10-CAR

Although officially developed as part of the Tin Men's arsenal, outside conjecture places the 10-CAR's development goals more in line with the Engineers' efforts to create a series of caseless 10mm weapons. The 10-CAR "10mm Caseless Assault Rifle" is therefore a premier example of the Engineers venture into this field, producing a weapon of which the classification "assault rifle" is rather erroneous due to the stunted cartridge it uses.
According to Engineer notes, the blow forward action appears to be part of an attempt to resolve the heating issues inherent in caseless weaponry by using the abrupt motion of the barrel sliding forward to suck bursts of air into a series of chambers built into the weapon's receiver with each shot. This attempt at "forced air-cooling" does not appear to have ever been successful, as even though the weapon went into production in 2018, no production model used by the Tin Men features these chambers, and the 10-CAR, despite its name, now only fires cased ammunition. As a result, the name "10-CAR" is now generally taken to mean "10mm CARbine", but this is incorrect.
Although plentiful stocks of the weapon remain in storage, the 10-CAR finds exclusive use by Tin Men for use against softer targets than would warrant an ASR-15. The weapon can be used by humans, but most armed members of the ACC prefer to use more traditional firearms of a proven caliber.
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