The Modern Armory ยท Chapter 9
Precision Rifles
Rifles built to hit one target at long distance. This is the only chapter with weapons that print Extreme range, and both of them need a maneuver of preparation before the first shot.
Every entry carries Accurate, Pierce, or both. Every entry but one is slow: Limited Ammo, Prepare, or Slow-Firing.
Attacking at Extreme range is a Severe check. The telescopic sight in Chapter 17 and an aim maneuver are assumed in the fiction and are not built into these stat lines.
Skill: Heavy Ranged throughout.
Silenced Carbine
De Lisle carbine, VSS Vintorez, suppressed .22 sporter
6 3 Medium 4
Heavy Ranged 2000 Rare Ballistic Silent, Accurate 1, Limited Ammo 5
A short rifle built around an integral suppressor and a subsonic cartridge. The wartime De Lisle was a Lee-Enfield action firing .45 pistol ammunition; the Soviet VSS did the same job forty years later with a purpose-made round.
It is the only Silent long gun in the book. Damage 6 and Medium range are what a subsonic bullet allows.
Designated Marksman Rifle
Dragunov SVD, M21, SR-25, PSG1
8 3 Long 5
Heavy Ranged 1500 Military Ballistic Accurate 1, Pierce 1, Cumbersome 2
A semi-automatic rifle with a scope, issued one to a squad to reach past the assault rifles.
Accurate 1 and Pierce 1 at Long range, with no Limited Ammo and no Prepare. It is the precision rifle for a character who expects to move.
Sniper Rifle
M24, M40, Accuracy International L96, scoped Mauser 98k, Mosin PU
9 2 Extreme 5
Heavy Ranged 1500 Military Ballistic Accurate 2, Pierce 2, Limited Ammo 5, Cumbersome 3, Prepare 1
A bolt-action rifle selected or built for accuracy, with a telescopic sight and a trained shooter behind it.
Damage 9, Crit 2, Extreme range, Accurate 2, Pierce 2. It pays with Limited Ammo 5, Cumbersome 3, and Prepare 1: a maneuver to settle into position before the first shot.
Anti-Materiel Rifle, .50
Barrett M82, McMillan TAC-50, Boys anti-tank rifle, PTRD-41
10 2 Extreme 7
Heavy Ranged 4000 Military Ballistic Pierce 4, Cumbersome 4, Prepare 1, Slow-Firing 1, Limited Ammo 5, Breach 1
A rifle chambered for a heavy machine gun cartridge. The wartime anti-tank rifles were built to hole armour plate; the modern type is used on vehicles, radar sets, and people behind walls.
Damage 10 and Pierce 4 at Extreme range. It needs Might 4, a maneuver to set up, and a round of recovery after every shot (Slow-Firing 1). Encumbrance 7 is most of what one person can carry.
