Armament / PA-3714 Submachine Gun
- Name
- PA-3714 Submachine Gun
- Classification
- Federation platoon automatic submachine gun
- Procurement Code
- PA-3714: Platoon Automatic weapon, 3rd generation, 71-frame, revision 4
- Manufacturer / Origin
- Galactic Federation 07th Platoon service equipment line
- Primary Role
- Automatic squad fire, emergency volume, short-range organism suppression
- Firepower Rating
- Medium close-range ballistic / high ammunition burn
- Primary Effect
- Cartridge-ejecting automatic fire, close suppression, rapid response against light targets
- Known Users
- Galactic Federation 07th Platoon personnel during BOTTLE SHIP operations
- Safety Note
- High-volume cartridge fire creates ricochet, ammunition, and evidence-loss concerns in enclosed facilities
- Feature Summary
- Federation platoon automatic weapon retaining the common name Submachine Gun, built around cartridge-ejecting full-auto fire and issued broadly to 07th Platoon personnel for close-range combat.
- Technical Profile
- The PA-3714 represents an older, louder Federation approach to close automatic fire: reliable, portable, brass-ejecting, and useful against light threats, but poorly suited to heavy organisms without specialist support.
System Overview
The PA-3714 Submachine Gun is the archive's designation for the cartridge-ejecting automatic weapon used as standard equipment by 07th Platoon personnel during BOTTLE SHIP operations. Field speech preserves the common name Submachine Gun because the source equipment is not given a more formal public title.
The weapon differs from the later RT-6336 pattern by philosophy. Where the RT-6336 emphasizes controlled ship-security fire, compact handling, and hull-conscious response, the PA-3714 is a louder platoon automatic built to put many rounds into a short approach quickly. It is more conventional and less subtle.
Its battlefield record shows both value and limitation. Against light organisms and sudden close threats, several operators with PA-3714s can create immediate pressure. Against massive biological hazards such as the Brug Mass, the same fire may prove inadequate, prompting command authorization for more specialized Freeze Gun support.
The designation follows Federation procurement logic: PA-3714 means Platoon Automatic weapon, 3rd generation, 71-frame, revision 4. That makes it an older broad-issue infantry automatic, not a modern rapid-response security pattern or experimental special-projects weapon.
Technology And Function
The PA-3714 is plausible as a conventional compact automatic firearm with a high-rate action, detachable magazine, grip-forward body, and ejection path for spent cartridge cases. Its technology is not exotic; its value comes from simplicity, portability, and immediate fire volume.
Federation procurement reads the designation as PA-3714: Platoon Automatic weapon, 3rd generation, 71-frame, revision 4. The PA doctrine family marks broad platoon-issue automatic weapons, while the digits identify an older frame standard still serviceable in special military deployments.
Cartridge ejection matters for both function and evidence. The weapon's fired cases can reveal ammunition type, firing position, volume of fire, and operator movement after an engagement. That makes the PA-3714 easy to reconstruct in archive review, but also messy in clean-room or evidence-sensitive environments.
The weapon likely sacrifices recoil smoothness and environmental safety for rate of fire. It can pour rounds into a doorway, corridor, or creature mass, but sustained automatic fire heats the weapon, drains magazines, and increases ricochet risk. The operator solves immediate proximity danger by creating a different kind of logistical problem.
Compared with the RT-6336, the PA-3714 is less refined for modern ship security. It lacks the same emphasis on muzzle-warning telemetry, controlled low-collateral ammunition behavior, and compact response discipline. That difference lets the two submachine guns coexist as different answers to close-range threat.
Application And Uses
In combat, the PA-3714 is strongest when a squad needs immediate automatic fire against light organisms, exposed personnel, or a sudden approach. It can make a doorway expensive to cross, protect a fallen marine, or buy time while a specialist weapon is authorized.
In facility exploration, it is a practical but noisy emergency weapon. It can defend a corridor or checkpoint, but it may damage evidence, scatter cases, and create ricochet hazards. Teams assigned to biological research spaces should treat its use as a last resort when containment has already failed.
For field records, investigators should log spent case distribution, ammunition type, burst length, target mass, range, and whether the PA-3714 was used before or after specialist support arrived. Those details explain why a weapon that is standard issue may still be tactically insufficient.
At the table, the PA-3714 should reward volume and urgency. Let it suppress short approaches and push back weaker targets, but make ammunition burn, noise, and poor performance against large creatures real. Its identity is old-school Federation automatic fire.