Note I have not yet drawn the battery pack and transponder components because I can’t wait to post this *

The Germans had the zeilgerät 1229 and the Americans used m3 infrared scoped carbines on Okinawa, I was thinking what Japanese small arms fitted with infrared night vision scopes would look like, introducing the Type 5 active infrared scope.

The Americans used the m3 carbines on Okinawa with great effect, and the Japanese took note of this in the field. High command considered that they had been actively adopting night-fighting tactics against the allies in the Pacific, while Japanese troops were well trained in night combat, troops only relying on rudimentary night navigation skills might not have what it takes for the battlefields of 1946 and beyond. In light of this, the army technical bureau was tasked to look into this matter. Heavily based on the little blueprints and notes provided by the Germans on the zeilgerät 1229 active infrared scopes they developed. The Japanese were able to reverse engineer the scope promptly naming it the Type 5 active infrared scope. The first few prototypes were mounted on Type 99 rifles but they noted that the Germans mounted theirs on the STG44 assault rifle, therefore they ultimately used the early type 100 smgs as a testbed for their new Type 5s, the early type was specifically chosen because of their bipod and very controllable rate of fire of 450 rpm, making it more suited as a static defence weapon with adequate firepower while light enough for infantry to carry around. An unknown number of such type 5s were produced there were no paperwork about this project were ever found, assuming that they are most likely destroyed in the many bombings on the home island during the last days of the war.

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As always, all questions or comments are welcome.
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If you asked any soldier in the Periphery about anti-armor weapons, no matter if they are Aurumites who do unspeakable things with their 1.85 inch railguns, Tronarians who practically marry their 140mm Plumbata missiles, or some trooper in a bandit state who has heard of tanks, but never seen them in his 12 years of life, they will all come back to the Bore.

It is a weapon that is both regarded with derision and respect in almost equal measure. It was made in such quantities that even though mass production of the weapon had ceased 3 years into the Liberation War, it took next 37 years of warfare to put a real dent in the numbers of weapons.
After the end of the war, production restarted among the Periphery states, as it was seen as a perfectly serviceable weapon for the sheer economic turmoil that they found themselves in.

However, most nations quickly did their best to relegate them to second line usage the moment they found it practical, for to say that it had problems is an understatement. Many of these problems stem from the fact that the Bore was made to be as preformant as possible in a frankly tiny container and made at colonial standards. Seemingly, Imperials value dead enemies over alive (colonial) allies.

The missile's main issue is that it just unsafe to be around. The missile is propelled by some horrific hypergolic nightmare fuel that allows it to rapidly go from its measly 160m/s muzzle velocity to nearly a km/s to have a better chance of hitting through APS and laser brooms. This is not good to be around, as the exhuast from the missile is enough to flash burn any exposed skin of the firer, plus gives everyone near the firer and along its flight path cancer from something in the fuel. Whatever that is, only the Three Heavenly Courts know.

The missile's rapid acceleration as it leaves the tube often leads to the aim of this weapon being thrown off, which isn't great for actually hitting anything, since the missile is laser guided.

The missile itself is carried in a cheap fiberglass tube that is thrown away after firing, with the trigger and CLU being ripped off and stuck on a new tube after the old one is expended. Funnily enough, the beloved Aurumite 1.85 inch recoiless railgun uses the same CLU as this missile system with only minimal modifications.

The warhead is a 1.4 kg HEAT charge able to dispatch most tanks from all but the front aspect. This certainly makes up for the other issues to many Periphery states, since they still use the missile. Due to its quirks, it is not used for what the Imperials intended it to be. Instead of being deployed in close quarters as a bitchslap, it is frequently used at the very edge of its range to allow its gunner time to correct their aim and hit the target.