Weapon Type: Assault Rifle Manufacturer: Federated Industries Operation: Single Shot Weight (w/o magazine): 4.0 kg Weight (10-round magazine): .5 kg Weight (20-round magazine): .8 kg Weight (30-round magazine): 1 kg Length: 102 cm Caliber: 7.5 mm Type of Fire: Selective: single shot, burst, or full-auto Rate of Fire: 700 rpm Magazine: 10-, 20-, or 30-round magazine Reload Time: 10 seconds Effective Ranges Full auto/single shot or burst: Short: 30/40 m Medium: 70/90 m Long: 140/165 m Weapon Reliability: 94% Base Cost: Cb 120 Reload Cost: (10-round magazine): Cb 2 (20-round magazine): Cb 4 (30-round magazine): Cb 6 Notes The Federated Long Rifle is a typical military-style assault rifle similar to designs common today throughout the Inner Sphere and among military forces whereever Man has waged war for over 1000 years. It is designed with ruggedness and reliability in mind, with a casing of high-impact plastic and stamped metal receiver group and action. It fires a high-velocity 7.5 mm round specifically designed to tumble as soon as it hits its target, dumping kinetic energy and causing maximum damage to the target. Though originally designed and distributed within the Federated Suns, this FLR, or near copies, is manufactured on worlds within each of the Successor States. It is the standard-issue infantry rifle to most House Davion rifle-equipped infantry companies and has been sold in huge numbers to House Steiner and to various Periphery State kingdoms allied with the Federated Suns. Though capable of full-auto or burst fire, conservation of ammunition generally dictates engaging the enemy with single shots. This weapon is highly accurate at ranges out to 165 meters. In the hands of a trained shooter, particularly with a scope or other optical sighting aids, it is accurate to much greater ranges and has, on numerous occasions, been pressed into service as a sniper weapon. It is most often criticised for its unfortunate tendency to jam--usually when mud or dirt gets caught in the extractor mechanism during operation under adverse conditions. Units using the FLR are taught to keep their weapons meticulously clean at all times. Assault Rifles Introduction Federated Long Rifle Federated Zeus Heavy Rifle Gallo Model 3003 "KRT AR" Bereiter Arms Model AR90 Thomas GPR Back to BattleTechnology 3 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1988 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com