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A technical diagram of the Ellisian Mk. VII 'Chassepot' long rifle. It fires a 14.5x130 mm high velocity shell with an explosive charge in the base of the projectile. Upon detonation the sides of the round's jacket fly as shrapnel in all directions while the solid tip of the round is further accelerated as an armor-piercing slug. In layman's terms when it first begins to enter the surface of the target it bursts like a fragmentation grenade while still piercing deeper in. This huge caliber can utterly disintegrate man-sized targets, even ones wearing body armor. It also has significant potential as an antimaterial weapon.

Though unquestionably superfluous and inefficient as a standard infantry weapon for dealing with humanoid opponents, and being just a little too weak to be a reliable antitank gun, the weapon's design perfectly meets its true role as an anti-pred rifle. Its shells were particularly designed to have their greatest effect against huge amounts of solid flesh that aren't armored. Fitting this bill it can punch straight through two yards of solid tissue and bone, quite enough to fracture a limb or crack a skull.

The weapon's ammunition is far too bulky to sport a magazine and is loaded from the breech after every shot. The ejection port, interestingly enough, is directly above and behind the bolt, as all of the interior components of the rifle are perfectly symmetrical. The panels that form the lid over the ejection port and firing chamber articulate upwards to allow spent cartridges to be extracted and new shells loaded.

Such a large round and its propellant creates a huge amount of hot gases that leave the barrel, allowing for a unique recoil compensator to be used. The muzzle brake actually channels these gases into a piston that's directly under the barrel. The inside of which is lined with a corkscrew valve, which easily allows the gas to expand backward, but traps it as it expands forward, creating a net force that counteracts recoil. Incidentally drawing gas from the muzzle also reduces the noise made by each shot and partially conceals the muzzle flash.

The piston culminates in a gas regulator which feeds a reservoir that's just forward of the trigger. The gases finish their journey by being vented into the firing chamber when the bolt is pulled back, assisting in ejecting the heavy shell casings. Excess gas is vented straight down.

Typical Mk. VIIs use only tangent type iron sights, though a mounting rack is always available for more comprehensive optics. In any case these are rarely held directly to the eye, otherwise the recoil could cause severe head injuries. Ellisians aim their rifles by hooking an optic cable from their combat masks to whatever sights are being used. This allows them to fire accurately without having to posture themselves in the way of the incoming force.

Description
A technical diagram of the Ellisian Mk. VII 'Chassepot' long rifle. It fires a 14.5x130 mm high velocity shell with an explosive charge in the base of the projectile. Upon detonation the sides of the round's jacket fly as shrapnel in all directions while the solid tip of the round is further accelerated as an armor-piercing slug. In layman's terms when it first begins to enter the surface of the target it bursts like a fragmentation grenade while still piercing deeper in. This huge caliber can utterly disintegrate man-sized targets, even ones wearing body armor. It also has significant potential as an antimaterial weapon.

Though unquestionably superfluous and inefficient as a standard infantry weapon for dealing with humanoid opponents, and being just a little too weak to be a reliable antitank gun, the weapon's design perfectly meets its true role as an anti-pred rifle. Its shells were particularly designed to have their greatest effect against huge amounts of solid flesh that aren't armored. Fitting this bill it can punch straight through two yards of solid tissue and bone, quite enough to fracture a limb or crack a skull.

The weapon's ammunition is far too bulky to sport a magazine and is loaded from the breech after every shot. The ejection port, interestingly enough, is directly above and behind the bolt, as all of the interior components of the rifle are perfectly symmetrical. The panels that form the lid over the ejection port and firing chamber articulate upwards to allow spent cartridges to be extracted and new shells loaded.

Such a large round and its propellant creates a huge amount of hot gases that leave the barrel, allowing for a unique recoil compensator to be used. The muzzle brake actually channels these gases into a piston that's directly under the barrel. The inside of which is lined with a corkscrew valve, which easily allows the gas to expand backward, but traps it as it expands forward, creating a net force that counteracts recoil. Incidentally drawing gas from the muzzle also reduces the noise made by each shot and partially conceals the muzzle flash.

The piston culminates in a gas regulator which feeds a reservoir that's just forward of the trigger. The gases finish their journey by being vented into the firing chamber when the bolt is pulled back, assisting in ejecting the heavy shell casings. Excess gas is vented straight down.

Typical Mk. VIIs use only tangent type iron sights, though a mounting rack is always available for more comprehensive optics. In any case these are rarely held directly to the eye, otherwise the recoil could cause severe head injuries. Ellisians aim their rifles by hooking an optic cable from their combat masks to whatever sights are being used. This allows them to fire accurately without having to posture themselves in the way of the incoming force.