MA40 assault rifle

The Individual Combat Weapon System, Caliber 7.62mm, MA40, more commonly known as the MA40 ICWS, was an assault rifle utilized by the starting in the late 2550s. The first rifle in venerable to be developed entirely within the post- era, the MA40 was designed to take full advantage of strides made in the realm of small-scale automated fabrication colloquially known as "minifacturing". With individual rifles able to be constructed on demand from on-hand materials in any properly-equipped facility or warship without the need for any prefabricated components, the MA40 was able to proliferate rapidly even in the wake of the disastrous .
Misriah would tout the MA40 as the most robust version of the ICWS platform to date, with testing by the and for the most part corroborating this claim. Incorporating countless tweaks and improvements made to the over the course of the Human-Covenant War, the Army and the Marines would see the weapon as a notable improvement over the then-current MA5D. As such, the MA40 would be adopted into service by both branches in mid-2558, with also making the choice to procure the weapon for certain units towards the year's end.
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