S.A.R Mark II F

The Standard Automatic Rifle Mark II F, Known in the field as the "Sting Wing" by the operators that handle this weapon, It is a air-cooled, gas operated multi-purpose machine gun produced by the Misriah Armory. The S.A.R II F was developed at the Eos Chasma facility on Mars within the Sol system between the years of 2499 - 2503 for the UNSCA.
The S.A.R was designed to be an area of denial weapon, with a RPM of 1450 round per minute which was the doing of a high power motor positioned above the mag catch in the receiver.(For the first 10,000 of the production run, all S.A.R 's after this point were reduced to 1,100 RPM). Its titanium Composite barrel would help protect it from extreme heat caused by the rate of fire.
The S.A.R was chambered in 7.92 x 57, The standard load out for the S.A.R's belt was as followed /AP-T / AP / AP/ AP /. The gun was readily equipped with a 250 round box that was loaded via magazine catch on the bottom of the receiver, It also came equipped with 30 round mags, 45 round, 75 round, 100 round drum, 250 round box and a 500 round mag when usually mounted to a tripod or a vehicle with the supporting mounts.
The S.A.R's first ever field test was during the year of 2501 when some 300 early models of the S.A.R where shipped off to reach for testing. Upon arriving at reach for extensive training the members of 34th Infantry Brigade, 1337th Battalion, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon where ambushed by a local URF cell on their way through the Longhorn Valley. during the ambush the lead truck was destroyed by an IED planted on the side of the road, killing eight. The remaining trucks pulled up into a defensive formation and began to hold out against the ambush. The S.A.R's where unloaded from the transport Bison and used against the URF forces. The S.A.R's rate of fire and kickback from the rounds being discharged proved challenging at first during the engagement, after the engagement with the URF forces, the feed back given was mostly positive, the only negative was the weight of the weapon at 9.4 lbs. The later builds ( Serial numbers 0046782) and up had a majority of the all milled steel body replaced with a light weight titanium alloy.
The S.A.R II F saw limited production, with a run of 357,000 produced. out of the 357,000 only some 100,000 or so are still known to be used in active service within the outer colonies.