IMBEL MD-22A1

     Notes:  This is a similar concept to the Argentine FAL Cal .22, being an FN FAL modified to fire the .22 Long Rifle cartridge.  The MD-22A1 is much lighter than a normal FAL, and uses a smaller magazine (again, like the FAL Cal .22, a .22 Long Rifle magazine inside the body of a false FAL magazine), but the balance and mechanical operation of the weapon is close enough to a normal FAL to make it adequate for basic rifle marksmanship and care training.  Unlike the Argentine weapon, the MD-22A1 is the result of a specific manufacture instead of being the result of a conversion kit. 

     Twilight 2000 Story: Like the Argentines, the Brazilians started handing out these weapons to irregular forces in Brazil starting a few months earlier than the Argentines; some of these weapons even made it to tribes such as the Yanamamo deep inside the Amazon rain forests, where they were mostly used for hunting small prey like monkeys, or scaring off jaguars.  It was also widely available in South and Central America in the years before the war for civilian and military sales. 

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

MD-22A1

.22 Long Rifle

4.14 kg

10

$271

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

MD-22A1

SA

1

Nil

7

1

Nil

43

 

Taurus 63

     Notes: The Taurus Model 63 is an almost exact copy of the old Winchester Model 63, which was one of the first autoloading small-caliber rifles.  The chief difference is the use of .22 Long Rifle ammunition instead of the old .22 Winchester Automatic ammunition of the Winchester 63 and its predecessor, the Winchester 1903.  ( Versions of the Taurus Model 63 in Winchester Magnum Rimfire and .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire are forthcoming, and statistics are presented below.)  The rifle, like its predecessors, is fed from a tubular magazine that is in the buttstock instead of under the barrel.  Loading is simple; the magazine is pulled out to the rear of the stock and rounds dropped into the reloading slot on the right side of the stock.  Field stripping is very simple; most cleaning can be done by separating the weapon into upper and lower receivers.  The part under the barrel that looks like a tubular magazine is actually the charging plunger.  The rear sight is adjustable for elevation and the front sight for windage.  Though not a combat rifle, the Model 63 is an effective plinker, target shooter, and varminter.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Taurus 63

.22 Long Rifle

2.04 kg

10 Tubular

$281

Taurus 63

.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire

2.17 kg

10 Tubular

$302

Taurus 63

.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire

2.05 kg

10 Tubular

$282

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Taurus 63 (.22 Long Rifle)

SA

1

Nil

5

1

Nil

46

Taurus 63 (.22 Magnum)

SA

1

Nil

6

1

Nil

72

Taurus 63 (.17)

SA

1

Nil

5

1

Nil

72

 

Taurus CT

     Notes: Also known as the CTG-29, the CT-9  is designed not only as a civilian carbine, but something that might be useful for police and as a CQB platform.  The carbine uses the blowback carbine and fires from a closed bolt.  Atop the receiver is a full-length MIL-STD-1913, one that runs the length of the receiver, the upper handguard, to the end of the gas block.  There is a further rail as the front of the handguard which extends from the front of the handguard back about half the length of the handguard.  The handguard can accommodate two other rails as the 3 and 9-o’clock positions. The CT series comes with a BUIS set with a fully adjustable rear sight and a square post front sight which is hooded.  The charging handle and controls can be reversed to accommodate left or right-handed shooters.  The CT-9 has a 16-inch barrel and is about as long as an AR-15 and lighter than one.  Magazines are loaded into the grip, but are not standard pistol magazines.

     The CT-40 (CTG-40) is basically the same as the CT-9, but fires a heavier cartridge.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

CT-9

9mm Parabellum

2.99 kg

10

$274

CT-40

.40 Smith & Wesson

3.2 kg

10

$311

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

CT-9

SA

2

1-Nil

5

1

Nil

35

CT-40

SA

2

1-1-Nil

5

2

Nil

44