Name: Firestorm Mark 1 Assault Rifle
Owner: Serpentum Imperium
Creator: The Serpentum Engineering Corps
Type: Miniaturized mass driver assault rifle with under-barrel grenade launcher
Ammo: Energized bullets similar to human 5.56×45mm rounds loaded in a circular clip on the side of the rifle.Grenades are much like impact plasma grenades.
Rarity: Common
Strengths:
- High clip capacity {30 rounds},
- Rounds easily pierce flesh and metals weaker then steel.
- Grenade Launcher can be used to eliminate fortified groups of enemies.
- Effective in medium-short ranges.
Weaknesses:
- Recoil forces controlled bursts due to high fire rate.
- The under-barrel grenade launcher has limited range {effective 40 meters}.
- Accuracy is weak with automatic fire.Nearly useless in long range combat.
Description:The Imperium saw the need for a rifle that can counter the weaknesses of the rail-rifle design,the Firestorm was born and became popular among the shock troops of the Legion,however this introduced weaknesses that forced new tactics to be developed.The high fire rate made the weapon terrible for long range combat this usually is compensated by having a variety of weapons in each Legion.
The grenade launcher is powerful but requires users to get closer to enemy positions ultimately placing the user in greater danger.Today it still remains the one of the popular weapons for shock troopers in the Imperium.