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Official
designation: Type-51 Carbine
Length
o/a: 122.8cm (48.3 in.)
Length (barrel): 58.67 cm (23.1 in.)
Weight (empty): 7 kg (15.5 lbs)
Weight (loaded): 8.8 kg (19.5 lbs)
Cartridge: 8mm x 60 caseless (composition
unknown)1
Max. effective range: 600 meters (1968 ft)
Muzzle velocity: 700 m/s (2296 f/s)
Magazine capacity: 18 rounds
Rate of fire: semi-automatic only
Unit Replacement cost: N/A
Description:
This
weapon appears to be recoil-operated, semi-automatic, and
charger-fed. It fires 8mm caseless projectiles. The projectile
is powered along its entire flight path, consuming up to 50%
of its total mass by the time it reaches its maximum effective
range.
Observations:
To
the casual observer the Type-51 Carbine may seem like an oddity
within the Covenant arsenal, but its seeming incongruity is
superficial. The Covenant has several other solid projectile
weapons and many weapons that appear to be direct analogs
of UNSC armaments. Whether separated by vast oceans or the
enormous gulfs of interstellar space the basic tools required
to compete within the ultra-refined arena of armed conflict
are invariably going to resemble one another in either form
or function—if not both.
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