The Monster
Monster
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a Mass Produced Quality ballistic assault rifle for TDW use and trade
- Image Source: Gallery
- Canon Link: None
- Permissions: None
- Primary Source: M-416
- Manufacturer: The Dire Wolves Mercenary Company
- Affiliation: The Dire Wolves Mercenary Company, Closed-Market
- Model: M - 47
- Modularity: Optics, front grips, other piccatiny rail attachments for front rails
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Light Durasteel/Alusteel alloy upper and lower receivers, Reinforced Polymer butt stock and grips, slug thrower internals - long stroke piston driven gas system, optics, reinforced polymer magazines
- Classification: Slug thrower - Assault Rifle
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: 6.8 mm x 43 mm cased ammunition
- Ammunition Capacity: Small - 30 round magazines
- Effective Range: Average - 300 meters point target, 400 meters area target
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Stopping Power: High
- Recoil: Average
- 6.8 mm x 43 mm cartridge offers high stopping power and accuracy in round performance, giving the rifle a very good base to work with for ballistics
- Select Fire system in rifle is analog and therefore allows full operation of weapon system in any environment
- Weapon requires no shielding against EMP or Ion weapons, and gas system offers extreme durability and reliability even with the addition of suppressors
- Addition or subtraction of attachments allow for this weapon to allow customization to make it perfect for any shooter (including changing the ejection port side, and the fire selection switch is ambidextrous which makes it convenient for left handed shooters)
- Reliability first - This weapon's construction with complete analog components, piston driven gas system, and slug thrower build makes it perfect to utilize in any environment, including space. If you need a rifle that works anytime, anywhere regardless if it's dragged through mud, set on fire, dropped, or even used as a melee weapon (just don't try your luck against a lightsaber) this is the rifle to use.
- Accuracy in the spades - Inside this weapon's designed range this thing is second to very few rifles when it comes to accuracy. You need to lay down some rounds in the field against an enemy that's a good bit away? This weapon can and will give you the ability to lay down fires on that bad guy. And when you are not only putting down steel on an enemy, but doing so accurately, it gives them a lot of reasons to not try to stick their heads up and play hero.
- Ballistic Trajectory and speed - These rounds are not blaster bolts, they do not move so relatively slowly that people can dodge them with ease in medium to long range engagements. And that's mainly because these rounds are flying out of the weapon at just over 900 meters per second. And with the size to go along with it, these rounds pack some serious punch, so you aren't going to just shrug off being hit once, let alone when someone empties half a magazine into you at point blank range.
- Watch your ammo count - This weapon used cased ammunition, and while it can carry 30 rounds of ammo per magazine, you have to be conscious of how much you are shooting. Ammo is heavy, and so with this weapon system as a rifleman you need to make every shot count. And unlike blasters that get hundreds of rounds per charge, this thing only gets 30 rounds. Any more and you are getting into heavier style magazines that are meant for automatic riflemen, which makes the weapon considerably heavier. So get used to doing mag changes and watch your round count, as it's easy for you to run out.
- Training required - As is the case for any higher end slug throwers, especially those with accuracy and range in mind, training is a necessity on this weapon system. This means that this weapon will require soldiers and mercenaries to get time on the range, along with a full list of classes on how to maintain, shoot, and fix this weapon for any issues that may happen. And while she is extremely reliable and a good piece of equipment, she is not immune to mechanical failures if you don't take proper care of her. And for those who don't know, exploding rifles are extremely deadly to their shooters.
Based on the 416 program in The Dire Wolves, Sergei knew that he wouldn't be able to produce near enough rifles to help arm security forces that were trained by them to help bolster their defenses as proper security forces. So Ryan came with a simple solution, design a lower quality M-416, that would be easier to make and maintain. And so drawing from another primitive yet proven design Sergei and Ryan came up with the M-47 assault rifle. This weapon system would be the same basis as the M-416, but it's less reinforced design, larger tolerances and generally less quality build allows for the weapon system to be made a lot easier by more people. This also means that the maintenance on this weapon system is less intensive, but also makes the performance for the weapon system suffer. All in all it is still a good weapon system for the average rifleman, as it's still reliable, accurate to and inside of 300 meters, and allows for select fires with semi auto and full auto modes. This weapon is exactly what it's design intent is, a good weapon that can be made cheap enough that the masses can utilize it when required. Nothing more, nothing less.
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