G3 Rifle

G3 Rifle
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Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Rakeo
Service history
In service	1953-present
Used by	Rakeo
Wars	Rakeoian Civil War
Production history
Designer	Militant Temporary Governance
Designed	1952
Produced	1953-present
Specifications
Mass	4 kg
Length	100 cm
Cartridge	10x20mm Rakeoian
Action	Direct Blowback
Maximum firing range	100yd Effective
References

The Generation 3 Rifle, also called the Cold Gun, is a Rakeoian direct blowback automatic built mainly out of converted G2 rifle components- chambered in the 10x20mm pistol cartridge. Built in response to a rapidly chilling southern front, the gun was designed to operate a lower chamber pressure, have a thicker barrel, and a flash hider. In addition, the trigger guard was removed to allow for gloved usage.

Most of the success the militants fighting on the southern front was owed to these new features, specifically designed as stopgap for worsening blizzard conditions, and the infamous Rakeoian winters, which can drop to some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded on Terraconserva.

History and design

The design of the G3 rifle came after a series of disappointing performances of the G2 rifle in the southern front of the Rakeoian Civil War. Soldiers were reporting catastrophic chamber failures when temperatures fell in the winter, that the trigger well prevented the usage of gloves, and that metal handles would instantly freeze to exposed skin.

The Rakeoian milita government publicly released a contract listing specifications, and Eugene Harris, a defector from the industrial city of Paragon, responded with the design for the G3 Rifle. The pistol caliber round of 10x20mm was selected because of the large stockpiles hidden prior to the war in the Olino National Garrison, and soon the gun came into production.

Early production difficulties

Early models seized by TRR troops showed a great variety in the quality of the machining, which could result in difficult to clear jams. Later in the war, the quality increased as machining workshops in Olino adopted new quality control practices.