TEXT: An e23 Sourcebook for GURPS
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  STEVE JACKSON GAMES
  Stock #37-1632
  Version 1.0 – July, 2008
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  Written by HANS-CHRISTIAN VORTISCH
  Edited by PHIL MASTERS
  PULP GUNS, VOLUME 2
  
  CONTENTS
  2
  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . 3
  GURPS High-Tech 
  and This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  Publication History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  Photo Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . 3
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE. . . . 4
  WEAPON DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  Rifles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  Assembling a Take-Down Gun . . . . 5
  Exotic Rifle and MG Ammo . . . . . 12
  Machine Guns and Autocannon. . 15
  Military Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
  Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
  The Electric Machine Gun. . . . . . . 27
  Grenade Launchers. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
  Grenade Launcher Ammo . . . . . . . 29
  Hand Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
  Flamethrowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
  The Flamethrower-SMG. . . . . . . . . 31
  AMMUNITION TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
  HIT THE BOOKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
  Movies and Television. . . . . . . . . . 33
  INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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  INTRODUCTION
  3
  As explained in High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume
  1, the “pulp era” is used here as a term for the period
  between WWI and WWII, the Roaring Twenties and
  Thrilling Thirties. This was the age of fiction about
  larger-than-life detectives, investigators, gangsters,
  vigilantes, and explorers. “Pulp guns” are the
  firearms that were available and used at the time,
  both historically and in literature and movies.
  High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1 is a catalog
  primarily covering small arms in civilian use. The
  handguns, 
  shotguns 
  and 
  submachine 
  guns
  described there were available to and used by citi-
  zens, police, and gangsters. High-Tech: Pulp Guns,
  Volume 2 has a more military bent, detailing
  infantry rifles, machine guns, cannon, grenades, and
  even flamethrowers! However, not only were many of
  those weapons also available commercially, the book likewise
  covers many hunting and gallery rifles, flare pistols, and simi-
  lar civilian arms.
  So the contents of this book are ideal for outfitting detec-
  tives, police officers, and gangsters; for adventurers, explorers,
  and big-game hunters; for evil fiends and brutal henchmen; for
  soldiers and revolutionaries; but also for ordinary people. This
  book is especially suited as a companion to
  GURPS Cliffhangers, but is also appropriate for
  GURPS Cops, GURPS Covert Ops, GURPS
  Espionage, GURPS Horror, GURPS Lands Out
  of Time, GURPS Mysteries, or GURPS Supers
  campaigns set in that timeframe. Furthermore, it
  can be used for military adventures, particularly
  in combination with GURPS WWII and all of its
  supplements.
  GURPS HIGH-TECH
  AND THIS BOOK
  Some of the firearms in this book already
  appear in GURPS High-Tech, but their details
  are repeated here for completeness, with much
  additional period information. All the others are
  new to GURPS Fourth Edition, but are presented
  so as to be compatible with the rules published in
  High-Tech.
  PUBLICATION HISTORY
  Several entries herein are based on descrip-
  tions from GURPS High-Tech, Fourth Edition
  (2007), written by Shawn Fisher and Hans-
  Christian Vortisch, as well as earlier editions
  written by Michael Hurst. A few more were devel-
  oped from material in the Pyramid articles
  “Secret Weapons” (2001), “The Long Arm of the
  Law” (2001), and “Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger”
  (2005), also by Hans-Christian Vortisch.
  ABOUT THE
  AUTHOR
  Hans-Christian “Grey Tiger”
  Vortisch, M.A., began writing for
  GURPS as a freelancer in 2001.
  He was author or co-author of
  GURPS Covert Ops, GURPS
  High-Tech, 
  Fourth 
  Edition,
  GURPS 
  Modern 
  Firepower,
  GURPS Special Ops,
  Third
  Edition, GURPS WWII: Motor
  Pool, and several e23 publica-
  tions on martial topics. He wrote
  additional material for numerous
  other GURPS books; authored,
  translated, edited, or contributed to several German Call of
  Cthulhu products; and published many articles in American,
  British, and German gaming magazines. Hans has been an
  avid gamer since 1983. His non-gaming interests include sci-
  ence fiction, history, cinema, and punk rock. He lives in
  Swingin’ Berlin.
  INTRODUCTION
  Photo Acknowledgments
  P. 2, 34: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
  Division, WWI Posters, LC-USZC4-7580.
  P. 3: Art by Vincent Lynel. From the Library of Congress, Prints &
  Photographs Division, WWI Posters, LC-USZC4-9883.
  P. 4: Photo courtesy of Tony Rumore.
  P. 6, 13: Photo courtesy of Bob Adams, Albuquerque, NM, phone
  (505) 255-6868, www.adamsguns.com.
  P. 7: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, LC-USZ62-130857.
  P. 8: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  George Grantham Bain Collection, LC-DIG-ggbain-02173.
  P. 11, 30: Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army.
  P. 17: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  National Photo Company Collection, LC-DIG-npcc-20337.
  P. 18: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  George Grantham Bain Collection, LC-DIG-ggbain-26816.
  P. 20: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  George Grantham Bain Collection, LC-DIG-ggbain-22198.
  P. 22: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  George Grantham Bain Collection, LC-DIG-ggbain-37776.
  P. 23: Polish Ministry of National Defence copyright,
  www.wP.mil.pl.
  P. 25: From the National Park Service, WAPA Gallery, National
  Archive 80-G-239015.
  P. 32: This media file is in the public domain in the United States. 
  P. 33: From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
  WWI Posters, LC-USZC4-9736.
  
  PULP-ERA
  ORDNANCE
  And here they came! Seth let rip with the BAR on full auto, the
  shots echoing like rolling thunder through the cavern. Four dark
  shadows dropped near the rectangular opening that led further
  down into the mountain. “I’m out,” Seth yelled. He depressed the
  magazine release, let the empty magazine fall from the smoking
  rifle, and pulled the last fresh one from the left breast pocket of
  his sharply tailored Dunrite bulletproof vest.
  Meanwhile, Eszter had started laying down cover fire with her
  Winchester .351 self-loader. With the slim Maxim silencer, the
  rhythmic clack-clack, pause, clack-clack, pause, would have
  been difficult to hear even without his ears ringing like crazy. By
  contrast, it was impossible to ignore the banshee howls that now
  emerged from the bowels of the earth.
  Seth wanted to cover his ears, but one hand cradled the hefty
  rifle and the other held the magazine with the black-cased hol-
  low-point incendiaries. He rocked the box into the well, let fly the
  operating handle, and swung the BAR up again. It was now or
  never . . .
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  4
  WEAPON DESCRIPTIONS
  Weapon descriptions here follow the pattern laid out in
  High-Tech, p. 79. They appear in order of historical appear-
  ance and availability in the text and the tables.
  Note that all costs are given in generic GURPS $ (see Tech
  Level and Starting Wealth, p. B27). To convert these to histori-
  cal U.S. dollars, use a rough divisor of 11 for the 1920s and 14
  for the 1930s.
  Example: The Remington Model 8 is listed with Cost $800 in
  the Rifles Table, p. 14. In the 1930s, the “historical” price would
  be 800 / 14 = 57 U.S. dollars; Remington’s actual list price was
  58 U.S. dollars in 1930 and 60 U.S. dollars in 1936.
  Many weapons list cost modifiers for decorated specimens
  (see Styling on p. 10 of High-Tech). These always refer to stan-
  dard factory options. Theoretically, any gun could be individu-
  ally styled even more extravagantly; for decorations like this,
  the sky is the limit. Multiply cost by 20 for a +4 reaction bonus,
  by 50 for a +5, and so on.
  Example: The Remington 8 rifle (p. 8) could be ordered with
  standardized scroll and animal scene engraving, finely check-
  ered English walnut stocks, and an individual gold name plate
  (the Model 8F Premier Grade) for six times the cost, $800 ¥ 6 =
  $4,800. This is more than five but not 10 times the normal cost,
  and gives a +2 reaction bonus. Instead of ordering the factory
  options, the rifle could be given a more individualized treat-
  ment; shelling out $8,000 gives a +3 reaction bonus.
  RIFLES
  Many Alaskan hunters use the .35 Remington [Model 8] auto
  for the big bear, as they like that fast, machine gun-like action of
  the automatic, and what the rifle lacks in actual killing power
  they make up by repeated hits.
  – Elmer Keith, Big Game Rifles (1936)
  During the pulp era, rifles and carbines of various patterns
  were the standard weapons of all militaries. Civilian models
  were in wide use for hunting and target shooting. There were
  numerous designs, ranging from simple single-shot weapons
  to many different manual and self-loading repeaters and even
  full automatic rifles. Note that, during the pulp era, even anti-
  tank rifles effectively had LC2!
  Lebel Mle 1886, 8¥50mmR Lebel 
  (France, 1886-1919)
  The Fusil d’Infanterie Lebel Modèle 1886 (“Lebel infantry rifle
  model 1886”), made by French arsenals to Nicolas Lebel’s
  design, was the first smokeless-powder, medium-caliber mili-
  tary rifle. Some four million were produced. The Lebel was
  widely distributed – the French Foreign Legion (GURPS
  Cliffhangers, p. 45) and colonial army used it in their conquests
  in Asia and Africa. It was also exported to southern and eastern
  Europe during WWI and the 1920s. In the pulp era, it was used
  by nations such as Greece (M1886), Romania (md. 1886), and
  Yugoslavia (M86), in addition to France, if usually with reserve
  troops only. Thousands were supplied to the Republicans dur-
  ing the Spanish Civil War. There were many variants, often used
  side-by-side (see below). From 1936, the French military grad-
  ually replaced all Lebels in front-line service.
  
  The original Mle 1886 was a bolt-action weapon with a
  tubular underbarrel magazine. It held a round in the chamber
  and another in the cartridge carrier between magazine and
  chamber, for a total of 10 when fully loaded. During the pulp
  era, an AP round was available (Dmg 4d+2(2) pi-). French sol-
  diers were issued 15 paper packs holding eight rounds each, to
  be carried in the three pouches of their leather load-bearing
  equipment (High-Tech, p. 54). The great length of this design
  – even before attaching the 1.1-lb. socket bayonet (Reach 1, 2*)
  – is obvious in Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy, set in 1923,
  where the French Legionnaires are still issued it. Fitted with a
  1.2-lb. 3¥ scope (+1 Acc, rugged, expensive, $500), the original
  Mle 1886 served as a sniper rifle from 1916 to WWII.
  Redesigned by a commission headed by Adolph Berthier,
  the Lebel-Berthier Modèle 1907/15 (1915-1918) used a three-
  round charger clip: Wt. 8.5/0.2, Shots 3(3). Infantrymen were
  issued 28 clips with this. It can be seen in the WWI drama The
  Road to Glory. The improved Lebel-Berthier Modèle 1916 (1916-
  1919) increased the clip capacity: Wt. 8.6/0.3, Shots 5(3). The
  Mle 1916 was the most common rifle with the French military
  during the pulp era. The French Foreign Legion used it with a
  leather bandoleer (High-Tech, p. 54) holding five clips and a
  bayonet. The later Lebel variants were also used elsewhere –
  for example, large numbers saw service during the Spanish
  Civil War.
  Mannlicher-Carcano Mod 91, 6.5¥52mm
  Mannlicher-Carcano (Italy, 1892-1937)
  The Fucile di Fanteria Modello 1891 (“infantry rifle model
  1891”) was the bolt-action rifle that served the Italian military
  in WWI and later conflicts like the Abyssinian War and even
  WWII (GURPS WWII: Grim Legions, p. 27). It employed a
  modified Mauser action and a 6-round Mannlicher en bloc clip
  (High-Tech, p. 245). Italian soldiers were issued 16 clips and
  carried them in leather load-bearing gear (High-Tech, p. 54).
  More than 4 million rifles were made. The Mod 91 was typi-
  cally provided with a 1-lb. sword bayonet (Reach 1, 2*).
  There were several shorter versions, which were all pre-
  ferred by troops during the pulp era. The original Moschetto di
  Cavalleria Mod 91 (1893-1924) was a cavalry carbine; Dmg 5d
  pi, Acc 4, Range 850/2,900, Wt. 7.3/0.3, Bulk -5, Cost $800. It
  featured an integral bayonet that folded under the 17.8” barrel.
  The almost identical Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (TS) Mod 91
  (1897-1924) was issued to drivers, artillery crews, and other
  specialists; same stats. Still another, newer carbine was the
  Moschetto Mod 91/24 (1924-1938), which lacked the integral
  bayonet; Dmg 5d pi, Acc 4, Range 850/2,900, Wt. 6.8/0.3, Bulk
  -5, Cost $750.
  Winchester Model 92, .44-40 Winchester 
  (USA, 1892-1941)
  Originally called the Model 1892, this John Browning design
  was the typical Winchester lever-action carbine of the final
  “Wild West” years, but was still made and in widespread use
  during the pulp era in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.
  Some were even used by military forces in China and South
  America during that time. Explorer Robert Peary took this
  Winchester model with him on his Polar Expedition in 1909.
  Some 21,000 were issued by the Royal Navy during WWI.
  The Model 92 was offered in a number of calibers, includ-
  ing .32-20 Winchester (Dmg 2d+1 pi-) and .38-40 Winchester
  (Dmg 3d-2 pi+) – a police officer’s .32-20 killed gangster
  Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd in 1934. For an extra $100 and an
  additional 0.25 lb., it was available as a take-down rifle that
  broke down into two parts (Holdout -3). It was also made in
  carbine length, with a shorter 20” barrel and magazine; Dmg
  3d-1 pi+, Range 270/3,000, Wt. 6.3/0.5, Shots 12+1(2i), Bulk -4,
  Cost $400. More than a million Model 92s were made, the
  majority in rifle length and .44-40 caliber.
  The .44-40 carbine was copied in Spain as the FAO Mod
  1923 Tigre (1923-1936); Cost $350. This was the standard long
  arm of the Spanish police until after WWII, and was also
  exported. In South America, it was adopted by the Argentinean
  police, among others.
  Winchester Model 94, .30-30 Winchester 
  (USA, 1895-2006)
  The Browning-designed Model 94 (called the Model 1894
  until 1919) was a lever-action rifle with tube magazine, like
  earlier Winchesters, but chambered for a more modern car-
  tridge. It was an extremely popular hunting weapon, but no
  major power adopted the Model 94 as a standard military rifle.
  It did see wide use in such conflicts as the Mexican Revolution
  of 1910 – it is estimated that half of Pancho Villa’s guerrillas
  were armed with this weapon. During WWI, it was used by
  various combatants; French mountain troops had some early
  in the war, as did boarding parties of the Royal Navy. In the
  inter-war years, many police departments acquired it, espe-
  cially in the U.S. South and Southwest. It was also issued by
  the Massachusetts State Police, and would be the longarm
  taken along by troopers investigating “The Dunwich Horror”
  in 1928. It was the standard rifle of most American prison sys-
  tems, and the gun most likely to be found in closets or trucks
  across North (and South) America. During the pulp era, any
  small-town grocery or hardware store in the U.S. was liable to
  have a few boxes of .30-30 ammo. By 1927, one million had
  been made.
  Although the majority were made for the famous .30-30
  Winchester cartridge, it was also offered in .25-35 Winchester
  (Dmg 5d-1 pi), .32 Winchester Special (Dmg 6d pi), and .38-55
  Winchester (Dmg 5d pi). A take-down model was made
  (increasing cost by $100 and weight by 0.25 lb.); this broke
  down into two parts (Holdout -3). A 0.75-lb. Maxim baffle
  sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, plus another -1 for being a
  lever-action weapon, -1 Bulk, $500) was offered in 1921-1925.
  In the 1930s, improved-visibility sights (High-Tech, p. 156)
  were available.
  The Model 94 Carbine (1895-2006) had a shorter 20” barrel;
  Dmg 5d+1 pi, Range 700/3,000, Wt. 6.6/0.3, Shots 7+1(2i), Bulk
  -4, Cost $400.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  5
  Assembling a 
  Take-Down Gun
  Many of the rifles described here can be broken
  down into two or more parts for storage or conceal-
  ment, or come in special “take-down” variants
  designed for this. In all such cases, reassembly
  requires 20 seconds and an IQ-based Guns (Rifle) or
  Armoury (Small Arms) roll.
  
  Winchester Model 86 Extra Lightweight, .45-70
  Springfield (USA, 1897-1931)
  The Model 86 Extra Lightweight was a lightened large-cal-
  iber lever-action short rifle for the 20th century, based on the
  original Model 1886 designed by John Browning, which wasn’t
  made any longer in the pulp era. It had a 22” barrel and was
  primarily made for the relatively powerful .45-70 Springfield
  round. To reduce weight, the underbarrel tube magazine was
  only half as long as normal. The Model 86 Extra Lightweight
  was popular with some serious American hunters at the time,
  but costly to produce and, by the end of WWI, inferior to the
  new wave of bolt-action rifles which many veterans of the
  Great War preferred.
  Savage Model 99A, .303 Savage (USA, 1899-1936)
  The Savage Model 1899, renamed the Model 99A in 1920,
  was a sturdy lever-action rifle with integral rotary magazine.
  During the pulp era, it was also available in .22 Savage High-
  Power (Dmg 5d+2 pi), .250 Savage (Dmg 5d+1 pi), .300 Savage
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi), and .30-30 Winchester (Dmg 6d pi). In .303
  Savage, explorer Frank Kleinschmidt took it to the Arctic in
  1914, while archaeologist Roy Chapman Andrews (GURPS
  Cliffhangers, p. 69) preferred it in .250 Savage. A 0.75-lb.
  Maxim baffle sound suppressor for these rifles (-2 to Hearing,
  plus another -1 for being a lever-action weapon, -1 Bulk, $500)
  was offered commercially in 1921-1925.
  The Savage Model 99B (1920-1936) was a take-down model;
  Wt. 7.8/0.25, Cost $800. The Dillinger-Nelson gang used this, as
  did other American criminals who liked that they could carry
  the rifle disassembled in a suitcase. The Savage Model 99F
  Featherweight (1920-1940) was also a take-down model, but
  lighter; Wt. 6.8/0.25, Cost $800.
  The Savage Model 99K (1926-1940) was a deluxe take-down
  version with factory engraving, choice wood, hand-fitted
  action, and target sights. Treat as decorated (+1 to reactions, p.
  4) and fine (accurate); Acc 6, Wt. 7.8/0.25, Cost $1,400.
  Mauser Gew98, 7.92¥57mm Mauser 
  (Germany, 1900-1918)
  The Gewehr 98 (“rifle model 1898”) was the standard rifle of
  the German military during WWI. Many consider it to be the
  finest bolt-action design ever – it was also the basis of many
  sporting weapons (see Mauser Modell 10E, p. 13, and H&H
  Best Quality Magazine Rifle, p. 10). More than five million of
  these rifles were made before the end of WWI. During the pulp
  era, the basic Gew98 was in second-line service with the
  German, Czechoslovakian (vz. 98/22), Polish (wz. 98), and
  Yugoslavian (M98) militaries, as well as being a front-line
  weapon in China, Persia, and elsewhere. The Swiss Papal
  Guard adopted it in 1911 to replace their Remington Gew68
  Rolling Block rifles (High-Tech, p. 109). There is a cache of
  Gew98 rifles on the S.S. Ventura in Peter Jackson’s King Kong,
  no doubt acquired as cheap surplus (p. 24). Note that it was
  LC2 in Germany in 1919-1932!
  The Gew98 accepted a 1-lb. knife bayonet (Reach 1, 2*)
  and used five-round charger clips. Standard issue for the
  German infantry was 24 clips, carried in six pouches on
  leather load-bearing equipment (High-Tech, p. 54). From
  1915, a 1.1-lb. 4¥ scope (+2 Acc, rugged, expensive, $1,000)
  was issued to snipers.
  Rifles similar to the Gew98 but in different calibers (and
  often built under license) were widely adopted abroad, includ-
  ing in 6.5¥55mm Mauser (Dmg 6d pi) by Sweden (m/96 – see
  GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, pp. 32-33); in 7¥57mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi) by Brazil (M908), Chile (Mod 1912), Colombia
  (Mod 1907), Costa Rica (Mod 1910), Guatemala (Mod 1910),
  Mexico (Mod 1902 and Mod 1910), Serbia (M10C), Spain (Mod
  1916), and Venezuela (Mod 1910); in 7.65¥53mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi) by Argentina (Mod 1909 and Mod 1912), Bolivia
  (Mod 1907), Paraguay (Mod 1907 and Mod 1927), Peru (Mod
  1909), and Turkey; and in 8¥52mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d pi) by
  Siam (Baep 45). All of these were still in service during the pulp
  era, although during the 1930s they were generally being
  superseded by shorter weapons (often similar to the Mauser
  Kar98k, below).
  In the 1920s, many old ’98 actions were mated with new
  stocks and 30” barrels and converted to cheap 12G 2.75” shot-
  guns for export to Africa and the Americas: Dmg 1d+1 pi, Acc
  3, Range 40/800, Wt. 6.2/0.2, RoF 1¥9, Shots 1+1(2i), ST 10†,
  Bulk -6, Rcl 1/6, Cost $250.
  The Karabiner 98a (1908-1918) was a carbine for cavalry,
  cyclists, artillery, etc.; Dmg 7d-1 pi, Range 900/3,900, Wt.
  8.9/0.3, ST 10†, Bulk -5, Cost $400. Some 1.5 million were
  made, and the Kar98a was in widespread use with the German
  military and police during the pulp era.
  The Karabiner 98b (1923-1933) was the standard German
  military longarm during the 1920s and early 1930s – by 1926,
  all remaining Gew98 rifles had been converted to this configu-
  ration. It was not actually a carbine, but rather a full-size
  Gew98 with a new bolt handle that turned into a depression in
  the stock rather than standing out vertically, which made the
  Kar98b more comfortable to carry (same stats).
  Superseding all earlier variants, the Karabiner 98 kurz (1935-
  1946) short rifle with 23.6” barrel was the German infantry rifle
  from the mid 1930s: Dmg 7d pi, Range 1,000/4,400, Wt. 9.5/0.3,
  ST 10†, Bulk -5, Cost $400. The early inter-war weapons used
  heavy walnut stocks, rather than the cheaper laminated stocks
  of WWII. One of the 12 clips issued per man was supposed to
  be loaded with AP (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi-), for emergency use against
  tanks – in the late 1930s, this might even be APHC (Dmg 7d-1(2)
  pi-). The German military alone acquired almost three million
  such rifles prior to the war. The Kar98k can be seen in action
  with the Afrikakorps troops in both Raiders of the Lost Ark and
  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  The commercial equivalent of the Kar98k was exported in
  large numbers as the Standard-Modell from 1933; millions of
  rifles of similar shape and performance had already been
  made by licensees like FN in Belgium, ZB in Czechoslovakia,
  and ATZ in Yugoslavia from 1924 on. Users prior to WWII
  included Abyssinia, China (24 Shi, made from 1935 and better
  known as the Chung Cheng Shi or “Generalissimo Type”),
  Czechoslovakia (vz. 24), Greece (M1930), Persia (M1309),
  Poland (wz. 29 – see GURPS WWII: Doomed White Eagle, p.
  29), Romania (md. 1924 – see GURPS WWII: Michael’s Army,
  p. 24), and Yugoslavia (M24). These were all in 7.92¥57mm
  Mauser. Other militaries acquired short rifles of similar dimen-
  sions, but chambered for other calibers, including 7.65¥53mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) for Belgium (Mle 35), Ecuador (Mod
  1934), and Peru (Mod 1932).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  6
  
  Winchester Model 03, .22 Winchester Auto 
  (USA, 1903-1932)
  A popular semiautomatic sporting gun in North America,
  with over 126,000 made, but only useful for small game. The
  Model 03 had a tubular magazine in the buttstock. A 0.5-lb.
  Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, -1 Bulk, $200)
  was offered commercially in 1909-1925. The Winchester Model
  63 (1933-1958) was the same weapon in .22 LR; same stats.
  Some 175,000 were made.
  H&H Royal Double-Express, .600 Nitro Express
  (U.K., 1903-1974)
  This Holland and Holland piece was the world’s most pow-
  erful hunting rifle during the pulp era. The only weapons
  chambered for the .600 Nitro Express were break-open, dou-
  ble-barreled rifles in the English style . . . and the Royal
  Double-Express was normally only sold at the gun makers in
  London and in the most exclusive sporting goods stores of the
  world’s major cities. Custom-made on demand, with the usual
  wait for delivery being a year or more, it was very expensive. In
  Africa, used guns were sometimes available at bargain prices –
  frequently because the last owner had made one mistake too
  many with an elephant or rhino.
  Dilettante Teddy Roosevelt (GURPS Who’s Who 2, pp. 96-
  97) preferred a Royal double in .500/450 Magnum Nitro
  Express (1898-1940); Dmg 8d pi+, Range 600/3,600, Wt.
  14.2/0.24, ST 12†, Bulk -6, Rcl 5. However, in the early 1900s,
  the British authorities outlawed all .450-caliber weapons and
  ammunition in India and the Sudan (making them LC2), even
  though the .500/450 cartridge could not be used in the .450
  Martini-Henry rifles (High-Tech, pp. 109-110) popular with
  rebels and bandits. Therefore, from 1907, a more popular cal-
  iber was .470 Nitro Express: Dmg 8d+2 pi+, Range 640/4,000,
  Wt. 14.2/0.24, ST 12†, Bulk -6, Rcl 5.
  All these rifles were of the finest quality and lavishly deco-
  rated, usually gaining +4 to reactions (see p. 4). Even the
  cheapest version, the so-called No.2 Dominion pattern (Cost
  $11,000), still merits a +3 bonus. The (original!) owner of a
  custom-made H&H rifle should consider buying a Weapon
  Bond (High-Tech, p. 250). In addition, they easily disassem-
  bled into two halves for storage in a rifle case – or under a coat
  (Holdout -4).
  Winchester Model 95, .405 Winchester 
  (USA, 1904-1931)
  The Model 95 – originally called the Model 1895 – was the
  only Winchester lever-action obtainable for powerful modern
  rifle cartridges. Designed by John Browning, it had an excep-
  tionally strong action and an integral box magazine. As a
  hunting weapon, the most famous chambering available was
  the .405 Winchester – but this was also the scarcest. Teddy
  Roosevelt (GURPS Who’s Who 2, pp. 96-97) owned three of
  these and used them on his hunting trips, including in Africa
  in 1909, where he bagged lions and even Cape buffaloes with
  them. He called this his “big medicine gun.” The adventuring
  cinematographers Martin and Osa Johnson also swore by it. In
  Harry Hoyt’s The Lost World, reporter Edward Malone takes
  potshots at an Allosaurus with a Model 95.
  A total of 130,000 commercial Model 95s were made; avail-
  able chamberings in addition to the rare .405 Winchester
  included .30-06 Springfield (Dmg 7d+1 pi), .303 British (Dmg
  6d+2 pi), .38-72 Winchester (Dam 4d+2 pi), and .40-72
  Winchester (Dam 4d+2 pi+). Three in four actually chambered
  the .30-40 Krag (Dmg 6d+1 pi). Many individual Arizona and
  Texas Rangers used the rifle, and the Principality of Monaco
  (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 48) adopted it in .30-06 for its guards
  as the Mle 1920.
  For $100 and 0.25 lb. more, the Model 95 could be bought
  as a take-down rifle, which broke into two halves (Holdout -3).
  A 0.75-lb. Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, plus
  another -1 for having a manual action, -1 Bulk, $500) was
  offered in 1921-1925.
  Somewhat surprisingly, the most numerous variant was
  the Vintovka Vinchesterya obr. 1915g (1915-1916). This was a
  long-barreled military model for the Russian army in
  7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant; Dmg 6d pi, Range 800/3,500,
  Wt. 9.3/0.3, Bulk -5, Cost $700. It could be loaded with stan-
  dard 5-round charger clips and accepted a 1.1-lb. sword bay-
  onet (Reach 1, 2*). Almost 300,000 were delivered to Russia
  during WWI and heavily used during the Russian Civil War;
  during the 1920s, these were mostly removed from active serv-
  ice, but still appeared in Russian (and Finnish) hands during
  the Winter War (GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 33).
  Thousands were supplied as surplus to the Republican faction
  in the Spanish Civil War.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  7
  I do not believe there exists a
  better weapon [than the Royal
  Double-Express] for heavy game.
  – Theodore Roosevelt,
  African Game Trails
  (1910)
  
  Mannlicher-Schönauer Modell 1903, 6.5¥54mm
  Mannlicher (Austria, 1904-1972)
  This bolt-action, charger clip-loaded rifle made by Steyr
  and using the Mannlicher action was one of the most desirable
  small-caliber hunting weapons of the early 20th century. It was
  a favorite of archaeologist Roy Chapman Andrews (GURPS
  Cliffhangers, p. 69), author/adventurer Ernest Hemingway
  (GURPS Who’s Who 2, pp. 118-119), and archaeologist/soldier
  T.E. Lawrence. Several famous hunters even used it on ele-
  phants – a deadly gamble for all but the best shots! As a down-
  side, the 6.5¥54mm Mannlicher cartridge, while accurate and
  low-recoiling, had a tendency to rupture the case, which would
  jam the rifle (p. B407). Whenever ammo is not bought at full
  price (High-Tech, p. 175), reduce Malf. to 16.
  The rifle had a relatively short 18” barrel and a distinctive
  wooden forearm extending all the way to the muzzle, the so-
  called Stutzen (“capped rifle”) layout. The buttstock had com-
  partments for two spare cartridges and a cleaning rod. It was
  also available in 8¥56mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d+2 pi, from
  1908), 9¥56mm Mannlicher-Schönauer (Dmg 7d-2 pi, from
  1905), and other chamberings. Many were fitted with a 1-lb. 4¥
  scope (+2 Acc, rugged, expensive, $1,000). (This gun features in
  the post-apocalypse film A Boy and his Dog.)
  Winchester Model 06, .22 LR (USA, 1906-1932)
  Another Browning design, this was a pump-action rifle with
  underbarrel tube magazine, able to fire .22 Short (Dmg 1d pi-,
  Shots 15+1), .22 Long (Dmg 1d+1 pi-, Shots 12+1), or .22 LR
  cartridges without adjustment. Accurate, reliable, and inex-
  pensive, it became the universal gun used in American shoot-
  ing galleries, firing the .22 Short. Almost 850,000 were made.
  Its successor, the Model 61 (1932-1958), was very similar and
  has the same stats.
  Both guns could be taken apart in the middle (Holdout -3).
  A 0.3-lb. Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, plus
  another -1 for being a pump-action weapon, -1 Bulk) was
  offered for this weapon in 1909-1925.
  Remington Model 8, .35 Remington 
  (USA, 1906-1936)
  This Browning invention was the earliest successful self-
  loading rifle. Marketed by Remington as “the rapid-fire rifle . .
  . big enough for the biggest game,” it was used mainly as a
  hunting weapon. While the calibers for which it was cham-
  bered were best for deer or elk, company ad copy stressed its
  effect on bears, including grizzlies. Several of Pancho Villa’s
  bodyguards were armed with it during the Mexican
  Revolution. The Model 8 – and the virtually identical Model 81
  Woodsmaster (1936-1950) – was also a popular choice with
  American law enforcers (notably the FBI and Texas Rangers)
  during the 1930s. It was advertised as being “more powerful
  than a [sub]machine gun and much less expensive.” Captain
  Frank Hamer’s posse used Model 8 rifles, among others, to kill
  Bonnie and Clyde in 1934. Counting both models, some
  136,000 were made.
  The Model 8 broke down into two parts for easy stowage
  (Holdout -3). Better-styled specimens with fancier stocks, fac-
  tory engraving, and a silver or gold name plate cost up to six
  times as much (+2 reactions, see p. 4).
  Alternative chamberings included .25 Remington (Dmg 5d-
  1 pi) and .30 Remington (Dmg 5d pi), but the majority were
  made in .35-caliber. The FBI’s guns were in .30-caliber. The
  user could load the fixed internal magazine using five-round
  charger clips (three Ready maneuvers) or with individual car-
  tridges (two Ready maneuvers per round). A detachable
  “police only” curved extended magazine for 15 rounds became
  available for guns in .30- or .35-caliber from the Peace Officer
  Equipment Co. in 1929 as an aftermarket modification; Wt.
  9.5/1.6, Shots 15+1(3), Cost $1,350/$29. This was rare, but
  liked by some lawmen.
  Springfield M1903, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1906-1943)
  In 1906, the U.S. Army started issuing the M1903 – essen-
  tially a copy of the Mauser ’98 (p. 6), but exceptional for its
  well-fitted action, excellent sights, and highly developed car-
  tridge. Two million were made. During the pulp era, the rifle
  was not only used by the U.S. military and most National
  Guard forces, but also issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, some
  police agencies (including that of New York City), and the FBI
  (although the latter preferred self-loading and full-automatic
  weapons). Nicaragua was likewise supplied with this weapon.
  Second-hand and never-issued rifles were cheaply available as
  surplus (p. 24); the S.S. Ventura carries a batch in Merian
  Cooper’s King Kong.
  The M1903 took a 1.1-lb. sword bayonet (Reach 1, 2*) and
  used five-round charger clips. A U.S. infantryman or marine
  was issued 20 clips, carried in canvas web gear (High-Tech, p.
  54); cavalry carried only 18 clips, adding two magazines for
  their Colt M1911 pistols (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p.
  17). From WWI on, some troops received a 2.3-lb. 5.2¥ scope
  (+2 Acc, rugged, $500) for sniper use. A 0.75-lb. Maxim baffle
  sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, plus another -1 for being a
  bolt-action weapon, -1 Bulk) was offered in 1909-1925, but not
  popular.
  The Springfield action was also used in sporting rifles, gen-
  erally lighter and better looking, for sale to civilian hunters and
  target shooters. The National Rifle Association offered one
  such model to its members in 1924-1938; Wt. 8.3/0.3, Cost
  $1,000. Some 5,000 were made. Similar guns were available
  from gunsmiths like Pachmayr, Sedgley, or Griffin and Howe,
  as well as mail order gun stores, using new or rebuilt military
  weapons. These sporters generally couldn’t mount a bayonet,
  but often received a scope or improved-visibility sights (High-
  Tech, p. 156).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  8
  
  Arisaka Meiji 38 Shiki Shoujuu, 6.5¥50mmSR
  Arisaka (Japan, 1907-1941)
  The Arisaka Meiji 38 Shiki Shoujuu (“Arisaka infantry rifle
  type of the 38th year of the Meiji reign” – Western year 1905)
  was loosely based on the Mauser ’98 bolt-action (p. 6). It was
  the standard Japanese rifle until 1939. More than three million
  were made. It was widely exported in the 1910s and 1920s;
  during WWI, the United Kingdom bought 150,000 as the
  Pattern 07 (as used by T.E. Lawrence’s troops during the Arab
  Revolt), and Russia acquired over half a million. The latter saw
  heavy use during the Russian, Finnish, and Estonian civil
  wars. Mexico got a few as the Mod 1915 in 7¥57mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi).
  The Arisaka 38 Shiki used five-round charger clips; 24 clips
  would be carried in three pouches on Japanese web gear
  (High-Tech, p. 54). The rifle took a 0.9-lb. sword bayonet
  (Reach 1, 2*) for use with Jukenjutsu techniques (GURPS
  Martial Arts, p. 197). A 1.1-lb. 2.5¥ scope (+1 Acc, rugged,
  expensive, $500) transformed it into a sniper rifle. There was a
  special “flashless” sniper round which had almost no muzzle
  flash at all; this subtracts -1 from any Vision or Observation
  rolls to try and locate the sniper.
  The Arisaka Meiji Shiki 44 Kiheijuu (1912-1942) or “Arisaka
  cavalry carbine type of the 44th year of the Meiji reign”
  (Western year 1911) was a shortened version with 18.5” barrel
  and integral folding bayonet; Dmg 5d+2 pi, Acc 4, Range
  600/2,500, Wt. 9.2/0.25, ST 10†, Bulk -5, Cost $700.
  Enfield SMLE Mk III, .303 British 
  (U.K., 1907-1943)
  The Short Magazine, Lee-Enfield Mark III served the
  British Army during both World Wars. It was widely distrib-
  uted to nations in the British Commonwealth, such as Canada,
  Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, and South Africa, and also produced in
  Australia and in India. Portugal adopted it as the M/917. Seven
  million were made. Enfields can be seen carried by Captain
  Phillip Blumburtt’s troops in Indiana Jones and the Temple of
  Doom and by Corky in Tales of the Gold Monkey.
  The SMLE Mk III (re-designated the No.1 Mk III in 1926)
  was one of the fastest bolt-action rifles to operate. “Old Smelly”
  had a magazine topped up with single cartridges or five-round
  charger clips (0.3 lb.). The magazine was detachable (1 lb.) but
  normally not used thus – each rifle came with only one. (If a
  spare magazine was available, reloading took only three Ready
  maneuvers.) British infantry were issued 20 or 30 clips carried
  in pouches on web gear (High-Tech, p. 54). The gun took a 1.3-
  lb. sword bayonet (Reach 1, 2*).
  The Lee-Enfield Carbine (LEC) Mk I (1896-1899) was a
  shorter weapon with 20.75” barrel; Dmg 6d pi, Acc 4, Range
  800/3,400, Wt. 7.8/0.35, Shots 6+1(2i), ST 9†, Bulk -5, Rcl 3,
  Cost $650. By WWI, it had been fully replaced by the SMLE,
  but many of these surplus carbines continued in service
  throughout the pulp era with Colonial police forces, including
  the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Shanghai Municipal
  Police. It was typically issued with a 50-round leather ban-
  doleer (High-Tech, p. 54). The LEC Mk I couldn’t mount a bay-
  onet. A similar weapon was the Lee-Enfield Royal Irish
  Constabulary (RIC) Carbine (1905-1906), used by the police in
  Ireland; same stats. This could mount a bayonet.
  Lee-Enfield pattern rifles were made by various British
  manufacturers in addition to the Royal Small Arms Factory at
  Enfield. The famous Birmingham gunsmith W.W. Greener
  offered the standard SMLE rifle in match quality – treat as fine
  (accurate); Acc 6, Cost $1,300. BSA also made sporting rifles
  using the Lee-Enfield action, but lighter and with more refined
  furnishings (+1 to reactions, p. 4), for example the No.2
  Sporting Pattern (1902-1914); Wt. 7.8/0.3, Shots 5+1(3), Cost
  $1,300. A sporting version is used, with a scope, by
  Egyptologist Evie O’Connell in The Mummy Returns.
  Winchester Model 07, .351 Winchester 
  (USA, 1907-1957)
  This sporting weapon, originally introduced as the Model
  1907, was one of the earliest effective self-loading rifles. It was
  mainly a hunting weapon for use on small- to medium-sized
  animals like coyotes or mountain lions. However, some
  American police forces acquired it, as did larger companies for
  their security personnel. FBI agent Clarence Hurt was armed
  with such a rifle when he took part in the 1936 arrest of Alvin
  “Creepy” Karpis, the last Public Enemy Number One. Other
  users were criminals during the 1930s, including Bonnie and
  Clyde and the Dillinger-Nelson gang. About 58,500 were made.
  The Model 07 could easily be taken apart into two halves
  (Holdout -3).
  Better-styled specimens with fancy walnut stocks and
  engraving were available for twice the cost (+1 to reactions, p.
  4). An extended 10-round magazine ($27, 0.6 lb.) was available
  from 1911. With this and a brass catcher (High-Tech, p. 161),
  hundreds were pressed into service by the British, French, and
  Russian air forces in the early years of WWI, before aircraft
  machine guns for biplane observers became commonplace.
  (Most of the French rifles were handed down to the Serbs in
  1916.) Nineteen were even used by the fledgling U.S. Army Air
  Corps in 1916 against the Mexicans.
  France also acquired the Model 17 (1917-1918), a selective-
  fire version for issue to trench raiders; Wt. 8/0.6, RoF 10, Shots
  10+1(3), Cost $450/$27, LC2. This had a mount for a 0.6-lb.
  knife bayonet. Some 2,200 were made, but removed from serv-
  ice after WWI. They might show up as surplus.
  The slightly larger Model 10 (1910-1935) was chambered for
  the .401 Winchester; Dmg 4d+2 pi+, Wt. 8.5/0.3, Shots 4+1(3),
  ST 8†, Rcl 2. It fired a more powerful round that, according to
  company advertisements, “hits like Thor’s hammer.” Bonnie
  and Clyde had one. Some 20,000 were made.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  9
  You might as well shoot the
  Springfield, . . . you’re used to it.
  We’ll leave the Mannlicher in 
  the car with the Memsahib. 
  Your gun-bearer can carry your
  heavy gun.
  – Ernest Hemingway, 
  “The Short Happy Life
  of Francis Macomber”
  (1936)
  
  Both the Model 07 and the Model 10 could be fitted with a
  0.75-lb. Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, -1
  Bulk), which was available in 1924-1925. And both patterns
  were sometimes converted by gunsmiths such as “Hymie”
  Lebman (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p. 5) to selective-
  fire weapons. This conversion was favored by Homer Van
  Meter, John Dillinger’s closest associate. Conversion is an aver-
  age task and changes RoF to 10 (High-Tech, p. 79). Such a 
  converted gun would especially benefit from a 0.5-lb. Cutts
  compensator (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p. 30), which
  was offered from 1930. Tracer rounds (High-Tech, p. 175) were
  used in either caliber by the military during WWI, and might
  turn up as surplus afterwards.
  Rigby Best Quality Double, .470 NE (U.K., 1907-)
  John Rigby and Co. of London was one of the premier man-
  ufacturers of big-game double rifles to take down elephant,
  rhinoceros, or buffalo. Their Best Quality Double featured a
  hammerless sidelock action with automatic ejectors. Like most
  English double rifles, it was only available to order and was
  executed in the highest quality, with choice materials and
  extensive engraving (+4 to reactions – see p. 4). Multiply cost
  by 0.85 for Second Quality and 0.7 for Third Quality; these
  have the same stats, but are slightly less luxurious (+3 to reac-
  tions). The (original!) owner of any Rigby rifle should consider
  buying a Weapon Bond (High-Tech, p. 250). These weapons
  easily disassemble into two halves for storage in a rifle case –
  or under a coat (Holdout -4).
  Other calibers were available as well, including the .22
  Savage High-Power (Dmg 5d+2 pi), .275 Rigby Magnum (Dmg
  6d+1 pi, from 1927), and .350 Rigby Magnum (Dmg 7d+2 pi).
  SIG-Mondragon Mod 1908, 7¥57mm Mauser
  (Switzerland, 1911)
  Designed by General Manuel Mondragon for the Mexican
  army and made by SIG of Switzerland, this was one of the first
  semiautomatic military rifles, feeding from an 8-round charger
  clip. Mexico ordered 4,000, the first 400 reaching the country
  in 1911. They turned out to be unreliable without high-quality
  ammo, and the Mexicans canceled the order. Whenever ammo
  is not bought at full price (High-Tech, p. 175), reduce Malf. to
  16. The 400 rifles already delivered were used nonetheless; in
  1923, revolutionary Pancho Villa was executed with such
  weapons.
  SIG sold off the rest commercially. Explorers, mercenaries,
  or other interested parties could buy them prior to WWI com-
  plete with 20-round magazine and bipod; Wt. 10.6/1.6, Shots
  20+1(3), ST 10B†, Cost $1,300/$30. In the end, most were
  snapped up by the Germans in 1915. Fitted with a 30-round
  drum magazine, they were to serve as the Flieger-
  Selbstladekarabiner 15 (“aviators’ self-loading carbine model
  1915”) on early combat aircraft until aviation machine guns
  became available; Wt. 11.9/2.9, Shots 30+1(5), ST 10†, Bulk -6,
  Cost $1,200/$258. Most ended up being used by infantry.
  Stevens Number 14 1/2 Little Scout, .22 LR 
  (USA, 1911-1941)
  This single-shot rolling block breechloader was a very
  cheap rifle, typical of the sort given to youths learning to shoot.
  Such guns were used to bag the occasional squirrel or rabbit,
  or to get rid of rats and other pests. The gun would break apart
  into two halves (Holdout -3). A 0.3-lb. Maxim baffle sound sup-
  pressor (-2 to Hearing, plus another -1 for being a single shot
  weapon, -1 Bulk) was offered in 1911-1925.
  H&H Best Quality Magazine Rifle, .375 H&H
  Magnum (U.K., 1912-)
  In addition to their famous double-barrel guns (p. 7),
  Holland and Holland also built a variety of custom-made rifles
  using the action of the Mauser Gew98 (p. 6), which was well-
  regarded among hunters. In fact, the basic action and barrel
  were built by Mauser and shipped as parts to England to be
  processed further.
  These guns could chamber any one of several powerful car-
  tridges, including the .240 Nitro Express (Dmg 6d-1 pi, from
  1923), .275 H&H Magnum (Dmg 7d+1 pi), and .300 H&H
  Magnum (Dmg 8d-1 pi, from 1925). Best Quality guns were
  always decorated (+2 reactions, p. 4), and were normally fitted
  with a 1.2-lb. 4¥ scope (+2 Acc, rugged, expensive, $1,000).
  Sestrorests AVF-16, 6.5¥50mmSR Arisaka 
  (Russia, 1916-1925)
  The Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Fedorova obrazets 1916
  goda (“Fedorov’s automatic rifle model of the year 1916”) was
  an early (and rather unreliable) selective-fire rifle. It used the
  Japanese service cartridge, since that was better suited to an
  automatic weapon than the 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant then
  in use in Russia. It featured a wooden foregrip and a detach-
  able magazine. On trial issue during WWI, the AVF-16 was
  adopted by the Soviet military after the Russian Revolution.
  About 3,550 were made, but the model was removed from
  service by 1928. Some found their way to the Republicans in
  the Spanish Civil War, and a few were used during the Russo-
  Finnish Winter War.
  Enfield M1917, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1917-1919)
  When the USA entered WWI in 1917, they found that only
  insufficient numbers of the Springfield M1903 rifle (p. 8) were
  available. As production couldn’t be increased in time, it was
  decided to use the manufacturing capabilities of Remington
  and Winchester, which were already producing the Enfield
  Pattern 14 rifle for the British (another copy of the Mauser ’98
  system, p. 6). Modified for the U.S. service cartridge, the
  Enfield was adopted as the M1917, and some 2.5 million were
  made, far more than American arsenals produced of the
  Springfield. While slightly more accurate than the M1903, it
  was not as well-liked by American troops, and after the war,
  the small peacetime military went back to exclusive use of the
  M1903. Huge numbers of M1917 rifles were put into storage in
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  10
  Now here’s a useful tool – .470,
  telescopic sight, double ejector,
  point-blank up to three-fifty. That’s
  the rifle I used against the Peruvian
  slave-drivers . . .
  – Arthur Conan Doyle, The
  Lost World (1912)
  
  1920, and many were sold as surplus. Such rifles were in use
  with the security forces of American coal mines, for example.
  The Enfield can be seen used by the New York National Guard
  in Peter Jackson’s King Kong.
  The M1917 took a 1.1-lb. sword bayonet (Reach 1, 2*) and
  used five-round charger clips. A U.S. infantryman was issued
  20 clips, carried in canvas web gear (High-Tech, p. 54).
  The original Enfield P/14 Mk I (1915-1917) was chambered
  for the .303 British cartridge (Dmg 6d+2 pi). Some 1.1 million
  were made for the British military, almost all in the U.S. The
  British Army re-designated it the No.3 Mk I in 1926.
  Mauser Tank-Gewehr 18, 13¥92mmSR Mauser
  (Germany, 1918)
  Caught unprepared by the British invention of the tank in
  WWI, the Germans introduced a huge, single-shot bolt-action
  rifle to combat armored vehicles. (It would also give good
  results against Lost World creatures!) Some 15,800 were made.
  After the war, the German military wasn’t allowed to retain it
  (local LC0). Most were either surrendered to the Allies or
  destroyed (although the army still had more than 1,000 in
  secret storage in 1932). A large number given to Belgium were
  sold in the 1920s to Arabia and China, where they were used
  until WWII. Some of these could easily have fallen into the
  hands of gun smugglers or mercenaries. The rifle was also
  copied in Sweden as the m/21 (1921); same stats.
  The 5.5’-long weapon fired an APHC bullet capable of pen-
  etrating all tanks of its time. The gunner carried 12 cartridges
  in a pouch; his assistant at least a further 40. The T-Gew18 was
  fired prone from its integral bipod. Its fearsome recoil broke
  the collarbone of many a German soldier (an 18 on the attack
  roll for a firer with less than minimum ST does 1d-4 cr dam-
  age). Many shooters reported headaches and nausea after only
  a few shots.
  Browning M1918 BAR, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1918-1924)
  The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a heavy, full-
  automatic rifle designed to be fired from the hip or shoulder
  on the assault. It was adopted as the M1918 by the U.S. mili-
  tary, replacing the French-made CSRG M1915 and M1918 (p.
  20), as well as the Savage-Lewis MK VI (p. 19). Some 100,000
  were produced, but came too late for major service during
  WWI.
  Between the wars, the commercial Model 1919 (1919-1924)
  was made by Colt and sold worldwide, to customers as diverse
  as the Indian Prince Dedjamatch of Madras (1919) and the Fox
  Film Co. (1927); same stats.
  Several American police and prison security forces adopted
  the BAR in the 1930s, including the U.S. Border Guards, and it
  saw use with gangsters such as Bonnie and Clyde. The latter
  stole about a dozen of the guns from police stations and
  National Guard armories during their career! A burst from it
  was a lot more likely to disable a car than a burst from a
  Tommy gun (High-Tech, p. 122, and High-Tech: Pulp Guns,
  Volume 1, pp. 28-30). Clyde Barrow liked to cut off barrel,
  sights, and butt: Dmg 6d+2 pi, Acc 3, Wt. 15.2, ST 12†, Bulk -4,
  Rcl 3. This allowed him to conceal the weapon under a coat
  (Holdout -4) and also made shooting from inside an automo-
  bile easier.
  Unmodified BARs can be seen in Bonnie and Clyde: The True
  Story, and in both John Milius’ and Rupert Wainwright’s
  Dillinger films. In The Sand Pebbles, set in 1926, sailor Jake
  Holman uses an M1918 extensively from a U.S. Navy gunboat
  in China. It is also depicted, rather out of place, in use during
  the Spanish Civil War, being employed by dynamiter Robert
  Jordan in Sam Wood’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
  The M1918 used detachable 20-round magazines. The U.S.
  Army issued it with 8-10 magazines carried by the gunner in
  web gear pouches (High-Tech, p. 54). Other members of the
  squad would carry one or two canvas bandoleers holding six
  magazines (High-Tech, p. 54). (And Bonnie and Clyde traveled
  with 100 loaded magazines in the back seat of their stolen Ford
  Model 730.) A wooden box with 10 magazines weighed 21 lbs.
  An extended 40-round magazine (-1 Bulk, $35, 3 lbs.) was
  introduced in 1918 for antiaircraft fire, but was scarcely used
  and was declared obsolete in 1927. AP (Dmg 5d(2) pi-) and
  tracer (Dmg 7d+1 pi inc) ammo was available from the start –
  and was often used by gangsters! Detachable improved-visibil-
  ity sights (High-Tech, p. 156) were available for night use.
  After WWI, the U.S. Army found that a true light machine
  gun was needed, rather than an automatic rifle, and thus the
  M1922 (1922) was designed, with a much heavier barrel (treat
  as heavy; see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech), a
  bipod, and a folding butt rest: Wt. 21.6, ST 11B†, Cost $3,300.
  It was adopted by the U.S. Cavalry and used until the eve of
  WWII, but only 500 were made.
  The Colt R75 (1925-1942) was a commercial variant of the
  M1922 with pistol grip, heavier barrel (treat as heavy; see
  Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech), and bipod; Wt. 21.4,
  ST 11B†, Cost $3,300. Some 5,000 were made for police
  departments, state police agencies, civilian sale, and export.
  The Colt R80 Monitor (1931-1942) was another commer-
  cial version, with pistol grip, short 18” barrel, and integral 0.7-
  lb. Cutts compensator (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p.
  30, included in stats): Dmg 6d+2 pi, Acc 4, Wt. 17.3, ST 11†,
  Bulk -5, Cost $3,600. It was usually sold with six magazines
  and a web belt (High-Tech, p. 54) to carry them. Of the 125
  made, 90 went to the FBI, and one was acquired by Frank
  Hamer. Another Monitor was employed by “Baby Face”
  Nelson’s partner John Paul Chase to shoot two FBI agents in
  1934.
  During the 1920s and 1930s, variants comparable to the
  M1922 and R75 were acquired by Sweden (m/21 – see GURPS
  WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 33) in 6.5¥55mm Mauser (Dmg 6d pi);
  by Chile (Mod 1925) and El Salvador (Mod 1931) in 7¥57mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); by Belgium (Mle 30) in 7.65¥53mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); by Cuba (Mod 1932), the Dominican
  Republic (Mod 1933), and Haiti (Mod 1933) in .30-06; and by
  China (19 Shi) and Poland (wz. 28 – see GURPS WWII:
  Doomed White Eagle, p. 30) in 7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d
  pi). It was licensed-produced in Belgium, Poland, and
  Sweden.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  11
  
  Greener Light Harpoon Gun Mk II, .38 Special
  (U.K., 1922-1998)
  Based on the Martini-Henry Mk I single-shot rifle (High-
  Tech, pp. 109-110), this was an 8.25-lb. harpoon gun for hunt-
  ing large fish and walruses, firing a 1-lb. barbed harpoon from
  the muzzle using a .38 blank cartridge. This or a similar
  weapon could be found on many fishing boats, but also on pri-
  vate yachts. It would be an excellent choice for anyone intend-
  ing to deal with medium-sized marine life – including H.P.
  Lovecraft’s Deep Ones (see GURPS Cthulhupunk, p. 115). The
  harpoon ($175 each) was attached to a 35-yard 1/4” line (3.25
  lbs.) supporting 300 lbs. The line was on a 0.6-lb. spool that
  attached below the barrel. The disassembled gun was sold with
  three harpoons, 100 blank cartridges, two line spools, and six
  coils of line in a wooden case (2’ long, DR 2, $2,000 and 35 lbs.
  complete). In a pinch, it could also fire a normal .38 Special
  cartridge; Dmg 2d+1 pi, Acc 2, Range 110/1,200, Wt. 8.3/0.033,
  RoF 1(3), ST 8†, Bulk -4, Rcl 2. (This weapon can be seen in
  action in the film Jaws.)
  Mauser Modell 10E, 9.3¥62mm Mauser 
  (Germany, 1922-1944)
  Based on the Gew98 military rifle (p. 6), the Modell 10E
  (englische Ausführung, “English pattern”) was the premier
  export version of the Mauser sporting rifle. It was modeled on
  the pre-war “Type A,” which had originally been designed for
  export to the British Isles. These rifles had English-pattern
  deluxe half-stocks and sights, and rhino- or buffalo-horn fore-
  ends (+1 to reactions, see p. 4).
  Perhaps the most popular caliber was the 9.3¥62mm
  Mauser, originally developed for settlers in the German
  colonies. By sheer numbers, Mausers in this caliber were 
  the premier African hunting rifles – rather than the more
  famous British weapons. English-style rifles, be they doubles
  or magazine repeaters, and their often proprietary (and there-
  fore rare) ammunition, were far too expensive for everyday use
  in Africa. Great White Hunters on safari might tote a Holland
  and Holland (pp. 7, 10) or Rigby (p. 10), but farmers and pro-
  fessional hunters from the Cape to Cairo preferred the rela-
  tively inexpensive Mausers. Thousands were used. A further
  advantage was that, unlike the .303 British, 7.92¥57mm
  Mauser, 8¥50mmR Lebel, or other standard military car-
  tridges, the 9.3¥62mm Mauser was a civilian type, and thus
  unrestricted. The .303 British, for example, was banned for
  civilian use in India and the Sudan.
  The Modell 10E was likewise available in .318 Nitro Express
  (Dmg 7d+2 pi, Wt. 8.6/0.3), 10.75¥68mm Mauser (Dmg 7d+1
  pi+, Wt. 8.7/0.4), and .404 Nitro Express (Dmg 8d-1 pi+, Wt.
  8.8/0.5). For export to the American market, it was offered in
  .250 Savage (Dmg 5d+1 pi, Wt. 7/0.2) and .30-06 Springfield
  (Dmg 7d+1 pi, Wt. 7.1/0.3).
  The far more common Modell 40B (1922-1944) was prima-
  rily intended for the European sporting market, but was also
  exported worldwide. It differed in the style of the stock and
  sights. Of the 126,000 Mauser sporting rifles produced, most
  were of the B-series. A typical caliber for a German hunter was
  8¥60mm Mauser; Dmg 7d pi, Wt. 7.7/0.3, Cost $800. Others
  included 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi), 9¥57mm Mauser
  (Dmg 7d+1 pi), and 9.3¥62mm Mauser – but not the
  7.92¥57mm Mauser, which was strictly a military chambering
  and even forbidden (LC2) in Germany in 1919-1932.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  12
  Aside from normal solid bullets, few of the Projectile
  Options listed in High-Tech (pp. 166-175) were available
  during the pulp era: Hollow-points or soft-nosed bullets
  with similar effect (High-Tech, p. 166) were common in
  hunting rifle calibers from .22 LR to .600 NE, while mili-
  tary rifles and machine guns could fire AP (High-Tech, p.
  167) as well as incendiary and tracer bullets (High-Tech, p.
  175). The U.S. military even briefly used a round that com-
  bined hollow-point and incendiary/tracer effects, the .30-06
  M1917. This was replaced in 1918 because of the legal
  issues of expanding bullets in war service (High-Tech, p.
  166), but adventurers might hand-load something similar
  or even scrounge a case in some National Guard armory.
  Note that most of these early incendiary bullets burned out
  after half their 1/2D Range, losing their inc effect.
  Incendiary and tracer bullets had also been loaded in
  .351 Winchester, .401 Winchester, and .45-90 Winchester
  civilian cartridges during WWI, but were available only as
  scarce surplus post-war. Also used in the war but quickly
  removed from service in peacetime were SAPHE projec-
  tiles (High-Tech, p. 169) in some MG calibers, including
  .303 British, 7.92¥57mm Mauser, and .450 Martini-Henry.
  Several militaries had wooden bullets in service. Most
  were hollow and would disintegrate upon leaving the muz-
  zle, rendering them safe for practice use, not unlike blank
  cartridges. However, a massive hardwood projectile could
  be fired like a normal solid bullet (see Exotic Bullets in
  High-Tech, p. 168). Investigators of the supernatural might
  try wooden bullets against creatures with Unkillable
  (Hindrance, Wood) (p. B95) or Vulnerability (Wood) (p.
  B161), such as vampires . . . One example of a mass-pro-
  duced cartridge (rather than a hand-loaded one) firing a
  solid wooden bullet was adopted by the U.S. Army as the
  .30-06 M1921, for launching rifle grenades; this could be
  obtained through military channels or on the black market
  at half CPS!
  During the 1930s, as many countries armed up again,
  specialized types like APHC or SAPHE were introduced
  on a larger scale, especially for tank and aircraft machine
  guns.
  Exotic Rifle and MG Ammo
  
  The Modell 162K (1922-1944) was a compact version of the
  Modell 40B, with a short action and barrel, typically in
  8¥51mm Mauser; Dmg 6d pi, Wt. 6.3/0.2, Bulk -5, Cost $900.
  The K-series was also available in 6.5¥54mm Mauser (Dmg 6d-
  1 pi). Some 4,000 were made.
  All Mauser sporting rifles could be obtained with a 1-lb.
  2.75¥ scope (+1 Acc, rugged, expensive, $500) or 1.5-lb. 4¥
  scope (+2 Acc, rugged, expensive, $1,000) from the factory.
  Mannlicher-Schönauer Grosswildbüchse,
  12.7¥70mmRB Schüler (Austria, 1923-1942)
  This was a big game rifle using the Mannlicher bolt-action.
  Until after WWII, it was the most powerful magazine sporting
  rifle in the world. Similar guns with Mauser actions were soon
  made in Britain, where the cartridge was renamed the .500
  Jeffrey. It had an integral magazine as well as improved-visibil-
  ity sights (High-Tech, p. 156) for night use.
  Savage Model 23A, .22 LR (USA, 1923-1942)
  The Savage Model 23A was a bolt-action weapon with a
  detachable 5-round box magazine. It was intended as a sport-
  ing weapon for use on small game. More than 88,000 were
  made. A 0.3-lb. Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing,
  plus another -1 for being a bolt-action weapon, -1 Bulk) was
  available in 1923-1925.
  The Model 23B (1923-1942) was the same gun in .25-20
  Winchester (Dmg 2d+2 pi-); the Model 23C (1923-1942) took
  .32-20 Winchester (Dmg 2d+1 pi-). These were intended for
  hunting varmints like coyotes or wolves. Both cost $250.
  Silencers were also available.
  Winchester Model 54 Sporter, .270 Winchester
  (USA, 1925-1936)
  This was the first high-powered bolt-action rifle developed
  by Winchester, based on the Mauser Gew98 (p. 6) and
  Springfield M1903 (p. 8). It was chambered for a proprietary
  cartridge that would soon become popular with hunters for all
  bigger North American game, but it was also available in .30-
  06 Springfield (Dmg 7d+1 pi). From 1928, The Model 54 was
  additionally offered in .30-30 Winchester (Dmg 6d pi); from
  1930, in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi), 7.65¥53mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi), and 9¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d+1 pi); and from
  1933, in .22 Hornet (Dmg 4d-1 pi). Improved-visibility sights
  (High-Tech, p. 156) were available as an option. More than
  50,000 were made in all.
  That figure includes the rare Model 54 Sniper (1928-1936),
  a fine (accurate) variant in .30-06 with target sights and a
  longer, heavier 26” barrel; Dmg 7d+1 pi, Acc 6, Wt. 12/0.3, Cost
  $2,700.
  Savage Model 45 Super, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1928-1940)
  This was a conventional bolt-action weapon with a detach-
  able box magazine and a nice checkered walnut stock. It was
  also available in .250 Savage (Dmg 5d+1 pi), .30-30 Winchester
  (Dmg 6d pi), and .300 Savage (Dmg 6d+2 pi), but didn’t sell
  well, only 5,900 being made. In Merian Cooper’s King Kong,
  cinematographer Carl Denham shoots a stegosaurus with a
  Model 45 Super.
  ZB ZH29, 7.92¥57mm Mauser 
  (Czechoslovakia, 1929-1938)
  The ZH29, designed by Emanuel Holek, was an early semi-
  automatic rifle, a few hundred of which were acquired for
  Chinese Republican forces from 1929 on (as the 18 Shi), and
  for the Abyssinian Kebur Zebagna (Imperial Guard) in 1934.
  Probably less than 1,000 were made. It used 5-round ($26, 0.4
  lb.), 10-round (as in table), or 20-round ($31, 1.8 lbs.) detach-
  able box magazines, the latter being the same as was used by
  the ZB26 light machine gun (p. 23). It was also offered in
  7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) and .30-06 Springfield (Dmg
  7d+1 pi), but these apparently couldn’t find any buyers.
  Remington Model 34, .22 LR (USA, 1932-1936)
  This was a bolt-action weapon with an underbarrel tubular
  magazine, able to fire .22 Short (Dmg 1d pi-, Shots 22+1), .22
  Long (Dmg 1d+1 pi-, Shots 17+1), or .22 LR cartridges without
  adjustment. It could be taken apart into two halves (Holdout
  -3). Over 160,000 were made.
  Steyr-Solothurn S18-100, 20¥105mmB Solothurn
  (Austria/Switzerland, 1932-1938)
  This 5.8’-long antitank cannon could be fired from its for-
  ward bipod and rear monopod arrangement. Such guns were
  bought in very small numbers during the 1930s by Bolivia
  (Mod 1934), Estonia (M/1936 – it was also copied there from
  1938), and Hungary (36M). At the time, the S18-100 was one
  of the most powerful available antitank weapons that was still
  man-portable – but the Bolivians used it mainly against
  Paraguayan field fortifications made of quebracho trees during
  the Chaco War. The Hungarians employed it in the Slovak-
  Hungarian War in 1939. A couple of hundred were built at
  most.
  It fed from a 10-round magazine inserted from the left side.
  In addition to AP (in the table), it fired SAPHE (Dmg 5d¥3 pi++
  with 1d+2 [1d] cr ex follow-up), which was effective against
  personnel. A 2-lb. 2.75¥ scope (+1 Acc, rugged, expensive,
  $500) was standard. The S18-100 broke up into 50-lb. and 49-
  lb. loads for backpack transport.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  13
  . . . Morgan uncased the big-game rifle on which he
  relied despite his colleague’s warnings that no material
  weapon would be of help.
  – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Dunwich Horror” (1928)
  
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  14
  Rifles Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics.
  GUNS (RIFLE) (DX-4 or most other Guns at -2)
  TL
  Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  Weight
  RoF
  Shots
  ST
  Bulk
  Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Lebel Mle 1886, 8¥50mmR
  6d+2 pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  10/0.5
  1
  8+2(3i)
  10†
  -6
  4
  $600
  3
  6
  Mannlicher-Carcano Mod 91, 
  6.5¥52mm
  5d+2 pi
  5
  750/3,200
  8.9/0.3
  1
  6(3)
  9†
  -6
  3
  $800
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 92, .44-40
  3d+1 pi
  3
  300/2,200
  7.6/0.6
  2
  15+1(2i)
  9†
  -5
  2
  $420
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 94, .30-30
  6d pi
  5
  900/3,700
  7.2/0.3
  2
  5+1(2i)
  9†
  -5
  3
  $450
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 86, .45-70
  5d pi+
  3
  470/3,000
  7.6/0.3
  2
  4+1(2i)
  10†
  -5
  4
  $650
  3
  6
  Savage Model 99A, 
  .303 Savage
  6d+2 pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  8.3/0.27
  2
  5+1(2i)
  9†
  -5
  3
  $700
  3
  6
  Mauser Gew98, 7.92¥57mm
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,600
  9.5/0.3
  1
  5(3)
  11†
  -5
  4
  $900
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 03, 
  .22 Winchester Auto
  1d+2 pi-
  3
  75/1,500
  5.9/0.1
  3
  10(2i)
  8†
  -5
  2
  $450
  3
  6
  H&H Royal Double-Express, 
  .600 NE
  5d¥2 pi++
  5
  800/4,600
  16.4/0.4
  1
  2(3i)
  14†
  -7
  7
  $19,500
  3
  [1, 2, 3]
  6
  Winchester Model 95, 
  .405 Winchester
  7d-1 pi+
  4
  800/3,400
  8.2/0.2
  1
  3+1(2i)
  11†
  -5
  5
  $650
  3
  6
  Mannlicher-Schönauer 
  Modell 1903, 6.5¥54mm
  5d+2 pi
  5
  600/3,200
  6.9/0.3
  1
  5+1(3)
  10†
  -5
  3
  $800
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 06, 
  .22 LR
  1d+2 pi-
  3
  75/1,500
  5/0.1
  2
  12+1(2i)
  7†
  -5
  2
  $225
  3
  6
  Remington Model 8, 
  .35 Remington
  5d+2 pi
  5
  800/3,500
  7.9/0.3
  3
  5(3)
  9†
  -5
  3
  $800
  3
  6
  Springfield M1903, .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  8.8/0.3
  1
  5+1(3)
  9†
  -5
  3
  $900
  3
  6
  Arisaka Meiji 38 Shiki, 
  6.5¥50mmSR
  6d+1 pi
  5
  600/3,200
  9.4/0.25
  1
  5(3)
  10†
  -6
  3
  $700
  3
  6
  Enfield SMLE Mk III, .303
  6d+2 pi
  5
  800/3,300
  9.2/0.6
  1
  10(5)
  10†
  -5
  3
  $700
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 07, 
  .351 Winchester
  4d pi
  4
  350/3,800
  7.8/0.3
  3
  5+1(3)
  8†
  -5
  2
  $750/$26
  3
  6
  Rigby Best Quality Double, 
  .470 NE
  8d+2 pi+
  4
  640/4,000
  11.2/0.24
  1
  2(3i)
  14†
  -6
  5
  $17,000
  3
  [3]
  6
  SIG-Mondragon Mod 1908, 
  7¥57mm
  6d+2 pi
  5
  900/3,600
  10/0.6
  3
  8(3)
  10†
  -5
  3
  $1,200/$27
  3
  6
  Stevens Number 14 1/2 
  Little Scout, .22 LR
  1d+2 pi-
  3
  75/1,500
  2.75/0.0077
  1
  1(3)
  6†
  -4
  2
  $70
  3
  6
  H&H Best Quality Magazine, 
  .375 H&H Magnum
  8d pi
  5
  1,100/4,600
  10.3/0.35
  1
  4+1(2i)
  11†
  -6
  5
  $4,700
  3
  [3]
  6
  Sestrorests AVF-16, 
  6.5¥50mmSR
  6d+1 pi
  5
  600/3,200
  10.8/1.7
  10
  25(3)
  10†
  -5
  3
  $1,500/$31
  2
  6
  Enfield M1917, .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  9.3/0.3
  1
  5+1(3)
  9†
  -6
  3
  $800
  3
  6
  Mauser T-Gew18, 
  13¥92mmSR
  5d¥2(2) pi
  5
  2,100/8,800
  40/0.26
  1
  1(3i)
  16B†
  -8
  6
  $10,000
  1
  [1, 4]
  6
  Browning M1918 BAR, 
  .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  17.1/1.6
  9
  20(3)
  10†
  -6
  2
  $2,700/$31
  2
  6
  Greener Light Harpoon Gun, 
  .38 Special
  6d imp
  2
  35/120
  13.1/1.6
  1
  1(45)
  11†
  -6
  4
  $1,250
  3
  [1, 5]
  6
  Mauser Modell 10E, 
  9.3¥62mm
  7d+2 pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  7.5/0.35
  1
  5(3)
  10†
  -6
  5
  $1,800
  3
  [3]
  6
  Mannlicher-Schönauer 
  Grosswildbüchse, 
  12.7¥70mmRB
  5d¥2 pi+
  4
  900/3,600
  11.7/0.7
  1
  5+1(3)
  12†
  -6
  7
  $1,300
  3
  
  Kokura 97 Shiki Jidouhou, 20¥125mm 
  (Japan, 1937-1940)
  The 97 Shiki Jidouhou (“self-loading gun type of the year
  2597” – Western year 1937) was a light antitank cannon in rifle
  format, over 6.6’ long. It was mounted on a massive bipod and
  a monopod below the buttstock. The weapon was virtually
  unknown before WWII, but proved effective against Chinese
  armored vehicles in the Sino-Japanese War; it might likewise
  serve well against fantastic kaiju creatures infesting the Pacific
  region (see GURPS Cthulhupunk, pp. 101-102, or GURPS
  WWII: Weird War II, pp. 100-105).
  The 97 Shiki fed from a top-mounted 7-round detachable
  box magazine. The table lists the standard AP-T round; an
  alternate loading was SAPHE-T, with Dmg 6d¥3 pi++ inc and
  1d+2 [1d] cr ex follow-up. Some were fitted with an optional
  30-lb. gun shield (DR 15).
  MACHINE GUNS AND
  AUTOCANNON
  You could not run a coal company without machine guns.
  – Richard Mellon, testimony before Congress (1925)
  Machine guns had drastically revealed their terrible effec-
  tiveness during the Great War, and were widely used by all mil-
  itary forces of the time. In addition, many countries still had
  no specific laws governing their possession and use during the
  pulp era, so companies and private citizens in many places
  could own them (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, pp. 4-5).
  In pulp era campaigns, all machine guns have effective LC2!
  Some police forces also had machine guns, but their use
  against civilians was beginning to be shunned.
  Madsen M/03, 8¥58mmR Krag 
  (Denmark, 1903-1924)
  The Danish Madsen was the most widespread (though not
  the most numerous) light machine gun in the world during the
  first half of the 20th century, having been supplied to 34
  nations despite its complexity and high price. The Danish
  army’s first model was the Maskingevær M/03 (“machine gun
  model 1903”); this was later modified to the almost identical
  M/03/24 (1924-1930).
  In the pulp era, Madsens were for example used by the
  Dutch East Indies (M.15) in 6.5¥53mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d
  pi); by Norway (m/22) and Sweden (m/14) in 6.5¥55mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d pi); by Brazil (M908, M925, and M932),
  Honduras (Mod 1937), Mexico (Mod 1911 and Mod 1934), and
  Uruguay (Mod 1937), in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); by
  Finland (KK/20) in 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant (Dmg 7d pi);
  by Argentina (Mod 1910, Mod 1926, and Mod 1931), Bolivia
  (Mod 1925), Paraguay (Mod 1926), and Peru (Mod 1929) in
  7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); by Portugal (M/930), in
  .303 British (6d+2 pi); by Abyssinia, China, Hungary (24M),
  and Turkey, in 7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d pi); by Bulgaria,
  in 8¥50mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d+2 pi); and by Siam (Baep
  68), in 8¥52mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d pi). In less-developed parts
  of the world, national armies, guerrillas, political movements,
  and bandit gangs were all likely to have Madsens.
  The M/03 took 30-round box magazines, inserted from the
  top. Export models sometimes used 24-, 25-, 32-, 40-, or 48-
  round magazines instead. Treat its barrel as heavy (see
  Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech). In the 1930s, the
  Danish army regularly mounted the M/03 on a pintle (p. B467)
  on the sidecars of Nimbus motorcycles, and also on that of the
  experimental Landsverk L210 armored bike (GURPS WWII:
  Motor Pool, p. 42).
  From the late 1920s on, Madsen machine guns were avail-
  able with a belt feed for fixed installation in vehicles (p. B467);
  EWt. 24.4, RoF 16!, ST 16M, Bulk -6, Cost $4,000. These lacked
  bipod and stock. For example, Argentina used the Mod 1933 in
  11.35¥62mm Madsen (Dmg 8d+1 pi+) on the Curtiss Model
  75O Hawk fighter plane (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 104);
  Brazil mounted two linked M937 guns in 7¥57mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi) in the bow of the FIAT-Ansaldo CV33 tankette
  (GURPS WWII: Grim Legions, p. 31); and Ireland employed
  the Madsen Mk I in .303 British (Dmg 6d+2 pi) as a turret gun
  in the Landsverk L180 armored car (GURPS WWII: Motor
  Pool, p. 41).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  15
  Rifles Table (Continued)
  Notes:
  [1] Lacks sling swivels (High-Tech, p. 154).
  [4] Effective LC2 during Pulp era.
  [2] Fine (accurate).
  [5] Fires a harpoon; see description on p. 12 for details.
  [3] Always decorated (see Styling on p. 10 in High-Tech).
  TL
  Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  Weight
  RoF
  Shots
  ST
  Bulk
  Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Savage Model 23A, .22 LR
  1d+2 pi-
  3
  75/1,500
  6.1/0.1
  1
  5+1(3)
  8†
  -5
  2
  $200/$25
  3
  6
  Winchester Model 54, 
  .270 Winchester
  7d pi
  5
  900/3,600
  7.8/0.3
  1
  5+1(2i)
  9†
  -6
  3
  $675
  3
  6
  Savage Model 45 Super, 
  .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  7.7/0.3
  1
  4+1(3)
  9†
  -5
  3
  $615
  3
  [3]
  6
  ZB ZH29, 7.92¥57mm
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,600
  11.7/1.8
  3
  20+1(3)
  11†
  -5
  3
  $1,000/$31
  3
  6
  Remington Model 34, .22 LR
  1d+2 pi-
  3
  75/1,500
  5.4/0.12
  1
  15+1(2i)
  8†
  -5
  2
  $210
  3
  6
  Steyr-Solothurn S18-100, 
  20¥105mmB
  5d¥2(2)
  pi++
  5+1 1,500/6,400
  99/10.8
  1
  10+1(5)
  17B†
  -9
  3
  $20,000/$57
  1
  [1, 4]
  6
  Kokura 97 Shiki Jidouhou, 
  20¥125mm
  6d¥2(2)
  pi++ inc
  5
  2,000/7,700
  114/8
  1
  7+1(5)
  18B†
  -10
  3
  $22,000/$51
  1
  [1, 4]
  
  Maxim MG08, 7.92¥57mm Mauser 
  (Germany, 1908-1918)
  The Maschinengewehr 08 (“machine gun model 1908”) was
  the standard medium machine gun of the German military
  during the Great War, some 32,000 being made. It was based
  on the older Maxim MG94, MG99, and MG01 (all developed
  from the Maxim Mk I, see High-Tech, p. 129). The MG08 was
  kept in limited army service until WWII, and was used by the
  German police – mainly mounted in the turrets (p. B467) of
  their Schupo-Sonderwagen 21 armored cars. It was also a stan-
  dard armament of wartime Zeppelins, including the L23 and
  L59 (GURPS All-Star Jam 2004, pp. 91-93).
  The MG08 fed from a 250-round cloth belt (16 lbs., or 19.5
  lbs. in can). It could fire AP ammo (Dmg 5d(2) pi-). Its water
  jacket held 7 pints. The MG08 had a small sliding knob to
  adjust RoF from 1 to 10; it was normally set for RoF 8. The gun
  used an 88-lb. sled mount ($1,900; see Pulling and Dragging, p.
  B353), or much less commonly, a 71-lb. tripod ($2,850). Each
  MG08 was issued with a 2-lb. 2.5¥ scope (+1 Acc, rugged,
  $250).
  Post-WWI, many of these guns were surrendered as war
  reparations, for example to the Netherlands (M.25), Poland
  (wz. 08 – see GURPS WWII: Doomed White Eagle, p. 30), and
  Yugoslavia (M8M) – even Australia took a sizable number,
  which were re-chambered for .303 British and held in reserve
  until the 1930s. In 1933, war trophy Maxim guns were rounded
  up from American Legion halls in Indiana to bolster road
  blocks during the hunt for John Dillinger.
  Commercial equivalents, such as the famous MG09 (same
  stats except for EWt. 47 and ST 18M), were sold worldwide,
  including to China (first acquired in 1911 and then copied
  there from 1935 as 24 Shi), Persia, and Turkey. Brazil (M905),
  Chile (Mod 1902), Costa Rica (Mod 1910), and Serbia (M09)
  acquired it in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); Switzerland
  (Mg 11), in 7.5¥55mm GP11 (Dmg 7d pi); Finland (KK/09-21
  and KK/32-33), in 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant (Dmg 7d pi –
  see GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 34); Belgium (Mle 12), in
  7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); and Bulgaria, in
  8¥50mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d+1 pi).
  The MG08/15 (1916-1918) was a lightened version with a
  shoulder stock and a bipod, intended for assault troops (use
  Guns (LMG) skill): Wt. 45.8/5.1, Shots 50(5), ST 13B†, Bulk -7,
  Cost $4,400. The only widely used light machine gun with
  water cooling, its slim water jacket held 5 pints. It was a heavy
  LMG, barely serviceable by one man; Maxim gunners were
  picked for strength and endurance, and still had to take turns
  carrying the piece if they were to keep up with the riflemen.
  The MG08/15 fed from a 3.2-lb. 50-round belt coiled inside a
  drum (5.1 lbs. total) attached to the gun, but could also use the
  250-round belt. It could also mount the same scope and had
  the same RoF adjuster as the MG08. About 130,000 were pro-
  duced. The Germans kept this weapon in use throughout the
  pulp era. It features prominently used by the Turks in the WWI
  film Gallipoli.
  The MG08/18 (1918) was a lightened version of the
  MG08/15, replacing the water jacket with an air-cooled barrel;
  Wt. 38.2/5.1, Shots 50(5), ST 12B†, Bulk -7, Cost $4,000. This
  was used by the German military in the 1920s.
  The air-cooled LMG14 Parabellum (1915-1918), developed
  from the Maxim, was a flexible MG for aircraft and Zeppelins
  (GURPS All-Star Jam 2004, pp. 91-92), as seen in the movie
  Sky Pirates: EWt. 23, RoF 11!, Bulk -7, Cost $5,000. It fed from
  a 100-round belt in a can or coiled on a spool, usually with
  tracer ammo (Dmg 7d+1 pi inc). It often mounted a 2-lb. 3¥
  scope (+1 Acc, rugged, $250). Few were still available in the
  1920s, as Germany was not allowed to field more than a token
  number of armed aircraft after WWI.
  TOZ PM-1910, 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant
  (Russia, 1910-1943)
  Based on the original Maxim (High-Tech, p. 129) and
  replacing the earlier PM-1905, the Pulemet Maksima obrazets
  1910 goda (“Maxim’s machine gun model of the year 1910”)
  was a water-cooled medium machine gun modified for service
  with the Russian army. During the pulp era, it was in wide-
  spread use with the Soviets. They also supplied it generously to
  the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and the Finnish
  army used many hundreds of captured guns during the
  Finnish Civil War and the Winter War (GURPS WWII: Frozen
  Hell, p. 33).
  The PM-1910 fed from a 250-round non-disintegrating
  cloth belt (22.7 lbs., or 27.1 lbs. in can). Its water jacket held 8
  pints. The gun was usually fitted to the 79-lb. Sokolov cart
  mount, which had two small steel wheels and could be drawn
  by man, machine, or animal ($2,000; see Pulling and Dragging,
  p. B353). This was often fitted with an optional 20-lb. gun
  shield (DR 20).
  The Pulemet Vozdushny-1 (1926-1940) or “aviation machine
  gun number one” was a fixed (p. B467) aircraft variant that
  replaced the Pulemet Vikkers obr. 1915g (Vickers Class E, p. 17)
  in Soviet service; EWt. 32, RoF 15! (RoF 12! if synchronized).
  Officially adopted in 1928, some 20,000 were made starting in
  1926. The PV-1 was installed in aircraft such as the Tupolev I-
  8 fighter and Polikarpov I-15 fighter, and saw extensive service
  in China, Finland, and Spain.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  16
  The natives mainly had understanding for our armament. We
  remembered with pleasure and satisfaction the deep respect with
  which the crowd had marveled at our machine guns.
  – George Haardt and Louis Auduin-Dubreuil, 
  Across the Sahara by Motor Car (1924)
  
  Steyr-Schwarzlose M.07/12, 8¥50mmR Mannlicher
  (Austria, 1912-1918)
  Designed by Andreas Schwarzlose, this medium machine
  gun was invented in 1905 and introduced in its original form
  by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1907 to replace the Maxim
  M.89/04 (a variant of the Maxim Mk I – High-Tech, p. 129) and
  Skoda M.93. The improved Maschinengewehr Modell 07/12 was
  heavily used in the Great War. More than 43,000 were made.
  After WWI, many surrendered weapons were distributed
  among the Eastern and Southern European allies, including to
  Greece (M1907/12) and Italy (Mod 07/12 – see GURPS WWII:
  Grim Legions, p. 27), and used unmodified by these even in
  WWII. The Jewish Haganah acquired some in 1921, which
  were used in their fight for independence in Palestine.
  The M.07/12 fed from a 250-round non-disintegrating cloth
  belt (18.2 lbs., or 22.6 lbs. in box). Its water jacket held 6.3
  pints. The gun was mounted on a 41-lb. tripod ($2,850). Some
  were fitted with an 88-lb. gun shield (DR 20). It had a power-
  ful recoil spring; great care had to be used in disassembly or
  the spring could actually injure the disassembler. Any failed
  Gunner (MG) or Armoury (Small Arms) roll in this connection
  causes 1d cr damage to the armourer.
  The Schwarzlose was also either made or re-chambered for
  other calibers, including 6.5¥53mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d pi)
  for the Netherlands (M.08/15 No.1) and Romania (md. 1907/12
  – see GURPS WWII: Michael’s Army, pp. 24-25); 6.5¥55mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d pi) for Sweden (m/14); 7.92¥57mm Mauser
  (Dmg 7d+1 pi) for Czechoslovakia (vz. 07/12/27), Poland (wz.
  07/24), Romania (md. 1907/12), and Yugoslavia (M7/12/28);
  7.92¥57mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d+1 pi) for the Netherlands
  (M.08/15 No.2); and 8¥56mmR Mannlicher for Austria (still
  called the M.07/12), Bulgaria (M1912), and Hungary (07/31M).
  Schwarzlose guns were installed in armored fighting vehicles
  such as Austrian and Bulgarian FIAT-Ansaldo CV33 tankettes
  (GURPS WWII: Grim Legions, p. 31) and Czechoslovakian
  Skoda OA vz. 27 armored cars.
  Vickers Mk I, .303 British (U.K., 1912-1945)
  The Vickers Mk I was a lighter, more reliable version of the
  Maxim Mk I (High-Tech, p. 129), developed for the British
  Army. It saw extensive service in both World Wars and in many
  minor conflicts in between. The Vickers was also made in
  Australia, India, and the U.S., and was widely supplied to
  British colonies and allies, for example to Canada, China,
  Egypt (Mark ET), Hong Kong, Iraq (Mark IK), Italy (Mod 12),
  the Netherlands (M.18 No.1), New Zealand, Portugal (M/917),
  the Shanghai International Settlement, and South Africa.
  The Vickers used 250-round non-disintegrating belts (16
  lbs., or 22 lbs. in wooden box). AP ammunition was used
  against tanks (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi-). Its water jacket held 9 pints.
  The gun mounted on a 51-lb. tripod ($2,700). Many were
  installed on combat vehicles, such as the Vickers-Clyno motor-
  cycle with sidecar, the Rolls-Royce Pattern 20 (GURPS WWII:
  Motor Pool, p. 37) and Vickers-Crossley Pattern 25 armored
  cars, and the widely exported Vickers-Armstrong Mark E light
  tank (GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 36).
  The gun was sold commercially as the Vickers Class C, usu-
  ally in foreign chamberings. The Dutch East Indies (M.23)
  adopted it in 6.5¥53mmR Mannlicher (Dmg 6d pi); El Salvador
  (Mod 1914), in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); Argentina
  (Mod 1923) and Bolivia (Mod 1926), in 7.65¥53mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi); Russia (Pulemet Vikkers obr. 1915g), in
  7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant (Dmg 7d pi); Abyssinia, in
  7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d+1 pi); the Netherlands (M.18
  No.2) in 7.92¥57mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d+1 pi); and Siam (Baep
  77), in 8¥52mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d pi). The American military
  had used it briefly as the Colt-Vickers M1915 in .30-06 (Dmg
  7d+1 pi), but this was replaced in the U.S. Army by the
  Browning M1917 (p. 21) by the early 1920s. The U.S. Marines
  had to use it longer, deploying with the M1915 to Shanghai and
  Tientsin in the 1920s. Two Vickers guns are used in the assas-
  sination attempt on gangster Tom Powers in The Public Enemy.
  The Vickers was soon adapted for service on fighter aircraft.
  The Vickers Mk II (1917-1927) was air-cooled and had a higher
  rate of fire: EWt. 22, RoF 14! (RoF 10! if synchronized). It typ-
  ically fired tracer and/or incendiary ammo (Dmg 6d+2 pi inc),
  but sometimes also SAPHE (Dmg 6d+2 pi with 1d-3 [1d-3] cr
  ex follow-up). This gun was installed fixed (p. B467) in many
  British combat aircraft, such as the de Havilland D.H.4
  fighter/bomber (High-Tech, p. 233) and Sopwith Camel F.1
  fighter (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94).
  The aircraft model was exported as the Vickers Class E.
  Brazil (M930), Chile (Mod 1925), and Venezuela (Mod 1928)
  acquired it in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); Russia (Pulemet
  Vikkers obr. 1915g), in 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant (Dmg 7d
  pi); Argentina (Mod 1925), Bolivia (Mod 1928), and Peru, in
  7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); France (Vickers d’Avion
  Type Français), Japan (Bi Shiki Koutei Kikanjuu – “fixed
  machine gun type Bi,” the Bi syllable standing for the first two
  letters of Vickers in Japanese), and Mexico (Mod 1927), in .303
  British; Turkey, in 7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d pi); and
  Denmark (M/25), in 8¥58mmR Krag (Dmg 7d pi). Examples of
  foreign mounts include the French Breguet Bre 14B-2
  fighter/bomber (High-Tech, p. 233), Japanese Nakajima-
  Gloster A1N2 carrier fighter, and Russian Tupolev I-4 fighter.
  Japan copied the aircraft version for the army in
  7.7¥58mmSR Arisaka as the Kokura 89 Shiki Koutei Kikanjuu
  (1933-1944); EWt. 26, RoF 15! (RoF 12! if synchronized). This
  was used in China during the 1930s, for example in the
  Nakajima Ki-27 fighter (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 95).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  17
  
  Colt Model 1914, .30-06 (USA, 1914-1917)
  An improved version of the Colt Model 1895 developed by
  John Browning (High-Tech, p. 130), this air-cooled medium
  machine gun was built in considerable numbers during WWI.
  Some 16,800 were made in all. It was acquired in .30-caliber by
  Cuba (Mod 1917) and the U.S. Navy (MK III); in 6.5¥52mm
  Mannlicher-Carcano (Dmg 6d pi) by Italy (Mod 14); in
  7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) by Mexico (Mod 1914) and
  Spain (Mod 1915); in 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant (Dmg 7d pi)
  by Russia (Pulemet Kolt obr. 1915g); in 7.65¥53mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi) by Belgium (Mle 1915); and in .303 British
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi) by Canada (Colt Automatic Mk I).
  However, many of these countries replaced it with other
  designs soon after or even during the war. In the 1920s, it was
  acquired by the New York Police Department for the Firearms
  Battalion (the forerunner of the Emergency Service Division,
  see GURPS SWAT, p. 5), mounted on the sidecar of Indian Big
  Chief motorcycles. In the 1930s, Colt sold off the last guns in
  stock at a considerable price reduction.
  The Model 1914 fed from 250-round non-disintegrating
  belts (15.3 lbs., or 20.3 lbs. in wooden box). The gun mounted
  on a 53-lb. tripod ($2,550).
  The Marlin M1917 (1917-1918) was a modification of the
  Model 1914 that replaced the gas lever with a conventional pis-
  ton; EWt. 25, Cost $9,000. The M1917 was adopted by the U.S.
  military for installation in armored vehicles; it was the original
  armament of the Maxwell M1917 “6-ton” light tank (High-
  Tech, p. 234). However, it was already from 1919 being
  replaced by the Browning M1919 (p. 25) – only 2,646 were
  made and hardly used. A 55-lb. tripod was available ($2,550).
  Two Marlin guns were stolen by the Brady gang in 1937 from
  American Legion memorials and restored to working condi-
  tion; one was used by the outlaws to ambush a police cruiser
  after a bank robbery the same year.
  FIAT-Revelli Mod 14, 6.5¥52mm Mannlicher-
  Carcano (Italy, 1914-1930)
  The Mitragliatrice Modello 1914 (“machine gun model
  1914”) was a water-cooled medium machine gun adopted by
  the Italian military prior to WWI. Designed by Bethel Abiel
  Revelli and primarily made by the car company FIAT, it
  replaced the Maxim Mod 06 (a variant of the Maxim Mk I,
  High-Tech, p. 129), St. Étienne Mod 07, Vickers Mod 12 (p. ),
  and Colt Mod 14 (p. 17). During WWI (and afterwards), this
  decision was much regretted by Italian troops, who were said
  to pray Pater noster qui es in coelis: dona nobis Maxim sclope-
  tum (“Our Father who art in Heaven: give us a Maxim gun”).
  The reasons for this mainly lay in the weapon’s unreliable feed
  mechanism. Instead of a belt or box magazine, a cage-like con-
  traption was inserted in the left side of the receiver. This was
  filled with ten 5-round clips, which was not only inconvenient
  and slow to top up, but also led to frequent feeding jams.
  A 5-round clip weighed 0.25 lb., a filled 50-round cage
  weighed 3 lbs., and a wooden box with eight cages weighed 30
  lbs. The gun’s water jacket held 9 pints. It mounted on a 50-lb.
  tripod ($2,700). The Mod 14 was in use with the Italians
  throughout the pulp era, including in the war with Abyssinia.
  Many were still at hand in WWII (GURPS WWII: Grim
  Legions, p. 27). Some were also installed in vehicles, such as
  the FIAT-Ansaldo CV29 tankette or the FIAT CA21 light tank (a
  variant of the Renault FT-17 – see High-Tech, p. 234, and
  GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 46).
  The Breda-SAFAT Mod 28 (1928-1943) was a heavily modi-
  fied development for aircraft use, but still employed the same
  action. Air-cooled and fitted with a belt feed, it was chambered
  for the .303 British used by the Italian air force; Dmg 6d+2 pi,
  Range 800/3,300, EWt. 27.5, RoF 13!, ST 16M, Bulk -6, Rcl 2,
  Cost $5,000. It was used as a fixed gun (p. B467) on many
  Italian aircraft employed in the Abyssinian War and Spanish
  Civil War, such as the FIAT CR.32 fighter.
  Hotchkiss Mle 1914, 8¥50mmR Lebel 
  (France, 1914-1930)
  In 1897, Hotchkiss introduced an air-cooled medium
  machine gun with distinctive, disc-shaped cooling fins around
  its massive barrel. This weapon evolved into the Mitrailleuse
  Modèle 1914 (“machine gun model 1914”) and remained the
  standard French MMG until WWII (GURPS WWII: Return to
  Honor, p. 38). In WWI, the U.S. Army used it, too; American
  soldiers nicknamed it and all its variants the “Woodpecker.”
  The Mle 1914 was exported to Brazil (M914) and Spain (Mod
  1914) in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); to Peru (Mod 1919)
  in 7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi); and to China, Greece
  (M1914), and Poland (wz. 25 – see GURPS WWII: Doomed
  White Eagle, p. 30) in 7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d+1 pi).
  The Hotchkiss Mle 1914 used 24-round metal strips
  inserted from the side (1.5 lbs., or 26.4 lbs. for 12 strips in can)
  – or alternatively, 30-round strips (1.9 lbs., or 15 lbs. for six
  strips in can). Each gun was also issued two crude 251-round
  belts (18.7 lbs.) made up of short 3-round strips. Both AP (Dmg
  4d+2(2) pi-) and tracer (Dmg 6d+2 pi inc) ammo were avail-
  able. A spare barrel weighed 23.3 lbs. (treat as extra-heavy; see
  Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech). The Mle 1914 could
  be mounted on a tall, 53-lb. tripod ($2,850), usually equipped
  with a metal seat for the gunner. It was the standard turret
  armament (p. B467) of several armored vehicles, including the
  Renault FT-17 light tank (High-Tech, p. 234, and GURPS
  WWII: Motor Pool, p. 46) and the Schneider AMC-29 armored
  halftrack.
  Developed from the original Hotchkiss Mle 1897, the
  Koishikawa 92 Shiki Juukikanjuu (1932-1945), or “heavy
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  18
  
  machine gun type of the year 2592,” (Western year 1932) was
  the standard MMG of the Japanese army during the Sino-
  Japanese War and WWII, about 45,000 being made. This was
  chambered for the 7.7¥58mmSR Arisaka: Dmg 6d+2 pi, Range
  1,100/4,600, EWt. 60.7/2, RoF 7!, Shots 30(5), ST 20M, Bulk -7,
  Cost $4,500. An AP-T round was available (Dmg 4d+2(2) pi-
  inc). Its 61.5-lb. tripod ($3,000) had sockets for carrying poles,
  allowing a three-man team to move the assembled weapon. It
  usually sported a 2-lb. 6¥ scope (+2 Acc, rugged, $500). The
  ammo came in cans holding 18 of the 30-round strips (44.3
  lbs.) or 25 strips (66 lbs.) each.
  BSA Lewis Mk I, .303 British (U.K., 1914-1930)
  Designed by American Isaac Lewis and unveiled in 1911,
  this machine gun was light enough for one man to carry and
  operate. The first guns were made in Belgium, but the British
  soon adopted the weapon as the Lewis Mk I. It had a distinc-
  tive silhouette, with a fat aluminum cooling jacket around the
  barrel and a flat, 47-round pan-drum above the receiver. Lewis
  gunners were issued eight drums, carried in four pouches on
  web gear (High-Tech, p. 54). During the 1920s and 1930s, the
  British Army in the Middle East also used it pintle-mounted (p.
  B467) on desert patrol vehicles such as Ford Model T and
  Model A cars (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94). The Lewis was
  widely used during the pulp era, including with the Portuguese
  army (M/917) and, from 1921, with the Japanese Rikusentai
  naval infantry (as the R Shiki Kikanjuu or “machine gun type
  R,” the odd designation stemming from the fact that Lewis is
  pronounced Ruizu in Japanese).
  The Savage-Lewis M1917 (1917-1918) was an American-
  made model in .30-06: Dmg 7d+1 pi, Wt. 32.4/4.2. Some 9,300
  were made. The U.S. Army acquired few and quickly dumped
  them in favor of the M1918 BAR (p. 11), but, as the MK VI, the
  weapon was retained by the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast
  Guard through the 1930s. The MK VI can be seen in action
  aboard a U.S. Navy gunboat in China in 1926 in the film The
  Sand Pebbles. It would be the LMG used by government forces
  in the 1928 raid on Innsmouth (MA). Surplus guns were also
  exported, for example to the defense force of the Shanghai
  International Settlement.
  A dedicated aircraft version, the Lewis Mk II (1915-1918),
  lacked the barrel jacket and replaced the shoulder stock with a
  D-shaped handle: EWt. 18.5, ST 15M, Bulk -6, Cost $7,500.
  From 1916, it was used with a 97-round drum (-1 Bulk, $277,
  8.9 lbs.). It was usually loaded with tracer and/or incendiary
  ammo (Dmg 6d+2 pi inc). SAPHE was also available (Dmg
  6d+2 pi with 1d-3 [1d-3] cr ex follow-up). The weapon was
  employed as a flexible observer’s gun (p. B467), for example on
  the AVRO 504K fighter, Breguet Bre 14B-2 fighter/bomber
  (High-Tech, p. 233), and de Havilland D.H.4 fighter/bomber
  (High-Tech, p. 233).
  Another aircraft version, the improved Lewis Mk III (1918-
  1930), was widely used during the 1920s and 1930s; EWt. 18.5,
  RoF 11!, ST 15M, Bulk -6, Cost $7,500.
  Lewis aircraft guns were taken along by several French
  civilian expeditions through Africa in the 1920s, pintle-
  mounted on Citroen-Kégresse B2 or P4 halftrack vehicles.
  Famous archaeologist/soldier T.E. Lawrence fired the aircraft
  model as a hand-held weapon during WWI: Acc 4, Wt. 27.4/8.9,
  ST 13†, Bulk -6, Rcl 3. The same technique is used by Patrick
  O’Malley in High Road to China and by Ardeth Bay in Stephen
  Sommers’ The Mummy.
  The Savage-Lewis M1918 (1918) was a U.S.-made aircraft
  version in .30-06: Dmg 7d+1 pi, EWt. 22.9/8.9, Shots 97(5), ST
  15M, Bulk -6, Cost $7,500. This was installed, with a 100-round
  brass catcher (High-Tech, p. 161), in flexible mounts on planes
  like the Curtiss F8C-3 fighter/bomber (as seen in both Merian
  Cooper’s and Peter Jackson’s King Kong) or the Dayton-Wright
  DH-4 fighter/bomber (High-Tech, p. 233). More than 34,000
  were made.
  The Yokosuka 92 Shiki Kikanjuu (1932-1945) was a ground
  version in service with the Japanese navy, still chambered for
  the .303 British, but employed as a medium machine gun;
  EWt. 30.5/4.5, ST 16M, Bulk -6, Cost $7,000. It was mounted
  on virtually every Japanese navy boat and minor vessel, and
  also employed on a 25.3-lb. tripod ($2,400) by Rikusentai land-
  ing forces. The 92 Shiki lacked both bipod and shoulder stock.
  FIAT-Villar Perosa Mod 15, 9¥19mm Glisenti
  (Italy, 1915-1918)
  The Pistola Mitragliatrice Modello 1915 (“machine pistol
  model 1915”) was an extraordinary double-barreled gun with
  two receivers linked side-by-side, which fed from two 25-
  round magazines inserted from the top. Controlled from rear
  spade grips like a heavy machine gun, the barrels could be
  fired individually (RoF 25!) or in unison (RoF 50!). The
  weapon was first employed as flexible vehicle armament, pri-
  marily as an observer’s gun on aircraft like the Macchi L.3 fly-
  ing boat or Voisin III light bomber. (A similar prop gun is
  shown, somewhat anachronistically, on a small biplane in
  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.) It was also used on
  ground vehicles, for example motorcycle sidecars. However, la
  Pernacchia (“the fart”) lacked range and punch, as it fired a
  weak pistol cartridge. From 1916, it was mainly used as an
  infantry weapon, especially for the desperate mountain war-
  fare in the Dolomite Alps. Its light weight compared to the
  FIAT-Revelli Mod 14 (p. 18) was a distinct advantage there.
  Five variants were made:
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  19
  Armament consisted of one
  Vickers Mk I (water-cooled) per
  [armored] car, one Lewis (air-
  cooled) [per] vehicle, one rifle per
  man, one . . . Webley per man, one
  Very pistol per vehicle, one grenade-
  adapted rifle per half-section and a
  Stokes [3”] trench mortar per
  section.
  – Frank Canvin, 
  “Rolls-Royce Armoured
  Cars, Iraq, 1935”
  
  • The vehicle version was fitted to a pintle mount (p. B467);
  EWt. 13.6/1¥2, ST 13M, Bulk -5, Cost $2,400. Use Gunner
  (MG).
  • Equipped with a bipod, it served adequately in the light
  machine gun role at short range. This is the version listed in
  the table. Use Guns (LMG).
  • For trench warfare, it was fitted to a ball mount in a heavy
  gun shield (DR 15), included in the weight, which protected
  the prone gunner; EWt. 62/1¥2, ST 20M, Bulk -7, Cost $3,000.
  Use Gunner (MG).
  • The Mod 15/16 was used by Arditi stormtroopers, allowing
  real mobile use; Wt. 20/1¥2, ST 10M, Bulk -6, Cost $2,600. A
  pintle-mounted gun was fixed to a tray (included in the weight)
  that was carried by the gunner in front of his torso, supported
  by a neck harness, allowing fire to wherever the body was
  turned. This, however, was at best a stop-gap solution. Use
  Guns (LMG).
  • The Mod 15/17 was also only used by the Arditi. The basic
  twin gun was fitted to a bulky wooden rifle stock, finally allow-
  ing it to be fired from the shoulder or hip; Wt. 18/1¥2, RoF
  50!(3¥2), ST 10†, Bulk -6, Cost $2,600. Use Guns (SMG). The
  triggers were linked, always firing both barrels simultaneously.
  No portable gun at the time could hail down so much lead in
  such a short period. However, the awkward stock, low-capac-
  ity magazines, and weak cartridge eventually doomed it. After
  WWI, it was quickly replaced in service by better submachine
  guns like the Beretta Mod 18 (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume
  1, p. 28) – which actually used many of the same components.
  In addition to the developing company, the Villar Perosa
  was manufactured by FIAT, as well as by GEC of Toronto. Up
  to 15,000 were made. The Canadians supplied all the guns they
  made to Italy, but also tinkered with a variant in .455 Webley
  Auto (Dmg 2d+1 pi+). This was offered as aircraft armament
  to the Royal Flying Corps, who didn’t buy it.
  Thousands were captured by the Austrians and Germans,
  who used some in action, both on the ground and on aircraft.
  The Austrians even copied it as the Steyr Sturmpistole Modell
  18 (1918) in 9¥23mm Steyr; Dmg 3d-1 pi, Acc 3, Range
  180/2,000, EWt. 18.7/1¥2, RoF 15!¥2, Shots 25¥2(3¥2), ST
  15M, Bulk -6, Rcl 2, Cost $2,600/$28. Use Gunner (MG).
  Optimized for mountainous warfare in the Alps, the M.18 did-
  n’t have a bipod; it was screwed onto a wooden backpack
  frame, which had to be set down on the ground before firing
  from the prone position. Few of these guns saw service in
  WWI, and they then faded from the scene. They would be well-
  suited for carry by explorers of Antarctic mountain ranges . . .
  CSRG Mle 1915 Chauchat, 8¥50mmR Lebel
  (France, 1916-1918)
  The Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1915 (“machine rifle model
  1915”) was commonly called the “Chauchat” after the man in
  charge of the committee that had selected it. Quickly adopted
  by the French military when the Great War began, it was prob-
  ably the most hated gun of its time, at least by the people who
  had to use it. The design was bad and the manufacture by the
  bicycle maker Gladiator was worse. Despite this, more than
  244,000 were made.
  The Chauchat was the standard light machine gun for the
  French army until 1929, and was employed by the Greek
  (M1915, nicknamed the “Gladiator”), Romanian (md. 1915),
  and Yugoslavian (M15) armies from WWI until WWII, at least
  in reserve units. Some 16,000 were acquired by the U.S. Army
  during WWI, but about half of these were thrown away as
  unserviceable! The rest were removed from American service
  in 1919. U.S. soldiers (and volunteers in the International
  Brigades in the Spanish Civil War) called it “Sho-Sho,” usually
  with some pejorative adjective attached. Chauchats could be
  easily found as surplus on the international weapons market
  (p. 24).
  It was an ugly angular gun, not helped by the shape of the
  French service cartridge, which needed a crescent-shaped
  magazine to hold a mere 20 rounds. When mounted in the
  action, the magazine curved round enough to touch the fore-
  end of the gun. The bulky shape also made carrying spare mag-
  azines a real pain. French gunners carried four magazines in
  the pouches of their leather web gear (High-Tech, p. 54), and
  up to 12 more in an angular backpack. AP (Dmg 4d+1(2) pi-)
  and tracer (Dmg 6d pi inc) ammo were available. Due to sev-
  eral unfortunate design decisions and the shoddy production,
  the Chauchat was infamously unreliable, and few stoppages
  (p. B407) could be corrected by Immediate Action (High-Tech,
  p. 81). Instead, the gun had to be disassembled, cleared, and
  put back together, which requires 30 seconds and an IQ-based
  Guns (LMG)-4 or Armoury (Small Arms) roll. The weight in
  the table includes the flash hider adopted in 1918; the earlier
  wartime version had Wt. 21.6/2.1. The weapon had a rather
  thin barrel and insufficient cooling arrangements; treat it as
  light (see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech).
  The CSRG M1918 (1918) was developed for the U.S. Army,
  chambered for the .30-06 cartridge; Dmg 7d-1 pi, Wt. 20.4/1.4,
  RoF 5, Shots 16(3). It had an almost straight box magazine
  which stuck far enough down to make it hard to take up a
  good, braced prone position, but held only 16 rounds. Some
  19,200 were made, but apparently none of them were ever used
  in combat. This model was likewise replaced by the Browning
  Automatic Rifle M1918 (p. 11) in 1919.
  Hotchkiss Mk I, .303 British 
  (Great Britain, 1916-1918)
  The British cavalry wanted a lighter gun with a greater sus-
  tained fire rate than the Lewis Mk I (p. 19). They adopted a ver-
  sion of the French Hotchkiss Portative (“portable Hotchkiss”),
  which used the same action as the Hotchkiss medium machine
  gun (pp. 18-19). It was a light machine gun that could be eas-
  ily carried on horse; while cavalry saw little use during WWI,
  it was employed successfully in the 1920s in Palestine. More
  than 35,000 were acquired, and the gun was still in British
  service in the 1930s.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  20
  
  It used 9-round (0.6 lb.) or 30-round strips (1.9 lbs.); the for-
  mer were easier to transport, 12 being carried in a bandoleer
  slung across the gunner’s chest (High-Tech, p. 54). The longer
  strips were carried 10 to a wooden box (28 lbs.), or four each
  in two leather wallets slung from a saddle. It had an integral
  small tripod and a folding shoulder stock.
  A minor variant without buttstock, the Hotchkiss Mk II
  (1917-1918), was one of the first tank machine guns; EWt.
  26/3.2, ST 16M, Bulk -6, Rcl 2, Cost $4,300. This fed from a 50-
  round belt (3.2 lbs.) rather than from strips. It normally fired
  AP ammo (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi-). It was installed in semi-fixed ball
  mounts (treat as a fixed mount with limited elevation and tra-
  verse; see p. B467) in almost all early British armored fighting
  vehicles, including the Foster Mk IV heavy tank, British
  Locomotive Mk VIII heavy tank, and Peerless Pattern 21
  armored car. It can be seen in action in the film Michael
  Collins.
  The original French version, the Hotchkiss Portative, was
  adopted as the Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1908 (1908-1922) in
  8¥50mmR Lebel by the French army, albeit only in small num-
  bers; Dmg 6d+1 pi, Wt. 29.4/1.9, Shots 30(5), Bulk -7. This was
  used by cavalry and cycle troops.
  Like the British, the U.S. Army adopted a version of the
  Hotchkiss Portative prior to WWI. This was called the Benét-
  Mercié M1909 (1910) “machine rifle” and was chambered for
  the .30-06; Dmg 7d+1 pi, Wt. 32/2, RoF 6, Shots 30(5), Bulk -7.
  It was often issued with a 2.3-lb. 5.2¥ scope (+2 Acc, rugged,
  $500), and in 1915 was even trialed in combat with a 0.75-lb.
  Maxim baffle sound suppressor (-2 to Hearing, -1 Bulk). About
  1,100 were acquired (most license-made in the U.S.); they were
  used in 1913-1916 along the Mexican border, including against
  Pancho Villa and his band of guerrillas. As a result of Villa’s
  famous attack on Columbus (NM), in 1916, the weapon
  received a bad reputation as the “Daylight Gun.” Allegedly, the
  gunners of the four M1909 guns present didn’t fire a shot
  because it was too difficult to feed and use in the dark!
  Unfavorable press accounts notwithstanding, the weapons
  actually fired some 20,000 shots without much difficulty after
  the original shock of the nighttime assault had been overcome.
  Nevertheless, none were used in Europe, and all were put into
  reserve stocks by 1919 (to resurface as British Home Guard
  guns in WWII).
  Browning M1917, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1917-1918)
  This water-cooled medium machine gun was the first in a
  long line of recoil-operated Browning MGs. In WWI and the
  inter-war years, the U.S. military used the M1917 mainly as a
  battalion weapon in infantry units. In the late 1920s, the U.S.
  Marines mounted M1917s on pintles (p. B467) on the dashes
  of Chevrolet touring cars for mail protection duty. Some
  43,000 were made.
  The M1917 fed from 250-round non-disintegrating belts
  (15.3 lbs., or 20.3 lbs. in wooden box). Tracer (Dmg 7d+1 pi
  inc) and AP (Dmg 5d(2) pi-) ammo was often used. Its water
  jacket held 8 pints. The gun mounted on a 61-lb. tripod
  ($2,700). Several of the export models listed below could
  mount a German-made 7.3-lb. 5¥ scope (+2 Acc, rugged, $500).
  Post-war, the gun was offered commercially as the Model
  1919 (1919-1924), Model 1924 (1924-1930), and MG38 (1930-
  1943). These all differed in little more than the markings (use
  the same stats). Brazil (M924), Mexico (Mod 1919 and Mod
  1926), and El Salvador (Mod 1939) acquired water-cooled
  Brownings in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi), while
  Argentina (Mod 1928), Bolivia (Mod 1924), Paraguay (Mod
  1928), and Peru (Mod 1922) adopted it in 7.65¥53mm Mauser
  (Dmg 6d+2 pi); Cuba (Mod 1929) bought it in .30-06; and Siam
  (Baep 66) got it in 8¥52mmR Mauser (Dmg 7d pi). It was also
  made under license in Sweden, as the m/29 in 6.5¥55mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d pi), and in Norway, as the m/29L in
  7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d pi). Both China (San Shi – “Triple
  Tenth,” adopted October 10th, 1921, the tenth anniversary of
  the Republic) and Poland (wz. 30 – see GURPS WWII:
  Doomed White Eagle, p. 30) copied it in 7.92¥57mm Mauser.
  Individual guns were also sold to private citizens and compa-
  nies, such as the 10 that went to the Lundale Coal Co. (1921).
  In Miller’s Crossing, Johnny Caspar’s gangsters use one to
  redecorate an Irish club.
  Nambu Taishou 11 Shiki Kikanjuu, 6.5¥50mmSR
  Arisaka (Japan, 1923-1941)
  The Taishou 11 Shiki Kikanjuu (“machine gun type of the
  11th year of the Taishou-reign” – Western year 1922) was a
  bipod-mounted light machine gun developed from the French
  Hotchkiss medium machine gun (pp. 18-19). The weapon was
  employed by the Japanese in the various incidents that eventu-
  ally led to the Sino-Japanese War, and was still in use during
  WWII. Some 29,000 were made.
  The Nambu had a unique hopper magazine: six 5-round
  charger clips (0.25 lb.) for the Arisaka rifle (p. 9) were dropped
  into the hopper and held down by a spring-loaded arm. One at
  a time, the clips were fed into the action. This had the advan-
  tage of using the same ammo as the riflemen and being able to
  be topped up at any time, but was susceptible to dirt and was
  a lot more fuss than a box magazine or belt, especially since
  the gun needed greased cartridges for positive extraction (it
  featured a built-in oil pump). It has Malf. 16 under all but the
  most favorable conditions. From 1932, an AP-T round was
  available (Dmg 4d+1(2) pi- inc). A metal box held 24 clips (8
  lbs.). Treat the barrel as extra-heavy (see Sustained Fire on pp.
  85-86 of High-Tech).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  21
  In those days a single
  Chinese division might have
  five kinds of light machine
  guns: the French Hotchkiss,
  the American Browning, the
  German [sic] Solothurn . . . ,
  and both Czech and Chinese-
  made Brnos.
  – Edgar Snow, 
  The Battle for Asia
  (1941)
  
  A removable Nambu 11 Shiki deployed from a gun port
  (High-Tech, p. 228) formed the standard armament of several
  Japanese armored vehicles, including the Sumida 91 Shiki
  armored car (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 39). However, the
  Nambu also served as the basis for a dedicated tank weapon,
  the Nagoya 91 Shiki Shasai Kikanjuu (1932-1936); EWt.
  22.3/2.5, Shots 50(20), ST 15M, Bulk -6, Cost $4,500. This was
  installed in the turret (p. B467) of many Japanese armored
  vehicles during the 1930s, such as the Ishikawajima 92 Shiki
  tankette and Mitsubishi 95 Shiki “Kei-Go” light tank. It usually
  mounted a 2-lb. 1.5¥ scope (+0 Acc!). More than 2,000 were
  made.
  Oerlikon Typ L, 20¥100mmRB 
  (Switzerland, 1924-1938)
  During WWI, the German military adopted the Becker-
  Kanone in 20¥70mmRB, the first modern autocannon. After
  their defeat, Germany was forbidden this arm, and most of the
  Becker guns were destroyed. In 1921, the patents were sold to
  the 
  German-owned 
  Seebach 
  Maschinenbau 
  AG 
  of
  Switzerland, who improved the gun and chambered it for a
  more powerful cartridge, the 20¥100mmRB. The resultant
  SEMAG MG23 (1923-1924) was intended as an antiaircraft
  gun and as an infantry weapon for use against MG nests and
  tanks. It didn’t sell well and the company failed in 1924, all its
  assets being bought by Oerlikon.
  Oerlikon built the SEMAG gun from 1924, soon renaming
  it the Typ L (leicht, or light), to differentiate it from the further
  improved Typ S (schwer, or heavy) – see High-Tech, p. 132.
  Original and Oerlikon-made SEMAG guns were adopted by
  many nations, including Bolivia (Mod 1927), China (15 Shi),
  Colombia (Mod 1933), Finland (ItK/23), Mexico (Mod 1924),
  Paraguay (captured from Bolivia), and Peru (Mod 1927), albeit
  in small numbers only. A few were also used by Switzerland.
  Abyssinia acquired 16 Typ L cannon in 1929, the native crews
  being trained in Switzerland. Emperor Haile Selassie I himself
  was reportedly a good gunner who shot down an Italian air-
  craft during the Abyssinian War.
  The Typ L fed from a 20-round box magazine (-1 Bulk, $69,
  13.2 lbs.) or a more compact 15-round drum ($283, 11.7 lbs.)
  inserted from the top. It fired SAPHE-T (in table) and AP-T
  (Dmg 5d¥2(2) pi++ inc). It was typically mounted on a two-
  wheeled carriage (500 lbs. with gun) that converted to a tripod
  in firing position, but it could also be installed on aircraft such
  as the Dornier Do J Wal flying boat (High-Tech, p. 235).
  Browning M1921, .50 Browning (USA, 1925-1930)
  This was basically a scaled-up Browning M1917 machine
  gun (p. 21). It was developed for use against low-flying aircraft,
  and, to a lesser extent, armored vehicles – the powerful .50
  Browning cartridge was based on that of the Mauser T-Gew18
  antitank rifle (p. 11). Short of an actual (and typically much
  heavier and bulkier) cannon, this would be one of the most
  effective infantry weapons of the era for use against big critters
  of all sorts.
  Despite the official designation, it was originally adopted by
  the U.S. Army and Navy in 1923, and not actually introduced
  until 1925; the U.S. Coast Guard received it first in 1929. Its
  primary use was as an antiaircraft gun on both land and ships,
  but only some 1,000 were acquired, including the M1921A1
  (below). Colt sold identical versions known as the Model 1924
  (1924-1932) and MG52 (1932-1943) on the commercial market
  (use the same stats). Some of the few export customers were
  the Dutch East Indies (M.30) and Guatemala (Mod 1924).
  The M1921 used a 110-round non-disintegrating fabric belt
  (28.4 lbs., 37.2 lbs. in wooden box). Solid ammo was available
  (as in the table), but the usual load was tracer (Dmg 6d¥2 pi+
  inc) or AP (Dmg 8d+1(2) pi). Its water jacket held 16 pints. It
  was issued with a 64-pint water chest/condenser can, which
  featured a manual pump to allow an assistant to circulate
  water through the jacket. The four-legged ground mount
  weighed 88 lbs. ($3,300), the complex antiaircraft mount 403
  lbs. ($6,600).
  The M1921A1 (1930-1933) was a slightly improved model
  with a larger water jacket holding 20 pints; EWt. 97, Cost
  $16,500.
  The M2 (1933-1945) was the perfected water-cooled variant
  with a longer barrel and 20-pint jacket; Dmg 7d¥2 pi+, Range
  1,800/7,600, EWt. 121, RoF 10, ST 23M, Bulk -9, Cost $16,500.
  It could be set up to feed from either side. It was normally
  mounted on a 493-lb. antiaircraft tripod ($6,900), which fea-
  tured an integral gun shield (DR 18).
  There were also several air-cooled .50-caliber Browning
  guns, originally intended only for aircraft (where water jackets
  were impractical and the airflow would sufficiently cool the
  barrels). The relatively short-barreled M1921 (1923-1933) was
  first issued by the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1923; Dmg 5d¥2 pi+,
  Range 1,400/5,700, EWt. 60, RoF 8!, ST 19M, Bulk -7, Cost
  $15,000. It employed a disintegrating belt, usually with a capac-
  ity of 200 rounds (58.4 lbs.). If used on the ground, the relatively
  thin barrel would quickly overheat (treat as light; see Sustained
  Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech). Most pulp-era U.S. combat air-
  craft, including the Curtiss P-1 fighter, Boeing P-12 fighter, and
  Boeing F2B-1 carrier fighter, could replace the left of their fixed
  twin .30-caliber Browning guns (pp. 25-27) with such a .50-cal-
  iber gun – but few were actually bought and installed.
  The M2 (1933-1945) was an improved aircraft version capa-
  ble of feeding from either side: Dmg 6d¥2 pi+, Range
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  22
  
  1,700/7,100, EWt. 64, RoF 13!, ST 20M, Bulk -8, Cost $15,000.
  It armed practically all U.S. combat aircraft during the late
  1930s, such as the Boeing P-26 fighter (GURPS Cliffhangers,
  p. 94) and Curtiss P-36 fighter (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p.
  104). It was exported as the Colt MG53, but until WWII sales
  were few. The manually aimed flexible version of the M2 had
  EWt. 65 and usually used 50-round disintegrating belts (15.1
  lbs., 17.5 lbs. in can). This was mounted on the Consolidated
  PBY-3 flying boat (GURPS WWII, p. 116) and Goodyear K-
  Class blimp (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 106), among 
  others.
  Finally, in 1933, an air-cooled ground version was intro-
  duced, the M2 (1933-1938); Dmg 6d¥2 pi+, Range 1,700/7,100,
  EWt. 78, ST 21M, Bulk -8, Cost $15,000. This was the forerun-
  ner of the famous M2HB (High-Tech, p. 133), from which it
  differed mainly in the shorter barrel (treat as heavy; see
  Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 in High-Tech). A spare barrel
  weighed 18 lbs.
  ZB ZB26, 7.92¥57mm Mauser 
  (Czechoslovakia, 1927-1941)
  The ZB26 was one of the most successful light machine
  guns ever. Developed by Zbrojovka Brno, the arsenal at Brno, it
  was adopted by Czechoslovakia’s military as the Lehki Kulomet
  vzor 1926 (“light machine gun model 1926”) and exported in
  large numbers. Customers included China (16 Shi – copied in
  at least three arsenals), Ecuador (Mod 1930) Lithuania, Persia
  (M1313), and Yugoslavia (M29). Brazil (M930) bought it in
  7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi). Some 150,000 were made.
  The ZB26 was a conventional air-cooled weapon, fired from
  a bipod. It used 20-round detachable box magazines, inserted
  from the top. A spare barrel weighed 5.5 lbs. (treat as heavy;
  see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech). The LK vz. 26
  was also installed in armored fighting vehicles, for example the
  Czechoslovakian Tatra OA vz. 30 armored car and CKD-Praga
  TC vz. 33 tankette.
  The slightly improved ZB30 (1930-1941) was even more
  popular: Wt. 23/1.8. The largest customer, with over 17,000,
  was Yugoslavia (M37), but it was also acquired by Abyssinia,
  Afghanistan, and Turkey. Romania built the weapon under
  license (md. 1930 – see GURPS WWII: Michael’s Army, p. 25),
  and used it both in the infantry role and as vehicle armament
  for the CKD-Praga R-1 tankette. Bolivia (Mod 1932) and Peru
  (Mod 1932) bought the ZB30 in 7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg
  6d+2 pi), and Bulgaria acquired it in 8¥50mmR Mannlicher
  (Dmg 6d+1 pi).
  The Japanese copied the ZB26 for instal-
  lation in armored vehicles, as the Nambu
  97 Shiki Shasai Kikanjuu (1937-1945) in
  7.7¥58mmSR Arisaka; Dmg 4d+2(2) pi- inc,
  EWt. 24.5/2.5, RoF 8!, Shots 30(3), ST 16M,
  Bulk -7, Cost $4,500/$33. It fired AP-T
  ammo as standard and was fitted with a 2-
  lb. 1.5¥ scope (+0 Acc!). This gun was
  mounted in the turret (p. B467) of the
  Mitsubishi 97 Shiki “Chi-Ha” medium tank
  and similar designs. More than 18,000 were made.
  SIG KE7, 7.92¥57mm Mauser 
  (Switzerland, 1928-1935)
  The KE7 was developed by Pál Király and Gotthard End.
  Made by the Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft for export,
  this light machine gun was an elegant and simple design. It
  would be a particularly good choice for affluent mercenaries.
  The KE7 featured a progressive trigger (High-Tech, pp. 82-83)
  and a bipod, and used detachable magazines inserted from
  below. Although really a LMG, it could also be mounted on a
  26.4-lb. tripod ($1,800) for the sustained fire role.
  At least 5,000 were made, and sizable numbers were deliv-
  ered to China and used there in the Tuchun Wars and against
  the Japanese. It was also copied in China from 1938 onwards.
  In China, the KE7 was usually simply called the ch’i la li (a
  transliteration of Király’s name). The standard model was sold
  to Abyssinia and Persia, while a minor variant was bought in
  small numbers by Chile, Colombia, and Peru in 7¥57mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi). The weapon was also offered in
  7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) and .303 British (Dmg
  6d+2 pi).
  Vickers-Berthier Mk I, .303 British 
  (Great Britain, 1928-1933)
  This light machine gun was designed by the Frenchman
  André Berthier, who sold the patents to Britain’s Vickers. It fea-
  tured a finned air-cooled barrel (treat as heavy; see Sustained
  Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech) and a bipod and butt mono-
  pod, as well as a curved magazine inserted from the top,
  resembling the later Enfield Bren Mk I gun (High-Tech, p. 133)
  in overall shape.
  Offered on the commercial market as the Vickers Class L, it
  couldn’t find many buyers. In the 1920s, the best customer was
  Bolivia, which acquired 700 as the Mod 1926 in 7.63¥53mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi). These saw heavy use during the Chaco
  War. Many were captured by Paraguay, which first used them
  against the Bolivians and then in turn supplied some to the
  Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. Portugal acquired a
  small number as the M/931 in the original .303 caliber.
  The gun was further modified into the Vickers-Berthier Mk
  III (1933-1942); same stats. This was adopted by the Indian
  army and also made in India, at the Ishapore arsenal. Some
  30,000 were made.
  ZiD DP, 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-Nagant 
  (Russia, 1928-1946)
  The Ruchnoi Pulemet Degtyareva Pekhotnyi (“Degtyarev’s
  handheld infantry machine gun”) was a simple light machine
  gun with an excellent reputation for reliability and ease of
  maintenance. The flat, pan-drum magazine on top of the
  receiver earned it the
  nickname 
  “Russian
  guitar.” 
  The 
  DP
  replaced the Madsen
  (p. 15) and various
  lightened Maxim pat-
  terns 
  in 
  front-line
  service with the Soviet
  army, who used it
  from the late 1920s.
  Some 120,000 were
  eventually made. More than 5,100 were delivered to Spain,
  making it the most important LMG of the Republic.
  The air-cooled DP included a bipod and took 47-round mag-
  azines. A steel can held three drums for transport (22 lbs.). A
  spare barrel weighed 4.4 lbs. (treat as heavy; see Sustained Fire
  on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech).
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  The Degtyareva Tankovyi (1929-1946) was a tank variant
  installed in hull and turret mounts (p. B467) in many Soviet
  vehicles, such as the FAI armored car, BA-27 armored car, T-18
  light tank (a variant of the Renault FT-17 in High-Tech, p. 234,
  and GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 46), T-26 light tank
  (GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 37), and T-35 heavy tank
  (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 67). In addition, it was
  mounted as a flexible pintle gun (p. B467) on the NKL-26 and
  RF-8-GAZ-98 attack aerosleds (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p.
  32). The DT featured a retractable stock, a heavier barrel (treat
  as extra-heavy; see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech),
  and a 63-round drum: EWt. 23.1/5, Shots 63(5), ST 15M, Bulk
  -6, Cost $3,500/$268. It accepted a bipod to allow use away
  from the vehicle: Wt. 30/5, Shots 63(5), ST 12B†, Bulk -7*.
  Magazines for the DT and DP weren’t interchangeable. Some
  40,000 were made.
  The Degtyareva Aviatsonniy (1929-1936) was an aircraft
  model that also used the 63-round drum: EWt. 18.5/5, Shots
  63(5), ST 15M, Bulk -6, Cost $3,500/$268. Replacing the
  Pulemet Levis obr. 1915g (Lewis Mk II, p. 19), the DA served as
  a flexible mount gun (p. B467) in 1930s Soviet aircraft, for
  example the early Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber (GURPS WWII:
  Motor Pool, p. 101). There was also the DA-2 (1930-1936),
  nothing more than two DA guns mated side-by-side, controlled
  from a single trigger; EWt. 39.6/5¥2, RoF 20!, Shots 63¥2(5¥2),
  ST 18M, Bulk -8, Cost $7,500/$268. The DA-2 was installed on
  ring mounts such as on the Beriev MDR-2 flying boat.
  Steyr-Solothurn S2-200, 7.92¥57mm Mauser
  (Austria/Switzerland, 1929-1935)
  This was a light machine gun developed by the German
  designer Louis Stange of Rheinmetall. Most of the components
  were made by Steyr in Austria and then shipped to Solothurn
  in Switzerland for final assembly and as a “neutral” sales point;
  both companies were controlled by Rheinmetall. It was a mod-
  ern design with an air-cooled barrel, bipod, and magazine feed.
  Its trigger was pivoted in the middle; a pull on the top gave
  semi-auto fire while a pull on the bottom gave full-auto (High-
  Tech, pp. 82-83). The magazine well was on the left side of the
  receiver and accepted a 25-round box magazine. A spare bar-
  rel weighed 3.6 lbs. (treat as heavy; see Sustained Fire on pp.
  85-86 of High-Tech). Changing the barrel requires an asbestos
  glove and an IQ-based Guns (LMG) or Armoury (Small Arms)
  roll. In the original caliber, some 50 were sold to China; El
  Salvador bought a small number as the Mod 1932 in 7¥57mm
  Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi).
  In 1930, the S2-200 was adopted as the M.30 by the
  Austrian army, chambered for the 8¥56mmR Mannlicher;
  Dmg 7d pi, Wt. 22.4/2.6. Some 3,000 were made. When
  Germany annexed Austria in 1938, this gun became the
  MG30(ö) – see GURPS WWII: Iron Cross, p. 64. A couple of
  thousand were acquired by Hungary as the 31M, to replace
  the Madsen 24M (p. 15).
  The German Rheinmetall MG15 (1932-1942) for aircraft
  use employed the same action; Dmg 7d-1 pi, EWt. 18/9.4,
  RoF 16!, ST 14M, Bulk -6, Cost $4,500/$271. It had a pistol
  grip and trigger but no shoulder stock. The MG15 fed from
  75-round twin saddle drums ($271, 9.4 lbs.) and was fitted
  with a brass catcher for 225 cases (High-Tech, p. 161).
  Typical ammo was API-T (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi- inc). The weapon
  was adopted by the Luftwaffe to replace the obsolete LMG14
  Parabellum (p. 16), almost 18,000 being made. It was
  installed in flexible mounts (p. B467) in many 1930s aircraft,
  including the Heinkel He 59 float plane (GURPS WWII:
  Their Finest Hour, pp. 51-52), Junkers Ju 52/3m transport
  (GURPS WWII: Iron Cross, p. 86), Junkers Ju 87 dive
  bomber (GURPS WWII, p. 114), Dornier Do 17 light bomber
  (GURPS WWII: Their Finest Hour, pp. 50-51), and Heinkel
  He 111 medium bomber (GURPS WWII: Their Finest Hour,
  pp. 52-54). A few installations mounted twin MG15s instead,
  with a single double-drum feeding both weapons (75 rounds
  per gun, $293, 15.4 lbs.). This rare twin-gun installation can
  be seen in the tail gunner cupola of the otherwise fictional
  flying wing transport in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  The Rheinmetall MG17 (1934-1942) was an aircraft
  machine gun for fixed installations (p. B467): Dmg 7d-1 pi,
  EWt. 27.7, RoF 20! (RoF 16! if synchronized), ST 16M, Bulk
  -7, Cost $5,000. It used disintegrating belts, usually with an
  API-T load (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi- inc) – an extra-powerful
  API-T+P round (Dmg 5d+1(2) pi- inc) wasn’t introduced
  until 1941. Replacing the Maxim LMG08/15 (High-Tech, p.
  130) as the standard German fixed aircraft gun, the MG17
  was mounted in the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter (GURPS
  WWII, p. 111), Heinkel He 112 fighter (GURPS WWII:
  Michael’s Army, pp. 30-31), Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber
  (GURPS WWII, p. 114), and many others.
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  Military Surplus
  They’re wagin’ war in Europe in real old Sherman style;
  They’re shooting folks in China and maneuvering a pile;
  The rebels down in Paraguay are kicking up their heels,
  And the moving picture feller, he is busy making reels.
  – Bannerman Military Goods Catalogue, “Business is
  Rushing” (1927)
  In the 1920s and early 1930s, military surplus materiel
  was available in great quantities and for low prices from
  retailers like Bannerman in New York (High-Tech: Pulp
  Guns, Volume 1, p. 5). Second-hand WWI weapons in as-
  new condition could be had for around half price, while
  more obsolete stuff would sell for a fifth or less of the list
  price.
  This applies to rifles, handguns, and similar small arms.
  Many outmoded patterns were available, such as the
  Martini-Henry Mk I (High-Tech, pp. 109-110), various
  Remington Rolling Block models (High-Tech, p. 109), or
  the Springfield M1873 (High-Tech, p. 110), but also rela-
  tively new designs like the Mauser Gew98 (p. 6), Springfield
  M1903 (p. 8), and Enfield M1917 (pp. 10-11).
  Machine guns, grenades, flamethrowers, and similar
  heavy weapons were more difficult to obtain . . . but ways
  could always be found (see Buying Equipment on pp. 7-9 in
  High-Tech). For example, Bannerman offered – “to respon-
  sible parties only” – small numbers of second-hand but
  recently made machine guns like the Colt Model 1914 (p.
  18) and Vickers M1915 (p. 17), and also a range of antique
  Gatling guns including the 1” M1866, the M1877 Bulldog,
  and the M1903 (High-Tech, p. 127) – each complete with
  10-20,000 rounds or so.
  
  Breda Mod 30, 6.5¥52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
  (Italy, 1930-1943)
  The Fucile Mitragliatore Modello 30 (“machine rifle model
  1930”) was the standard Italian weapon of this type during the
  1930s and 1940s (GURPS WWII: Grim Legions, p. 27). Due to
  a variety of defects, it wasn’t well-liked by the troops, but it sol-
  diered on throughout WWII. Some 30,000 were made. Small
  numbers were also built in 7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi)
  and 7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d pi) for export.
  The Mod 30 used an unusual feed device, a vertical 20-
  round magazine permanently attached to the right side of the
  receiver. This hinged to the front, allowing it to be filled in one
  go from a 20-round cardboard container (1 lb.) or charger clip
  (1.2 lbs.). This made reloading slow and the magazine suscep-
  tible to damage and jams. It shared the same action with the
  FIAT-Revelli Mod 14 (p. 18), and had an integral oil pump
  which squirted lubricant into the chamber between shots. This
  kept the cartridge cases from rupturing on extraction, but usu-
  ally eventually clogged the action with accumulated sand and
  dirt. If the oil is depleted (after 4,000 shots or so), reduce Malf.
  to 15! The Mod 30 lacked both sling swivels and carrying han-
  dles, making it awkward to carry; at least the protruding mag-
  azine doubled as a handhold. It was one of the first air-cooled
  light machine guns with a quick-change barrel; a spare barrel
  weighed 4 lbs. (treat as heavy; see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86
  of High-Tech).
  Simson-Dreyse MG13, 7.92¥57mm Mauser
  (Germany, 1930-1935)
  The Dreyse Maschinengewehr Modell 13 (MG13) was intro-
  duced by the German army in 1930, to replace the obsolete
  Maxim MG08/15 and MG08/18 (p. 16). Manufactured by
  Simson and Co., the only producer then allowed by the
  Versailles Treaty to make war matériel of this kind, it was a
  light, air-cooled weapon with a folding buttstock and a bipod.
  Only a few thousand were made, and while it remained the
  standard light machine gun of the German military through-
  out the 1930s, it had been largely replaced by the Rheinmetall
  MG34 (High-Tech, pp. 132-133) by the start of WWII. The lat-
  ter first came into production in 1936, but wasn’t in general
  service until 1938. German volunteers of the Condor Legion
  used the MG13 in the Spanish Civil War. Some surplus MG13s
  were sold to Portugal, which adopted the weapon as the M/938.
  Its trigger was pivoted in the middle; a pull on the top gave
  semi-auto while a pull on the bottom gave full-auto (High-
  Tech, pp. 82-83). The magazine well was on the left side of the
  receiver and could either take a 25-round box magazine (in
  table) or a 75-round double-drum magazine. It normal fired a
  tracer mix (Dmg 7d+1 pi inc), but at least one magazine always
  contained AP-T (Dmg 5d(2) pi- inc) for emergency use against
  tanks. The box was usually used for assault, the drums for anti-
  aircraft fire. Eight magazines were transported in a metal can
  (22.5 lbs.). A spare barrel weighed 4.4 lbs. (treat as heavy; see
  Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-Tech). A case holding two
  barrels weighed 12.5 lbs.; changing the barrel required an
  asbestos glove.
  The MG13 kurz (1930-1935) lacked the stock and bipod and
  had a shorter barrel for turret installation (p. B467) in armored
  fighting vehicles; Dmg 7d-1 pi, Acc 5+1, EWt. 23/2.3, ST 15M,
  Bulk -6. It could only use the box magazines and normally
  fired AP-T ammo (Dmg 5d-1(2) pi- inc). It was used with a 2.5¥
  sight (+1 Acc). The main carriers were early patterns of the
  Horch leichter Panzerspähwagen armored car (GURPS WWII:
  Iron Cross, p. 75) and the Henschel Panzerkampfwagen I light
  tank (GURPS WWII: Iron Cross, p. 77). Both vehicles were
  supplied to China in 1935; the Panzer I was also used in Spain
  by the Germans aiding the Nationalists.
  Browning M1919A4, .30-06 Springfield 
  (USA, 1934-1953)
  This gun used the action of the Browning M1917 (p. 21),
  but had a shorter barrel and no water jacket. While the
  M1919A4 was developed from a tank MG and was itself
  installed in a number of tanks, it was light enough for fast-
  moving troops to transport easily. It became the standard
  American platoon-level machine gun in the 1930s. More than
  half a million were eventually made, most during WWII.
  The M1919A4 used 250-round non-disintegrating belts
  (15.3 lbs., or 18.8 lbs. in can). A spare barrel weighed 7.4 lbs.
  (treat as extra-heavy; see Sustained Fire on pp. 85-86 of High-
  Tech); changing it required an asbestos glove. The weapon usu-
  ally fired AP (Dmg 5d(2) pi-) or tracer ammo (Dmg 7d+1 pi
  inc). It could be mounted on a 14-lb. tripod ($2,550), but was
  soon also found on various vehicles, for example the Indiana
  M1 scout car and the RIA M2A1 light tank.
  The original M1919 (1919-1920) was installed in early
  armored vehicles such as the Maxwell M1917 “6-ton” light
  tank (High-Tech, p. 234) and RIA MK VIII “Liberty” heavy
  tank: Dmg 7d-1 pi, EWt. 33, ST 17M, Bulk -7, Cost $7,000. This
  used 100-round belts (6.1 lbs., 9 lbs. in can) and a 500-round
  brass catcher (High-Tech, p. 161).
  The M1919A2 (1931-1934) was the U.S. Cavalry version,
  with a short 18.6” barrel, distinctive slotted barrel sleeve, and
  light 14-lb. tripod ($1,700): Dmg 7d-1 pi, EWt. 35, ST 17M,
  Bulk -7, Cost $7,000. It was employed by the U.S. Army in the
  early 1930s, both carried on pack animals and pintle-mounted
  (p. B467) on vehicles such as scout cars (as seen in Peter
  Jackson’s King Kong) or the Cunningham M1 armored car.
  The Colt MG38BT (1932-1943) was an export version of the
  M1919 tank gun, with a heavy, shortened barrel; Dmg 7d-1 pi,
  EWt. 35, ST 17M, Bulk -7, Cost $7,500. Few of these were sold;
  a dozen armed the Disston Tractor light tanks bought by
  Afghanistan in 1937.
  The M1918M1 (1919-1924) and M1919 (1924-1931) were
  air-cooled fixed aircraft versions (p. B467) adopted by the U.S.
  Army and Navy; EWt. 30, RoF 18! (RoF 11! if synchronized),
  ST 16M, Bulk -6, Cost $7,000. They were installed in various
  1920s combat aircraft, including the Curtiss P-1 fighter and
  Boeing F2B-1 carrier fighter.
  The M2 (1931-1945) was the last and most successful .30-
  caliber aircraft version, lightened and with a higher rate of fire:
  EWt. 21.5, RoF 20! (RoF 12! if synchronized), ST 15M, Bulk -6,
  Cost $7,500. It was installed in many U.S. military aircraft,
  such as the Curtiss P-6 Hawk fighter, Boeing P-12 fighter,
  Boeing P-26 fighter (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94), Curtiss P-36
  Hawk fighter (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 104), Boeing
  F4B-1 carrier fighter (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94), Curtiss
  F8C-3 fighter/bomber (see both Merian Cooper’s and Peter
  Jackson’s King Kong), Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk carrier
  fighter (GURPS All-Star Jam 2004, p. 97), Grumman FF-1
  carrier reconnaissance plane (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94),
  Consolidated PBY-1 flying boat (GURPS WWII, p. 116), and
  Martin B-10 bomber (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94). Some
  193,000 were made.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
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  The Colt MG40 (1930-1943) export version of the M2 was
  available in several calibers. For example, China acquired it in
  .30-06 for the Curtiss Model 75M Hawk fighter (GURPS
  WWII: Motor Pool, p. 104) and Curtiss BT-32 Condor II trans-
  port/bomber (GURPS Cliffhangers, p. 94); Colombia in
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
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  Machine Guns and Autocannon Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics. For MMGs, HMGs, and autocannon, Empty Weight (EWt.) and Cost assume neither
  ammo nor mount (e.g., a tripod), but ammo weight follows the slash as usual; see the weapon description for details. For LMGs and GPMGs,
  Weight includes ammunition.
  GUNNER (MACHINE GUN) (DX-4 or other Gunner at -4)
  TL Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  Weight
  RoF
  Shots
  ST
  Bulk
  Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Maxim MG08, 7.92¥57mm
  7d+1 pi
  6
  1,000/4,400
  59.4/16
  8!
  250(5)
  19M
  -8
  2
  $7,000
  1
  [1]
  6
  TOZ PM-1910, 7.62¥54mmR
  7d pi
  6
  1,000/4,400
  52.5/22.7
  10!
  250(5)
  19M
  -8
  2
  $5,500
  1
  [1]
  6
  Steyr-Schwarzlose M.07/12, 
  8¥50mmR
  6d+2 pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  49.3/18.2
  6!
  250(5)
  19M
  -8
  2
  $4,000
  1
  [1]
  6
  Vickers Mk I, .303
  6d+2 pi
  6
  800/3,300
  40/16
  10!
  250(5)
  18M
  -7
  2
  $5,500
  1
  [1]
  6
  Colt Model 1914, .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  36/15.3
  10!
  250(5)
  17M
  -7
  2
  $7,500
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  FIAT-Revelli Mod 14, 6.5¥52mm
  6d pi
  5
  900/3,600
  46.5/3
  8
  50(5)
  18M
  -7
  2
  $5,000
  1
  [1, 3]
  6
  Hotchkiss Mle 1914, 8¥50mmR
  6d+2 pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  57.1/1.9
  8!
  30(5)
  19M
  -8
  2
  $5,000
  1
  [1]
  6
  Browning M1917, .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  36.8/15.3
  10!
  250(5)
  17M
  -7
  2
  $7,000
  1
  [1]
  6
  Oerlikon Typ L, 20¥100mmRB
  6d¥2 pi++
  5
  1,700/6,400
  99/15
  6
  20(5)
  22M
  -9
  2
  $18,000/$74
  1
  [1]
  follow-up
  1d+2 [1d] cr ex
  6
  Browning M1921, .50
  6d¥2 pi+
  5
  1,700/7,100
  96/28.4
  8
  110(5)
  22M
  -8
  2
  $16,500
  1
  [1]
  6
  Browning M1919A4, .30-06
  7d+1 pi
  5
  1,100/4,500
  30.9/15.3
  10!
  250(5)
  17M
  -6
  2
  $7,500
  1
  [1]
  6
  TOZ ShKAS, 7.62¥54mmR
  5d(2) pi- inc
  5
  1,000/4,200
  21.6/9.1
  30!
  100(5)
  15M
  -6
  2
  $4,000
  1
  [1]
  6
  Rheinmetall FlAK30, 
  20¥138mmB
  6d¥3 pi++ inc
  5
  1,200/2,200
  141/20
  4
  20(5)
  24M
  -10
  2
  $40,500/$91
  1
  [1]
  follow-up
  2d-1 [1d] cr ex
  6+2 Rigsby Electric Gun, 20mm
  5d¥3 pi++
  5
  750/3,200
  150/10
  3
  50(5)
  24M
  -10
  2
  $50,000
  1
  follow-up
  1d+2 [1d] cr ex
  6
  Ikaria-Oerlikon MG-FF, 
  20¥80mmRB
  6d¥2 pi++ inc
  4
  800/4,800
  61.6/44.7
  9!
  60(5)
  15M
  -8
  3 $10,000/$383
  1
  [1]
  follow-up
  1d+1 [1d] cr ex
  GUNS (LMG) (DX-4 or most other Guns at -2)
  TL Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  Weight
  RoF
  Shots
  ST
  Bulk
  Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Madsen M/03, 8¥58mmR
  7d pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  25.4/2.9
  7!
  30(3)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $4,500/$35
  1
  [1]
  6
  BSA Lewis Mk I, .303
  6d+2 pi
  5
  800/3,300
  32.8/4.5
  9!
  47(5)
  12B†
  -7
  2
  $5,000/$260
  1
  [1]
  6
  FIAT-Villar Perosa Mod 15, 
  9¥19mm
  2d+1 pi
  3
  160/1,700
  16.3/1¥2
  25!¥2 25¥2(3¥2) 10B†
  -5
  2
  $2,500/$28
  1
  [1, 4]
  6
  CSRG Mle 1915, 8¥50mmR
  6d pi
  5
  900/3,800
  23/2.1
  4
  20(3)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $2,000/$31
  1
  [1, 3]
  6
  Hotchkiss Mk I, .303 British
  6d+2 pi
  5
  800/3,300
  29.9/1.9
  8
  30(3)
  12B†
  -7*
  2
  $4,500
  1
  [1]
  6
  Nambu Taishou 11 Shiki 
  Kikanjuu, 6.5¥50mmSR
  5d+2 pi
  5
  600/3,200
  23.9/1.5
  8!
  30(12)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $4,000
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  ZB ZB26, 7.92¥57mm
  7d pi
  5
  1,100/4,400
  21.2/1.8
  8
  20(3)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $4,100/$31
  1
  [1]
  6
  SIG KE7, 7.92¥57mm
  7d pi
  5
  1,100/4,400
  19.5/2.3
  9
  25(3)
  10B†
  -7
  2
  $6,000/$32
  1
  [1]
  6
  Vickers-Berthier Mk III, .303
  6d+2 pi
  5
  800/3,300
  24.4/2.4
  10
  30(3)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $5,000/$33
  1
  [1]
  6
  ZiD DP, 7.62¥54mmR
  7d pi
  5
  1,000/4,200
  26.2/6.2
  9
  47(5)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $3,000/$260
  1
  [1]
  6
  Steyr-Solothurn S2-200, 
  7.92¥57mm
  7d pi
  5
  1,100/4,400
  19.2/2.3
  13
  25(3)
  10B†
  -6
  2
  $4,500/$32
  1
  [1]
  6
  Breda Mod 30, 6.5¥52mm
  6d pi
  5
  750/3,200
  23.6/1
  8!
  20(5)
  11B†
  -7
  2
  $4,000
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  Simson-Dreyse MG13, 
  7.92¥57mm
  7d pi
  5
  1,100/4,400
  26.5/2.3
  9
  25(3)
  11B†
  -7*
  2
  $4,500/$32
  1
  [1]
  Notes:
  [1] Effective LC2 during Pulp era.
  [2] Unreliable. Malfunctions on 16+ (see p. B407).
  [3] Very unreliable. Malfunctions on 15+ (see p. B407).
  [4] Double-barreled weapon using two triggers and two magazines.
  See pp. 19-20.
  
  7¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) for the
  Curtiss Model 37F Falcon fighter; Bolivia in
  7.65¥53mm Mauser (Dmg 6d+2 pi) for the
  Curtiss Model 35 Hawk II fighter; Britain
  (Browning Mk I) in .303 British for the
  Gloster Gladiator II fighter (GURPS WWII:
  Frozen Hell, p.
  41); and Turkey in
  7.92¥57mm Mauser (Dmg 7d pi) for the
  Curtiss Model 68B Hawk III fighter.
  TOZ ShKAS, 7.62¥54mmR Mosin-
  Nagant (Russia, 1934-1945)
  The Shpitalniy-Komaritskiy Aviatsionny
  Skorostrelniy (“Shpitalniy’s and Komaritskiy’s
  rapid-fire aviation gun”) was a purpose-
  designed aircraft machine gun with an
  impressive rate of fire, intended to replace
  both the PV-1 (p. 16) and DA (p. 24). The
  ShKAS was installed in several pulp-era
  Soviet airplanes, and was also exported with
  them, for example to China and Spain. Some
  73,000 were made up to 1940 alone.
  It fired from a long disintegrating belt, the
  capacity of which depended on the installation. This normally
  carried an API-T load (as in the table), sometimes mixed with
  APHCI (Dmg 7d+1(2) pi- inc) and SAPHEI (Dmg 7d+1 pi inc
  with 1d-1 [1d-3] cr ex follow-up).
  The variant in the table is the Krylyevoi fixed wing model (p.
  B467), used in fighters like the Polikarpov I-16 (GURPS WWII:
  Motor Pool, p. 101). There was also a manually aimed Turelniy
  variant (1934-1945) with EWt. 23.1. This turret pattern (p.
  B467) was for example installed in the Ilyushin DB-3 bomber
  (GURPS WWII: Motor Pool, p. 100). The third model was the
  fixed and synchronized Sinnkhronniy fuselage gun (1936-
  1945), which had EWt. 24.4 and RoF 21!.
  Rheinmetall 2cm FlAK30, 20¥138mmB Solothurn
  (Germany, 1935-1939)
  Developed via the experimental Solothurn S5-100, the 2cm
  Fliegerabwehrkanone Modell 1930 (“2cm antiaircraft gun
  model 1930”) was the standard German light air defense
  weapon late in the pulp era, and was found on trailer mounts,
  trucks, halftracks, trains, etc. Some 8,000 were made. It was
  also exported, if in small numbers, customers during the 1930s
  including China, the Dutch East Indies, and Finland.
  The FlAK30 used 20-round detachable box magazines (20
  lbs., 55 lbs. for two in a metal can). In addition to the SAPHEI-
  SD-T round in the table, it fired AP-T (Dmg 6d¥3(2) pi++ inc,
  Range 1,200/5,200) and APEX-T (Dmg 6d¥3(2) pi++ with 1d+1
  [1d] cr ex follow-up, Range 1,200/5,200). The gunner could
  select single shots or automatic fire by pressing two foot ped-
  als. It was mounted on a fully traversable ground mount (906
  lbs.) and could be fitted with a 246-lb gun shield (DR 15) for
  ground-to-ground use. The FlAK30 was transported on a two-
  wheeled trailer (1,650 lbs. with gun, 1,896 lbs. with gun shield).
  The Rheinmetall 2cm Maschinengewehr Construction 1930
  (1934-1939) or MG C/30 was practically the same gun,
  mounted by the German navy on ships and submarines such
  as the U-Boot Typ VII (GURPS WWII: Iron Cross, p. 91).
  The Rheinmetall 2cm Kampfwagenkanone Modell 1930
  (1935-1939) was intended for installation in turrets (p. B467)
  on armored combat vehicles. The KwK30 had a slightly
  shorter barrel and used handier 10-round magazines; Acc 5+1,
  EWt. 139/10, Shots 10(5), Cost $40,000/$58. It was used with a
  2.5¥ sight (+1 Acc). Mounts included the Horch leichter
  Panzerspähwagen armored car (GURPS WWII: Iron Cross, p.
  75) and MAN Panzerkampfwagen II light tank (GURPS WWII:
  Iron Cross, p. 78).
  Ikaria-Oerlikon MG-FF, 20¥80mmRB Oerlikon
  (Germany, 1937-1940)
  Based on a Swiss Oerlikon design which was itself devel-
  oped from the German Becker gun of WWI, the
  Maschinengewehr Flügelfest (“machine gun, wing-mounted”)
  was an autocannon for fixed installation in aircraft wings (p.
  B467). It was fitted to several German combat aircraft of the
  time, especially the Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 and E-4 fighters
  (GURPS WWII, p. 111) – but also the fictional flying wing
  transport in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  The MG-FF fed from 60-round drum magazine (-1 Bulk,
  44.7 lbs.). It normally fired a SAPHEI-T round (as in the table).
  Fitted with a shoulder stock and trigger, it could also be
  installed in a flexible, manually aimed mount (p. B467); EWt.
  58, ST 19M, Bulk -9, Cost $10,500. Such installations typically
  employed smaller magazines that could be more easily man-
  handled, both 15-round boxes ($58, 12.8 lbs.) and 30-round
  drums ($316, 22.4 lbs.) being available.
  CANNON
  They’ve got a tank. Six-pound gun.
  – Dr. Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade (set in 1938)
  Direct and indirect fire artillery was of course widely used by
  militaries during the pulp era, but cannon are seldom employed
  by pulp heroes, and they are therefore given only brief treatment
  here. More artillery pieces and vehicle cannon can be found on
  pp. 138-141 of High-Tech, and in the GURPS WWII series. For
  additional fire support weapons, see Mortars on pp. 145-146 of
  High-Tech – gangster John Dillinger was (unfoundedly)
  rumored to have tried to buy mortars from a U.S. Army depot in
  1933. They wouldn’t have helped robbing banks . . .
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  27
  The Electric Machine Gun
  Electricity replaces gunpowder in silent, smokeless machine gun recently
  perfected for defense against hostile aircraft.
  – Modern Mechanix and Inventions,
  “Electric Machine Gun is Silent” (1936)
  Various rail and coil guns were invented and patented during the
  1930s. Although none of them ever reached production, presumably
  because they never really worked as advertised, such devices would be
  excellent inventions for a Gadgeteer or evil mastermind.
  Rigsby Electric Gun, 20mm (USA, 1936)
  In the mid-1930s, Virgil Rigsby of San Augustine (TX) patented a large
  electromagnetic gun using magnetic coils to propel SAPHE shells. At least
  one prototype was built, which was claimed to achieve RoF 3 while its fir-
  ing sound was only that of a .22-caliber rifle (High-Tech, p. 158). The
  Rigsby was a massive, bulky weapon fitted to a pintle mount and fed from
  a 50-round belt. It required a prodigious amount of energy; 34 kW per shot.
  
  Hotchkiss 6-pdr 7-cwt Q.F. Mk II, 57¥306mmR
  (U.K., 1916-1920)
  The original Hotchkiss 6-pounder quick-firing gun was
  adopted in 1884 by the Royal Navy for use on cruisers, sub-
  marines, and river monitors. It fired a projectile of roughly 6 lbs.
  weight and the gun itself weighed around 7 hundredweights, or
  784 lbs. The Q.F. Mk II was a shortened version for installation
  in British and American WWI tanks. It was still in use during the
  pulp era, for example on the RIA MK VIII “Liberty” heavy tank
  that the U.S. Army kept in limited service until 1932. The gun
  was manually aimed and fired via a pistol grip and trigger. A 2¥
  scope (+1 Acc) was used for target acquisition. The same
  weapon is mounted in the sponsons of the fictional heavy tank
  of the Hatay army in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  In addition to HE shells as in the table, it fired AP ammo
  (Dmg 6d¥4(2) pi++), available from 1918.
  APX Mle 1916TRP, 37¥94mmR Hotchkiss 
  (France, 1916-1918)
  The Canon d’Infanterie Modèle 1916 Tir Rapide, Puteaux
  (“infantry gun model 1916, quick-fire, designed at Puteaux
  arsenal”) was a very light infantry support gun. It was prima-
  rily intended to attack small pockets of enemy infantry, such as
  MG nests, but was also capable of destroying some vehicles,
  including light tanks. It was a standard weapon of the French
  military during the Great War and the following decades, more
  than 1,000 still being in service in 1940. The U.S. Army and
  Marine Corps adopted it as the 1-pounder M1916. Some of
  these guns were still around to see service in WWII, when they
  received the well-earned nickname “Toy Gun.” Post-WWI, the
  French supplied many to allied nations, for example the
  Yugoslavian military (M16).
  The Mle 1916TRP had a crew of seven men, including the
  gun commander, gunner, loader, three ammo handlers, and
  team driver. The weapon was easily disassembled for trans-
  portation on pack animals: the gun weighed 88 lbs., and the
  heavy tripod mount broke into two parts, one weighing 88 lbs.,
  the other 62 lbs. The mount could be fitted with two wheels (72
  lbs.), for a total weight of 310 lbs. when pulled by a horse, men,
  or a vehicle (see Pulling and Dragging, p. B353). A further option
  was a small 43-lb. gun shield (DR 15) and a 2¥ scope (+1 Acc).
  In addition to the standard HE shells (as in the table), it
  fired AP rounds (Dmg 5d¥2(2) pi++). Other ammunition in
  that caliber was rarely used, but potentially available, includ-
  ing canister (Dmg 2d pi++, Acc 3, Range 80/1,600, RoF 1¥24,
  Rcl 1), SAPHE (Dmg 5d¥2 pi++ with 2d [2d] cr ex follow-up,
  from 1924), and API (Dmg 5d¥2(2) pi++ inc, from 1935).
  Sixteen rounds were stored in a wooden box (30 lbs.). Each
  gun was issued with one caisson which normally held 96 AP
  and 96 HE.
  GRENADE LAUNCHERS
  This powerful gas weapon can be used at both short and long
  ranges . . . Unexcelled for dispersing mobs, routing barricaded
  criminals, protecting public and private property, breaking up
  prison riots, guarding payrolls, etc.
  – Federal Laboratories advertisement (1930)
  Tear gas had been developed during WWI, and became
  available to law enforcement agencies in the early 1920s. The
  first hand-held dispensers were flare guns, which developed
  into the modern grenade launcher. All these weapons have
  effective LC4 in the pulp era!
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  28
  Cannon Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics. Empty Weight (EWt.) and Cost assume neither ammo nor mount, but ammo weight
  follows the slash as usual.
  ARTILLERY (CANNON) (IQ-5) for indirect fire; GUNNER (CANNON) (DX-4 or other Gunner at -4) for direct fire
  TL
  Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  EWt.
  RoF Shots
  ST
  Bulk Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Hotchkiss 6-pdr Mk II, 57¥305mmR
  6d¥6(0.5) pi++
  4+1
  1,000/6,200
  849/9
  1
  1(3)
  42M
  -13
  3
  $20,000
  1
  follow-up
  6d [3d] cr ex
  6
  APX Mle 1916TRP, 37¥94mmR
  5d¥2(0.5) pi++
  4+1
  400/2,600
  88/1.4
  1
  1(3)
  24M
  -10
  3
  $10,000
  1
  follow-up
  2d [2d] cr ex
  Grenade Launchers Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics.
  GUNS (GRENADE LAUNCHER) (DX-4 or most other Guns at -4)
  TL
  Weapon
  Damage
  Acc
  Range
  Weight
  RoF Shots ST
  Bulk Rcl
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Webley Number 1 Mk I, 37¥122mmR
  1d+1(0.5) cr
  1
  10/200
  8.3/0.37
  1
  1(3)
  8†
  -4
  2
  $500
  3
  [1]
  6
  Remington MK III, 10G 2”
  Spec.
  1
  10/120
  2.9/0.1
  1
  1(3)
  8
  -3
  2
  $200
  3
  [1]
  6
  Walther Leuchtpistole, 26.5¥103mmR
  Spec.
  1
  10/330
  3.1/0.2
  1
  1(3)
  9
  -3
  2
  $500
  3
  [1, 2]
  6
  Federal Model 201-Z Gas Gun, 37¥122mmR
  1d+1(0.5) cr
  1
  30/150
  8/0.37
  1
  1(3)
  8†
  -4
  2
  $700
  3
  [1]
  follow-up
  1d cr ex 
  (3-yard tear gas cloud)
  6
  Manville Machine Gas Projector, 1“
  1d-1(0.5) cr
  0
  25/100
  18.9/3.6
  3
  18(3i) 10†
  -6
  2
  $1,800
  3
  [3]
  follow-up
  1d-2 cr ex 
  (2-yard tear gas cloud)
  Notes:
  [1] First Range figure is minimum range, not 1/2D.
  [3] Sling swivels (High-Tech, p. 154).
  [2] Lanyard ring (High-Tech, p. 154).
  
  Webley & Scott Number 1 Mk I, 37¥122mmR
  (U.K., 1914-1918)
  This was a break-open flare gun with a pistol grip and
  wooden shoulder stock, adopted by the Royal Flying Corps and
  British Army. The ammunition it fired, today better known as
  the 37¥122mmR, was then called the 1.5” Flare. Some 27,000
  were made.
  During the 1920s, surplus but refurbished and chrome-
  plated flare guns were sold in the USA and abroad as the
  Federal 1.5” Gas Riot Gun (1928-1933). These have the exact
  same stats, but normally fire tear gas shells instead of flares.
  Gangster Wilbur “Tri-State Terror” Underhill was shot in the
  gut by the FBI with a tear gas gun in 1933.
  Remington MK III, 10G 2” (USA, 1915-1918)
  This was a break-open pistol with a gleaming brass receiver
  and 9” barrel, adopted by the U.S. Navy and Marines for illu-
  mination and signaling, firing red, green, or white flares. It
  could not fire a standard 10-gauge shotshell, as its
  chamber was too short. Many thousands were
  made and were still in use in the 1930s.
  Walther Leuchtpistole, 26.5¥103mmR
  (Germany, 1926-1934)
  The Leuchtpistole (“flare pistol”) was a smooth-
  bore, break-open pistol used widely by the German
  military (who adopted it in 1928 to replace the sim-
  ilar Hebel M94) and merchant marine. Hundreds
  of thousands were acquired or copied by other
  armies, and many nations introduced similar
  devices. A flare gun was the only major item of
  equipment carried by adventurer Karl Friedrich
  Koenig when he flew around the world in a Klemm
  L 20 sports plane in 1928/1929.
  The more than 40 different signal cartridges
  available in 26.5¥103mmR caliber included illumi-
  nation (100-yard radius lasting 30 seconds), col-
  ored flares, signal smoke, and whistling rounds (to
  indicate a gas attack). Muzzle blast tear gas rounds
  were also available (see the box). A belt pouch
  (High-Tech, p. 54) held 15 cartridges.
  In 1934, the Leuchtpistole was lightened by
  shortening the barrel from 9” to 6” and replacing
  the steel frame with one made of aluminum; Wt.
  1.8/0.2, Bulk -2, Cost $480.
  The German navy also used the Walther SLD
  (1936-1945), a double-barreled, stainless-steel pis-
  tol: Wt. 6.3/0.4, RoF 2, Shots 2(3i), Bulk -3, Cost
  $650. Both barrels could be fired simultaneously at
  no penalty.
  Federal Model 201-Z Gas Riot Gun,
  37¥122mmR (USA, 1933-1970)
  Made for Federal Laboratories by the Hunter
  Arms Co., this was a simple single-shot, smooth-
  bore, break-open weapon that fired a 1.5” cartridge
  (a round better known today as the 37¥122mmR).
  It was widely sold to police and prison agencies,
  sometimes in a cased set with a Thompson subma-
  chine gun (High Tech: Pulp Guns 1, pp. 28-30), or
  with a load-bearing vest (High-Tech, p. 54) holding
  12 shells.
  Manville Machine Gas Projector, 1” Manville
  (USA, 1937-1943)
  The Manville Machine Gas Projector in 1” caliber was an
  enlarged version of the earlier Manville M12 shotgun (High-
  Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p. 26). Almost entirely made of
  aluminum, it had a spring-loaded 18-shot revolver cylinder, a
  pistol foregrip, no shoulder stock, and no sights. This was a
  rare weapon, only a few being used by police and prison secu-
  rity forces in Indiana and adjacent states. (It can be seen in use
  in John Irvin’s film The Dogs of War, set in 1980.)
  Only tear gas rounds were made for it, one variant with
  Dmg 1d-3(0.5) cr and Range 7/30, the other with Dmg 1d-
  1(0.5) cr and Range 25/100. In either case, the grenade would
  explode after a short delay (on the next turn) and release a CN
  tear gas cloud with a 2-yard radius, lasting 20 seconds. A fic-
  tional HE grenade, created by a Gadgeteer or an inventive gun-
  smith, might have Dmg 1d-1(0.5) cr with 2d+1 [1d+1] cr ex fol-
  low-up, and Range 25/100.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  29
  Grenade Launcher
  Ammo
  A modern police department today is really a miniature army, . . .
  bristling with submachine guns, riot guns, high-powered rifles, and
  side-arms, to grenades and guns which lay down a barrage of gas.
  – Modern Mechanix and Inventions,
  “Outshooting the Guns of Gangland” (1936)
  During the pulp era, virtually none of the many Grenade Launcher
  Ammo options in High-Tech (p. 143) were available, except for
  numerous minor variants of illumination and tear gas (High-Tech, p.
  171). Signal and illumination flares might be used to ward off crea-
  tures that shun the light, including nocturnal animals and even H.P.
  Lovecraft’s “Haunter of the Dark,” though. There were also two other
  special rounds:
  Early Liquid (TL6)
  In 1930, Federal Laboratories introduced a tear gas cartridge for
  37¥122mmR launchers that fired a 2.7-fl.oz. glass vial. This is similar
  to Liquid (High-Tech, p. 171), but with a glass container as the pro-
  jectile. After a 6-second delay, the detonator (Dmg 1d cr ex) blows up
  the vial and releases a liquid tear gas agent over a 3-yard radius. It has
  the advantage of being flame- and heatless, eliminating any danger of
  accidentally starting a fire (unlike regular burning-type tear gas
  shells). Resourceful reloaders could find a way to fill a (new) vial with
  some other fluid – acid (p. B428), alcohol, holy water, spit venom (use
  cobra venom as a contact agent, p. B439), and so on. Also see Exotic
  Bullets (High-Tech, p. 168). Halve Range. Double CPS.
  Muzzle Blast Tear Gas (TL6)
  The earliest tear gas rounds lacked a projectile, instead spread-
  ing a tear gas agent (in powder or liquid form) from the muzzle like
  a one-shot spray (High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p. 10). Treat
  these as tear gas sprays (High-Tech, p. 180) with Range 1-10. The
  tear gas agent might be replaced with another powder such as silver
  dust, a magical elixir (GURPS Magic, pp. 213-220) such as Phobos
  or Thanatos, H.P. Lovecraft’s Powder of Ibn-Ghazi, or whatever.
  Double CPS.
  
  To reload, the weapon must be disassembled by unscrewing
  two knobs (15 seconds), then take three Ready maneuvers to
  put each round in its chamber (total 54 seconds), plus another
  15 seconds to put the gun together, and 10 seconds to wind the
  spring.
  HAND GRENADES
  In Chicagoese, “pineapple” is a euphemism for an ugly, black,
  egg-shaped object known elsewhere as a hand grenade. Since the
  first of the year they have been utilized 21 times by racketeers
  angry for one reason or another with fellow racketeers, politi-
  cians, bootleggers, gamblers.
  – Chicago Tribune, “Go to Hell” (1928)
  During the pulp era, hand grenades were widely used by all
  militaries, and were also issued to the police in some countries.
  Civilians might get their hands on a couple; in the period, most
  grenades had effective LC2!
  Stielhandgranate (Germany, 1915-1928)
  During WWI, the Germans adopted a style of concussion
  grenade that remained standard throughout the pulp era: the
  Stielhandgranate (“stick hand grenade”). Americans nick-
  named it the “Potato Masher” for its appearance. German mil-
  itary influence manifested itself during the 1930s in similar or
  identical patterns in Bolivia, China, Finland, Venezuela, and
  elsewhere. During the pulp era, it was also a standard police
  weapon in Germany, and not just in riot units – in the early
  1920s, a Berlin detective arrested several criminals by threat-
  ening them with a police-issue stick hand grenade . . . (such a
  display of force might add +2 to Intimidation rolls).
  The long wooden handle gave good leverage for a throw,
  compensating for the extra weight (+2 ST to figure distance;
  see p. B355). It also made the grenade awkward to carry and
  hide; German soldiers stuck it in their belts or even their boots,
  and improvised carriers from sandbags. To activate the
  grenade before throwing, the user twisted the end cap off the
  handle and pulled sharply on the string inside (two Ready
  maneuvers). A wooden box holding 25 weighed 55 lbs.
  From the late 1920s, the German army replaced the WWI
  patterns with the StiHGr24 (1928-1945), filled with TNT rather
  than black powder: Dmg 7d cr ex, Wt. 1.4. A wooden box hold-
  ing 15 weighed 31 lbs.
  Mills Number 36M Mk I (U.K., 1918-1972)
  The Number 36 Mesopotamia Mark I fragmentation
  grenade (so-called because it was moisture-sealed for use in
  Iraq) was the standard hand grenade in the British and all
  Commonwealth armies, and widely exported (Poland adopted
  it as the wz. 24). The “Mills bomb” was the first grenade with
  a deeply serrated cast-iron body, but its fragmentation was
  very uneven. Much of the cast iron would splinter, too small to
  cause serious injury, while an occasional large piece might
  travel hundreds of yards with enough force to kill. If the GM
  wishes, anything within 200 yards of the explosion could plau-
  sibly suffer a 2d fragmentation attack! A wooden box holding
  12 weighed 25 lbs.
  AMC MK II KJ (USA, 1918-1919)
  This was a smooth barrel-shaped grenade filled with pres-
  surized stannic chloride (KJ), which was released as a white
  irritant smoke (treat as tear gas, p. B439, and High-Tech, p.
  171) as soon as the detonator exploded the case. It was
  intended to clear bunkers and trenches. More than 1.5 million
  were made. A wooden box holding 24 weighed 46 lbs.
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  30
  And what do you think the
  [Fire] Marshal will say to these
  new gas bombs? According to
  you one of them is powerful
  enough to knock out an
  elephant.
  – Captain Englehorn in 
  King Kong (1933)
  Hand Grenades Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics.
  THROWING (DX-3 or Dropping-4)
  TL Weapon
  Damage
  Weight
  Fuse
  Bulk
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Stielhandgranate
  5d cr ex
  1.3
  4-5
  -3
  $20
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  Mills Number 36M Mk I 5d-1 [2d] cr ex
  1.7
  7
  -2
  $20
  1
  [1, 3]
  6
  MK II KJ
  1d-2 cr ex
  1.4
  5
  -2
  $45
  2
  [3, 4]
  follow-up
  Spec. (5 yd.)
  6
  MK II WP
  1d-2 [1d(0.2)] burn ex 1.2
  5
  -2
  $50
  1
  [3, 5]
  6
  MK II
  4d+1 [2d] cr ex
  1.3
  5
  -2
  $20
  1
  [1, 3]
  Notes:
  [1] Effectively LC2 during the pulp era.
  [2] Takes two Ready maneuvers to unscrew the cap and pull the cord.
  [3] Takes a Ready maneuver to pull the pin or string.
  [4] Fills a 5-yard radius with tear gas (High-Tech, p. 171). Cloud lasts about 30 seconds under normal conditions.
  [5] Fills a 5-yard radius with smoke; see p. B439. Cloud lasts about 60 seconds under normal conditions.
  
  The improved MK V CN (1922-1932) was filled with
  chloroacetophenone (CN) powder; Wt. 0.6, Cost $40, LC3. The
  fuse action ignited the powder (rather than detonating the
  grenade), releasing the CN smoke through small tape-covered
  holes in the grenade body. The filler burned for 30 seconds and
  created a 7-yard-radius cloud that lasted about 60 seconds. The
  grenade got hot enough (about 2,200°F) from the burning
  powder inside to sear unprotected flesh (1d-2 burn) and set fire
  to dry vegetation, paper, and similar flammables (p. B433).
  This grenade was used by the U.S. Army and various
  National Guard units throughout the 1930s. After the war,
  many MK II KJ grenades were sold as scrap metal, bought by
  riot gas companies like Federal Laboratories and LECCO, and
  refilled and sold to police agencies both in the U.S. and abroad.
  Use the same stats as for the MK V CN. These and similar
  grenades were widely used by American police and prison
  agencies during the 1920s and 1930s, and also by the Shanghai
  Municipal Police.
  AMC MK II WP (USA, 1918-1943)
  This smooth, barrel-shaped grenade scattered white phos-
  phorus particles when it exploded. These fragments ignited
  instantly on contact with air and burned anyone they hit (at
  around 5,000°F). The burning WP also almost instanta-
  neously created a cloud of thick, white smoke. The 5-yard-
  radius cloud dispersed quickly when the WP stopped burn-
  ing after about a minute. Water won’t extinguish WP, but if
  a WP warhead burst underwater, the fragments wouldn’t dis-
  perse properly and there would be no smoke. This relatively
  seldom-seen grenade was officially only used as a smoke-
  screen device by the U.S. military, but knowledge of the
  effect of burning phosphorous on living targets wasn’t lost
  on the users . . .
  AMC MK II (USA, 1920-1942)
  After WWI, the U.S. military copied the contemporary
  French-issue grenade, the Grenade Défensive F1 Mle 1916,
  which they had used during the war. The MK II had a deeply
  serrated oval body similar to that of the Mills bomb. The
  nickname “Pineapple Grenade” was obvious; during the
  1920s and 1930s it was also used by gangsters, leading to the
  nickname “Chicago Pineapple.” See John Milius’ Dillinger
  for a demonstration; In Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables,
  the roles are reversed when Treasury agent Eliot Ness uses a
  MK II on one of Al Capone’s men. The grenade was also
  exported, for example to Bolivia, which used it in the Chaco
  War. A wooden box holding 25 weighed 55 lbs.
  FLAMETHROWERS
  We had . . . a pair of military flamethrowers of the sort used
  in the World War, in case it proved partly material and suscep-
  tible of mechanical destruction . . .
  – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Shunned House” (1924)
  Flamethrowers had proven terribly effective during
  trench fighting in WWI, but were quickly removed from
  service in peacetime. Only a few militaries had some of these
  devices during the pulp era, confined to special chemical
  warfare or combat engineering units. However, pulp adven-
  turers battling the usual supernatural evils will always find
  good use for them, and therefore might want to track some
  down . . . Unlike firearms, flamethrowers were entirely
  uncontrolled items (effective LC4) in most countries, including
  in the USA and the United Kingdom, in the inter-war period.
  Note that they add +4 to Intimidation rolls!
  Schilt Number 3 (France, 1917-1918)
  Designed by a Captain Schilt, this Lance-Flamme (“flame-
  thrower”) was the standard backpack flamethrower used dur-
  ing WWI and afterwards by the French military. More than
  1,150 were produced. Small numbers were also employed by
  the British and U.S. forces. The latter didn’t employ many
  flame weapons and quickly phased them completely out of
  service in the early 1920s. (In fact the U.S. military establish-
  ment of the 1920s and 1930s was violently opposed to
  flamethrowers and completely denied their usefulness.)
  The Schilt Number 3 had a 3.6-gallon flame oil tank and
  used carbon dioxide to discharge it in up to eight 1-second
  bursts. The chemical ignition system at the muzzle, once
  ignited, would burn for 8 minutes. Once it burned out, the
  flamethrower could no longer fire even if it had fuel left in the
  tank, until the ignition tube was replenished (which took 10
  seconds). The ignition flame on the end of the 4’ flame gun
  (called a “lance”) could be used in melee as well, using Spear-
  1 skill (Dmg 1d+3 burn, Reach 1, 2*).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  31
  The Flamethrower-
  SMG
  Although this unique weapon first appeared in WWII, it
  is included here because of its obvious applications for pulp
  hunters of the supernatural. The technology for its con-
  struction certainly already existed during the 1920s and
  1930s, allowing earlier introduction by a Gadgeteer or in an
  alternate history.
  Kuusinen LH/44 (Finland, 1944)
  Designed by a Sergeant Kuusinen, the Liekinheitin malli
  44 (“flamethrower model 1944”) consisted of a back-
  mounted tank holding unthickened fuel and a flame gun
  mounted below a Tikkakoski KP/31 submachine gun (High-
  Tech, pp. 122, 124, and High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1,
  pp. 30-31), which gave the gunner the choice between
  flames and bullets; use the flamethrower’s Bulk for the
  combination. Less than a dozen of these saw combat trials
  in 1944 (GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell, p. 34); the design was
  never adopted or mass-produced.
  The LH/44 consisted of a 47-lb. backpack assembly,
  which held 2.6 gallons of flame oil and the nitrogen to pro-
  pel it, and the 5.5-lb. flame gun and hose mounted below
  the SMG (the latter adds 11.1 lbs. empty plus whatever
  magazine is used). It used a single acetylene flame for igni-
  tion. Once ignited this couldn’t be switched off until burned
  out after 8 minutes, so that the operator could effectively
  use the weapon only for one engagement – but then for a
  large number of short bursts. The ignition flame under the
  muzzle of the 2.8’ submachine gun could be used in melee
  as well, using Spear-1 skill (Dmg 1d-1 burn, Reach 1). In
  action, the weapon proved unreliable (Malf. 16) and clumsy
  to use.
  
  HAG WEX17 (Germany, 1917-1918)
  The most advanced portable flamethrower of WWI was the
  Wechselapparat Modell 1917 (“interchangeable apparatus
  model 1917”), so called because its fuel
  tank and other components could be
  quickly exchanged. It was produced
  by the Hanseatische Apparatebau-
  Gesellschaft, and it is estimated that
  over a thousand were made. From
  1920, the German military was for-
  bidden to possess flame weapons of
  any kind, and surrendered many hun-
  dreds. A considerable number were
  stored in secret, however, and might
  pop up in the hands of German forces
  even in the early 1930s. In WWII, the
  British based their own design, the
  famous Life-Buoy No.2 Mk I (GURPS
  WWII, p. 99) on it.
  The WEX17 had a doughnut-shaped 2.9-gallon flame oil
  tank with a sphere inside the ring which held the nitrogen to
  discharge it. Blauöl (“blue oil”), the standard German fuel, also
  produced thick, black smoke for cover.
  The hotter-burning Gelböl (“yellow
  oil”) generated only little smoke and
  was used for “sneak attacks” seeking
  to avoid the otherwise inevitable
  artillery counterstrike (Dmg 3d+3
  burn, Range 10/25). The chemical
  ignition system at the muzzle of the
  flame-gun, once ignited, would burn
  for 90 seconds. Each operator was
  issued three igniters in a belt pouch
  (exchanging one took four seconds).
  The ignition flame on the end of the
  3.6’ flame gun could be used in melee,
  using Spear-1 skill (Dmg 1d+3 burn,
  Reach 1, 2*).
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  32
  . . . he was about to start home with four fine new dogs, and
  several cases of ammunition for his big-game repeating rifle.
  – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Whisperer in Darkness” (1931)
  See High-Tech, pp. 176-177, for all calibers and cartridges
  not listed here.
  Rifles and Machine Guns
  Name
  WPS
  CPS
  .22 Hornet (5.6¥35mmR)
  0.015
  $0.5
  .22 Winchester Automatic (5.6¥35mmR)
  0.015
  $0.5
  .22 Savage High-Power (5.6¥52mmR)
  0.042
  $1
  .240 Nitro Express (6.2¥63mmB)
  0.055
  $1
  .250 Savage (6.5¥49mm)
  0.04
  $0.8
  .25 Remington (6.5¥52mm)
  0.042
  $0.8
  .25-35 Winchester (6.5¥52mmR)
  0.042
  $0.8
  6.5¥54mm Mauser
  0.044
  $0.8
  6.5¥54mm Mannlicher-Schönauer
  0.053
  $0.8
  .270 Winchester (7¥65mm)
  0.056
  $1
  .275 Rigby Magnum (7.2¥63mmR)
  0.053
  $1.2
  Rifles and Machine Guns
  (Continued)
  Name
  WPS
  CPS
  .275 H&H Magnum (7.2¥64mmB)
  0.066
  $1.2
  .300 Savage (7.62¥47mm)
  0.053
  $1
  .303 Savage (7.62¥51mm)
  0.054
  $1
  .300 H&H Magnum (7.62¥72mmB)
  0.074
  $1.5
  8¥51mm Mauser
  0.05
  $0.9
  8¥60mm Mauser
  0.054
  $1
  .32 Winchester Special (8.1¥52mmR)
  0.047
  $1
  .318 Nitro Express (8.38¥60mm)
  0.068
  $1.2
  .350 Rigby Magnum (8.7¥70mmR)
  0.075
  $3
  .351 Winchester (8.9¥29mmSR)
  0.041
  $0.8
  9¥19mm Glisenti
  0.029
  $0.3
  9¥56mm Mannlicher-Schönauer
  0.068
  $1.2
  9¥57mm Mauser
  0.065
  $1
  9.3¥62mm Mauser
  0.072
  $1.2
  .38-55 Winchester (9.6¥54mmR)
  0.057
  $0.9
  .38-72 Winchester (9.6¥66mmR)
  0.065
  $1
  AMMUNITION TABLES
  Flamethrowers Table
  See pp. B268-271 for an explanation of the statistics.
  LIQUID PROJECTOR (FLAMETHROWER) (DX-4 or other Liquid Projector-4)
  TL Weapon
  Damage
  Range
  Weight
  RoF
  Shots
  ST
  Bulk
  Cost
  LC
  Notes
  6
  Schilt Number 3
  3d burn
  20/30
  65
  Jet
  8¥1s
  11†
  -8
  $1,500
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  HAG WEX17
  3d burn
  20/30
  55
  Jet
  18¥1s
  10†
  -8
  $2,000
  1
  [1, 2]
  6
  Kuusinen LH/44
  3d burn
  10/15
  63.6
  Jet
  25¥1s
  11†
  -8
  $2,000
  1
  [1, 3]
  Notes:
  [1] Effectively LC4 during the pulp era.
  [2] Takes two Ready maneuvers to prepare for firing.
  [3] Weight includes an empty KP/31 – add the weight of the magazine actually used (High-Tech, pp. 122, 124, and High-Tech:
  Pulp Guns, Volume 1, p. 31).
  
  Rifles and Machine Guns
  (Continued)
  Name
  WPS
  CPS
  .401 Winchester (10.3¥38mmSR)
  0.049
  $1
  .40-72 Winchester (10.3¥66mmR)
  0.072
  $1
  .405 Winchester (10.43¥66mmR)
  0.066
  $1
  .404 Nitro Express (10.75¥73mm)
  0.11
  $1.5
  11.35¥62mm Madsen
  0.1
  $1.5
  .500/450 Magnum Nitro Express (11.53¥83mmR)0.12
  $2
  12.7¥70mmRB Schüler (.500 Jeffrey)
  0.14
  $2
  Autocannon and Cannon
  Name
  WPS
  CPS
  20¥80mmRB Oerlikon
  0.44
  $8
  20¥100mmRB
  0.49
  $10
  20¥105mmB Solothurn
  0.64
  $10
  20¥125mm
  0.73
  $10
  57¥306mmR (6-pounder)
  9.7
  $45
  Grenade Launchers
  Name
  WPS
  CPS
  1” Manville (25.4¥97mmR)
  0.2
  $1
  PULP-ERA ORDNANCE
  33
  HIT THE BOOKS
  To find additional info on as well as illustrations of the
  firearms used during the pulp era, first turn to the bibliogra-
  phies found in High-Tech (pp. 247-248) and GURPS
  Cliffhangers (pp. 122-125). Many of the weapons found in
  High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 1 and High-Tech: Pulp Guns,
  Volume 2 can be located in the encyclopedic works listed there.
  You may also want to pick up a period catalog from a par-
  ticular manufacturer or, probably more useful, a large retailer
  such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Iver Johnson, Sears, Roebuck,
  A.F. Stoeger, etc. Many of the colorful quotes in High-Tech:
  Pulp Guns, Volume 1 and High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 2
  stem from such sales material. Catalogs always list period
  prices and many other details, and are well-illustrated as a rule.
  They often also feature ammunition, accessories, clothing,
  camping and exploration gear, and so on. Relatively cheap
  reprints are available from several publishers.
  If you want to do more serious research, the following
  books are just some of those that might be useful:
  Ballou, James. Rock in a Hard Place (Collector Grade, 2000).
  Extensively illustrated tome about the Browning Automatic
  Rifle and its variants.
  Goldsmith, Dolf. The Browning Machine Gun I (Collector
  Grade, 2005). First of three volumes on the Browning medium
  machine guns, concentrating on the types in use with the U.S.
  military, including the M1917 and M1919A4. The earlier Colt
  Model 1914 is also covered.
  Henwood, John. The Great Remington 8 and Model 81
  Autoloading Rifles (Collector Grade, 2003). Detailed treatise on
  that rifle family.
  Helmer, William. The Gun that Made the Twenties Roar (The
  Gun Room Press, 1969). Very well-written account of the
  Tommy gun’s history.
  Musgrave, Daniel, and Nelson, Thomas. The World’s
  Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns (Ironside International,
  1980). Follow-up to Nelson’s The World’s Submachine Guns
  (1963), especially noteworthy for its coverage of the many
  pulp-era machine pistols.
  Hill, Tracie (et al). Thompson: The American Legend
  (Collector Grade, 1996). Profusely illustrated and very detailed
  book on the Tommy gun, going so far as to list the serial num-
  bers of the entire 15,000-gun production run, with their known
  buyers.
  Swearengen, Thomas. The World’s Fighting Shotguns
  (Chesa, 1978). Lots of details about sawed-off and riot shot-
  guns.
  War Office. Textbook of Small Arms (London, 1929). An offi-
  cial manual on small arms available in the 1920s, highly tech-
  nical but useful. Available as reprint.
  Zhuk, Aleksandr. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handguns
  (Greenhill, 1995). Depicts practically all handguns available
  during the pulp era, including hundreds of copies and variants.
  MOVIES AND TELEVISION
  To see the guns in action, check the filmographies in High-
  Tech (p. 248) and GURPS Cliffhangers (p. 126). These list
  many of the visual references mentioned in High-Tech: Pulp
  Guns, Volume 1 and High-Tech: Pulp Guns, Volume 2. The
  others can easily be found using their titles and directors.
  
  AMC MK II, 30, 31.
  AMC MK II KJ, 30, 31.
  AMC MK II WP, 30, 31
  Ammunition tables, 32-33.
  AP bullets, 15.
  APX Mle 1916TRP, 28.
  Arisaka Meiji 38 Shiki Shoujuu, 9, 14.
  Autocannon, 15; ammunition, 33; table,
  26.
  Breda Mod 30, 25, 26.
  Browning M1917, 21, 26.
  Browning M1918 BAR, 11, 14.
  Browning M1919A4, 25-27.
  Browning M1921, 22-23, 26.
  BSA Lewis Mk I, 19, 26.
  Cannon, 27-28; ammunition, 33; table,
  28.
  Colt Model 1914, 18, 26.
  Cost modifiers for decorated guns, 4.
  CSRG Mle 1915 Chauchat, 20, 26.
  Assembling a gun, 5.
  Early liquid grenade launcher
  ammunition, 29.
  Electric machine gun, 27.
  Enfield M1917, 10-11, 14.
  Enfield SMLE Mk III, 9, 14.
  Federal Model 201-Z Gas Riot Gun, 28,
  29.
  FIAT-Revelli Mod 14, 18, 26.
  FIAT-Villar Perosa Mod 15, 19-20, 26.
  Flamethrowers, 31-32; table, 32.
  Flamethrower-SMG, 31.
  Greener Light Harpoon Gun Mk II, 12,
  14.
  Grenade launchers, 28-30; ammunition,
  29, 33; table, 28.
  Grenades, see Grenade Launchers, Hand
  Grenades.
  GURPS, 3, 4; All-Star Jam 2004, 16, 26;
  Cliffhangers, 3, 4, 6-8, 17, 19, 23, 26,
  33; Cthulhupunk, 13, 15; Cops, 3;
  Covert Ops, 3; Espionage, 3; High-
  Tech, 3-6, 8-13, 15-25, 27-33; High-
  Tech: Pulp Guns 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 15, 20,
  24, 29, 31-33; Horror, 3; Lands Out of
  Time, 3; Magic, 29; Martial Arts, 9;
  Mysteries, 3; Supers, 3; SWAT, 18;
  Who’s Who 2, 7, 8; WWII, 3, 23, 24, 26,
  27, 31; WWII: Doomed White Eagle, 6,
  11, 16, 18, 21; WWII: Frozen Hell, 7,
  11, 16, 17, 24, 27, 31; WWII: Grim
  Legions, 5, 15, 17, 18, 25; WWII: Iron
  Cross, 24, 25, 27; WWII: Michael’s
  Army, 6, 17, 23, 24; WWII: Motor
  Pool, 15, 17, 18, 22-24, 26, 27; WWII:
  Return to Honor, 18; WWII: Their
  Finest Hour, 24; WWII: Weird War II,
  15.
  H&H Best Quality Magazine Rifle, 10,
  14.
  H&H Royal Double-Express, 7, 14.
  HAG WEX17, 32.
  Hand grenades, 30-31; table, 30.
  Holland & Holland, see specific H&H
  weapons.
  Hollow-point bullets, 15.
  Hotchkiss 6-pdr 7-cwt Q.F. Mk II, 28.
  Hotchkiss Mk I, 20-21, 26.
  Hotchkiss Mle 1914, 18-19, 26.
  Ikaria-Oerlikon MG-FF, 26, 27.
  Incendiary bullets, 12.
  Kokura 97 Shiki Jidouhou, 15, 16.
  Kuusinen LH/44, 31, 32.
  Lebel Mle 1886, 4-5, 12.
  Lewis Mk I, 19, 26.
  Machine guns, 15-27; ammunition, 32;
  exotic ammunition, 15; table, 26.
  Madsen M/03, 15, 26.
  Mannlicher-Carcano Mod 91, 5, 12.
  Mannlicher-Schönauer Grosswildbüchse,
  13, 14.
  Mannlicher-Schönauer Modell 1903, 8,
  14.
  Manville Machine Gas Projector, 28-30.
  Mauser Gew98, 6, 12.
  Mauser Modell 10E, 12-14.
  Mauser Tank-Gewehr 18, 11, 14.
  Maxim MG08, 16, 26.
  Military surplus, 24.
  Mills Number 36M Mk I, 30.
  Muzzle blast tear gas rounds, 29.
  Nambu Taishou 11 Shiki Kikanjuu, 21-
  22, 26.
  Oerlikon Typ L, 22, 26.
  Reaction modifiers for decorated guns,
  4.
  Remington MK III, 28, 29.
  Remington Model 8, 8, 12.
  Remington Model 34, 13, 15.
  Rheinmetall 2cm FlAK30, 26, 27.
  Rifles, 4-15; ammunition, 32-33; exotic
  ammunition, 12; table, 14-15.
  Rigby Best Quality Double, 10, 14.
  Rigsby Electric Gun, 26, 27.
  SAPHE projectiles, 12.
  Savage Model 23A, 13, 15.
  Savage Model 45 Super, 13, 15.
  Savage Model 99A, 6, 12.
  Schilt Number 3, 31, 32.
  Sestrorests AVF-16, 10, 14.
  SIG KE7, 23, 26.
  SIG-Mondragon Mod 1908, 10, 14.
  Simson-Dreyse MG13, 25, 26.
  Soft-nosed bullets, 12.
  Springfield M1903, 8, 14.
  Stevens Number 14 1/2 Little Scout, 10,
  14.
  Steyr-Schwarzlose M.07/12, 17, 26.
  Steyr-Solothurn S2-200, 24, 26.
  Steyr-Solothurn S18-100, 13, 15.
  Stielhandgranate, 30.
  Take-down gun, assembling, 5.
  Tear gas muzzle blast rounds, 29.
  TOZ PM-1910, 16, 26.
  TOZ ShKAS, 26, 27.
  Tracer bullets, 12.
  Vickers Mk I, 17, 26.
  Vickers-Berthier Mk I, 23, 26.
  Walther Leuchtpistole, 28, 29.
  Webley & Scott No.1 Mk I, 28, 29.
  Winchester Model 03, 7, 14.
  Winchester Model 06, 8, 14.
  Winchester Model 07, 9-10, 14.
  Winchester Model 54 Sporter, 13, 15.
  Winchester Model 86 Extra Lightweight,
  6, 14.
  Winchester Model 92, 5, 14.
  Winchester Model 94, 5, 14.
  Winchester Model 95, 7, 14.
  Wooden bullets, 12.
  ZB ZB26, 23, 26.
  ZB ZH29, 13, 15.
  ZiD DP, 23-24, 26.
  INDEX
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