The Great War is over, yet the threat of the Empire is still on the horizon and it's only a matter of years before a new, bloody conflict will rage across the continent. To face that storm, three friends join forces to prepare Gallia for the next wa...
Designed specifically by the students of the GSS School at the Lanseal Royal Academy, the Lansealer saw its first prototypes coming out in 1933 and polished into the final version in 1934, gaining widespread appreciation by the soldiers of the Service.
The Lansealer is a fully automated carbine with a 20-rounds magazine and an innovative grenade launcher mounted below the barrel. This secondary weapon is able to fire explosive shells of 203 mm that are much more devastating than regular grenades, it also fires at much higher speed, which limits the possible parable but hits hard enough to make a truck explode immediately, thus making it useful even to disable tanks if the soldier manages to fire on the exposed radiators.
It's also a very reliable weapon, able to fall into snow, sand or mud and keep firing anyway, making it perfect for the infiltration tactics of the GSS. The Gallian National Arsenal has bought the project and there are talks of making it the standard weapon for the Armed Forces, but its relatively long and expensive production cycle makes the transition too risky to do during a military emergency like the Imperial invasion.
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Welkin observed through his periscope with a certain surprise. He himself knew that bringing the Edelweiss through the river with mistleweed was a gamble to say the least. Yet, it was a gamble that was paying off. They were actually pushing a tank of considerable weight through the water by just relying on that plant.
Still, there were many things that could go wrong: the mistleweed turf might have ended before they reached the opposite bank, or just shrink enough for it not being able to sustain the tank tracks. He didn't doubt the mechanical part that had been handled by Isara, but still, even she might have missed something on turning the tank amphibious.
None of the two spoke a word as long as they were below the water. Isara was entirely focused on driving and trying to see if the mistleweed was still there beneath the fairly dark mantle of the water.
Then the trucks made a loud sound. The machine suddenly felt different. The siblings gasped in surprise, then Isara finally realized. "Welks...we did it! We are ready to get out on the opposite bank!" she said excited and moved.
Welkin finally drew a sigh of relief and then said "Then let's get our friends here. Full speed ahead!" he said with a certain enthusiasm himself.
Isara put the pedal to the metal and the Edelweiss rushed up on the rise.
It emerged going at full speed, which even made it lift slightly from the ground and land on the ford with a loud thud. Welkin looked through the periscope and saw two imperial sentinels that were running away in panic.
Knowing that there was no time to waste, he took the hold flare pistol of his father from his pocket, opened the hatch and rose his arm as much as he could, then he pulled the trigger.
