M12 Nova light automatic pistol

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==Summary==
The M12 Nova light automatic pistol is a polymer-frame high-capacity pistol manufactured by the Bauer & Kopka company. It is chambered for the 9x19mm cartridge and intended for law enforcement and military use. The pistol performed admirably in field trials and, by 2023, was adopted by the law enforcement and military forces of the US, as well as the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines. It was also adopted as a standard sidearm by CELL. The M12 Nova sacrifices its older sibling’s two round burst fire mode, but compensates for this with a significantly faster rate of semi-automatic fire and superior accuracy thanks to better recoil management.
The M12 Nova is based on an earlier pistol - the BBauer SOCOM - manufactured by the former BBauer Company, and its design was almost identical to that of its younger sibling. The BBauer SOCOM was a favoured sidearm of US military forces as well as the Korean People’s Army. It saw widespread usage from both opposing sides during the Lingshan conflict of August 2020. Unlike the M12 Nova, the SOCOM came with a fire selector switch which allowed for an optional two round burst fire mode. However, the trade off in its design was a slower rate of semi-automatic fire and reduced accuracy.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: with standard ammunition, Higher with incendiary ammunition
Name: M12 Nova light automatic pistol, BBauer SOCOM
Origin: Crysis
Classification: Semi-automatic pistol
Users: United States military & law enforcement; British Royal Navy and Royal Marines; Korean People’s Army; CELL Corporation; Anti-CELL Resistance.
Materials: Treated steel barrel, slide, and other internals; both receivers likely incorporate 7075 or 6061 aluminium alloys (as do many real life modern firearms) as well as advanced polymer composites and fiberglass; magazine likely uses fiberglass polymers with steel or aluminium alloy inserts.
Needed prerequisite for use: Knowledge of how to use, maintain, modify the weapon; skilled marksmanship.
Attack Potency: Street level with standard ammunition (Chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. Being a law enforcement and military sidearm, even being used by special forces, likely uses overpressure [+P] ammunition. Such kind of 9x19mm ammunition can produce muzzle energies of 560 to 620 Joules), Higher with incendiary ammunition (Each round produces a small explosion on impact)
Speed: Supersonic attack speed (LEM grade 9x19mm +P ammunition can produce muzzle velocities of 400+ m/s when fired from a 4 to 4.5 inch barrel pistol. Some NATO grade overpressure ammunition can produce muzzle velocities of 440 to 455 m/s from the same barrel lengths)
Range: Likely 50 to 100 metres (typical for real life 9x19mm pistols).
Weaknesses: The 9x19mm cartridge that this pistol is chambered for is increasingly ineffective against newer types of advanced body armour (such as spider silk body armour and Type VI projectile resistant body armour).
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