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The final notable was a rather humble project at first glance, little different from the K1898s in principle of being bolt action rifles, though these ones looked less reliable and proven. Closer inspection revealed why- the demonstration was less the weapon, and more turning one weapon into another. A conversion kit by a Valstener gunsmith conglomerate called Van der Zeewind was of little use anymore to most countries, but of particular utility to Trelan. Said kit was the ZW Magazine, a four round integrated magazine which could be installed into suitable single shot smokeless powder rifles to turn them into magazine fed bolt actions- the plentiful Capel Rifle being one of the guns initially successfully modified in said way. It was a good fifteen to twenty years past being a new and useful development, but it <span class="mu-i">was</span> an efficient solution when most of the gun could be reused to make something completely new and suitable. It was most certainly the most budgetarily efficient, if dull option.
It might have been tempting to mix and match, but the weapons all used different ammunition calibers- and Trelani authorities knew well enough to not complicate that particular part of the logistical train further. They didn’t wish to aim for another half-measure.
>The Stachellungo M13, even if it was expensive and had significant teething issues, they could be fixed over time, and the theoretical advantage from jumping ahead a generation in small arms theory would do wonders for even a smaller country’s army against peer opponents.
>The Kronerwerke 1898/05 Rifle was already in use by the Guard, if they were available, why not simply extend that use? It would keep things simple and equalize any playing fields at the same time.
>The Van der Zeewind conversion was intriguing, and unquestionably cheap and efficient. Perhaps it was frugal to the point of absurdity to try and bring the military into the present by converting an already converted old gun into an approximation of a current era weapon, but it would mean more money for other things…
