The Cannonade's Armoury

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CASE FILE: Custom Weapon

Kowalke, Minoru
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NAME:
→ Amaterasu
→ Freya
→ Siegfried's Dagger
→ some general grenades (not custom)
→ Security Battledress
→ Amaterasu, Rifle Attachement Modifications System (RAMSys)
→ Custom HK SL8SD Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR).

TYPE:
→ Amaterasu: Sub-Machine-Gun

→ Freya: Shotgun-revolver

→ Siegfried's Dagger: A concealed weapon (short Katarr + short Shotgun barrels) 

→ General additional equipment: different types of ammo for the guns and some grenades.

→ Armour, clothing and harness for weapons and ammo, all at once.

→ Modifications, upgrades, and other such equipment.

→ Custom HK SL8SD rifle; semi-automatic, gas operated rifle.

FORM:
→ Amaterasu is a sub-machine-gun that uses a strange form of recoil compensation system to fire accurate bursts of ACP .45 bullets.

→ Freya is a hybrid handgun, a mix between a six-shot revolver and a shotgun.

→ Siegfried's Dagger is a combination of an extremely short bladed Katarr, two very short smooth-bore barrels, and some hand protection.

→ Armored clothing and improvements on the harness that previously contained the holsters and such for Minoru's weapons.

→ Various improvements to the recoil management mechanism, the barrel, the optics, and so on and so forth, including an upgrade to a larger calibre and changing to rifle rounds from pistol rounds.

→ Using sub-sonic ammunition, 12-clip box magazines, and a new type of 3D holographic sights, combined with a red-dot sight, this matte black and dark grey HK SL8SD rifle is for usage during night time or stealth operations.

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BRIEFING:
Amaterasu, Freya, and Siegfried's Dagger are a set of three guns, a powerful SMG, a strange shotgun-revolver, a small handgun-sized shotgun, and an accompanying harness. With the new RAMSys attachments Amaterasu can be quickly turned into a semi-automatic battlerifle for designated marksman duty, and the improved armoured clothing is the replacement for the harness when Minoru is out for heavy duty missions. With concerns for durability Minoru had his weapons upgraded to be made of a titanium-tungsten alloy once he could afford it, making them extremely durable.

→ Freya takes much in common with a small, sawn-off shotgun when it comes to barrel length and old rifles, like an old Remington, when it comes to the stock. This is then combined with the six-shot chamber of a revolver. Not that odd, right? Well this guns is a bit more different than that. For one, this double-barrelled, well handcannon, firing a variety of gauge 12 shotgun shells, has a twin trigger system. This means that each barrel can be fired independently, in cycle, unison, or just alternating fire. The twin trigger system makes it so that the revolver cylinder is rotated at the shooter's convenience when single shots are fired by having a small latched pressed. If said latch is not pressed the cylinder will only rotate after both barrels have been fired. The second thing is that Freya's titanium barrels are rifled and technically 11 Gauge in bore. The rounds use discarding sabot type technology to gain the wanted effect. Freya, made of a titanium-tungsten alloy for durability, is coloured in gleaming silvers and slightly blued, the leather for the stock is dark brown.

In order to quickly reload and effectively use this shotgun-revolver an elaborate system of speedloaders is attached to the accompanying harness which not only covers the torso, worn underneath the clothing, but also goes down to cover ones thighs, where the guns are normally holstered. The part of the harness going down over the thighs is worn above your clothing, and for Minoru the harness is coloured a suitable black.

→ Amaterasu is far different from Freya. Where Freya is designed for versatility, being capable of firing different rounds suiting a variety of situations, Amaterasu is a sub-machine-gun designed to fire bursts of suppressive fire with immense power thanks to the usage of the .45 ACP ammunition. Minoru brings this weapon only when heading out on missions, doing work for security that may require a raid, or when going on drills. Recently upgraded, Amaterasu now uses the larger .300 WIN MAG rifle rounds and a modified and improved recoil compensation system to handle the higher recoil, resulting in the same accuracy as before. Improving the durability was done by using titanium-tungsten alloys in the weapon and modifying parts with the allou to make them more durable. Amaterasu also uses holographic sights and has an additional pistol grip attached under the barrel. Amaterasu is modified to have a design like that of the sun, yellows and reds, and it uses 30-round clips. The standard designation of Amaterasu is that of the Vector SMG, using the KRISS Super V System to handle the recoil of such a powerful round. Amaterasu has 3 modes of fire; semi-automatic, 2-round burst, and fully automatic. The following measurements are for the weapon before the upgrade:

Weight:	2.5 kg (5.6 lb)
Length:	620mm (24.3 in), 410mm (16 in) with stock folded
Barrel Length:	140mm (5.5 in)

→ Adding the RAMSys attachments (Rifle Attachment Modification System) and upgrades turns Amaterasu into a whole different kind of beast. Now made mostly out of a very durable titanium-tungsten alloy, Amaterasu is made to handle the higher stress that is the result of being re-fitted to chamber a whole different cartridge, the .300 WIN MAG rifle round. A new and custom built KRISS Super V system was made to handle the recoil of this larger cartridge, ending with  a magazine house (contains the magazine and the asymmetrical recoil mechanism) that is approximately 50mm longer, 10mm wider, and 50 mm taller. At this point, the weapon still uses the 140mm barrel as the previous SMG configuration. With a quick twist on a covered latch above the trigger, putting the weapon on safety, and then pressing a small switch behind the hidden latch, the barrel can be screwed out and be replaced with a 500mm barrel. The result is that the weapon changes from its previous SMG-typical look and takes on a visual nature much closer to what it resembles in carbine form. The new barrel includes its own housing which can be quickly fastened to Amaterasu, meaning the operation to switch from short to long barrel takes about 6-7 seconds with the new barrel out and place on a surface to store the barrels during the shift. The housing for this 500mm barrel contains a dual-purpose bi-pod. When the bi-pod is stored, the legs are clapped together and about 50mm shorter, producing a frontal under-barrel grip for the weapon. A button at the top of said grip can be pressed to separate it into the two legs for the bi-pod which also causes the legs to extend those additional 50mm. Except for the added laser-dot sight the final alteration of Amaterasu, the last upgrade, was to exchange the normal Holo-sight for a new 3D Holo-sight as on Minoru's new HK SL8DS, allowing for linking with the goggles of the Security Battledress and changes to be made to the resulting zoom according to target distance, x4 being the maximum setting. Amaterasu is still painted in the same theme after the upgrades.

→ The last weapon to complete this set (the original set of 3) is Siegfried's Dagger, a small pistol-like object that fires 12 Gauge Buckshot or same sized Slug Shells from an extremely short barrel. Useless for long-distance, but incredible for close quarters fighting. This gun can also use similar (but not discarding sabot) "less lethal" type munitions that Freya has as an option. Siegfried's Dagger is actually a bladed weapon that resembles holding two horse shoes in a clenched fist like a knuckleduster with a wide blade attached at the front like a very short bladed katarr. The firing mechanism is robust enough that it can take great impacts without being disturbed. Since the barrels on this weapon are little more than twice the length of the cartridge, if that, they are easily concealed and incorporated into a bladed knuckle-duster-double-horseshoe fist weapon, being custom designed for Minoru's ambidexterity. Siegfried's Dagger does not use discarding sabot rounds.

→ The different ammunition types that Minoru carries with him are as follows:

• Magnum Gauge 12 Sabot Buckshot (S12-Buckshot)
  • - A custom buckshot of 12 Gauge size, that uses a freely rotating sabot and special cartridges to maintain a "normal spread" even from the rifled barrel of Freya and with increased powder charge.
• Supersonic Discarding Sabot Kinetic Dart (SDSKD) Rounds
  • - Using a fixed sabot, an increased powder charge, and further rifling on the sabot this kinetic projectile remains effective even at ranges of 500 meters, like a rifle, thanks to the incredible gyroscopic spin it achieves.
• Armour Piercing Solid Slug (APSS-G11) Rounds
  • - Like most of Freya's ammunition this projectile uses a larger powder charge, but unlike most other types this slug does not use a discarding sabot, being wholly jacketed in tungsten and slightly hollowed out in the back to produce better accuracy and prevent the "tumbling" that slugs fired from smooth-bored barrels can experience. The jacketing and the powder charge makes the round extremely effective at piercing most types of armour and even punching through steel of up to an inch of thickness. The APSS-G11 is of Gauge 11, unusual compared to the other ammunition for Freya.
• Gauge 11 Incendiary White Phosphorus (IWP-11) Rounds
  - These rounds look like the APSS on the surface, but they contain white phosphorus. They leave a yellow trail of light behind them and upon impact they explode in a mass of phosphor flakes. These flakes catch on fire as soon as they strike something, making them incredible for dealing with flammables or just for psychological impact as they also produce a lot of smoke.
• Thermal Exploding Squash Head 12 Gauge (TESH-12) Rounds
  • - These rounds use the discarding sabot to deliver a thermal version of a small HESH charge. Upon impact the round splashes out in a dough before it flash-burns with incredible heat, burning through armour, most walls, and doors. The charges are small and multiple ones may be required to get through walls of stone, concrete, or metal, but the armour on most vehicles, even tanks, is thin enough that one or two charges are enough to penetrate fully.
• Dragon's Breath
  • - These gauge 12 rounds use a discarding sabot to propagate out of the barrel, leaving it as a ball of flame. Very useful for psychological tactics and very flammable target but sadly not for things in which a little more heat is needed, the IPW-11 rounds are better suited for such tasks.
• Cold Loaded Subsonic Rounds "Ghost Shells"
  • - These subsonic relatives of the SDSKD rounds use a special discarding sabot to drastically lower the volume and muzzle flash when the weapon is fired. This makes the solid kinetic darts pack less of a punch and be less accurate, but it also makes for an almost silent and invisible shot.
• Magnum Gauge 12 Shells
  • - These rounds are gauge 12 munitions for Siegfried's Dagger and they come in either buckshot or solid slug configuration. Siegfried's Dagger always loaded with one of each kind.

→ The harness that the ammo is carried in also has a few HEAP, Frag, and Flashbang Grenades. Minoru has had much practice with the speedloader system on the harness, as well as the one on the Security Battledress, making him able to swiftly change the ammunition type accordingly upon reloading Freya, or just use the system to shave of large amounts of time when reloading Freya or Amaterasu (when Amaterasu is in SMG configuration), even being able to reload each of the two weapons with but a single hand.

→ The Security Battledress is a set of protective armour worn with the Security uniform for those moments when heavy amounts of action can be assumed to happen with reasonable certainty. Inspired by the heavy combat gear of other Security members this is a black full Kevlar suit with matte-gold trims. The suit offers good protection and is rather stealthy, including light headgear; close fitting and airtight goggles that offer thermal and night vision capabilities as required with a gas mask attachment carried in a pouch. The goggles can even link into the 3D-sight of the custom HK SL8SD DMR to jointly produce up to x4 zoom. There is also a sound-dampener system for wearing over the ears which filters the incoming frequencies and lowers high volume sounds to levels tolerable and non-damaging for the human ear. This suit has a slim-fitting, articulated backpack, with a minimum compression system, and several pouches strapped around the waist, as well as the holsters for Freya, Amaterasu, Siegfried's Dagger, and an expanded speed-loading system for both Freya and Amaterasu. The backpack can accept extra storage modules along its sides for things like rations and water and with the special holsters for the weapons they can be drawn extremely quickly, almost as if they were attached by selectively strong clip-magnets. The overall theme of this Kevlar suit is mobility with decent protection, making it sacrifice some defensive power for increased range of motion. All in all this suit carries various types of ammunition, some minor rations, extra equipment (like a flash light or the RAMSys for Amaterasu), and a few grenades of HEAP, Flashbang, and Frag configuration.

→ When Minoru goes on a long range mission he always brings a large duffel bag that contains even more ammunition and grenades.

→ This HK SL8SD uses 20-round box magazines loaded with the .300 Whisper sub-sonic round. The silencer, laser-dot sight, and the special 3D holographic sight makes it an ideal weapon for medium range targeting when silence is of importance. To handle durability problems this weapon uses the same titanium-tungsten alloy as in Freya and Amaterasu. Minoru typically only carries this weapon when he knows that he will need a quick and silent way to take out targets and the weapon rests in a nylon-kevlar sling when not in use.
Specifications:

Type & Operation:	Calibre & Ammunition:	Capacity & Feed:	Overall Length	Height:	Width	Wieght
Semi-automatic rifle, gas-operated bolt with rotary bolt head	7.62x37mm (.300 Whisper sub-sonic round)	20-round box magazine	1150mm	270mm	58mm	4.6 kg (with suppressor, sights, and ammunition all attached)

PICTURE:
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SPECIAL ABILITIES:
→ "Smiling Flash" - Minoru was born with a eidetic memory and he has trained to use this in conjunction with his marksmanship at extreme levels of efficiency. With highly trained spatial awareness, and equally highly conditioned peripheral sight, Minoru can track multiple targets within his field of vision, at once, as long as he uses his photographic memory to take a "snapshot" of each target by directly looking at it focusing, noting how and in what direction it moves. These "snapshots" must be clearly stated to have happened. to use their positive effect. After that he only needs his peripheral vision and spatial awareness to keep track of said target and accurately fire at it or even parts of the target, like the hands or the head should the target be a human.

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REVISE

- Names have to be in its own distinct arrows.

- Descriptions for weapons have to be in its own distinct arrow too when describing a Freya from an Amaterasu as an example.

- Actually ALL OF THEM NEEDS ARROWS. Not enough arrows. 'Nuff said.

Fix those arrows and I'll take another gander. May be a hasslesome requirement, but one that should be followed by an easy edit. That's all.

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Fixed!

[Reila Tsukino]

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Fancy, fancy. Just don't go over the top with it and you'll be fine.

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Edited in new picture to replace the broken one for Amaterasu, and added credits to the artist for each picture.

[Guest]

Updated, cleaned, and added stuff.

P.S. I asked Angelika before I made the Security Battledress if I could borrow the idea and she said it was OK (though I might have taken that consent a bit far?)

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Tables! Nice. You seem to know what you're doing with yer guns, Min.

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