Type 90 Sniper Rifle by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

Take a Steyr, take an SVD, mash 'em together, et voilà: the rifle of choice for the planet Sureya's desert nomads. I put this together in preparation for a roleplay interlude in Daftpanzer's To the Great Beyond, and the name is liable to change once I've figured out how the Sureyan calendar scales to Earth years.

Sureya's central wastes are home to countless nomadic tribes, who by virtue of the hostile environment have never been subjugated by the sedentary states. Though they lack the heavy arsenals of the polar standing armies, as individual fighters they are without peer, and using extensive tunnel networks can run proverbial circles around regular formations. While most of their equipment is battlefield salvage or obtained in caravan raids, the Type 90 is noteworthy for being home-made. Like its Soviet-side inspiration, the gun is built to weather extreme conditions and engineered for easy maintenance. The bullpup design makes it more concealable than comparable rifles while extending its effective range to almost three kilometres. For several decades it outclassed all but the most sophisticated state sniper kits, and was significantly easier to use. Polar troops nicknamed it the 'Plague Gun' for the sneezing sound it makes when fired.

N.B.: I know next to nothing about firearm engineering, so don't ask about specs.

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[Originally submitted to DeviantArt October 2015.]