E:W-M-Assault Rifle-4/1987

The E:W-M-Assault Rifle-4/1987, comprehensive designation name equipment:medium-assault rifle-4th model/made in 1987, short name AR-4 "Western Gray Fox", is a bullpup assault rifle primary designed by Major Albane Ninon of the Army Field Weapons Research. It was designed to replace the previous service rifle, the AR-2, as well as the Marisian Republican Land Guard's AR-3, and the Devenmond Federation's AC-1. The rifle is currently used by six different countries, Wosteaque, Elalia, Esilie, Milintica, and Teyè.

Design

The AR-4 is the standard rifle of the Wosteaquean Armed Forces, as well as the People's Army of Teyè. It features a relatively lightweight design for the caliber, 3.84 kg (8.47 lb), a 508mm barrel, 777mm overall length, and optional bayonet mounts. The rifles uses a lever-delayed blowback action that was derived from earlier light and medium machine gun designs. The AR-4 fires the standard 7.5x55mmR rifle round in a 21 round box magazine, and as such has a longer effective firing range, 800 m (1640 ft), more armor penetration, at the draw back of more recoil, and less rounds each solider can carry.

Accessories

The AR-4 can be equipped with many accessories designed for the standard military rail, barrel option such as compensators or suppressors are also available. The ALGL-1, the AS-1, and the AS-2 can be mounted on the under grip for added firepower, or help in specialized combat roles. Rifle grenades such as the anti-infantry, HERG-4, or the anti-tank, ATRG-2 can be mounted on the rifle for additional firepower.

Variants

Several variants of the AR-4 platform were made for a variety of different purposes.

E:W-M-Designated Marksman Rifle-1/1990

The DMR-1 features a 955mm barrel with a 15 round detachable box magazine, chambered in 7.5x55mmR. The DMR-3 lacks the fire select and can only fire in semi-auto.

E:W-M-Assault Carbine-2/1992

The AC-2 was made after extensive close quarters combat testing, for urban combat, and rear guard troops. The rifle features a 368mm barrel with a 30 round detachable box magazine, chambered in 5.5x45mmR and a lighter build.

E:W-M-Semi-Automatic Shotgun-1/2010

The SAS-1 was created to replace the plethora of shotgun models in use by the Wosteaquean military, although this had only a mild success after reliability issues persisted in the earlier models of the weapon. The shotgun has a 550mm barrel with a 5 or 10 round box magazine that fires either 12 or 20 gauge.

HRF

The Hunting Rifle Four is the civilian version of the AR-4. It features a 508 or a 635mm barrel with a 10 round detachable box magazine, chambered in 5.5x45mmR, 7.5x55mmR or 8x65mm, the rifle also features a rail on top, and bottom. The HRS lacks the fire select and can only fire in semi-auto. The rifle comes in a polymer or wooden build.