Jaedano Vulcan M1922

The **Jaedano Vulcan M1922** was a select-fire, gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed rifle manufactured in the Di'Aamascene Accords by weapons manufacturer and private security contracting company Jaedano Arms.

## History

While first manufactured in the Di'Aamascene Accords, the first users of the M1922 were the Helinskan military branches of the Karostain Empire, purchased to alleviate ongoing supply issues with the mainland. The gun was very popular among the troops that were issued it, but the difference in Jaedano calibers to that of standard Karostainian calibers heavily exacerbated an already stretched-thin logistical system. When Karostain cut their contract with Jaedano and ceased supplying their troops with the 7.62x51mm ammunition the gun fired, a black market immediately emerged, with Karostainian army units paying large sums of money for additional ammunition.

Its effectiveness was not unnoticed by the wealthier cities of the Accords, who licensed the gun and made it the primary weapon of Aquilonian, Aeiliamani, and other cities' riflemen. The exorbitant amount of money spent to license the weapon earned it the moniker of *Fusil d'or ensanglanté*-- a bloodied gold rifle. The M1922 would retain its place in the Di'Aamascene military until well after the Civil War, only being phased out in the late 1940s to better integrate with the federal Polmarian military.

Following the Vestraxi War of Reason, the new secular government sought to rapidly modernize its incredibly underdeveloped military. Hence, they purchased production rights to the M1922 as well as nearly 200,000 rifles. To fund this purchase, tens of thousands of gold artifacts looted from churches, cathedrals, and other religious centers were melted down, turned into gold bars, and used to pay Jaedano.

Infamously, the Düllsberger strongman and future Kanorian Emperor Osea Zana used an M1922 as his personal firearm, often posing for pictures with it prior to his posting as President of Greater Kanoria.

## Variants

### Vulcan M1922C Carbine

This variant featured a shortened barrel, requested by Karostain due to their ongoing insurgencies at the time and the prevalence of door-to-door urban combat.

### Vulcan M1927

Produced by Karostain, the M1927 was an attempt at modernizing the rifle to mixed success. Rushed production often meant poor reliability and the higher RPM was known to wear out the barrel over time from heat damage. It saw limited use among the Karostainian military.

### Vulcan M1922MR

A dedicated marksman variant, the M1922MR never made past the prototype phase.

### Vulcan M1922 SSW

Similar to the Jaedano Sparrow M28 SSW, the Vulcan M1922 was intended to be a squad automatic weapon. However, the contract was never taken by any prospective business partners, and the design was scrapped.

### Peregrine M1942

A modernized DMR variant of the Vulcan, the Peregrine saw limited service in the military of the Di'Aamascene Accords before the contract was cut in 1951 and replaced by Polmarian designs, themselves also based on Jaedano designs.

## Production and users

* Asteria
* Clansteel Brigade
* Confederacy of Kanoria
* Di'Aamascene Accords
* Eldcyning
* Free State of Katavia
* Freylan Redshirts
* Graf d'loa
* Karostain Empire
* Vestrax Combine