M98 Dubois Rifle

M98 Dubois Rifle
M98 Dubois Carbine rifle
Type	Bolt action
Place of origin	Lorica
Service history
In service	1901–1949
Wars	First Europan War Second Europan War
Production history
Designed	1900
No. built	more than 5,500,000
Specifications
Weight	3.375 kg / 7.5 lb to 5.157 kg / 11.46 lb depending on model
Length	986 mm / 38.8 in to 1328 mm / 52.28 in depending on model
Barrel length	520 mm / 20.5 in to 832 mm / 32.78 in depending on model
Cartridge	7x62mm
Action	Bolt action
Muzzle velocity	580 m/s (1900 ft/s) to 870 m/s (2854 ft/s) depending on ammunition
Effective firing range	900 m (3,000 ft)
Feed system	5-round magazine
Sights	V-notch and front post

The M98 Dubois Rifle is a five-round repeating bolt-action rifle produced in the Lorican Alliance, which is the Lorican copy of the Krag-Mauserheim M98 after trade embargoes during the Lorican expulsion of Commonwealth assets in 1899 prompted the Erebonian Parliament to cease shipping weapons to Lorica.

There are only slight differences in between the Krag and the Dubois; namely the cartridge that it fires. The Dubois was designed to fire the cheaper 7x62mm round produced in Lorica. It was massively produced from the 1900s to 1949 and served in the First and the Second Europan War.

The Dubois was a cheap rifle to produce and had the same mechanism as its original counterpart but quality deficiencies posed numerous problems such that the round could not feed well or the round didn't fire. This posed problems for the Lorican Army when it fought against the Imperial Quenminese Army during the Second Europan War. The problem was also reflected on the Joyonghean Sovereign Army's adoption of the rifle. It was prone to jamming and caused it to misfeed alot as described by Joyonghean troops.

Users

Aurucolia
Bahatstva
Holy Trabian Empire
Joyonghea: Standard issue rifle from 1933-1941; fully-withdrawn and replaced by the Lee-Enfield
Lorica
Remiferia