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{{Infobox weapon
{{Infobox weapon
|name=FAMAG
| name = RS-51
| image= RK62.jpg
| image = RS51.webp
| image_size = 300
| image_size = 300
|caption=FAMAG
| caption = RS-51 (original model)
|origin= {{flag|Yonderre}}
| origin = {{flagicon|Flag Calinthia}} [[Calinthia]]
|type=Assault rifle
| type = Assault rifle
<!-- Type selection -->
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged = Yes
|is_ranged=Yes
<!-- Service history -->| service = 1951–present
<!-- Service history -->
| used_by = {{flagicon|Flag_of_Calinthia}} [[Calinthian Armed Forces]]<br>
|service=1962–present
|used_by={{flagicon|Shield of Joanus}} [[Yonderian Defence Force]]<br>
{{flagicon|New Harren}} [[Royal and Confederate Army (New Harren)|The Royal and Confederate Army]]<br>
See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
|wars=[[The Deluge]]
| wars = [[Calinthian Purges]]
<!-- Production history -->
<!-- Production history -->| designer = [[YERA]]
|designer=[[MAG]]
| design_date = 1950-1951
|design_date=1959-1961
| manufacturer = [[YERA]]
|manufacturer=[[MAG]]
| production_date = 1951-2012
|production_date=1962-present
| number =  
|number=
| variants = <!-- General specifications -->
|variants=  
| weight = 4.38 kg (9.66 lb)
<!-- General specifications -->
| length = 1,025 mm (40.4 in)
|weight=3.5 kg empty
| part_length = 450 mm (17.7 in)
|length=940 mm with fixed or extended stock / 710 mm with stock folded
| width = 45 mm (1.8 in)
|part_length=418 mm
| height = 220 mm (8.7 in) with inserted magazine
|width=
| diameter = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
|height=
| cartridge = [[6.5 Calinthian]]<br>[[7.92×57mm Calinthian]]
|diameter=
| action = [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| rate = 600–700 rounds/min
|cartridge=[[7.5×42mm Yonderian]]<br>[[6.8x43mm]]
| velocity = 800 m/s (2,625 ft/s)
|action=[[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]
| range = 400–600 meters
|rate=700 rounds/min
| max_range =  
|velocity=765 [[metre per second|m/s]]
| feed = 20 - 30 round magazines
|range=350 m
| sights = Rear: rotary diopter; front: hooded post
|max_range=
|feed=30- or 40-round detachable box magazines
|sights={{wpl|Express sights|Aperture}} rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip {{wpl|tritium}} night sight, forward hooded post, 470 mm sight radius
}}
}}
 
The '''RS-51''' was designed by [[Atonia Freducciana]], a wealthy business-woman from [[Napolis]] in 1950 while working for [[YERA]]. It's main user is [[Calinthia]]. It was designed due to the [[Calinthian Mililtary]]'s necessity for a modern main battle rifle. The nationalized company YERA was funded by the Calinthian government in 1949 to begin designing a main battle rifle that the [[Calinthian Armed Forces]] could use. During the [[Second Great War]], [[Urcea]] supplied [[Calinthia]] with [[SAR-40]] rifles. These were deemed efficient weapons by the Calinthian Military for licensing, resulting in YERA 'Calinthianizing' the weapon platform. Unlike the SAR-40 however, the RS-51 uses the larger 7.92x57mm Calinthian cartridges. This among other smaller additions to the weapon platform make it slightly heavier than its SAR-40 predecessor. The later RS-86 model produced in 1986, would adopt the 6.5 Calinthian. This was a decision based off the need of soldiers on the ground. It was reported during the [[Second Insurgency War]] that the larger 7.92x57mm Calinthian rounds failed to reach across the vast valleys of the Montes Aureos mountains. Therefore, the Calinthian Military would redesign the weapon to use the smaller 6.5 Calinthian cartridge to achieve longer distance shooting. With the 6.5 Calinthian, the RS-86 is capable of reaching out to 900m before losing effective firing accuracy.
The '''FAMAG''', short for ''Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Gabion'', literally "Assault Rifle of [[MAG]]", is a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] assault rifle. Introduced in 1962, it is the primary service weapon of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] and has been given as lethal aid to [[New Harren]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. It is also the standard patrol carbine of the [[Custodes Yonderre]].  
 
The FAMAG was designed by [[MAG]] between 1959-1961 with a general layout and gas system based on the [[Corumm|Corummese]] {{wpl|Type 56 assault rifle}}. The FAMAG is a select fire weapon with the fire selector mounted on the right side, traversing vertically between safe, fully automatic and semi automatic. The FAMAG fires the intermediate [[7.5×42mm Yonderian]] cartridge, a shortened version of the [[7.5x62mm Yonderian]] used by previous Yonderian rifles. The [[7.5×42mm Yonderian|7.5x42mm]] is very similar to the {{wpl|7.62×39mm}} used by the Corummese type 56 but delivers a slightly higher muzzle velocity. The FAMAG feeds from 30 or 40 round magazines curved to account for the taper of the cartridge casings. The FAMAG was designed with an open three pronged flash supressor that doubles as a wire cutter which works by twisting the muzzle onto a strand of wire and firing a round.
 
The FAMAG has been continually modernized throughout its production with additions like threaded muzzles for taking suppressors, folding stocks, improved fire selector switches and {{wpl|Picatinny rail|rails}} for mounting optics, grips, bipods and lights. Following [[Levantine Union Defense Council]] standardization on the [[6.8x43mm]] cartridge, [[MAG]] has begun producing the rifle in the new cartridge and also offers a conversion kit to convert existing FAMAGs to the new caliber. As of 2026, [[7.5×42mm Yonderian|7.5x42mm]] remains the primary caliber used in FAMAGs of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]].
==Design==
==Design==
===Development history===
===Development history===
[[File:Valmet M58.jpg|thumb|left|Pre-adoption trials prototype named FA-X59 still chambered for [[Corumm|Corummese]] ammunition and using [[Corumm|Corummese]] slab-sided magazine]]
Designed by [[YERA]] Industries in 1950 and produced in 1951, the RS-51 is the primary assault rifle of the [[Calinthian Armed Forces]].  
Designers at [[MAG]] received six [[Corumm|Corummese]] {{wpl|Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56 assault rifles}} in late 1958 and soon set about the process of reverse engineering the weapon. Exactly how MAG acquired the Corummese rifles is unknown, but it has been suggested by anonymous sources within [[MAG]] that [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] gun runners acted as middle men in the acquisition. The very first prototype, FA-X59, was chambered for the {{wpl|7.62×39mm}} caliber used by the Corummese type 56 and was still fed from Corummese magazines. Temporary production of the Corummese cartridge was set up at [[MAG]] while the company's ballisticians developed the intermediate [[7.5×42mm Yonderian]] cartridge. The new caliber would allow the recycling of much of the fabrication materiel already used for [[7.5x62mm Yonderian]]. The new intermediate cartridge also had better ballistic properties than the Corummese caliber, owing to higher muzzle velocity and tighter tolerances in production.
 
In 1960, the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] announced a project to supplement the [[FdC-43]] battle rifle by replacing it in the assault role with a new, lighter weapon. Foreign battle rifle designs like the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[SARM-1|SAR-40]] and [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] {{wpl|FN FAL|FAL}} were initially considered because of their lighter nature and shorter overall length than that of the [[FdC-43]], and a single written source from [[Army Procurement Command (Yonderre)|Army Procurement Command]] even suggested looking into acquiring the production rights to or wholesale importing of the [[Corumm|Corummese]] {{wpl|Type 56 assault rifle}}. Yonderian designs submitted included the FS-58 by [[FS]] (an intermediate design using the unsuccesful 6.5x39mm cartridge) and FdC-57 by [[AMS]]. [[MAG]] submitted their prototype for what would eventually become the FAMAG, known then as FA-X60. The [[MAG]] bid was selected by [[Army Procurement Command (Yonderre)|Army Procurement Command]] for further funding and development continued until 1962 when it was accepted for service as the FAMAG, short for ''Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Gabion'', literally "Assault Rifle of [[MAG]]".
===Design features===
===Design features===
[[File:RK62M3 Rifle.jpg|thumb|FAMAG in modern configuration with hand stop and close combat optic mounted]]
==Operational history==
The biggest single improvement over the {{wpl|Type 56 assault rifle}} the FAMAG is based on, apart from the metallurgical quality of the receiver and the overall quality of the barrel, are the sights: unlike the Type 56, which has the rear sight mounted on top of the gas piston housing on top of the receiver, the FAMAG rear sight is mounted on the rear of the receiver cover, effectively doubling the sight radius.
===Calinthian Armed Forces===
===Other Users===


The gas tube is dove tailed into the front trunnion, and is a single-diameter tube, unlike the Type 56 tube, which has a star-shaped cross-section to guide the piston while allowing gasses to vent behind it. The gas piston has a cog shaped ring on the stem, behind the piston head. The ring's diameter matches the tube diameter, and it acts as the guide within the gas tube, the notches on the ring allowing excess gasses to be vented behind the piston head/guide. This system reduces the number of parts, and simplifies manufacturing as well as assembly/disassembly.
==Operational history==
===Yonderian Defence Force===
[[File:YDF Kit 2.png|thumb|Soldier of the YDF with FAMAG]]
[[File:YDF operator.png|thumb|[[DELTA]] operator with FAMAG]]
The FAMAG was originally introduced to supplement the heavier [[FdC-43]] battle rifle, giving soldiers a handier weapon for close quater combat and assaults, similar to employment of submachine guns by combatants in the [[Second Great War]]. Squad composition as put down by the [[Yonderian General Staff]] in 1962 was thus one [[SMG-59|Mitrailleuse mle 55]] machine gun, four FAMAG assault rifles and five [[FdC-43]] battle rifles per infantry squad. In 1967 this was changed to one [[SMG-59|Mitrailleuse mle 55]] machine gun, seven FAMAG assault rifles and two [[FdC-43]] battle rifles, and by 1972 the [[FdC-43]] had fallen entirely out of any and all future organizational planning in favour of the FAMAG, though FdC-43s were retained for reservists in case of war into the 1990s.


The FAMAG rifle has seen extensive use during the [[Final War of the Deluge]] in the hands of soldiers of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], [[Royal and Confederate Army (New Harren)|the Royal and Confederate Army]] of [[New Harren]] and private military contractors like [[Intrepid Enterprises]]. The rifle's sturdy build and simple gas system allows the FAMAG to operate reliably even in extreme weather conditions with minimal maintenance.
===Custodes Yonderre===
SWAT teams of the [[Custodes Yonderre]] have used FAMAG rifles since the late 1960s as a heavier alternative to the 9mm [[SMPM-3L]] submachine gun. The use of FAMAGs was authorized with local readiness units of the [[Custodes Yonderre]] in 1986. Starting in 2012, over concerns of terrorist groups like the [[Sons of Levantia]] and increasingly dangerous gang activity, police cruisers of the [[Custodes Yonderre]] started carrying FAMAG rifles alongside the 9mm [[SMPM-4]] submachine gun. The FAMAG is today considered the standard patrol carbine of the [[Custodes Yonderre]].
===Royal and Confederate Army===
At the request of Commandant of the [[Royal and Confederate Army (New Harren)|the Royal and Confederate Army]] of [[New Harren]] [[Guillaume d'Agostino]], thousands of FAMAG rifles have been given as lethal aid to [[New Harren]] from [[Yonderre]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. With Yonderian volunteers as instructors, the Royal and Confederate Army has received extensive training in the use and maintenance of FAMAG rifles and put them to use during the [[Final War of the Deluge]].
==Variants==
==Variants==
* '''FA-X59''' - Earliest prototype, still chambered for [[Corumm|Corummese]] {{wpl|7.62x39mm}} ammunition and using [[Corumm|Corummese]] slab-sided magazine
* '''RS-51''' - Original production run. These are the earliest models and were used in the [[Calinthian Purges]] by the CAF. Still in use by guerilla factions including the [[Protestants of Calinthia]] organization.
* '''FA-X60''' - Prototype adopted for further development by the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] in 1960
* '''RS-86''' - First model to adopt 6.5 Calinthian, which would become the standard for all later models. Alongside the 6.5 Calinthian addition came smaller design adjustments such as improved rear sights, and stronger materials.
* '''FAMAG''' - Production model introduced in 1962
* '''RS-02''' - The latest and most modern addition to the RS-51 family. Designed and produced in 2002, the RS-02 has improved rails for attachments, increased magazine size, and made of stronger materials.
* '''MiMAG''' - ''Mitrailleuse de MAG'', light machine gun/autorifle variant of the FAMAG with a longer and thicker barrel, integral bipod and 40-round magazines as standard, introduced in 1969
==Users==
==Users==
[[File:Rk62 disassembled.jpg|thumb|FAMAG disassembled]]
[[Calinthia]]
{{flag|Yonderre}}<br>
 
{{flag|New Harren}}
<br>
===Non-state users===
===Non-state users===
[[File:EI_Logo.png|18px]] [[Intrepid Enterprises]]: Purchased directly from [[MAG]]<br>
[[File:EI_Logo.png|18px]]
[[File:QSI_Logo_(SVG).svg|18px]] [[Quicksilver Industries]]: Purchased directly from [[MAG]]<br>
[[File:RG3Flag.jpeg|18px]] [[Revolutionary Guerrilla Triads]]: Presumed acquired from [[Sons of Levantia]]<br>
[[Sons of Levantia]]: Stolen from [[Yonderian Defence Force]] stocks
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" caption="FAMAG" widths="190px" heights="160px">
File:YDF combat engineers.png|[[Yonderian Defence Force|YDF]] combat engineers on exercise
File:YDF Pointing.png|Soldiers of the [[Yonderian Defence Force|YDF]] with FAMAG rifles on exercise
File:YDF Kit.png|Soldier of the [[Yonderian Defence Force|YDF]] with FAMAG rifle
File:YDF team.png|[[Yonderian Defence Force|YDF]] combat engineers during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]
</gallery>
==See also==
==See also==
[[List of equipment of the Yonderian Defence Force]]
[[Category:Military technology]]
[[Category:Military technology]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:AMY]]
[[Category:Yonderian Defence Force]]
[[Category:Yonderre]]
[[Category:Award winning pages]]
[[Category: Canonical Article]]
[[Category: Canonical Article]]
[[Category:IXWB]]
[[Category:IXWB]]

Latest revision as of 12:38, 27 December 2022

RS-51
RS-51 (original model)
TypeAssault rifle
Place of originTemplate:Country data Flag Calinthia Calinthia
Service history
In service1951–present
Used byTemplate:Country data Flag of Calinthia Calinthian Armed Forces
See Users
WarsCalinthian Purges
Production history
DesignerYERA
Designed1950-1951
ManufacturerYERA
Produced1951-2012
Specifications
Mass4.38 kg (9.66 lb)
Length1,025 mm (40.4 in)
Barrel length450 mm (17.7 in)
Width45 mm (1.8 in)
Height220 mm (8.7 in) with inserted magazine
Cartridge6.5 Calinthian
7.92×57mm Calinthian
ActionGas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire600–700 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity800 m/s (2,625 ft/s)
Effective firing range400–600 meters
Feed system20 - 30 round magazines
SightsRear: rotary diopter; front: hooded post

The RS-51 was designed by Atonia Freducciana, a wealthy business-woman from Napolis in 1950 while working for YERA. It's main user is Calinthia. It was designed due to the Calinthian Mililtary's necessity for a modern main battle rifle. The nationalized company YERA was funded by the Calinthian government in 1949 to begin designing a main battle rifle that the Calinthian Armed Forces could use. During the Second Great War, Urcea supplied Calinthia with SAR-40 rifles. These were deemed efficient weapons by the Calinthian Military for licensing, resulting in YERA 'Calinthianizing' the weapon platform. Unlike the SAR-40 however, the RS-51 uses the larger 7.92x57mm Calinthian cartridges. This among other smaller additions to the weapon platform make it slightly heavier than its SAR-40 predecessor. The later RS-86 model produced in 1986, would adopt the 6.5 Calinthian. This was a decision based off the need of soldiers on the ground. It was reported during the Second Insurgency War that the larger 7.92x57mm Calinthian rounds failed to reach across the vast valleys of the Montes Aureos mountains. Therefore, the Calinthian Military would redesign the weapon to use the smaller 6.5 Calinthian cartridge to achieve longer distance shooting. With the 6.5 Calinthian, the RS-86 is capable of reaching out to 900m before losing effective firing accuracy.

Design

Development history

Designed by YERA Industries in 1950 and produced in 1951, the RS-51 is the primary assault rifle of the Calinthian Armed Forces.

Design features

Operational history

Calinthian Armed Forces

Other Users

Variants

  • RS-51 - Original production run. These are the earliest models and were used in the Calinthian Purges by the CAF. Still in use by guerilla factions including the Protestants of Calinthia organization.
  • RS-86 - First model to adopt 6.5 Calinthian, which would become the standard for all later models. Alongside the 6.5 Calinthian addition came smaller design adjustments such as improved rear sights, and stronger materials.
  • RS-02 - The latest and most modern addition to the RS-51 family. Designed and produced in 2002, the RS-02 has improved rails for attachments, increased magazine size, and made of stronger materials.

Users

Calinthia


Non-state users

Gallery

See also

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