ARMTAC

The ARMTAC is a long range oriented rifle that specializes in covert operations. The rifle allows the user to fire while making minimal noise, this is achieved by its unique attributes.

## Specifications

The rifle is capable of firing at 200 rpm which is significantly slower than any weapon under the SAAS’s arsenal and the slowest within the Infantry branch. The slow fire rate is intentional and cannot be changed, this is to protect the user from severe bodily damage as they fire the round out of the weapon. By no means should the user be firing higher than 150 rpm at any given time even to add follow up shots. The weapon uses kinetic energy imparted by similar magnetic technology to simply lob the bullet out of the barrel at a slow 400fps. This begs the question of how the weapon is able to achieve long range neutralizations, this is achieved due to a two part reaction within the bullet. Stored within the projectile is a small amount of pre captured steam produced via weather magic, once the round has travelled a minimum of 22m the bullet releases the steam from the back of the projectile which is enough to propel it to 2000fps within 3 seconds. This type of propulsion is necessary to conceal the position of the user as it offsets the relative position of the user, initially the round is fired in a subsonic matter in order to dissociate the sound of the bullet breaking the sound barrier to the position of the user, once the bullet itself has become far enough away it quickly accelerates to a supersonic speed which in turn generates a loud cracking noise.

## Ammunition

The necessity of supersonic ammunition is to be able to lodge the round through armor and cover which in the case of the ARMTAC’s ammunition would be considerably difficult given subsonic speeds. The round fired out of the ARMTAC is a 15x75mm round which was chosen as the small radius of the bullet and long length of it allows for the bullet to be effective to soft targets as well as armored targets, this is achieved by its solid composition allowing the bullet to impart all of its energy into a small area of contact within nanoseconds.

The only alternatives to this round that can be fired out of the ARMTAC are scarcely used in favor of the overwhelming power of the standard solid core round. However the most used rounds are the FSS+P for longer range use which allows the bullet to travel in a straighter orientation farther due to its over-pressurized load and due to its fin stabilized rear, this round is quite expensive to manufacturer so it is mainly provided for VIP elimination or incredibly long range engagements that require peak precision.

Generally this weapon is used behind enemy lines or when cover and concealment are scarce and simply hiding in plain sight is the only option. The scope for the weapon is able to reach 12x60 magnification however this sight is the only one in existence for the weapon as the scope itself is integrated within the weapon. This is due to an advanced piece of technology imbedded within it, it allows the user to know the range of their target and the wind speed around them using advanced imaging. This allows the user to line up and correct for any deviation the bullet may experience.