PALETTE RIFLE

The palette rifle is the main weapon of the Evangelion units. At the first kinds of Angels, the rifle was the weapon of choice for all Evangelions. However, they proved pretty useless in destroying the Angel in all but one occasion: the 9th Angel - Matarael. In real life, there is a German arms company, Steyr, that creates a gun similar looking to the palette rifle; it fires flechette's, a tiny metal dart, and not bullets. One magazine carries 30 rounds and the round travels at 5,000 feet per second. It can fire up to 1,400 rounds per minute, an it's design doesn't make the muzzle rise and spoil aiming.