M108A1 Close Assault Weapon System

"With the M108 you only need to rack it once when you load a drum. For some reason, alotta boys insist on doing before they go into every room. They do say "the sound of you racking a shotgun is like 'kiss your ass good bye'" or sumthin"

- Anonymous UNSC Marine

The M108A1 CAWS is a gas operated and lightweight shotgun. The weapon is made from a advance thermoplastic, kylonite, handling heat distribution and weight and a polymer drum filled with 10 guage flechette shells loaded in a helical drum. The weapon is capable of automatic fire, semi automatic and bursts of two shell fire.

Uses
The M108A1 is quickly replacing the aging (though modernised) M90D CAWS due to is inherent capabilites over it. Being capable of semi automatic fire without the use of pump action, the weapon immediatly has a higher rate of fire and a ammo capacity double that of the M90. This easily outweighs its comparitivly weaker shell guage. Its found immediate use in assault teams, with combat engineers, as a close support weapon for weapons and tank crews, thanks to its folding butt, allowing storage in a smaller space and a essential weapon for urban and close quaters warfare. It features a Misriah Rail on the reciever and two on each side of the pump.

Operation
the weapon is gas operated and the only time it requires racking its when a new drum is loaded. It has automatic firing modes and burst fire, though the kick back from these muddles aiming badly.

UNSC Comments
"The weapon is the perfect antithesis to the M90. Its automatic where is pump action, its got ammo capacity where the M90 has stopping power. Its like Ying and Yang..."

"I like the C version. Its been shrotened and has a foregrip on, nice for the police but i wouldn't take it up against the Necros."

"We got a tactic called the 'street sweeper.' Bascially we put it to auto or burst, lay it on its left side in our hands and aim at the right. The shotgun goes off, we hold down the trigger, it goes across the room, clearing it pretty effectively."

"I swear to god, i saw a Sierra Four using one of these like a foxtrotting sub machine gun! He held it perfectly steady as he blew off the whole entire magazine!"