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The Weapons of the Gewtz

Buddha C
24-03-2007, 22:45
Standard Issue Rifle
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Name: Gewher Baultz C13 (Gew. B13)
Country of Origin: New Prussian Confederacy
Caliber: 8mm Mauser
Overall Length: 850 Millimeters
Barrel Length: 450 Millimeters
Weight: 2.81 Kilogram
Magazine Capacity: 5 Round En Bloc Clip
Muzzle Velocity: 490 Meters Per Second
Effective Range: 400 Meters
Bolt-Type: Straight Bolt

Ametuer Gunsmith, Leonard Roch, began his work on the Gew. B13 in May 1912, basing it largely off the Styer Mannlicher M95. He shortened the barrel and the overall length of the rifle for the need of shorter weapons in the Gewtz. This forced the muzzle velocity to suffer extremely, also effecting the range, though this did not matter much to the Gewtz.

The 8mm Mauser rounds were modified to be used with the en bloc clip, shaving off thousands of dollars for the Gewtz, the ammunition from the surplus Gewher 98s. Also, the gun is able to undergo massive ammounts of pressure, except in tempatures 60 degrees Celsius due to the barrel shrinkage which throws jams the gun. Cold causes accuracy to be awful to ranges over two hundred meters when -10 degrees Celsuis.

Leonard Roch understood the need for a straight bolt rifle, due to the over whelming fire power, but also understood how much miss fires this could cause or friendly fires. He intergrated a safety system from the Mauser Gewher 98, but this time only two nobs. To the left was the bolt-lock nob which prevented the bolt from looking and to the right was the ready fire button, which gave the gun all its abilities to load and fire quickly.

Standard Issue Sniper Rifle
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Name: Gewher Baultz C13/14S (S/Gew. B14)
Country of Origin: New Prussian Confederacy
Caliber: 8X50R M93/14
Overall Length: 1355 Millimeters
Magazine Capacity: 5 Round En Bloc Clip
Barrel Length: 1065 Millimeters
Wieght: 4.12kg
Muzzle Velocity: 1400 Meters Per Second
Effective Range: 1300 Meters
Bolt-Type: Standart Bolt
Magnification: Gewher Baultz Special 3.5-4.5x22

The now legendary, Leonard Roch, under the consent of Prussian Emperor John Baultz, was ordered to develope a new sniper rifle for the use in the New Prussian Confederacy army, the Gewtz. His first problem was to refit the size of the gun for the needed range. This brought up several problems with the earlier design, but in the end led it to be much better suited for weather extremes.

The 8mm Mauser round has been replaced by the 8x50R M93/14, which fits more naturally into the en bloc clip and makes the bullet truer more often. The only modification to the originial, Austrian-made, 8x50R M93 is the tip of the gun is more pointed which allows for more aerodynamics, without taking away any accuracy. Also the length of the gun had been increased by .5 millimeters to allow for more gunpowder to be packed in. This minimial increase in size kept any detrimentation of accuracy from happening due to the en bloc clip.

The standart bolt allowed for the sniper to cram himself, and his gun, into tighter places and made loading easier. The magnification was taken mainly from the Russian PU 3.5x22 scope, the only difference being the aestetics of the crosshairs on the scope, which had several prongs going towards the center, and also it included a change to magnify the sight up to 4.5 times.

Standard Issue Pistol
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Name: Pistole 1911 (P11)
Country of Origin: New Prussian Confederacy
Caliber: .45 ACP
Overall Length: 216 Millimeters
Magazine Capacity: 7 Round Clip
Barrel Length: 125 Millimeters
Wieght: 1.08 kg
Muzzle Velocity: 244 Meters Per Second
Effective Range: 60 Meters

This gun is a clone off of the American-made M1911A1.

Standard Issue Mobile Light Mortar
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Caliber: 76mm
Barrel length: 359 Millimeters
Range: 100 to 1000 meters
Elevation: +25 to +78 Degrees
Traverse: 360 Degrees
Weight: 147 Kilograms
Muzzle velocity: 90 Meters per second
Projectile weight: 4.6 Kilograms
Maximum rate of fire: 6 Rounds Per Minute

This weapon is a clone of the 7.58 cm Minenwerfer, with servere modifications.