FWG-5 Flechette Smart Pistol

The FWG-5 Flechette Smart Pistol was a flechette pistol of the handheld variety. It was produced by Malaxan Firepower Incorporated. There was also a lighter version available, constructed from extremely light materials, which afforded the user enhanced precision and agility.

An FWG-5 In comparison to the Golan Arms FC-1 flechette launcher, the FWG-5 was more compact and easier to manipulate. It possessed the same stopping power as a heavy blaster pistol. Rather than utilizing bulky canisters, it was loaded with flechette-filled pellets and incorporated a miniature laser tracking system. This system electronically tagged targets, enabling the weapon's pellets to monitor and pursue the target's movements, adjusting their trajectory mid-flight. Upon closing to within three meters of the target, the pellet would detonate, releasing micro flechettes measuring twelve millimeters in length, similar to the spread of a shotgun. The pellets' momentum would propel this volley of flechettes forward, dispersing them across a radius of approximately one meter. This barrage could penetrate and strike a target, frequently with sufficient force to breach blast vests and stormtrooper armor.

The flechettes were designed to be both lightweight and aerodynamic, utilizing micro-repulsors to propel the pellets up to a distance of fifty meters. As an alternative, the weapon could also fire bursts of "heat based energy". Many users of pistols preferred this setting over the messy results of the pellets.