Torsfeld RSL

Torsfeld Rifle, Self-Loading
RSL Model 1946
Type	Battle Rifle
Place of origin	North Ottonia
Service history
In service	1935 - 1958 (OFDS) 1950 - present (OFRGS)
Used by	Ottonian Federal Defense Service, Ottonian Federal & Republican Guard Services
Production history
Designed	1930 - 1934
Manufacturer	Torsfeld Arsenal
Produced	1935 - present
No. built	> 400,000
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Weight	4.32 kg (9.5 lb) (Model 1934)
Length	1,115 mm (43.5 in) (Model 1934)
Cartridge	7.92x57mm (Model 1934)
Action	Gas operated, tilting bolt, short-stroke piston
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic (Models 1934 and 1946), Select Fire (Model 1937)
Effective firing range	1000m+
Maximum firing range	1200m+
Feed system	10 round fixed box magazine, reloaded using 10-round en-bloc clips
Sights	iron sights

The Torsfeld RSL, officially the Torsfeld Rifle, Self-Loading, Model 1934 is a North Ottonian military battle rifle developed and initially produced in the 1930's through the early 1950's, supplementing the Olesunn Rifle before both were eventually displaced in OFDS use by the Torsfeld RAL battle rifle in the late 1950's.

The rifle was the brainchild of Ottonian Federal Army General Teodur Blankus, who saw the massive advantage to be gained by providing republican soldiers with a semiautomatic service rifle, allowing them to outgun their monarchist enemies to the south. The weapon was beginning production in 1935 when the South Ottonian and Ghantish coalition forces invaded North Ottonia, severely disrupting production. The weapon's entry into service would only occur in limited numbers until 1944, and it would never quite displace the bolt-action repeater Olesunn rifle the way Blankus had originally-envisioned.

Still, the weapon did see significant service in the North Ottonian Revolution, as well as being in the hands of many frontline units and Bluwaalder militias during the 1956 Highlands War with South Ottonia, in which the weapon's mechanics proved sound and the overall build-quality more than adequate. However, it quickly turned out that the en bloc clips used to reload the weapon were awkward and the full-powered rifle cartridge made sustained, rapid fire inaccurate if not impossible. These lessons, already-known from experiences in the Great Ottonian War, were in large part responsible for the quick turnaround on its replacement.