MR-7 Rifle Family

The MR-7 Rifle Family, officially the Militarized Mogzvak Pattern 15 Rifle, is a family of assault rifles and carbines adapted from the Mogzvak P-15 for the Alsesian Armed Forces. The original MR-7 rifle utilized a 5.56x45mm cartridge with a 20-round magazine, and has since grown to use a 30-round magazine for most operations.

The MR-7 made its combat debut in 1965 as the MRA-7, serving with special forces operators in Yansem during its civil war. The rifle was well-received due to its reduced weight and reliability compared to its predecessor, the MR-6. In 1967 it officially replaced the MR-6 as the service rifle of the armed forces, and was used extensively throughout the wars in Alon-Gaseriz and Kozobak.

Out of the many infantry rifles present in these wars, the MR-7 was particularly praised, with its forward-assist and chrome-plated bore being noted as granting it an advantage over its contemporaries. One noted issue with early MR-7s was that the design allowed soldiers to accidentally press the magazine release button while closing the ejection port cover, which was largely rectified by adding a rib on the side of the receiver. In addition to the release issue, the 20-round magazine was criticized for providing insufficient firepower outside of prone-shooting, which resulted in the standardization of a 30-round magazine by 1972.

In the modern day, the carbine version of the MR-7, MRC-7, has largely replaced its rifle counterpart in frontline units, owing to its lighter-weight and comparable performance.