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The RCA-2009's scope features a lock that allows a soldier to hold the weapon by its handguard without de-calibrating the iron sights; a frequent complaint with the original Maktstepân that was addressed in the Maktstepân-03 upgrade. It additionally features a gauge for rifle-fired grenades integrated along the interior of the handguard rather than a separate alidade, which was known to occasionally bend if the Maktstepân was dropped and render it ineffective. The RCA-2009 comes natively with rails on the handguard and front grip for attaching sights and other addons, unlike its ancestors, which later received updated variants. This rail also allows for some infantry-based drone disruption systems to be mounted, although this makes firefighting with the equipped weapon unwieldy due to obstruction of view and greatly increased weight with a higher center of mass. | The RCA-2009's scope features a lock that allows a soldier to hold the weapon by its handguard without de-calibrating the iron sights; a frequent complaint with the original Maktstepân that was addressed in the Maktstepân-03 upgrade. It additionally features a gauge for rifle-fired grenades integrated along the interior of the handguard rather than a separate alidade, which was known to occasionally bend if the Maktstepân was dropped and render it ineffective. The RCA-2009 comes natively with rails on the handguard and front grip for attaching sights and other addons, unlike its ancestors, which later received updated variants. This rail also allows for some infantry-based drone disruption systems to be mounted, although this makes firefighting with the equipped weapon unwieldy due to obstruction of view and greatly increased weight with a higher center of mass. | ||
The RCA is able to mount a bayonet above its barrel, and its bayonet mount may alternatively be used to mount a laser sight or infrared laser for ordinance targeting/tracking. | The RCA is able to mount a bayonet above its barrel, and its bayonet mount may alternatively be used to mount a laser sight or infrared laser for ordinance targeting/tracking. | ||
Due to the placement of the ejection port, users are expected to wear long sleeves. A steel-and-cloth clip and bag attachment for casing collection was introduced for left-handed users in 2014 to prevent the occasional slippage of casings underneath the users' collar; this attachment is useable by right-handed personnel but generally ignored due to its needing to be ripped or cut open at the bottom to prevent filling up after approximately eighty rounds, dropping casings directly at the feet rather than further outwards. | |||
====Variations==== | ====Variations==== | ||