A description of the guns found in the rulebook and on this homepage.
Gun | Description |
Hand cannon.
150cm 10kg |
A primitive short barrelled gun without lock, sights
or true stock. Fired with a slowmatch or brand. |
Arquebus.
100cm 2.8kg |
Earliest recognisible shoulder-arm, a light muzzle
loader with matchlock or (rarely) wheellock. |
Rifle arquebus
110cm 3kg |
A surprisingly early innovation, the rifled weapon is
more accurate but slow loading and very costly. |
Early musket
190cm 7kg |
Heavier arquebus fired from a rest. A response to the
introduction of heavier field plate armour. |
Pistol
40cm 0.9kg |
One handed horseman's sidearm, usually equipped with a
(costly, fragile) wheellock mechanism. |
Fowling piece
100cm 2.5kg |
Very lightly made arquebus used to hunt birds and
small game. Ancestor of modern shotguns. |
Saker (wallgun)
240cm 12kg |
Outrageously large musket of about 2cm bore. Fired
from a pivot mount in fortress or warship. |
Tower musket
160cm 6kg |
Everyone's favorite flintlock muzzle loader. A long
shoulder arm of around 15mm bore. Used 1650 to 1860. |
Carbine
100cm 3.7kg |
A shorter, lighter musket for use by cavalry and
dragoons. Fierce muzzle-blast and recoil. |
Cavalry pistol
36cm 0.7kg |
Heavy, simple flintlock handgun issued as a sidearm to
cavalry troopers (and popular with highwaymen). |
Dueling piece
30cm 0.6kg |
Well balanced, accurate handgun used in formal duels
and target shooting events well into the 1800s. |
Dueling piece (rifled)
32cm 0.6kg |
A cad's gambit to gain an accuracy advantage, some
examples have a smooth muzzle section to hide rifling. |
Pocket pistol
14cm 0.3kg |
A traveller's personal defense weapon, small enough to
carry in a coat pocket or purse. |
2 barrel pistol
20cm 0.5kg |
Development of the typical civillian sidearm to give a
second shot. |
Brunswick rifle
118cm 6kg |
Early military rifle. Heavy, awkward and slow, but far
more accurate than a musket. Issued to specialist troops. |
Typ. blunderbus
55cm 2kg |
A short, wide bore carbine firing a heavy load of shot
at short range. Popular coachman or nightguard's gun. |
Percussion cap versions of the previous flintlocks appeared before more
modern cartridge breech loaders rendered muzzle loaders archaic. Ballistics
remain unchanged, reliability improves.
Gun | Description |
Enfield .577
125cm 5.5kg |
Percussion lock muzzle loading military rifle. Adopted
by British Army in 1858, replacing earlier muskets. |
Dreyse 1848
130cm 5kg |
Breech loading needle-fire rifle adopted by Prussia in
1862. Paper cartridge fired from bolt action breech. |
Martini Henry
120cm 5kg |
Single shot breech loader (falling block mechanism)
firing a 13mm metallic cartridge. British Army, 1871. |
Lebel m1886
130cm 4.3kg |
First modern small bore, bolt action magazine rifle in
service. French, tube magazine, 8mm bore. In use to 1920 |
Sharps carbine
100cm 4kg |
Breech loading carbine beloved of US buffalo hunters.
(probable origin of the term 'sharp shooter'). |
Winchester
90cm 3.8kg |
American lever action repeating carbine introduced in
early 1860s. Rim fire cartridge. |
Colt .36 navy
30cm 0.9kg |
Early (1850s) percussion revolver. Classic Colt design
popular during Civil War. |
S+W.44 Russian
32cm 1.2kg |
Excellent example of the cartride revolver (Colt 1873
Army model similar). Modern weapons differ little. |
Lancaster.455
30cm 1.5kg |
Heavy four barrel breech loading pistol. Alternative
to the less reliable revolver. |
Target pistol
34cm 0.5kg |
Long barrel, single shot breech loading pistol built
for competition shooting. |
Typ. Derringer
12cm 0.2kg |
Tiny single shot concealable pistol firing a heavy
round (typically 10mm). Two barrelled versions exist. |
Hollands .600
140cm 6.5kg |
Double barrelled, breech loaded elephant rifle. A huge
large game rifle. |
Lee Enfield mk3
113cm 4kg |
Argueably the best bolt action repeating rifle ever
made. British Army service 1900-1957 (several marks). |
Mauser Gew 98
125cm 4.2kg |
Other side of the argument. German army version of the
famous Mauser action used by almost everyone on earth. |
Mannlicher m91
92cm 3kg |
Bolt action carbine, Italian service. A weapon similar
to this (reputedly) used in the Kennedy assassination. |
P13 rifle .276
118cm 3.9kg |
Intended Lee Enfield replacement (1912). Theoretically
a better rifle, but slow, unreliable and awkward in use. |
Luger 9mm
22cm 0.8kg |
Archetypal self loading pistol. Accurate, complex,
prone to jamming, but so stylish. |
Mauser C96
31cm 1.3kg |
Heavy automatic pistol with detachable wood holster/
stock. Bulky but reliable, a few types full automatic. |
Webley .455 m6
28cm 1.1kg |
Classic British Army service revolver. Brutally simple
but nearly indestructable. |
Webley .38 m4
26cm 0.8kg |
Post WW1 reduction in calibre to produce a smaller and
more controllable sidearm. |
Colt 1911A1
21cm 1.1kg |
The excellent US army service automatic. Heavy .45
calibre round. Many still in use. |
Thomson m1921
86cm 5kg |
Early sub-machine gun. Inextricably associated with
1920s US crime. Bulky 50 round drum, easily recognised. |
Bergmann MP18
80cm 4kg |
German SMG used at close of WW1. (Adopted by the Royal
Navy in 1940 as Lanchester mk1) |
12bore shotgun
130cm 3kg |
Double barrelled civillian smoothbore used for small
game hunting. |
Military shotgun
100cm 4kg |
Pump or lever action repeating shotgun, shorter barrel
than civil weapon. Used by US marines and police forces. |
Sawnoff 12bore
40cm 2kg |
Criminal modification of normal 12 bore, removing most
of barrel and stock for a short range concealable gun. |
.410 shotgun
90cm 2kg |
Cheaper alternative to 12 bore for vermin control and
very small game. A poacher's gun. |
.22 rifle
110cm 2.4kg |
Smallbore target or practice rifle sometimes used for
rabbit hunting. Some types mimic military weapons. |
.32 revolver
18cm 0.4kg |
Very inexpensive small calibre civillian pistol, the
'suicide special' of pulp crime fiction. |
.32 auto
16cm 0.6kg |
Concealable civillian automatic intended for personal
defense. |
Signal pistol
35cm 1kg |
A single shot flare-gun. Not designed as a weapon (but
one late 1930s German design can throw a small grenade). |
Mauser Tg m1918
170cm 18kg |
Large 13mm high velocity bolt action rifle capable of
penetrating the armour of early tanks. |
Vickers-Maxim
110cm 15kg |
Britsh development of the classic Maxim belt fed heavy
machine gun. Most world armies used similar guns in WW1.
Tripod weighs another 22kg. |
Masden m1902
117cm 10kg |
First example of the easily portable magazine fed LMG
used by modern armies. Widely adopted. |
Lewis gun
128cm 12kg |
Drum fed, air cooled LMG used in WW1. Many used in
aerial combat. |
Browning .50 M2
165cm 38kg |
Heavy machinegun with some anti tank potential. 20kg
tripod. Became a useful light AA weapon. |
18 pdr fieldgun
(big) |
Typical mid 20th century field artillery piece, crewed
by 4-6 men (British). |
Mills bomb | Fragmentation grenade (pineapple shaped cast iron body).
Used in both world wars (British). |
Stick grenade |
German issue blast grenade (the easily recognised
'potato masher'). |
AK 47 (USSR)
88cm 4.3kg |
Extremely successful assault rifle design, used world
wide. Short 7.62mm m43 cartridge. |
SLR (UK L1A1)
113cm 4.3kg |
British army version of FN FAL self loading rifle.
Original FN design full automatic. 7.62x51mm NATO round. |
Mauser SP66
130cm 6kg |
Typical example of a modern bolt action sniping rifle.
Normally equipped with telescopic sights. |
HK Gewehr 3
102cm 4.4kg |
West German issue automatic rifle firing the 7.62x51mm
NATO round. Heavy barrel versions used in LMG role. |
IMI Galil
98cm 4.3kg |
Israeli service rifle. 5.56mm m193 round, action
derived from Kalashnikov AK47. Integral bottle opener. |
M16
99cm 3kg |
American issue assault rifle. First service design to
use the small 5.56mm m193 round. |
Carbine M1
90cm 2.5kg |
WW2 US design. A light, popular weapon intended to arm
non-combat troops (cooks, drivers, vehicle crews). |
PPSh41 (USSR)
83cm 3.6kg |
Very simple (but effective) SMG design. Widely used,
copied by China as Type 50. alternative 35 rnd box. |
Sterling SMG
86cm 3.6kg |
Post WW2 British army weapon. Typical modern SMG, many
other weapons fundamentally similar. |
Uzi 9mm
65cm 3.7kg |
Compact, Israeli designed SMG. Very effective, great
commercial success. |
Ingram 10
54cm 2.8kg |
Concealable machine pistol popular with bodyguards and
hitmen. Effective silencer available for this weapon. |
VZ61 (Czech)
52cm 1.3kg |
Small machine pistol designed for tank crews, firing
the low powered .32 ACP round. |
Walther PPK
15cm 0.6kg |
Police issue 7.65mm concealable automatic pistol. The
slightly larger PP is virtually identical. |
FN GP35 9mm
20cm 1kg |
Modern military issue automatic, used by many armies
(Britain, Canada, Belgium, Holland). Large magazine. |
.38 special
25cm 0.7kg |
Uncomplicted revolver used by US police departments
and many civilians. |
.44 magnum
35cm 1.4kg |
'The most powerful handgun in the world'. Heavy
revolver firing an exceptionally powerful round. |
Riot gun 37mm
74cm 3kg |
Short barrelled smoothbore firing a plastic 'baton'
round or a CS gas grenade (both allegedly non lethal). |
M60 LMG
110cm 11kg |
US army belt fed LMG. Design based on the German MG42
and FG42 weapons. |
Auto. 12 bore
90cm 5kg |
Fully automatic shotgun. Massive short range effect.
Weapons in this class quite uncommon. |
Bren (L4A1)
115cm 10kg |
NATO version of the British WW2 magazine fed LMG. A
surprisingly accurate weapon. |
RPD (USSR)
104cm 7kg |
Belt fed LMG variant of the AK47 mechanism. Being
replaced by the magazine fed RPK. |
Grenade L2A1 |
Typical modern fragmentation (or 'defensive') grenade.
Some designs have removable fragmentation sleeve (Y2) |
Grenade VK40 |
Sub miniature Dutch fragmentation grenade (little
bigger than a golfball) |
Grenade stun |
The NICO grenade used by anti-terrorist organisations.
Lots of disorientating flash and noise. |
A traditional military individual weapon. Uses a high velocity 7.5mm round
with an effective range beyond 1000m, and the ability to penetrate most
light personal armour.
A short, light automatic rifle firing a lower energy round effective to
around 500m. Has supplanted both rifle and SMG roles in some modern armies.
A small, simple automatic weapon firing a low velocity pistol (type) round
and varying in size between a small rifle and a large pistol. Rarely
effective beyond 150m. Militarily obsolete, it is often used by police and
security forces.
Single handed personal weapon firing a low velocity round accurate to about
25m. Great variations exist in size and power, with calibre between 6 and
14mm.
Large calibre (typ. 18mm) smooth bored weapon discharging a spread of small
projectiles. Highly destructive at short ranges. A common civilian/hunting
weapon with infrequent military usage. Few fully automatic shotguns have seen
use.
Stats are given for weapons firing military or game shot (large lead balls or
steel flechettes). Birdshot is less lethal but avoids wrecking small prey
(one dice damage, penetration -20%).