RAL
| Automatic-Loading Infantry Rifle | |
|---|---|
 ALIR | |
| Type | Battle Rifle |
| Place of origin |  North Ottonia/ Ostrozava |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1954 - present |
| Used by | Ottonian Federal Defense Service, Ostrozavan Defense Force, Ottonian Federal Guard, various Ottonian Civil Guard services |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1943 - 1954 (intermittant) |
| Manufacturer | Torsfeld Arsenal |
| Produced | 1954 - present |
| No. built | > 4,000,000 |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 4.25 kg (9.4 lb) |
| Length | 1,090 mm (43 in) (Standard Model) |
| Cartridge | 7.92x57mm (prototypes), 7.92x50mm, 7.62x51mm |
| Action | Gas operated, tilting bolt, short-stroke piston |
| Rate of fire | Semi-automatic, selective fire |
| Effective firing range | 600m |
| Maximum firing range | 800m+ |
| Feed system | 20-round or 30-round detachable box magazine |
| Sights | aperture sights |
The Automatic-Loading Rifle (Ostrozavan: Osobnă Automatickă Zbraňi), commonly referred to by its acronym, ALIR ([[Ostro-Ludzic|Ostro-Ludzic}}: OsAZ), is a select-fire rifle produced in North Ottonia and Ostrozava and used by the armed forces of both countries, first as standard service rifles, then in the battle rifle role. It is still used by paramilitary Federal Guard and Civil Guard units in North Ottonia, and it remains in use in the designated marksman weapon role in the OFDS. The Ostrozavan Civil Guard still uses the 1990 pattern, or BSv.54/M, as its standard issue reserve and militia rifle, although it is undergoing replacement within the Ostrozavan Protection Force by a variety of ergonomically modern contenders.
It was developed from the same half-finished designs and prototypes as the Arthuristan L54 rifle, while also drawing heavy inspiration from the Ottonian predecessor SLR.
In North Ottonia it replaced the Olesunn Rifle and the SLR as the standard service rifle of the Ottonian Federal Defense Service. It was, in turn, displaced as the OFDS' primary service rifle by the ALCIR rifle.
Cartridge
Initially developed for the North Ottonian 7.92x57mm rifle cartridge used on the earlier Olesunn Rifle and SLR Model 1934, the cartridge proved to be extremely difficult to control in automatic fire. Not satisfied with the existing 8mm Short's ballistic properties (which had previously been used in carbines and submachine guns, in which its short range had not been considered issues), a longer "short rifle" cartridge was developed for the ALIR project, resulting in the birth of the 7.92x50mm cartridge.
Development
Some stuff about blueprints and the SLR.