RAA Strikefuse Pattern Rifle

The Strikefuse Pattern assault rifle is the main rifle employed by infantry of the Azerothian Guard, and marines of the Allied Azerothian Navy.

Invented in the waning days of the Void War on Azeroth by Clifford J. Vayne, the son of one Commander Emanter Vayne of the Gilneas Brigade, the rifle served as the main firearm employed by the then Kingdom of Stormwind and various members of the Grand Alliance.

The rifle marked a move from larger caliber rifle rounds, with bolt-action mechanisms, to semi-automatic rifles with smaller caliber rounds that are fed by a box magazine.

The rifle is a good jack-of-all-trades, combining a high rate of fire with a considerable effective firing range, but lightly lacking penetration power. Because of this a variant of the rifle, called the Strikefuse MKIII 'Knight-Slayer', was invented. The Knight-Slayer variant has a far lower rate of fire, but far higher armor penetration with a longer barrel.

The Strikefuse has a gel and rubber based stock to assist with recoil, as well as a foldout longer stock with attachable bipod for even more accurate stationary firing. The rifle in this configuration can also commonly be found sticking out of windows in Azerothian Guard APCs.

Ammunition
For ammunition, the Strikefuse makes use of the ammo that was originally designed along with it back in 109 by Clifford Vayne; being the 5.56x45mm MS round, or the 'Guard Round', as it's more commonly known. Along with this the rifle can also fire incendiary rounds, AP rounds (though these still lack the penetration power of the Knight-Slayer), hollow point, and various other enchanted versions of the 5.56x45mm MS rounds.

Attachments
As the Strikefuse was designed to be a jack-of-all-trades kind of rifle, it's capable of being fitted with multiple attachments on the barrel, stock, and various other locations around the rifle.

Bipod
To achieve more stable firing in it's full automatic mode, the rifle can be equipped with an attachable and detachable bipod. Made of light steel with rubber feet, the bipod can conform to most terrain. Along with the bipod a longer fold-out stock can be added to the rifle, to turn it into what is, in effect, a mounted turret.

Bayonet
For situations when close-combat is likely, the Strikefuse can be equipped with an 11" long steel bayonet; modeled after the M3 Combat Knife all members of the Guard carry. The bayonets have serrations running halfway along the blade for use as wire cutters or a multi-purpose knife.

Under-barrel Attachments
All models of the Strikefuse can mount 40mm grenade launchers under their barrels, along with AAR Skeletonkey shotguns for door breaching, as well as laser sights and flashlights. Vertical or angled grips can also be attached.

Barrel Attachments
The Strikefuse's barrel is capable of being fixed with suppressors, muzzle breaks, flash hiders, and compensators.