P01 Infantry Rifle

The P01 infantry rifle was one of the first small weapons developed by the Gellins. It is about 60 centimeters long and weighs approximately 3.25 kilograms.

Invention
As the Gellins encountered the Wars for Dominance, a standardized weapon was required. Until this point, different Gellinnic factions used their own variants of rifles, and so Gellin scientists aimed to create a rifle that would appeal to all of the factions. The P01 was created in -890,000,000 in Venturnem.

Service
The rifle was the standard issue for the Gellinnic army through the entirety of the Wars for Dominance. It was quite popular due to it and its cartridges being quite inexpensive.

At the advent of the First Galactic War, however, the rifle was soon outclassed from upgraded variants that the empires other than Venturnem had. The P01 was quickly replaced with the P02 rifle system, a more adaptable and flexible standard issue.

Design
The P01 was milled by taking a solid block of aluminium steel and drilling bores and holes in it, basically converting the block into a functional weapon. This had some upsides and some downsides.Firstly, the manufacturing cost was very cheap, meaning these could be distributed across a very large army. They were also quite durable, able to withstand a drop from 50 meters at standard gravity. However, their compact nature meant that these rifles were difficult to repair or modify, meaning that no soldiers in the army had special roles, hence why it was called an infantry rifle.

The rifle had full and semi-auto modes, and was fed by a Standard Size Venturnem Magazine. The highest rate of fire achieved by this weapon was 1000 rounds per minute.