StG M65

Stormgevär Modell 1965
Type	Assault Rifle
Place of origin	Acrea
Service history
In service	1965 - Present
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	Försvarets Fabriksverk Charlottenburg
Designed	1958-1965
Manufacturer	Försvarets Fabriksverk Charlottenburg
Specifications
Cartridge	6.8x43mm
Action	Rotating bolt, short-stroke gas-operated piston
Rate of fire	750 rounds per minute

The StG M65, officially the Stormgevär Modell 1965, is an Acrean 6.8x43mm select-fire rifle designed by the Stuhr Arsenal for the Acrean Armed Forces. The M65 was an adaptation of the Shalumite StG 64, which had been introduced for testing in Acrea the year prior after entering service with the Imperial Shalumite Army. The M65 was part of a wave of designs submitted to the Acrean military as part of an initiative to adopt a carbine chambered in the new 6.8x43mm intermediate cartridge. The M65 was ordered for field testing by the Army before proper competitive trials could take place. It was first used by Acrean military advisers deployed to Quenmin during the Bacteuian Insurgency, and was given the designation Modell 1965. The rifle later competed against the M68 carbine in official joint trials from 1966 to 1968, which saw the M68 officially adopted by the RAMC and no official decision made by the Army. The M65 was later officially adopted as the Army's new service rifle in 1970, despite the RAMC's adoption of its competitor.

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• Acrea