Produced simultaneously with the Jäger Heavy Infantry Armor, the GIR-01 Gauss Rifle was designed to be the standard hand-held weapon of all future Powered Armor developed for the Abwehran military.

Designer: Kaiserlich F&E Manufacturer: Kaiserlich Waffenerbauer Name: GIR-01 Gauss Rifle Type: Electromagnetically-propelled Projectile Weapon Role: Anti-Powered Armor Rifle Length: 1100mm (~43 inches) Mass: 20kg. (~44 lbs) Rate of Fire: 800 rounds per minute

With Powered Armor only existing for several decades, the Abwehrans have never needed a dedicated Powered Armor Rifle until contact with other species. The development of the Jäger Heavy Infantry Armor in late AF 260 YE 34 gave Kaiserlich Waffenerbauer a chance to correct the situation. Thus, the GIR-01 Gauss Rifle was created in conjunction with the new Heavy Infantry Armor.

Compared to many of the newer Abwehran infantry weapons, the GIR-01 is a throwback to the Beschützer Series Mass-Driver Rifle in appearance. While the newest MDR-series rifles are more streamlined, the GIR-01 is blocky and utilitarian. While is uses a pistol-grip that is ventrally located, the Gauss Rifle's magazine is located on the ventral side of the weapon, behind the pistol grip, while the Nuclear Battery is installed dorsally. The camera-sight is built into a protrusion on the dorsal-side of the Gauss Rifle, which is located in front of the rifle's magazine.

Muzzle Velocity: 1200 m/s (~3937 ft/s) Effective Range 3000 meters (~3280 yards)

The GIR-01 uses the Standard Abwehran Trigger System. The GIR-01 is capable of firing in three modes: Semi-automatic, 3-round Burst, and Automatic.

Safety: Ambidextrous dial-safety. Fire Mode Selector: Built-in to the Safety.

• (S)afety
• (1) Semi-automatic
• (B)urst-fire
• (A)utomatic

Weapon Sight: Camera-sight. Attachment Hard Points: None. Energy Source: 1 Nuclear Battery

Weapon   : 8460 Credits (2820 KS) 

Barrel Assembly  : 2700 Credits (900 KS) 
Super-conductor, Magnetic Rails  : 2400 Credits (800 KS) 
Cooling System  : 3000 Credits (1000 KS) 
Firing Assembly  : 600 Credits (200 KS) 
Magazine (100 rounds)  : 300 Credits (100 KS) 
[[faction:abwehran_star_empire:technology:nuclear_battery]]  : 100 Credits (33.33 KS)

Crate of Ammunition ((100 magazines worth))  : 3000 Credits (1000 KS) 

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