Asucki Department of Defense
Small Arms Program
The Asucki Security Council has authorized us to begin a new small arms program to replace our dated standard battle rifles and pistols. This comes after promising testing results from the new 6.5x60mm Asuckian Rifle cartridge. To promote fairness in business, the ADOD will offer the contract for these new small arms to foreign arms companies. We hope that this effort proves to be beneficial to everyone involved. Listed below are specifications for both rifles and pistols as well as important notes regarding the program.
Specifications for Battle Rifle
- Able to be modified (either by the ADOD or by your company) to be chambered in 6.5x60mm Asuckian Rifle
- Reliable, easy to transport in wooded terrain, and reasonably light
- No requirement for operation type, but some form of gas piston would be greatly preferred
- Select fire
- 20 round magazine capacity
- Rifles with DMR and Light Machinegun variants preferred.
Specifications for Pistol
- No cartridge requirement, widely available cartridges preferred
- Reliable and light
- No requirement or preference for operation type
- At least 16 round magazine capacity
Notes
The 6.5x60mm Asuckian Rifle was designed off of the popular 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser and as such has similar ballistic and projectile information. It fires smoothly and with less recoil than its counterparts but it is still capable of hitting very hard at somewhat short distances (within 250 meters) while still being effective at longer ranges with very limited bullet drop. Its 60mm case is on the long side but should be capable of fitting into most preexisting actions with limited modification. The projectile weight of the military version of this round is 150 gr and the twist rate is 1 in 200mm (or roughly 1 in 8 inches, either will be acceptable).
The ADOD is interested in purchasing Domestic Production Rights. If we believe that your weapon is promising, we will purchase a small quantity for testing purposes. Upon receiving good testing results, we will organize the purchasing of your weapon's production rights. We are willing to offer up to ten percent more than the standard price for these rights as compensation for the required change in chambering.
Please contact the ADOD privately if you have any questions regarding this program. Please contact the ADOD publicly if your company has a bid so as to ensure transparency in the selection process.
All text in this document is approved by the ADOD and the Asuckian Security Council.
Sean Cooper, Minister of Defense