FdA-32 rifle

The FdA-32 rifle (Fusil de Automático-32) is a ComRifle designed and manufactured by MarSur, and issued since 260 as the service rifle for the United Front Ground Forces, Tropas and various paramilitary law enforcement agencies in the Interstellar Union. The current iteration in use with the United Front is the M3 model.

Variants of the FdA-32 also exist utilising the same receiver, including the standard rifle configuration (FdA-32), a carbine (FdA-32C), and a light support weapon variant (AL-32). It fires the 3.9×46mm metallic round. An export version chambered for 4.2×50mm Imperial is also

History
In 255, the United Front Ground Force requested MarSur to develop a new generation of small-caliber firearm family. The new generation of firearms were required to have better reliability and accuracy than the preceding FdA-25 series, as well as have various configurations for different tactical situations. Marco de la Fuente, who had earlier designed the innovative but not adopted AP-52 Tridente heavy machine gun, was recruited to serve as the project head. He was given four years to develop the weapon. Two years were spent on the design, followed by two years of field tests. Initial production began at the MarSur factory in Pratas in 255.

The FdA-32 was first observed outside the Interstellar Union on 1 Chigatsu 259, when the Tropas at the Interstellar Union Trade Office in Mugunghwa (the de facto consulate of the Interstellar Union in the Federation) were spotted armed with the weapon. Adoption of the FdA-32 by the United Front Ground Forces began with frontline units even as the weapon continued to undergo various modifications based on recommendations by troops in the field. In 270, the FdA-32M2 was created, with improved ergonomics and battery life, and by 275 most of the United Front Ground Forces were equipped with the FdA-32. The Tropas also adopted the FdA-32 in 280, receiving older FdA-32M1s.

In 285, the FdA-32M3 was designed, featuring further improved ergonomics, the moving of the selector switch to a more ergonomic location, and upgraded wireless links to soldiers' smartlenses. Most frontline units had received FdA-32M3s by the outbreak of the 287 Second Empire-Union War, which was the weapon's first large-scale conflict, facing off with the Imperial Type-81.