AP), lo-hi-lo (AT), lo-hi (AA)
Launcher's supported attachments: up to 8x optical scope or 3x IR night sight
Counter-countermeasures:
- Sensor voting logic, where the datalink feed, when available, is always the first priority when feed data does not match.
- "Straight down with slight angular changes" final flight trajectory intended to reduce the efficiency of active protection systems.
Cost:
- Launcher: 4,250
- Scope: 1,000
- Missile: 6,500

Proposal Overview

One of the things to notice when designing anti-tank solutions is that ATGMs are becoming less and less effective when, for example, the popular Nakil 1A3 has a given rear hull protection of 1,387mm RHAe against chemical energy, which pretty much makes most except for the heaviest anti-tank ammunitions incapable of penetrating its rear. However there is a region of any tank which will always have the least protection, the roof, and comparatively, if a Stinger could be used as a top-attack ammunition, provided the active protection system have failed to deflect it, it would be able to penetrate the 715mm RHAe against chemical energy of the same Nakil 1A3 used here as a benchmark.

With this in mind, it was soon considered that the Durruti ADATS, no matter how innovative as a concept it was, would become obsolete for most except against low altitude aircraft, infantry fighting vehicles and light armored vehicles. With this it was proposed the development of what would probably consist in the next generation of crew-served guided missiles for infantry forces, a proposal which consisted in the development of an indirect fire missile system from a missile launcher capable of fire-and-forget capability and which launched missile would follow a lo-hi-lo pattern of flight before diving against the roof of the armored vehicle it targeted, while having a good enough penetration capability for defeating most if not all existing roof reactive armors of modern tanks and also being usable against low altitude aircrafts. As the engineers of the MilNet Tucker Institute have approved this idea sent by a military enthusiast who lacked the needed technical knowledge to be certain of its feasibility, research immediately followed for what would consist in the Durruti 2 Air Defense Anti-Tank System, a major upgrade over the current man-portable ADATS used by Third Spanish States.

Goals

The research goals of the proposal were the following:

• Develop a portable guidance system, using the best option, be it radar or laser guided, for this need, which does not depend on any control of the operator after the missile is launched, being thus an effective "fire-and-forget" guidance for an infantry portable weapon. (Done)
• Offer a balanced solution for both air defense against close air support aircrafts and terrestrial threats. (Done)
• Have, at least, a penetration capability of 800mm of Rolling Homogeneous Armor equivalent. (Done)
• Offer indirect fire capabilities and the possibility of operating as a top-attack ammunition, as a response to the latest improvements on armored fighting vehicles armor and protection technologies. (Done)
• Have a limited degree of electronic counter-countermeasures. (Done)
• Be one man portable as an individual system, requiring only an additional operator as the loader, like the Durruti. (Done)
• Support for network-centric warfare equal to that of the larger ADATS of the Librecielo, with each warhead having a very compact datalink included to allow it to be guided through multiple sources. (Done)

Quick Overview:

The MOI-19 is a smoothbore 60mm mortar used by the Confederacy as standard issue, which is featured by a highly modular build which allows the same to be fielded with the conventional muzzle loaded action or with a more exotic revolver action which allows the same to fire salvos of 3 shots at the expense of increased weight. Other unusual ideas brought with it includes remotely controlled "smart" rocket mortars with the visual aid of miniature unmanned vehicles reconnaissance

Specifications

MOI-19A

Class: Crew-served modular light mortar
Required Manpower: 2 - 3(optimal)
Caliber: 60x320mm
Ammunition Types:
- HEDP (-T)
- HEI (-T)
- WP (-T)
- Smart (for any of the above)
Muzzle velocity: 300 m/s
Operation: Muzzle-loaded smoothbore
Weight: 18 kg (conventional), 7.8 kg (handheld)
Length: 1.5 meters with baseplate
Traverse: 25 degrees
Feed system: Muzzle-loaded
Effective range: 70 - 4,000 m
Maximum range: 5,000 m
Sight Unit: Optical sight
- Weight: 1.3 kg
- Length: 150 mm
- Width: 130 mm
- Height: 250 mm
- Field of View: 27 degrees
- Magnification: 1.5x - 2x
- Light: Contained Tritium
- Other: Accessible by the gunner
Supported Attachments: Baseplates and Tripod
Mode: Single-shot
Rate of Fire:
- Maximum: 30 per minute during 1/2 minute
- Sustained: 8-15 per minute

Cost:

- Launcher: $25,000
- "Smart" rocket-mortar: $800

MOI-19B(Differences only)

Operation: Revolver action, smoothbore
Weight: 24 kg (conventional), 13.8 kg (handheld)
Length: 1.8 meters with baseplate
Feed system: 3 chambered front-loaded revolver
Mode: Semi-automatic
Rate of Fire:
- Maximum: 30 per minute during 1/2 minute or 3 shots in 2 seconds
- Sustained: 20 per minute with 3 shots in 3 seconds bursts

Cost: $30,000

Description

The MOI-19 is the standard-issue light mortar for Third Spanish States infantry forces, using the common 60mm caliber, and does not run out of what is expected from a weapon of this class, except for featuring an increased flexibility at the expense of weight thanks to a high degree of modularity. Its ammunition is usually loaded through a revolving chamber to allow the firing of fast salvos of three rounds, although such implementation remains partly experimental, and with proper equipments, the same can be field-stripped into a more conventional, muzzle-loaded mortar. Such dual capability is basically originated from their previous experiences of modular loading mechanisms created for the LG-50 and LGA-50 grenade launchers, where the LGA is basically a structurally extended and modified version of the LG-50 to support a bullpup magazine. Equally the MOI-19 exists in the A and B configurations, with the MOI-19A being very close to most existing mortars while the B is feature by a easily reachable front-loaded revolver which logically lengthens the same, without reducing its structural integrity or hampering accuracy thanks to a delicate set-up.

Regarding structure, taking advantage of the already mature industry of metal matrix composites, the components same benefits from weight decreases without reducing its effectiveness. Although further weight reductions would be possible, they would bring negative results to its accuracy and capabilities, limiting the same to bear it as having a slightly lighter weight than that of a conventionally-built 60mm mortar. The trade off, as usual, signifies an increased price for each produced unit and a higher dependency on advanced industrial infrastructure. Regardless, plans for an all-metal conventional build of the model do exist, should MMC become scarce.

The MOI-19, as the least it should be expected from a modern mortar, can be set at both handheld and conventional modes depending on the tactical considerations, with the first being quite common among fireteams where the use of a mortar at such deeply organic level is welcome, with its more dynamic and easily adjustable design allowed for the same to be operated properly by two people as the sights of the same give a proper field of view for the gunner, dismissing the need of a squad leader to define aiming, although having an additional loader will decrease the time between each salvo as faster loading and targeting becomes possible. Coupled with the CPI-300 combat helmet with its integrated datalink, which allows soldiers to receive information on-the-fly about the distance and positioning of enemy forces out of their line of sight, its capabilities are even superior.

The 60x320mm mortar is a somewhat unusual choice due to its length, but not only regarding dimensions. It is fin-stabilized like any mortar, but several interesting types of the same were built for different roles varying from anti-personell to anti-materiel and anti-armor. However, an interesting example of a simplistic but costly implementation of guidance lies with the "Smart" mortars, as yet another face of the commonly creative and trying MilNet to find new manners to optimize such technologies. Basically, they are gun-launched rocket-mortars and can be remotely controlled to change their arc by an operator taking advantage of reconaissance imagery from unmanned vehicles of nearby enemy positions. Of course, such manual guidance is quite limited, and for now, they remain as a purely experimental idea shelled, which might be more throughly implemented, if successful, in heavier calibers, provided other more efficient guidance systems are not practical for infantry use.

However, like any light mortar, it's featured by a limited range, which can be taken advantage of by knowing its limitations and capabilities, and at the same time, a smaller blast radius also ensures a smaller minimum range, which makes it a perfect indirect fire weapon for warfare in cramped environments featured by the prevalence of close quarters combat where enemies as close as a block away might have to be engaged, like cities.

Quick Overview:

The MOI-20, the bigger brother of the MOI-19, is a smoothbore 85mm mortar used by the Confederacy as standard issue, which like its cousin, packs a highly modular build which allows the same to be fielded with the conventional muzzle loaded action or with a more exotic revolver action which allows it to fire salvos of 2 shots by trading off a lighter weight. Unlike the MOI-19, it packs a much more flexible, semi-automatic command non-line of sight guidance system supported by a compact and resilient Intelliview system which allows for a telemetric projection of the field to be given, allowing for a less direct and more precise control of projectile direction as the gunner or squad leader uses it to point the direction the mortar should head to, and for calculations of the point of impact of an unguided projectile to be given on-the-fly.

Specifications

MOI-20A

Class: Crew-served modular medium mortar
Required Manpower: 4 - 5(optimal)
Caliber: 85x540mm
Ammunition Types:
- HEDP (-T)
- HEI (-T)
- WP (-T)
- Smart (for any of the above)
Muzzle velocity: 300 m/s
Operation: Muzzle-loaded smoothbore
Weight: 50 kg
Length: 1.7 meters with baseplate
Traverse: 16 degrees
Feed system: Muzzle-loaded
Effective range: 90 - 6,250 m
Maximum range: 7,000 m
Sight Unit: AMI-1 Optical sight
- Weight: 1.3 kg
- Length: 150 mm
- Width: 130 mm
- Height: 250 mm
- Field of View: 27 degrees
- Magnification: 1.5x - 2x
- Light: Contained Tritium
- Other: Accessible by the gunner
Fire Control Unit: FSoft SII-29 Intelliview Mortar Targeting System
- Weight: 1.5 kg
- Display type: Vacuum Fluorescent Display
- Display size: 7''
- Processing unit: Multineuron 50 MHz military-grade processor
- Storage unit: TuckerTech 500 MB flash memory
- Memory: 8 MB RAM, 2 MB ROM
- Firmwares: MilNet LPI Datalink, FSoft INDFire Lite System
- Input Interface: 8 keys for display configuration and telemetry map panning/zooming.
- Guidance Interface: 1 control stick for semi-automatic command non line of sight
- Other: Accessible by the gunner
Supported Attachments: Baseplates and Tripod
Mode: Single-shot
Rate of Fire:
- Maximum: 20 per minute during 1/2 minute
- Sustained: 8-15 per minute

Cost: $40,000 mortar launcher, average $1600 for smart mortars

MOI-20B(Differences only)

Operation: Revolver action, smoothbore
Weight: 60 kg
Length: 2.2 meters with baseplate
Feed system: 3 chambered front-loaded revolver
Mode: Semi-automatic
Rate of Fire:
- Maximum: 30 per minute during 1/2 minute or 3 shots in 2 seconds
- Sustained: 20 per minute with 3 shots in 3 seconds bursts


Cost: $45,000 mortar launcher.

Description

The MOI-20 is the standard-issue medium mortar for Third Spanish States infantry forces, using the indigenous 85mm caliber, featuring an increased flexibility at the expense of weight thanks to a high degree of modularity, as it was created from the MOI-19 basic premises. Its ammunition is usually loaded through a revolving chamber to allow the firing of fast salvos of three rounds, although such implementation remains partly experimental, and with proper equipments, the same can be field-stripped into a more conventional, muzzle-loaded mortar. Such dual capability is basically originated from their previous experiences of modular loading mechanisms created for the MOI-19 light mortar, LG-50 and LGA-50 grenade launchers, where the LGA is basically a structurally extended and modified version of the LG-50 to support a bullpup magazine. Like the MOI-19, it exists in the A and B configurations, with the MOI-20A being very close to most existing mortars except for its unusual caliber while the B is featured by an easily reachable front-loaded revolver which logically lengthens the same, without reducing its structural integrity or hampering accuracy thanks to a precise set-up.

Unlike the smaller MOI-19, it uses a more conventional set of materials in its construction, with the majority of the weapon built of Parkerized steel, with a few components like the standard sight unit and the Intelliview System frame also packing carbon microfiber reinforced polymer, while the barrel is built with chrome-lining, and the baseplate is constructed of A514 steel, being slightly less thick than conventional ones because of its increased hardness. With the combination of theses factors, the MOI-20 still have a relatively light weight for all it packs.

As certain technologies do not scale down, the MOI-20 is equipped with a better network-centric support compared to the MOI-19, and does not depend on the human interpretation of voice transmissions to be used against spotted enemies. Instead it packs a simplified version of the FSoft Intelliview technology, previously used in targeting systems of tanks, ships and airplanes. The SII-29 Mortar Targeting System is based into two interface components: a simple but rugged Vacuum Fluorescent Display of only seven inches and a set with eight keys and a control stick. Such interface, powered by a simple, but rugged and dedicated military grade integrated processing unit, can receive input through the MilNet LPI Datalink on the terrain ahead of the location of the mortar squad and convert it into the output of a simple black and white displa, and also indicate, based on input given by recon units, and with a switchable speech-to-text support, the position of hostile forces, indicating them with a set of symbols based on NATO military symbols for different types of small and individual units. With such information the system will also calculate the estimated point of impact for the mortar, based on its measurements of angle, and also supporting inputs of wind speed and direction, and of altitude for non line of sight engagements, and will indicate through a crosshair symbol such point, with a circular error probable of three meters, which allows for a much higher level of accuracy than that of an average mortar, also contributing to its superior range, but as always, such advantages come at a cost.

However, the real deal of the mortar Intelliview targeting system lies with its semi automatic command non line of sight guidance system. Based on complex calculations of necessary fin angle shift and thrust, the smart rocket mortars will follow up at the direction of the crosshair, which can be changed through a control stick embedded with the Intelliview system, which makes guidance much more effective than that of the limited manual command line of sight from the MOI-19. It can be inserted into the frame, allowing for the gunner to operate it, which can also be removed should there be no necessity of dismissing a squad leader, or work as a stand-alone system able of controlling guided projectiles and calculation impact points of unguided mortars used by the squad leader. Needless to say, the addition of squad leader increases the efficiency of the device operation.

The 85x540mm mortar is fin-stabilized like any mortar, packing several variants built for different roles, from anti-personell to anti-materiel and anti-armor. Its guided mortars have movable fins to change their direction, which however are secondary to their limited solid fuel load, as they are basically little more than radio-controlled mortar launched rockets with a secondary datalink-based guidance.

The MOI-20 is the heaviest mortar than can be disassembled and carried by infantry over tactically significant distances without motorized or mechanized support, having a better range than its smaller cousin without the more significant mobility disadvantages of a heavy mortar. It is a preferred by airborne forces, which are significantly limited in regards of self-propelled artillery, and is a good choice for both open and cramped environments.