M41A Pulse Rifle

The M41A Pulse Rifle first entered service with the US military in 2171 and went on to become the standard-issue rifle of the US Colonial Marine Corps and US Army.

The standard M41A ammunition magazine stores 99 rounds in a ‘U’ bend conveyor. Rounds are fed mechanically into the weapon’s rotating breech. While the magazine weighs 1.5 kg when fully loaded, standard practice is to only fill it to 95% capacity (95 rounds) to prevent jamming.

The M41A usually mounts the underbarrel U1 Grenade Launcher, comprising a barrel, breech and four-round internal magazine, fired using a trigger just in front of the rifle magazine, the housing for which doubles as a grip during grenade firing.