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Following the Zambistan conflict a inspection and review committee consisting of members of the Armament and Defense Ministries was designated to review and audit all of the Imperial Army's equipment..today their final report was released to the Supreme Imperial Council and to Emperor Nadov himself...upon review of the reports and after deliberating with the Imperial Council Emperor Nadov has issues the clearance for 1 Gatawan Arms contract to foreign nations for the development of a new combat rifle...the contract as standing now is 98 billion USD...one specification for the new combat rifle is that it be a multi-variant weapon and that its main assault rifle variant have a range of 850m or better and have a 650 round per minute rate of fire with a minimum 75% accuracy rating..after receiving all bids and prototypes each weapon will undergo individual testing for durability and reliability as well as several other factors...each prototype will then undergo comparative testing against the other prototypes before the winner of the contract is declared

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Gatawan Armament Ministry message to Sapinian Arms

Your rifle has been accepted into running for the arms contract...we will require 1 model of each variant for testing...any required funds will be wired as necessary

Nuro Cruza Armament Minister

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Offers CM-26
technically a SAW
Except I issued it as standard...

The HAP series of 'PDW' are issued to troops incapable of effectively using the CM-26
(Actually more of a quick-detach modular assault/sniper rifle)

And the new SHAW-12 was for use in close quarters fighting (urban, trench, or 'open').
The SHAW-12 is actually a shotgun, so it does not meet your range or ROF requirements by default.

I'm asuming 850 meter range is against stationary man-sized targets.

Though I wonder what 75% accuracy rating is...
And is this achieved in Semi, auto, or burst fire?
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Ah well, to achieve all said requirements at once I could set the CM-26 on a benchrest or Coax it to a main tank gun and switch it to full auto...

Naphtha Battletech Yards
To: The Empire of Gataway

We are currently interested in your commitment to field a new individual weapon in your military. Naphtha Battletech Yards is currently upgrading the SE-AR06 5.56mm Individual Weapon and the SE-MR06 5.56mm Marksman Rifle to accommodate rifle cameras, redesign the fore grip and improve reliability. Both weapons are of the same series, they are bullpup in design making them accurate and easy to use in confined areas and possibly the most accurate individual weapons to date. It houses a standard x4 scope (iron sights are not included) and can attach a SE-UGL06 40 mm x 46 mm Underslug Grenade Launcher.

The Gatawan military can call for different configurations and abilities that you wish the rifle to include.

Thank you
Signed,
Andraste
Andraste, head of the Advancement and Research department.

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Gatawan Armament Ministry message to Sapinian Arms

Your rifle has been accepted into running for the arms contract...we will require 1 model of each variant for testing...any required funds will be wired as necessary

Nuro Cruza Armament Minister

You order of one of each model is confirmed, and we thank you for considering Sapinian.

Storefront (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476754)

Offers CM-26
technically a SAW
Except I issued it as standard...

The HAP series of 'PDW' are issued to troops incapable of effectively using the CM-26
(Actually more of a quick-detach modular assault/sniper rifle)

And the new SHAW-12 was for use in close quarters fighting (urban, trench, or 'open').
The SHAW-12 is actually a shotgun, so it does not meet your range or ROF requirements by default.

I'm asuming 850 meter range is against stationary man-sized targets.

Though I wonder what 75% accuracy rating is...
And is this achieved in Semi, auto, or burst fire?
---------
Ah well, to achieve all said requirements at once I could set the CM-26 on a benchrest or Coax it to a main tank gun and switch it to full auto...


sorry i didn't specify all that...75% accuracy would be for semi-auto...850m range would be for hitting opposing infantry..and it would be mostly seen in open and urban enviorments...

Gatawan Armament Ministry message to Naphtha Battletech Yards


Your rifle has been accepted into running for the arms contract we will require one standard model to use for field testing

Nuro Cruza Armament Minister

sorry i didn't specify all that...75% accuracy would be for semi-auto...850m range would be for hitting opposing infantry..and it would be mostly seen in open and urban enviorments...

Your definition of 'oposing infantry' is odd.

Hitting an aware enemy at 850 meters with a bullet that has a max velocity of 1,000 m/s pretty much means the enemy will have a full second to move in any direction, and a bullet is a rather small thing. And even a sitting person can move himself a foot [~.25 meters] in one second

Sort of like being given a 1 second head start to block or dodge an otherwise fatal punch in a barfight. 1 second is a really long time when you are reffering to a 1 shot kill...

So, against a randomly moving target at 850 meters, unless you are the luckiest marksman alive, semi-auto would have an accuracy of about 0.01%.

If the target follows a pattern, or is going to stand still for more than 1 second, then accuracy can be consideably greater.

Im refering to being able to engage the enemy at 850m maximum range most engagements would probably be in the area around 500m-600m

Ah, the Cravan and Hurtian weapons are very much capable of hitting troops at 500 meters, and at longer ranges provided the enemy just stands there or the shooter knows how to lead targets and predict where the target is going.

Beyond 800 meters, you start opting for a machine-gun and attempt to spray the 4 square meter area full of lead. Though the rifle, sight, and bullet are very much capable of killing out to 1 km.

Thus why I asked for a multiple variant weapon...I have a rifle variant for the 500-600m range then a MG variant for support basically looking for an improved NS version of the XM8 or XM style rifle where you have one overall model that can be switched around into multiple roles..then by offering a contract deal the NS rifle designers may ICly develop a very good weapon since they would be ICly in competition with others.Im gonna wait and see if I can get maybe 2 more submissions before I make a pick