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Appearance

As tall as an average assault rifle, but a few inches shorter than Funco. She is shown to have green eyes and short red hair in the anime. Not much is to be known due to her lacking presence but we can assume she wears normal panties thanks to her plain fixed stock.

Personality

Not much was known about CETME L due to her lacking presence and non existing role in the manga or anime other than being featured briefly in the competition arc in the first volume of the manga as a competitor against Funco and Ichihachi with her assigned partner, FARA 83.

34 chapters later, FARA 83 remembers she left to a trip back to Spain briefly visiting her relatives when encountering a cursed anomaly that was representing itself as Modelo L, which by Chapter 47, she returns from her trip, angry of the loss of a bookshelf after fighting a school anomaly. Thus we can assume she's quite the bookworm.

In Real Life

The CETME Model L (L for Ligero, or "Light") was Spain's answer for a 5.56x45mm assault rifle to comply with NATO's transition from battle rifle cartridges to intermediate cartridges. First developed and designed in 1968 by Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales (CETME) in Madrid, she was rechambered for the 5.56 cartridge in the late 1970s and successfully trialed between 1981 to 1982 and was approved for production in 1984 in the  Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara factory (currently Santa Bárbara Sistemas, integrated into General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems division). Her production then begin in 1986 and the first batch were released into service in 1987, gradually replacing the CETME Model C in service with a reinforcement of 60,000 more orders for her production at the time. Her combat reputation in while in service has been reliable at best, to god awful in the worst case scenario featuring her given infamous nickname "Mierda Escondida" (Hidden Shit). This is mostly thanks to Spanish piss poor, or more accurately put, non existing quality control in her parts and magazines (Most notorious being weak recoil springs). Despite such flaws, the rifle was well rugged to tolerate your average conscripts retardedness and is a well sealed design to keep foreign objects (Like mud or sand) out of her working bits.

Her adoption has been used in all of the branches of the Spanish military and has also earned service with domestic forces like the Spanish Civil Guard, and the National Police. Despite her limited service, she has undergone combat and peacekeeping (In which many of her problems were also experienced) in some of Spain's involvement throughout coalition efforts in Iraq and Somalia, with the most notable being The Bosnian Intervention and the Kosovo War. She was officially replaced in 1999 by the G36E under the declaration of being obsolete due to her inability to be modernize and lack of modularity (Just weld some rails, lmao).

Performance & History

The CETME prototypes first issued and tested by the Spanish military gave very impressionable results and utmost reliability with little to no failures. However, this came with a concern of production prices, due to requirement demands by the Spanish Ministry of Defense that the rifles must not cost equal to nor exceed the pricing of the CETME C due to being a bunch of poor peasants. This requirement reduced the original price of the CETME Ls from 226,000 Pesetas to 108,00 Pesetas (The equivalent of $4,022.69USD to $1,922.45 USD with applied inflation) however, it came with the cost of material quality and reliability of the firearm. This then created a categorization of several models categorized by firearm enthusiasts: The CETME L1 (Used in the Spanish Field trials as a prototype), CETME L Preseries Model 1° and Model 2° "Early Model" (Which was widely bought and issued to the Civil Guard and National Police) and lastly the CETME L Series 1 and 2 "Definitive Model" (Also known as "The Cheapened Model", this one was bought and issued to the Spanish Armed Forces).

CETME L1 and the Preseries Model 1 and 2 "Early Model"

These models is most distinguishable for its rectangular handguard, HK style drum sights (Calibrated with a 100m open sight, and 3 apertures for 200m, 300m and 400m), a lower profile on the sight base, and smaller rear sights guards. The preseries had a four position selector for Safe, Semi, Full automatic, and 3 round burst (Designated as S, T, R, and r respectfully) while the Prototype lacked a burst function. The preseries was widely bought and used by the Spanish Civil Guard and National Police, while some trickled in slowly for the armed forces. The L1 model was used in the field trials where she earned her approval of production, with the main design flaw being asymmetrical dilation of the receiver when use (This was fixed with the designated preseries and main series by thickening her receiver a bit more). What differentiates an L1 from the Early model was the rear sight which lacked a rear guard to protect the drum, it featured a ribbed straight magazine of 20 round capacity, and contains its the designation CETME mod. L1 cal.5.56 (.223) on the top left side of its receiver.  The Preseries are given small raised lugs to guard the drum sights, along with a few adjustments in its metallurgy. What differentiates the model 1 to the model 2 Preseries is the location of the bolt hold open/release, the model 1 contains it to the left compared to the model 2 that keeps it to the right like the L1 prototype and the others. The black painted fire selector is another distinguishable feature but the Series 1 also contains it. Overall, these rifles were robust, reliable and functioned flawlessly. as they didn't had corners cut in their production to save in cost.

CETME L Early Models

Top Right: The CETME Preseries 2 in action. Top Left: The protoype CETME L1 and its carbine variant in the field trials. Bottom right: The Preseries 2 CETME L. Bottom Left: A Civil Guard enlistman holding his Preseries 2 CETME

CETME L-1 4

The CETME L1, notice the lack of a rear guard to protect the sights

The CETME L Series 1 and 2: Cada Esquina Tiene Mierda Escondida

This is it boy and girls, the cremes of the crap in the CETME L series. As stated earlier by cheapening the quality of materials and construction for the sake of saving pesos gave her serious reliability problems, with dirty ammunition and out of spec magazines not contributing as a solution. 85% of the jams came from magazines with walls so thick that it made it difficult to chamber a round or interfered with the stripping process (Fun Fact: This feeding issue is usually fixed by taking STANAG mags made by a different country, but good luck not getting your ass whipped by your superiors for throwing away their precious Made in Spain™ magazines). The other 15% had to do with loose recoil springs causing ejection failures and double feeds, along with fouling by gun powder residue from the poor quality ammunition made in Santa Bárbara factory (Fun Fact 2:Their ammunition didn't passed the NATO homologation tests but were used regardless). Other factors of ammunition stoppages were caused by conscripts being unable to properly clean her due to either lack of training and/or the lack of cleaning tools (It also didn't helped that cleaning her was laborious). She also had a major change in her irons, from the 100-400m drum sights, into a 200m and 400m aperture flip up sight that's designed like a literal hole in a wall (Fun Fact 3: In the designated marksman model, it features a scope mount that theoretically let's you use the irons as a back up sight, however, it partially blocks your sight pictures and thus renders the irons useless). All of these reliability problems, along with her new horrendous sights gave soldiers a very well earned and meaningful backronym for her with CETME meaning Cada Esquina Tiene Mierda Escondida (Translation: Every Corner Has Hidden Shit).

The most distinguishable of the first and second series has compared to the preseries are its flip aperture sights and high profile rear sight guards, along with the elimination of the burst fire, and thus having a three position fire control groups of "Safe, Semi, and Full Automatic" (S, T, and R respectfully). Another small feature that differentiates the Main series from the prototype and the Preseries was the magazine catch being smaller and with a roundish profile instead of being a big ol' rectangle. To easily identify a series 1 from a series 2 is that the Series 1 still contain the square hand guards vs the Series 2 more ergonomic handguard and a vented barrel shroud jutting out to cover the remaining length of the barrel. Other than that, there really isn't much of a difference between them.

CETME L Series 1 and 2

CounterClockwise: The CETME L Series 1 and its carbine variant, the CETME L series 2 and its carbine variant, Gun Jesus with a CETME L Series 2 and a Spanish Soldier firing his CETME L Series 2

Design Details & Availability

The CETME L is a closed bolt roller delayed blowback rifle like the HK33, nothing more, nothing less. Unlike her older sisters, the Model B and C which have a majority parts compatibility with the German G3 series of battle rifles (Both the Spaniards and the Germans worked together on the project, with Rheinmetall fist licensing the CETME before handing it over to H&K, who refined it to their tastes and sold it worldwide as the G3A3), the CETME L share absolutely nothing with the HK 33.

Bolt and Features

Like any other roller delayed blowback, the CETME L uses a two piece semi rigid bolt consisting of a bolt head complimented by rollers and an angular locking piece. During its unlocking sequence (Ex:The bolt opens and ejects the spend cartridge), the rollers on the bolt head are cammed inwards from a flank in a barrel extension, propelling it rearward at a velocity greater than that of the bolt, which remains closed until the round has left the barrel and pressures inside the bore have been reduced to a safe level before withdrawing together with the bolt carrier. Her ejector is located in the trigger housing that is supported by a spring.The rifle is hammer fired, and as stated by earlier, contains a three position fire control group (Safe, Semi, Full).She features a bolt hold open button a tad underneath at the right side of the sight base to hold your bolt by pulling the charging handle and holding it as you press it. The bolt can then be released with by simply closing the bolt with a push of the charging handle.

Barrel and Feeding

The barrel features 6 right hand grooves and has a 1:178mm (1:7 in) twist rate to accurate shoot 62gr SS109 5.56 NATO (Also compatible for the much lighter 55gr M193). The bolt like stated earlier, the bolt locks itself in an angular locking piece that is inside the barrel extension. The rifle feeds from the same STAGNAG box magazines with capacities of 12, 20 and 30 rounds. The magazines of 20 and 30 rounds were the most issued for practical purposes for the Spanish armed forces, while the 12 round magazines were used in parades and ceremonial purposes.

Accessories and Variants

The standard equipment for the CETME L would usually be a cleaning kit, sling, bayonet, blank firing adaptor and a magazine loader tool for some folks. A lightweight bipod, scope claw mount, and a scope was featured for those deemed as designated marksman (Or for guards doing night duty, a Night Vision scope) and a rifle grenade launcher guide was given to grenadiers. There are two known variants of the CETME L that was produced with its preseries and main series made under the same fate as the main rifle (Mostly for the LC model).

CETME Modelo LC- A carbine variant of the Modelo L, LC stands for Ligero Carabina (Lightweight Carbine). She has a retractable stock and a shorter barrel length of 326mm (12.6 inches). She was often issued to officers, special forces, and members of the Spanish Civil Guard.Due to the shortness of her barrel, she wasn't issued a bayonet (and thus lacked a lug for it) nor was she capable of firing rifle grenades.

CETME Modelo LV- Literally a CETME L with a welded scope mount and a lightweight bipod. LV stands for Ligero Visor Optica (Lightweight Optical Viewer). The mount can support a British SUSAT or Spain's standard 4x ENOSA scope as well as an ENOSA Night Vision Scope

Availability

Alot of deacts and parts kits are available in the EU firearms market, mostly in the series 1 and 2 configuration. For the Americans, Apex Parts kit managed to get ahold of the L, LC and LV in the series 2 configuration for sale a couple years ago but now only sell L kits at $395.89 to $403.89 depending on its conditions and optional accessories (Prices may vary if on sale). Hill and Mac gunworks sell their CETME L's at around 1.5K USD, with L and LC kits around 800 and 850 USD respectively. Marcolmar Firearms sells completed rifles for 1.345K dollars in four different cerakote finishes (Original OD, Black, Grey, and Flat Dark Earth) along with the option of buying one with rails or buying one without it. They also sell the LV and LC (with and without rails) variants for 2K and parts kits with and without the rail for 350 and 295 USD respectively.

References

1. http://www.forgottenweapons.com/cetme-l-history-disassembly-video/

2. http://modernfirearms.net/en/assault-rifles/spain-assault-rifles/cetme-mod-l-lc-eng/

3. http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/CETME_Model_L

4. http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?285155-CETME-History-and-origins

5. https://books.google.com/books?id=ddcRqnVDL9wC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=Cetme+model+L+history+and+development&source=bl&ots=TQBGRon5CD&sig=fG0y0zquKs_u3GPNDfsg49NRtAc&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Cetme%20model%20L%20history%20and%20development&f=false

6. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/cetme-model-l-assault-rifle.447442/

7. https://www.militar.org.ua/foro/que-le-pasaba-al-cetme-l-t16151.html

8. https://web.archive.org/web/20071011121757/http://armas.es/foro/foro.php?TEMA=3&MEN=29552&PAG=2

9. https://www.armas.es/foros/armas-militares/cetme-l-a-la-venta-276221?start=390

10. http://cetme.foroactivo.com/t62-cetme-l-preserie-2-modelo

11. http://cetme.foroactivo.com/t54-cetme-mod-l-1

12.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxEJMubEx6HdTjEzR2d2TTVYdTg/view


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