The .57 ¹⁾ Zen Arms is a brand new round made to take the stage in the venerable arms manufacturer's showcase in YE 41. With the war between the Yamatai Star Empire, and the Interstellar Kingdom Of Kuvexia with no end in sight, Zen Armaments decided to try and take advantage of the situation by creating a new caliber of specialized rifle rounds designed purely for anti-armor use on their own proprietary powered armor.

While it can be fired by non-enhanced species such as baseline Nepleslians or, Minkan it is however discouraged without a bipod for the weapon and lying in a prone position or a gunner setup. At this time, however, Zen Arms has not designed or marketed a standard anti-materiel rifle platform as of yet due to its concentrating on rushing the power armor rifle variant first.

The .57 Zen Arms currently only comes in two varieties as the company may one day expand the line further. The rounds offered are a standard Armor-piercing and a High explosive, incendiary armor-piercing round.

Midweight, steel jacketed FMJ²⁾ with a hardened tungsten carbide core and a hollow ballistic cap to lessen drag and boost velocity. The cap itself breaks away on impact. The bullet's coloration is green marking it as an AP round.

• Damage Rating: Tier 4 (Light Anti-armor)
• Size: 14.8x119mm
• Caliber: .57 Zen Arms
• Damage Description: Point of impact, high-velocity kinetic damage
• Effective Range: 2,300 Meters/2.3km/2515 Yards
• Muzzle Velocity: 940m/s | 3,083ft/s
• Muzzle Blast: Short-lived burst of fire from the muzzle with a sharp crack of a retort.
• Recoil (Humanoid Use): Heavy
• Recoil (PA Use): Light
• Energy Source: Chemical Propellant - Kinetic

Heavyweight steel-jacketed FMJ round³⁾ designed with multipurpose stages in mind. An incendiary mixture ignites the high-explosive charge providing armor weakening effects while the Durandium core penetrates the weakened armor material. The HEIAP also features a stronger propellant charge to offset the heavier round. This round's bullet is painted a bright red marking it as a HEIAP round.

• Damage Rating: Tier 5 (Medium Anti-armor)
• Size: 14.8x119mm
• Caliber: .57 Zen Arms
• Damage Description: Incendiary effects with HE charge and hardened Durandium penetrator core.
• Effective Range: 2,300 Meters/2.3km/2515 Yards
• Muzzle Velocity: 910m/s | 3,000ft/s
• Muzzle Blast: Short-lived burst of fire from the muzzle with a sharp crack of a retort.
• Recoil (Humanoid Use): Moderate
• Recoil (PA Use): Moderate
• Energy Source: High-powered Chemical Propellant - Kinetic

Soresu created this article on 2019/05/18 13:38.

This article was approved on 5/18/2019. Link to approved thread:https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/threads/57-zen-arms.64375