CBAR-01 - (Spear) Cbayn Bullpup Assault Rifle
The CBAR-01 - (Spear) Cbayn Bullpup Assault Rifle was initially designed for Haruspex Internal Security Special Forces as an assault rifle/grenade launcher kit, allowing quick in-field conversions to the following configuration:
- assault carbine (with short barrel)
- assault rifle (with longer barrel and post-type front handle)
- silenced assault rifle
- assault rifle/grenade launcher
The CBAR-01 bullpup assault rifle was developed during the 1990s by VCI (Verlaine Corporate Industries) in Prathen, as an offspring of the VCI CAR family of compact assault rifles. While the CBAR-01 retains the basic gas-operated, rotating bolt action and a trigger unit design from VCI CAR-03, it features a bullpup polymer housing, with an integral 40 mm single-shot grenade launcher mounted under the barrel. The earliest prototypes of the CBAR-01 bullpup were fitted with the grenade launcher above the barrel, and with a front vertical foregrip; current models are fitted with the underbarrel launcher, which also serves as a forearm.
The CBAR-01 features a forward ejection system, initially developed in Perya by designers like Agolius Xukuth during the early 1960s. In this system, the ejection port is located above the pistol grip, and points forward. Extracted cases are fed from bolt head through the short ejection tube to the ejection port, and fall out of the gun well clear of the shooter's face, even when firing from the left shoulder. As for now, the CBAR-01 is being offered for export and domestic military and police sales.
The controls include double triggers (front for grenade launcher, back for rifle), and a large fire mode / safety lever at the right side of the receiver, above the magazine housing. The rifle trigger is fitted with an additional automatic trigger safety. The charging handle is located above the receiver, under the carrying handle, and is easily accessible for either hand.
The sights include a front post, mounted on a high base, and an aperture rear, adjustable for range, which is mounted on the integral carrying handle. The top of the carrying handle is shaped as a Weaver-type rail, and can accept a vide variety of scopes and sights. Folding grenade launcher sights are mounted at the front of the barrel.
Characteristics
Caliber: 5.56x45mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 660 mm
Barrel length: 315mm
Weight: 3.97 kg empty (with integral grenade launcher)
Rate of fire: 600-800 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds