FANFV

The FANFV (Fusilo Automatiko di Nacioro Fabrika Veikejanka, "Automatic Rifle from the National Factory of Veikaia") is a battle rifle designed and manufactured in Veikaia, designed primarily by the notable Veikan arms designer Vadeka Adana and produced by the Nacioro Fabrika Veikejanka from 1984 to the present in several different variants. Known colloquially by Veikan soldiers as the "Rikoxo" (Anglic: Wooden Log) it's notable for its high power, heavy weight and long length. It was primarily designed to replace the severely aged and outdated, semi-automatic NFV M53 and its Automatiko fully automatic variant which relied on parts imported from Goetia for its proper conversion.

It is primarily produced and used in Veikaia, although minor export variants have been produced in lower calibers. The rifle has been presented to foreign allied and closely aligned state for use but as of yet does not have any primary users outside Veikaia.

History
Prior to the introduction of the Model 1984 FANFV, Veikaia had been relying on the Veikan Kingdom's old NFV M.53 and the recently developed Automatiko variant. The NFV M53 Automatiko had been developed in a hurry by Red Front forces in an attempt to quickly and cheaply modernize the NFV M53 during the Veikan Civil War. The NFV M53, while serviceable through the civil war, was remarkably outdated. The original FANFV M84 was born out of the Workers' Revolutionary Army's need for a modern high caliber rifle. Due to the URSA's close relations with Veikaia in comparison to Goetia (Which Veikaia had experienced a minor political shift away from after the end of the Civil War) the new rifle was to be compatible with URSA 7.62×51mm 20 and 30 round magazines.

The resulting development of the FANFV M84 was swift, spearheaded by Vadeka Adana who had retained her position as the head small arms design of the National Factory of Veikaia after the civil war thanks to her connections within the new government. Vadeka proposed the idea of a battle rifle inspired by the URSA's ANFA. By 1984 the design and testing phase of the rifle was completed, and production began shortly after. In 1985 the M84 was accepted into service as the new service rifle of the Workers' Revolutionary Army, and quickly replaced the heavily outdated NFV M53 and its variants.

By the late 1990s it became clear that the M84 required upgrades to remain up to par with recent developments. By 1984 the rifle was already somewhat outdated due to its use of relatively heavy plastics for its furniture, lack of any form of rail system or modern attachment systems and iron sights based on the older M53 rifle. These concerns lead to the development of the M2000 FANFV, with new improvements to the quality of its internal components, general tooling, replacement of its furniture with modern polymers, new iron sights and an integrated rail system for the attachment of both sights and under-barrel attachments.

A final major development in the FANFV family was the design and production of the M2000K model, a carbine version of the rifle with a shorter barrel and hand guard developed in 2002 for use by specialized units of the Workers' Revolutionary Army.