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Copyright Hans-Christian Vortisch 2001
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIREARMS TABLES
The tables are organised after the location of the manufacturer. This doesn't mean that some, or in fact many of the guns weren't used elsewhere. A look in the agent armament archives will shed some light on which weapons are used by which organisations today. Apart from that, do some research and/or use common sense. For instance, the standard rifle chambering of the US military during the first half of the 20th century was 7.62×63mm (.30-06 Springfield). It should be obvious that the 7×57mm Colt-Browning MG38 machine gun was not used by the US, but exported to countries that employed that calibre (such as Mexico). The notation "x" under Notes will often give some clues if that weapon is typically used in-country or not.
Calibre
The metric system is used for presentation of the various chamberings. While this doesn't always comply with popular usage, it was done for comparison and a better understanding of the power of the individual rounds. Besides, the imperial system is shite - go metric now!
Nevertheless, you will find a comparative list of metric/imperial designations further below.
Action
auto full-automatic fire only
bolt bolt-action
break break-open
multi multi-barrel
muzzle muzzle-loading
pump pump-action
rev revolver
selective selective fire
semi semi-automatic fire only
S/P selectable semi-automatic or pump-action
Rate of Fire (RoF)
The reader will note that Rate of Fire (RoF) has been slightly adjusted. The original rules only allowed 20-round bursts. This was clearly a result of the original rules only featuring 11.43×23mm Auto-Ordnance M1921 Tommy Guns and 7.62×63mm Colt-Browning M1918 BARs, both of which use 20-round magazines. Cthulhu Now doesn't specify how many shots can be fired in per turn, but makes the assumption that one complete magazine can be emptied per turn. However, actual cyclic rates and magazine capacities of automatic guns vary considerably, a fact which was acknowledged in Delta Green by giving the MAC-Ingram M11 RoF 25 and the General Electric M134 minigun RoF 33.
Now, in reality, the M1918 BAR fires 9 shots per second (20-round magazine), the M1921 13 shots per second (20-100-round magazine), the M11 more than 20 shots per second (32-round magazine) and the M134 typically 66 shots per second (usually 4,000-round belt).
It was therefore decided to allow for both higher and lower RoF-stats, the standard RoF 20 being reserved for cyclic rates between 9-11 shots per second.
Guns with burst-limiters can deliver as many bursts as they can fire single shots. A 9×19mm MP5A5 submachine gun can thus fire two single shots, two 3-round bursts or one full automatic burst per turn. The notation in the tables is 2×2 for 2-round bursts and 2×3 for 3-round bursts.
Base Range
Unfortunately, the rules for the base ranges of firearms in Call of Cthulhu are pretty broken. For example, the original rules used 20 yards for the 11.43×23mm Auto-Ordnance M1921 Tommy Gun, while Cthulhu Now introduced a 40 yard base range for submachine guns. The 5th edition rules can't decide and use both, while Delta Green opted for 20 yards. The author tried to streamline this, with handguns having ranges from 5-20 metres (depending on barrel length), submachine guns 40 (except for machine pistols and sound-suppressed guns), carbines between 55-90 metres (depending on barrel length), rifles 110, long-range rifles 150 and heavy machine guns 200.
Year
Denotes the time of actual production (ie, actual availability), rather than the year of design or adoption. "xxxx-xxxx" indicates that production has ceased, "xxxx-" means that it is still made to the best of the author's knowledge. Most guns tend to show up for decades even after the end of their production.
Notes
B belt (feed device)
b bipod
(b) some have a bipod
C barrel cluster (feed device)
c charger or clip (feed device); most can also be loaded with loose cartridges
(c) usually loaded with a charger, but the magazine is detachable, allowing quicker loading
D drum (feed device)
e no shoulder stock
(e) detachable shoulder stock
f folding or retractable shoulder stock
(f) some have a folding stock
g optional shoulder stock
(g) burst fire is ONLY possible with stock attached
i individual rounds (feed device)
L built-in targeting laser
m heavy mount (trailer or vehicle)
o prepared for/issued with optional sound suppressor
P pan magazine (a flat drum lying on the gun)
p pintle
R revolver (feed device)
S strip (feed device)
s integral sound suppressor
t tripod
u underbarrel weapon
v scope
w water-cooled
x made exclusively or primarily for export
+5% the weapon is a short-barrelled shotgun and receives +5% to Shotgun skill
+10% the weapon is a very-short-barrelled shotgun and receives +10% to Shotgun skill
Calibre Designations
5.45×18mm
5.45×39mm M-74
5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington
5.6×16mmR .22 Long Rifle
5.66×39mm
5.7×28mm FN
5.8×42mm
6.16×51mm .243 Winchester
6.35×16mmSR Browning .25 Automatic Colt Pistol
6.5×50mmSR Arisaka
6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
6.5×55mm Mauser
7×57mm Mauser
7.35×51mm Carcano
7.5×54mm MAS
7.5×55mm GP 11
7.62×25mm Tokarev
7.62×33mm .30 M1
7.62×39mm M-47
7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester
7.62×51mmR .30-30 Winchester
7.62×52mm .30 Remington
7.62×54mmR Mosin-Nagant
7.62×59mmR .30-40 Krag
7.62×63mm .30-06 Springfield
7.62×66mmB .300 Winchester Magnum
7.63×25mm Mauser ".30 Mauser"
7.65×17mmSR Browning .32 Automatic Colt Pistol
7.65×20mm Browning Long
7.65×21mm Parabellum ".30 Luger"
7.65×23mmR .32 Long Colt
7.65×53mm Mauser
7.7×56mmR .303 British
7.7×58mm Arisaka
7.92×33mm Kurz
7.92×57mm Mauser
7.92×94mm
7.92×107mm
8×21mm Nambu
8×27mmR Lebel
8×50mmR Mannlicher
8×51mmR Lebel
8×56mmR Mannlicher
8×58mmR Krag
8×59mm Breda
8×63mm Bofors
8.6×70mm .338 Lapua Magnum
9×17mm Kurz .380 Automatic Colt Pistol
9×18mm Makarov
9×19mm Parabellum
9×20mmR .38 S&W
9×20mmSR Browning Long
9×21mm Gyurza
9×22mm .357 SIG
9×22mmR Japanese Revolver
9×23mm Steyr
9×23mmSR .38 Super Auto
9×25mm Mauser
9×26mmR .38 Long Colt
9×29mmR .38 Special
9×33mmR .357 Magnum
9×35mm .351 Winchester
9×39mm
9×49mm .35 Remington
9.5×74mmB .378 Weatherby Magnum
10×21mm .40 Smith & Wesson
10×25mm Auto
10.35×20mmR Italian
10.56×72mmB .416 Weatherby Magnum
10.97×33mmR .44 Magnum
11×33mmR .44-40 Winchester
11.35×62mm Madsen
11.43×23mm .45 Automatic Colt Pistol
11.43×33mmR .45 Long Colt
11.5×19mmR .455 Webley
11.6×64mmB .458 Winchester Magnum
11.68×74mmB .460 Weatherby Magnum
12.7×53mm Anthis
12.7×81mm .50 Vickers
12.7×99mm .50 Browning
12.7×108mm Degtyarev ".51 Soviet"
13×64mmB Rheinmetall
13.2×99mm Hotchkiss
13.9×99mm .55 Boys
14.5×114mm Degtyarev
15×96mm Mauser
15×104mm
15.2×76mmR .600 Nitro Express
15.6×63mmR 20-gauge
16.8×70mmR 16-gauge
18.5×70mmR 12-gauge
18.5×76mmR 12-gauge Magnum
19.7×89mmR 10-gauge Magnum
20×80mmRB MG-FF
20×82mm Mauser
20×105mmB Solothurn
20×110mm Hispano-Suiza
20×110mmRB Oerlikon S
20×120mm Madsen
20×124mm
20×138mmB Solothurn
25×137mm Oerlikon
30×113mmB DEFA
30×173mm Oerlikon
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