#ceam

Some post-TWAWKI campaign stuff with Ceam, the BBEG! She’s the Goddess of Trickery, intent on all but wiping out the pantheon so that she can rule as she sees fit. 

What she is is rather complicated, but at least post TWAWKI she’s a prisoner in the Hells. They thought their security was very tight- then she escaped and made a shitton of demigods. 

And then she escaped again and made a world. 

CETME Modelo A Prototype

One of three rifle prototype developed at Centro des Estudios Tecnicos y Materiales Especiales (CETME), the Modelo A would later evolve into the Heckler & Koch G3. 

During World War Two, while working for Mauser, Ludwig Vorgrimler had worked on various designs using the roller-delayed and roller-locked actions. After the war Vorgrimler continued to develop these ideas in France at the Centre d'Etudes et d'Armament de Mulhouse (CEAM). Following the cancellation of France’s rifle program he left CEAM in September 1950 and moved to Spain to work at CETME. 

Vorgrimler brought the ideas he had developed at CEAM to CETME and joined a team developing new rifles for Spain’s military. Vogrimler was responsible for the Modelo 2, chambered in 7.92x40mm a round with a long, lightweight spitzer projectile, which later evolved into the Fusil d'Asalto CETME modelo A. The Modelo 2 was first tested in December 1950 and was well received. A rival design, the Modelo 1, by another German engineer called Manneking, which used a roller-locked action was also extensively tested but was abandoned in 1952 and efforts were focused on Vorgrimler’s design. 

The Modelo 2 drew heavily on the Gerät 06H/StG-45(M)’s roller-delayed blowback action. The original Spanish 7.92x40mm round was later dropped in favour of the new NATO 7.62x51mm round and the Modelo 2′s bolt was redesigned. The first production prototypes were designated the Modelo A.The rifle fired from an open bolt in fully-automatic mode and from a closed bolt in semi-automatic.

Modelo 2 chambered in 7.92x40mm CETME, note the differing magazine well shape to the 7.62mm Modelo A (source)

The profile of the Modelo A looks very similar to the later Heckler & Koch rifles, however, it’s handguard is made up of a pair of folded bipod legs and its rear sight is a more traditional tangent rather than drum sight. Vorgrimler’s rifle made extensive use of cost-effective stamped metal manufacturing techniques and weighed around 11.8lbs (5.4kg). CETME attempted to adapt the Modelo A to fire the powerful new NATO round but this led to cracked receivers and instead a less powerful round with identical dimensions to the NATO round, the 7.62×51mm CETME cartridge, was developed.  

The West German Bundesgrenzschutz first tested a CETME rifle in 1954, with further testing following. The West German’s were extremely interested in the Spanish rifle and when the Bundeswehr was formed in late 1955, the interest in the Modelo 2 continued during the eventual West German Army rifle trials. During the Bundeswehr trials the CETME, designated the G3, faced off against the FN FAL (G1), SIG 510 (G2) and the Armalite AR-10 (G4). 

In 1958, an improved version of Vorgrimler’s rifle, the Modelo B, with an additional steel hand guard was adopted by the Spanish Army as the Modelo 58, chambered in 7.62x51mm CETME. The following year the Bundeswehr selected the CETME G3 and production was assigned to Rheinmetall and Heckler & Koch. H&K had long standing links with CETME and worked to chamber the new rifle in the more powerful 7.62x51mm NATO. The Modelo B and the refined design by H&K differed from the Modelo A in that they were lighter and fired solely from a closed bolt. The Spanish Army finally switched to the standard NATO round in 1965, and adopted the strengthened Modelo C. 

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Images: Many thanks to Peter Hokana for kindly allowing the use of his photographs.

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