Weapon Talk: SR-98P PARAcarbine

Tools
Pencils with help from the ruler

About
Weapon from the "C.M.O.S" Universe. The SR-98P PARA-Carbine. A unique weapon that is effective in both air and underwater.

Before the Global Terror War, Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) developed the SR-88 assault rifle meant for export, however the rifle was not very successful in sales. Subsequently, CIS was bought over by ST Kinetics and the SR-88 ceased production.

After the war, TT Kinetics (Rename from ST Kinetic) released most of it's old rifle patents and designs, including the SR-88, to open market as it deemed the designs obsolete and have reached it's "end of lifecycle". Various emerging firearms manufacturer adopted the SR-88's design in their product.

Based on combat experiences gathered from the war and a need for a fully functional underwater assault rifle, a Singaporean independant firearms Manufacturer, Combat Innovation Standards Pte Ltd (ironically AKA CIS), bought the SR-88 blueprints to work on a prototype.

In barely 2 years, a working prototype, codenamed "Harpoon-S", was announed to the market and the final product, renamed as SR-98, when into production the following year.

The SR-98 operates basically like any other rifles in the market. It's based on the close-bolt action. The only innovation is that it chassis, magazines and barrels are completely water-tight with "Submerging Integrated Liquid Lid" (S.I.L.L) waterproof component that allow a S.I.L.L. compressed gas nip to be fitted. This allows the rifle to be fired underwater up to the depth of around 3 meters. Each S.I.L.L. gas nip can be use for a magazine of 30 rounds.
S.I.L.L. technology is patented in UA, EUS and Trancel City.

The "P" Variant PARA-Carbine is configured for light-weight airborne/seaborne operations with a foldable and extendable stock and integrated Picatinny Rails for Tactical customizations.

SR-98P PARAcarbine
Designed year: 2029
Manufacturer: Combat Innovation Standard Pte Ltd (new CIS)
Weight unloaded: 2.9kg
Weight loaded(30 rounds with S.I.L.L. apparatus): 4.7kg
Barrel Length: 450mm
Total Length with stock extended: 950mm
Cartridge: 5.56mm NATO
Action: Close rotating bolt
Rate of Fire: 600 rds/min(standard), 180rds/min(underwater)
Muzzle Velocity: 700m/s(standard), 299m/s(underwater)
Effective Range: 500m(standard), 20m (underwater)
Feed system: 30 rounds S.I.L.L. STANAG
Sights: Aftermarket sights with Backup iron sights.

Year
Oct 2010

eXpressions
Designed this weapon during NS times in 1998 or 1999. During that time I had a big fasination on Singapore-made weapons like the Ultimax 100, SAR-80 and SR-88B. SR-88 was pretty low-profile as SAF did not adopt the weapon. It's meant for export.

With rumors of a new weapon in the works as SAF's standard issue, I begin to speculate how the weapon might looked like. Banging on my knowledge on the Israeli Galil Assault rifle, I fused the Galil and SR-88 together to form a new hyrid called SR-98.

The waterproofing part is only though off after I decided to make this the main medium-sized weapon for my "C.M.O.S" female protagonist, Omega!

It's only a year later I realise the new weapon is indeed the SAR-21 bullpup rifle, a total different philosophy from my conventional "SR-98" look.

More sketchs of Characters and weapons coming up for "C.M.O.S."