An extensive review was done on the failed
XM132 Laser Rifle. A special request was made by the Vereer Vesting organization to acquire some of the rifles for study. They looked over the schematics and went to work on their own laser weaponry. They created the Drake Vuur (Dragons Fire). A heavy laser rifle built with heavier materials to protect the battery. A bigger battery pack was built to fire 500+ rounds. The control interface is in the helmets HUD, along with physical button controls near the trigger guard of the weapon. The Drake Vuur was made with the capability to do burst and automatic. The options for infrared, UV, and visible lights of various colors. The layout was changed from a bullpup rifle to a normal rifle and extra plating around the battery pack to protect it from most gunfire. There were complaints about it’s weight from extra plating being unsustainable, which it can be used and setup as gun mounts atop
vehicles or defensive positions.
The Vereer Vesting organization has its own three-part PMC (Die Drie Diere [The Three Beasts] or Vile Vile Vitatu [The Three Blades]) and one particular part The Fangs are comprised of the augmentations a small battalion. It depends on each members specialty in combat, but most are given customized IVA’s built with extra armor plating to be able to defend against more heavier projectiles. Their
weapons primarily contain heavy weaponry, one of them being a portable and experimental rail cannon, accompanied by an LMG that fires a new .30(7.62x63) round with the effectiveness of a .338 round with choices of FMJ rounds or HP rounds depending on the mission parameters and opposition. The parameters of a mission can dictate changes to their weaponry at times having to go with an heavy assault rifle instead of an LMG or at times other changes depending on personal preferences of the soldier.
Research was done with input from their three-part PMC concerning the ammunition of the .338(8.6x63mm) and hence the ammunition casing was cut down to be smaller and just as efficient at the new reduced size(7.6x63mm) with using more advanced gun powders to achieve similar results, with a reinforced base. This led to the development of the LMG Vuis Van Toorn (Fist Of Wrath) used with the new .30(7.62x63mm) rounds of telescoped ammunition, which allowed the weapon to be far lighter. All the while keeping far range capacity of effectiveness at 2000 meters and delivering terminal effects on target similar to the original .338 ammunition. It can have attachments such as a bipod, various sights of choice, and various grips.
Another weapon was made along with the Vuis Van Toorn and that is the assault rifle Gemeet Vuis (Measured Fist), made with the new .30(7.62x63) ammunition. It was created with the capacity for burst and semi-automatic fire. The benefit of the Gemeet Vuis is the ability to use more heavy firepower attachments, such as a grenade launcher or under-barrel shotgun. It allows by design more versatility in combat.
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Sometimes to fight in the future, one must look back into the past.” Extensive research was done looking into weapon designs of the past and one thing found was work with Fletchette ammunition into rifles. There were various diameters tested for penetrative power in terminal effects of the ammunition. Three types were developed, one as an all-around round to replicate most modern rifle weaponry, with perhaps a little more penetrative power. Another type was developed, made narrow with materials to improve its penetrative power, used against heavily cybernetic combatants. The third and final type lessens the structural integrity of the fletchette round, as to cause it instead of penetrating through, but penetrate into a target and expand hence shattering inside an combatant to wound their internals.