AR-22

• Ammo Types: .450 Phoenix(11.45x75mm)Teflon Coated, Full Metal Jacket or Hollow Point rounds
• Underbarrel Weapons: 7.4 inch bayonet, 40mm or 30mm Grenade Launcher, 8 or 12 ga. Shotgun
• Action: Gas Operated, Rotating Bolt, Select fire (auto/burst/semi-auto)
• Total Weight: 7-16lbs(Depending on version)
• Maximum Range: 800-1100 meters(Depending on version)
• Rate Of Fire: 520-800 Rounds Per Minute, Cyclic (Depending on version)
• Capacity: 10, 20 or 32 round magazine or 60 shot drum or 100/200/500 round box(Depending on version)

Phoenix Dynamix's AR-22 Series of High-Powered Assault Weapons are all based around the orignal AR-22 which was originally designed by Johnified America's DARPA. The weapon was designed to fire the high-powered JSA .45 Caliber Rifle round, but when it was actually built, the slightly longer .450 Phoenix(11.45x75mm) round was used. Johnified America was unable to produce AR-22's in any quantity themselves, so through a deal with The Phoenix Milita government, Phoenix Dynamix began producing them in mid-2004 and began making a sniper variant, the SR-22 shortly afterword. In the Fall of 2004, certian special operations units as well as paratroopers within TPM requested a shorter, carbine version of the rifle. At first a simple shortened rifle was made, the AR-22A1. While the AR-22A1 was good enough for the paratroopers, TPM's Army Special Forces rejected it after live combat testing. Through close cooperation with the Special Forces, Phoenix Dynamix developed the CAR-22 which was a non-bullpup configuration. The design borrowed some of the action from the MG-22, which was also in development at this time. The CAR-22 was finished just as the MG-22, a squad automatic weapon variant of the AR-22, hit the market. The design went much unchanged for quite some time, until TPM adopted a 30mm grenade launcher and decided to modernize its forces. The brass wanted an AR-22 with an intergral laser sight, aiming light, and 30mm grenade launcher, as well as a standard rail system for additonal scopes and other add-ons. Thus the AR-22A2 was born and it served as the main weapon of The Phoenix Milita, Tyrador, and Johnified America for many years. While the AR-22A2 was a very highly thought of weapon amongst regular forces, TPM special operations units found it too cumbersome, and retained the older CAR-22 or AR-22A1 variants for a time. But then in 2006, at special request of the Knights of the Phoenix, the AR-22A3, which combined several design features of the previous variants into a managable package. The AR-22A3 is currently considered the "best" AR-22 variant among the military. All versions of the AR-22 are for sale on the open market, and AR-22 variants continues to sell at a steady rate.