PF-68

PF-68
PF-68
	A PF-68
Type	Automatic Assault Rifle
Place of origin	Pavulturilor
Service history
In service	1968-present
Used by	Users
Wars	Alaia Wars; The troubles; Judea Crisis; The Midnight Affairs; Dubătemir Regional Insurgency;
Production history
Designer	Pavulturilori National Armory
Designed	1968
Manufacturer	Pavulturilori National Armory
Produced	1968-2012
Specifications
Mass	4.35 kg (9.6 lb)
Length	850 mm (33 in)
Barrel length	460 mm (18.1 in)
Cartridge	5.56×45mm
Action	Gas Operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	650 RPM
Muzzle velocity	950 m/s (3,116.8 ft/s)
Effective firing range	300-500 meters
Maximum firing range	500 meters
References

The PF-68 is a Pavulturilori designed assualt rifle used by several militaries world-wide.

Design and features

The PF-68 is a hammer-fired and has a trigger mechanism patterned after the trigger used in the X M1. The rifle's fire selector switch has three positions: S-I-A. The standard Figueroa-24 style selector is retained on the right face of the receiver, and a dual thumb-selector is present on the left face above the pistol grip for easier manipulation. Pushing the left-selector to the rear position "A" ("Automat", Pavulturilori for "Automatic", shortened for automatic fire), provides fully-automatic fire. Pushing it to the middle position "I" ("Izbucni", Pavulturilori for "Burst"^{[note 1]} produces semi-automatic fire. Pushing the lever fully forward to "S" will activate the safety.

The weapon is fitted with a high-impact plastic handguard and pistol grip and a side-folding (folds to the right side) tubular steel skeleton stock. The rifle can be used with a sound suppressor. The weapon features a bottle opener in the front handguard and wire cutter built into the bipod. The bottle opener feature was included to prevent damage to magazines being used to open bottles, due to the large civilian reservist components of the FANP. Use of magazines to open bottles was a common source of magazine lip damage with PC-55 submachine guns. Wire cutters were included to reduce the time necessary for FANP troops to cut down wire fences common to rural areas in Pavulturilor.