User:K4/PTS-25

The PhadeTech-Standard, Model 25, abbreviated as PTS-25, was a firearm employed from 2530 to 2550. Designed for and used exclusively by Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) of Inner Colony worlds, the PTS-25 was PTI's way of giving LEO mil-spec armament without directly selling military arms to them. It's presence made a significant impact on Inner Colony invasions, and specifically the amount of citizens that escaped from Jericho VII, as it made short work of the Covenant cannon fodder sent ground side.

Design
The small size of the PTS-25 aided in arming patrol officers, who routinely carried shotguns and carbines in their cruisers. It's ability to be field stripped into it's three basic components (Upper receiver, Lower receiver and Stock) also aided in quick deployments in crises.

The Upper and Lower were cut from solid blocks of 8355 Titanium-A and are both coated in TuffTech Polymer (G55), as is the stock's cheek plate. A 12.5 inch, chrome-bored, 1:8 rifled barred allowed a wide variety of cartridge use. The upper has Fore and Rear Iron sights-the Fore a hooded pin, the Rear a rotary multi-reticle drum-and a 10 inch MIL-STD-2347 accessory rail mounted on the top. The lower contains the saftey and selector switches, both located above the triggerguard. The stock is retractable, having three positions. It employs a rubber butt that is hard-melded to the titanium plate that connects it and the cheek plate to the stock tube.

It utilizes SUNMS Type 4 and Type 5 ammunition magazines, which are intergangable with over 20 different firearms commonly used by LEO.

Factory Modifications

 * Model 25A: Installed tritium night sights and a Cutter Military Tacticals MR466 Optical GunSight (CMTac MR466 OGS) on the MIL-STD-2347 rail.
 * Model 25B: Eliminated the iron sights and accessory rail and installed a CMTac MR477 Holographic-Shrouded-GunSight (HSGS) directly on the Upper.
 * Model 25C: Installed 3 extra MIL-STD-2347 accessory rails on a 8520 Titanium-B RS9 handgrip.