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Designation:
Heckler & Koch Inc. M-53
"Fox" 4.45mm assault rifle / 40mm Grenade Launcher
- Year Introduced: 2048
- Designer: Heckler & Koch Inc.
- Acquiring Military: Robotech Defense Force
- Primary Function: Infantry Weapon
- Length: 100 cm
- Weight, with 45 round magazine: 6.2 kg
- Bore diameter: 4.45mm
- Maximum effective range:
- Area Target: 850 meters
- Point Target: 520 meters
- Grenade: 150 meters maximum, 30 meters
minimum
- Muzzle velocity: 1.2 km per second
- Rate of fire: Selective fire - one round, three round or five
round burst
- Cyclic: 750 rounds per minute
- Sustained: 22-25 rounds per minute
- Semiautomatic: 45 rounds per minute
- Burst: 90 rounds per minute with three round burst, or 180
rounds per minute with five round burst
- Magazine capacity: 45 round magazine (typical) / 3 grenades in a detachable
clip
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Layout adapted from Robotech
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Content by Jeffrey R.
Spillner, Michael Bornstein, and Ron
Ferera.
Copyright © 1998-2001 Jeffrey
R. Spillner, Michael Bornstein, and Ron Ferera.
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