V-310 Crystalline Ballistics Automatic Weapon

The V-310 Crystalline Ballistics Automatic Weapon (V310-CBAW), or V310 Assault Rifle, is the standard-issue combat weapon of the infantry forces of the Vespian Defense Forces. It is one of the oldest weapons still in use in the galaxy, with more than seven thousand years of service history since its original introduction in 7818 NE during the Unification Wars throughout the Blackstone sector.

Originally introduced by the forces of House O'Neill at the height of the Unification Wars, the V310 came to replace the then commonly used gas-operated ballistic weapons of the time, with the use of electronic firing and synthetically produced crystalline ammunition that could be tailor-made for the combat operations as they were needed. By the end of the conflict, the V310 was in general usage by all of the major combatants, and replaced the older weapon types completely.

Ever since then, the V310 has been hailed as the most successful combat weapon in Vespian history, with hundreds of billions of V310 assault rifles produced in the seven hundred centuries following its introduction, and current usage with the combat infantry of the VDF. Because of the mass production of the rifle throughout Vespian space, an V310 can be found in every corner of the galaxy, and in use with forces from all sides, be they federal VDF soldiers, household militias, or houseless pirates at the edge of civilized space.