Gear: World War II Guns

Guns

Break Action Pistols

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
FP-45 Liberator, .45 ACP9-¼+0s1-1+0-1-4+1010060-10½+120.45|0.0182|0.06

  • FP-45 Liberator: A simple, single shot pistol designed for extreamly low price, produced by the U.S. for use by partisans fighting the Axis behind enemy lines. The grip could store an additional five rounds of ammunition, but this was not a magazine – each round had to be hand loaded into the breach. The barrel was smoothbore, making this pistol highly inaccurate.

Revolvers

All the revolvers listed are double action, pulling the trigger rotates the barrel, cocks the hammer, and then fires the gun. This results in a heavier trigger, affecting accuracy, so most double action revolvers could also be fired single action. If fired single action, ROF decreases to 1, but Aim increases by 1.

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
Colt New Service, .45 Colt10-¼+016+½+1-1-1+1910070-10½+121.2|0.130|0.35
Nagant, 7.62mm11-1¼+0s7+0+1-3-2+1980100-12+120.8|0.0640|0.2
Webley Revolver, .455 Webley7.5-¼+0s6+½+1-2-1+1912045-10½+121.2|0.1230|0.4
S&W Model 30, .32 Long5.5-1+0s6-½+0-5-3+196070-12+110.6|0.0330|0.1
S&W Model 10, .38 Special7.5-¾+0s6+0+1-3-1+198060-11½+110.8|0.0630|0.2
S&W Model 17, .22 LR8-2¼+0s6+0+1-5-3+1970100-13+110.6|0.0225|0.07
Colt M1917, .45 ACP9-¼+0s6+½+1-1-1+1910060-10½+121.2|0.130|0.35

  • Colt New Service, Model 1909: A heavy frame revolver used as a U.S. military service revolver.
  • Nagant M1895: This curious revolver has a unique gas seal – when the gun is cocked, the cylinder moves forward to close the gap between the cylinder and the barrel. This allows the Nagant to be one of the few revolvers that can be suppressed, while also allowing for a faster bullet and less hassle from black powder loads. This does, however, make reloading awkward, with each cartridge case needing to be individually extracted (1 action each), and each round inserted individually (1 action each). The Nagant was used by the Soviet Union throughout the war.
  • Webley Revolver: This was the standard service pistol for the United Kingdom.
  • Smith & Wesson Model 30: A small double-action revolver from the early and mid 20th Century, designed for concealed carry.
  • Smith & Wesson Model 10: A mid-sized double-action revolver that was the most popular handgun of the 20th Century, where it was the standard police revolver in most of the U.S. as well as the U.S. army. Snub-nosed versions of this revolver would have Bulk -½ and Aim +0.
  • Smith & Wesson Model 17: A double-action revolver chambered for the .22 Long Rifle round, for target practice and small animal hunting.
  • Colt M1917: This large frame revolver was designed for and used by the U.S. Army.

Semi-automatic Pistols

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
Mauser C96, 7.63mm10-1¼+0s10+1+½+2-3-1+1980100-12+121.2|0.140|0.25
Nambu, 8mm9-1+0s8+1+0+2-3-1+198070-12+110.8|0.0840|0.2
Walther P38, 9mm P10-¾+0s8+1+0+2-2-1+1980100-11½+121|0.140|0.25
Compact Pistol, .32 ACP6-1+0s8+1-½+1-4-2+198060-12+100.7|0.0635|0.18
      .380 ACP6.5-¾+0s8+1-½+1-3-2+196070-11½+110.8|0.0735|0.2
      .38 ACP10-¾+0s8+1-½+1-2-1+198080-11½+121|0.135|0.3
Colt M1911, .45 ACP9-¼+0s7+1+0+2-1-1+1910060-10½+121.2|0.1540|0.4
TT-30, 7.62mm Tokarev10-1¼+0s8+1-½+1-3-2+1910080-12+120.8|0.0840|0.2
Type 94, 8mm Nambu9-1+0s6+1-½+1-3-2+198070-12+110.7|0.0640|0.15
Plinking Pistol, .22 LR8-2¼+0s10+1+0+2-5-1+1970100-13+111|0.0425|0.12

  • Mauser C96: This pistol is distinctive for having its magazine in front of the trigger rather than in the grip. The shape of its grip gave it the nickname "broomhandle". It is one of the earlier semi-automatic pistols, in common use in the first half of the 20th Century, and was quite popular during its day seeing military service in many of the tearly century's wars, rebellions, and colonial actions.
  • Nambu Pistol: The Nambu was a pistol in military service by Imperial Japan.
  • Walther P38: The service pistol of the German armoed forces.
  • Compact Pistol: These are any of a variety of compact pistols for concealed carry and common in the early and middle 20th century, such as the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (.32 ACP) and the similarly named Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer (.38 ACP), or the Beretta M1934 (.380 ACP) and Beretta M1935 (.32 ACP).
  • Colt M1911: A service pistol for the U.S. military.
  • Tokarev TT-30: A service pistol of the Soviet military.
  • Type 94 Nambu: A semi-auto pistol used by the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • Plinking Pistol: This is one example of any number of .22 caliber pistols popular for target shooting or hunting small animals.

Submachine Guns

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
Thompson SMG, .45 ACP9-¼+0s, 1220+3½+5-3+0+2010060-10½+125|0.4200|1.2
Beretta Model 38, 9mm P10-¾+0s,1030+3½+5-4-1+2180100-11½+124|0.3550|1
MP 40, 9mm P10-¾+0930+3½+5-4-1+2080100-11½+124|0.3515|1
Lanchester, 9mm P10-¾+0s, 1032+3½+5-4-1+2080100-11½+124.5|0.470|1
Sten, 9mm P10-¾+01032+3+5-4-2+1880100-11½+123|0.410|1
Owen, 9mm P10-¾+01232+3½+5-4-1+2080100-11½+124|0.430|1
M3 Grease Gun, .45 ACP9-¼+0832+2½+4-2+1+1810060-10½+123.5|0.715|1.8
PPSh-41, 7.62 Tokarev10-1¼+0s, 2035+3½+5-5-1+2010080-12+123.5|0.3520|1
PPS, 7.62 Tokarev10-1¼+01035+3½+5-5-2+1810080-12+123|0.3510|1
Type 100, 8mm Nambu9-1+0730+3½+5-5-1+208070-12+113.5|0.330|0.8

  • Thompson Submachine Gun: A.k.a. "Tommy gun", "trench sweeper", "trench broom", and "Chigago typewriter", the Thompson became available in the inter-war period, when it gained notariety by its use by organized crime. The complicated construction kept costs high and operation somewhat error-prone. It also accepts 30 round box magazines (0.6 kg, $1.8), 50 round drum magazines (1 kg, $3, +0.5 kg to weapon mass), and 100 round drum magazines (2 kg, $6, +2.5 kg to weapon mass).
  • Beretta Model 38: An Itallian submachine gun used by the Axis powers. It was known for its reliability and fine quality.
  • MP 40: or Maschinenpistole 40, this is a German submachine gun. It has a folding stock, with the stock folded decrease the Bulk and Aim by 1, and increase the RCL and Str by 1.
  • Lanchester Submachine Gun: A British submachine gun.
  • Sten Gun: A British submachine gun, known for its extreme simplicity of design and low production cost. As a consequence, it was rather less reliable and more delicate than more ruggedly constructed guns.
  • Owen Gun: An Australian submachine gun. It is known for being able to continue working even after extreme abuse.
  • M3 Grease Gun: A WWII-era U.S. submachine gun, with a low production cost due to the use of staped sheet metal and simplicity of design. It was initially plaugued by various common malfunctions in the field, although over time these were addressed to give it a not horrible reliability for such a cheap weapon. It was known for its quite operation when fitted with a suppressor. With the stock extended, it has +1 to Aim and Bulk, and -1 to RCL and Str.
  • PPSh-41: A Russian submachine gun with a very high rate of fire.
  • PPS: A Russian submachine gun, designed for very low cost. With its stock folded, it has -1 to Bulk and Aim, and +1 to RCL and Str.
  • Type 100: A Japanese submachine gun.

Bolt-action Rifles

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
Mosin-Nagant, 7.62×54mmR14+¾-215+1+4½+6-1-1+23250200-11½+154|0.1540|0.5
Lebel, 8mm15+1-219+1+5+7+0-1+23300180-11+154.5|0.2540|0.8
Carcano M91, 6.5x52mm MC18+½-216+1+5+7-1-1+23350180-11½+144|0.1540|0.45
Lee-Enfield, .303 British14+¾-2110+1+4½+6-1-1+23250180-11+154|0.2540|0.8
Jungle Carbine, .303 British14+¾-2110+1+4+6-1-2+23250180-11+153|0.340|0.8
M1903 Springfield, .30-0614+¾-214+1+4½+6-1-1+25250200-11½+154|0.1240|0.4
Type 38, 6.5×50mm Arisaka16+½-215+1+4½+6-1-1+23300200-11½+144|0.1240|0.35
Type 99, 7.7×58mm Arisaka15+¾-215+1+4½+6-1-1+23250180-11+153.5|0.1240|0.45
K98k, 7.92×57mm Mauser16+1-215+1+4½+6+0-1+23300200-11+154|0.1540|0.5

  • Mosin-Nagant: The Mosin-Nagant was developed in Czarist Russia and continued to be used by the Soviet Union.
  • Lebel: The French Lebel rifle was one of the first bolt action rifles in common military service.
  • Carcano M91: The Italian Carcano M91 saw use by Italy and various other powers.
  • Lee-Enfield: The British Lee-Enfield rifle was a mainstay of the British forces.
  • Jungle Carbine: The jungle carbine is a cut-down and stripped-down Lee-Enfield rifle used by British forces during the latter part of the war.
  • M1903 Springfield: Old M1903 stocks from the first world war were still issued to some American troops because of a shortage of M1 Garands. It was known for its accuracy, and made a good sniper rifle.
  • Type 38: A Japanese service rifle used by imperial Japanese forces. It was commonly used with a bayonet.
  • Type 99: A Japanese service rifle intended to replace the Type 38, but which instead was used alongside of it due to insufficient supplies. It fired a larger and more powerful cartridge, which was found to be more effective.
  • Karabiner 98 kurz: The standard service rifle of the German Wehrmacht.

Auto-loading Rifles

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
M2 Carbine, .30 Carbine8+¾-2s15+1+3½+5-3-2+21180150-11½+132.5|0.2545|0.7
M1 Garand, .30-0614+¾-2s8+1+4½+6-1-1+22250200-11½+154.5|0.380|0.8
SVT-40, 7.62×54mmR14+¾-2s10+1+4½+6-1-1+22250200-11½+154|0.3580|1
StG44, 7.92×33mm Kurz10+1-2s, 1030+1+4+6-2+0+22180180-11+145|0.630|1.8
G43, 7.92×57mm Mauser16+1-2s10+1+4½+6+0-1+22300200-11+154.5|0.480|1

  • M2 Carbine: A light weapon issued by the US to troops away from the front and vehicle crews.
  • M1 Garand: A US front line infantry rifle.
  • SVT-40: A Russian battle rifle.
  • Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44): The first practical assault rifle to see widespread use. used by the Germans.
  • Gewehr 43: A German battle rifle.

Shotguns

While there are many more varieties of civilian shotguns in use than are listed here, this covers the most common and most innovative, with a focus on those used in combat.

DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
Sporting Pump Shotgun, 12 Ga.12+1+015+1+4½+6+0-1+1780100-10+144|0.230|0.7
Browning Auto-5, 12 Ga.12+1+0s5+1+4½+6+0-1+1780100-10+143.5|0.280|0.7
Trench Gun, 12 Ga.12+1+015+1+3½+5+0-2+1780100-10+143|0.230|0.7

  • Sporting Pump Shotgun: There are many models of sporting shotguns, with broadly similar game states. Examples include the Winchester Model 1897, Winchester Model 1912, and Ithica 37. In the United States and many other countries, shotguns used to hunt birds are limited by law to be unable to hold no more than three shells at a time. Consequently, many sportsman's shotguns have a rod in the magazine that prevents more than two shells from fitting; combined with an additional shell in the chamber this allows three shots before reloading.
  • Browning Auto-5: The first semi-automatic shotgun.
  • Trench Gun: A short barreled combat shotgun.

Shotshells

DescriptionPenWoundAPShotSpreadDASpeed
Buckshot, 12 Gauge5.5-1+0+3½+1135100
Gooseshot, 12 Gauge2.8-3+0+6½+1118100
Duckshot, 12 Gauge2.2-4+0+7½+1115100
Doveshot, 12 Gauge1.6-5+0+8¾+1110100

    Light Machine Guns

    Light machine guns are machine guns that can be transported and operated by a single person. While they can be fired from the shoulder or from the hip, they are practically uncontrollable that way and are usually fired from a bipod. The listed stats assume a bipod, without one, increase both RCL and Str by +4.

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    BAR, .30-0614+¾-2s, 1020+4½+6+1-3+22250200-11½+157|0.7350|2
    Type 11, 6.5×50mm Arisaka16+½-2830+4½+6+1-2+22300200-11½+1410|0.8500|2
    FM 24, 7.5×54mm French14+¾-2s, 725+4½+6+1-2+22250200-11½+158|0.8450|2.5
    ZB vz. 26, 7.92×57mm Mauser16+1-2820+4½+6+1-2+22300200-11+1510|0.8500|2
    DP-28, 7.62×54mmR14+¾-2947+4½+6+1-2+22250200-11½+1510|1.8450|4.5
    Lahti-Saloranta M/26, 7.62mmR14+¾-2s, 920+4½+6+0-2+25250200-11½+1510|0.7450|2
    Breda 30, 6.5x52mm MC18+½-2s, 820+1+4½+6+0-2+22350180-11½+1410|0.6500|1.5
    Type 96, 6.5×50mm Arisaka16+½-2s, 930+4+6+1-2+22300200-11½+148|0.8450|2
    Type 97, 7.7×58mm Arisaka15+¾-2820+4½+6+1-2+22250180-11+1512|0.6600|1.8
    Type 99, 7.7×58mm Arisaka15+¾-2930+4½+6+1-2+22250180-11+1510|1500|2.5
    Bren, .303 British14+¾-2930+4½+6+0-2+22250180-11+1512|1600|2.5
    M1941 Johnson, .30-0614+¾-2s,5-1520+1+4½+6+1-4+22250200-11½+156|0.7300|2

    • Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR): An American heavy rifle designed for autofire to allow it to serve in a light machine gun role.
    • Type 11: A Imperial Japanese machine gun. It is fed from a top-mounted hopper system that can accept ammo clips from the Type 38 rifle, so that any soldier can supply ammunition to the gun. The hopper feed also allowed dirt and debris to enter the gun, limiting its reliability.
    • FM 24: A French machine gun.
    • ZB vz. 26: A Czech machine gun used by several countries during the Second World War, notably Nazi Germany and the Chinese Red Army.
    • DP-28: A Soviet machine gun.
    • Lahti-Saloranta M/26: A light machine gun used by the Finns during the Winter War. This gun was known for its accuracy, but also for its mechanical complexity and cumbersome nature.
    • Breda 30: An Italian light machine gun, fed by a charcteristic box magazine inserted into its right side.
    • Type 96: A Japanese light machine gun.
    • Type 97: A Japanese machine gun mounted on tanks.
    • Type 99: An Imerial Japanese light machine gun designed to replace the Type 96, although both remained in service through the end of the war.
    • Bren: A British light machine gun.
    • M1941 Johnson: An American machine gun. It had an adjustable rate of fire on automatic fire, as well as a semi-automatic mode.

    Medium Machine Guns

    Medium machine guns are machine guns light enough to be carried by one person and moved around the battlefield, but which are usually operated by a crew of two or three (generally a gunner, an assistent gunner who helps with linking ammunition chains together and changing barrels, and possible a spotter). They were typically fired from a tripod, but lacked water cooling for their barrels, opting for quick-change barrels instead. Rotating through two or three barrels, often changed each time a belt of ammunition was exhausted, would allow all the barrels to cool sufficiently to be rotated through indefinitely.

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    M1919, .30-0614+¾-28250+5+7-9-6+22250200-11½+1515|7600|25
    SG-43, 7.62×54mmR14+¾-210250+4½+6-9-6+22250200-11½+1515|7600|25

    • M1919: A U.S. machine gun.
    • SG-43: A Soviet machine gun.

    General Purpose Machine Guns

    General purpose machine guns are machine guns that can fill the roles of a light machine gun (with a bipod, for performing infantry assaults), a medium machine gun (with a tripod, for sustained fire), an air defense machine gun, or a vehicular machine gun. The listed stats assume a bipod; for a tripod reduce RCL and Str by another -5.

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    MG 34, 7.92mm Mauser16+1-2s,14250+4½+6+1-2+22300200-11+1512|8500|25
    MG 42, 7.92mm Mauser16+1-220250+4½+6+1-2+22300200-11+1512|8500|25

    • MG 34: A German machine gun.
    • MG 42: A German machine gun.

    Heavy Machine Guns

    The term "heavy machine gun" can refer to two different classes of weapon. They can be machine guns designed for long duration sustained fire, usually with a water cooling jacket around the barrel. They were fired from a tripod, and were too weighty and cumbersome to be moved around the battlefield. Rather they were set up at fixed defensive emplacements. They generally had a crew of two or three soldiers. These weapons would usually use the same ammunition as the service rifles of the day, for ease of logistics.

    The second category covers machine guns firing much larger bullets than typical rifle cartridges, both in caliber and power. These weapons give increased range, improved penetration, and increased destructive power against vehicles, structures, and cover.

    Emplaced Heavy Machine Guns

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    Reibel, 7.5mm French14+¾-28150+4+6-9-7+22250200-11½+1512|4500|15
    Type 92, 7.7mm17+¾-2830+4½+6-8-2+22300180-11+1560|12k|3
    Breda M37, 8×59mm RB Breda17+1-2820+4½+6-8-5+22300200-11+1520|0.8700|2.5

    • Reibel: A French machine gun, used on tanks and fortifications.
    • Type 92: A machine gun for the Imperial Japanese Army.
    • Breda M37: An Itallian machine gun. Its tripod masses an extra 20 kg.

    High Caliber Heavy Machine Guns

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoBulkAimRCLStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    M2 Browning, .50 BMG28+2-2s,8250+5½+7-4-3+22400250-9½+1840|351.5k|120
    DShK, 12.7×108mm Sov.32+2-21050+5½+7-4-4+22450200-9½+1835|71.5k|25

    • M2 Browning: A U.S. machine gun. With a tripod, it weighs in at 60 kg. Light-weight models were made for aircraft, at 30 kg each.
    • DShK: A Soviet machine gun. With a standard wheeled mounting, it clocks in at a mass of 160 kg.

    Autocannons

    Autocannons are high caliber, crew-served firearms that automatically load their ammunition, often allowing near machine gun rates of fire. All the autocannons listed below use armor piercing (AP), armor piercing incendiary (API), high explosive (HE), or high explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds. AP and API rounds have an additional -4 to the AP score. HE and HEI cause explosions as listed for the caliber of shells launched by the cannon. Anything with incendiary effects (API and HEI) will cause an additional Pen 2d6 RS-7 Burn damage with the same Wound Score of the round. The Temperature Score of the incendiary effect is +7, and continues for 10 combat rounds. If the projectile initially pierces armor, the incendiary effect occurs inside the target and armor does not protect.

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoAimStrSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    Oerlikon L70, 20mm30+3½-2860+8-1+22450200-8½+19702k
    Oerlikon L85, 20mm35+3½-21560+8+0+22450250-8½+201003k
    Oerlikon FF, 20mm25+3½-2960+7 +22450150-8½+1825700
    Oerlikon FF L, 20mm28+3½-2960+7 +22450180-8½+1930800
    Oerlikon FF F, 20mm30+3½-2860+7 +22450200-8½+19401.2k
    MG FF cannon, 20mm20+3½-2960+7 +22400150-8½+1825800
    Vickers 40mm Class S Gun32+5¾-4¾215+9 +22600150-6+201504.5k
    Bofors 25 mm M/3212+5¾-236/6+9 +22200200-6+2060018k
    Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun48+5¾-224+11 +22800200-6+222k60k

    • Oerlikon L series: A family of autocannons common for use as anti-aircraft guns aboard ships, armored vehicles, and fortifications. Twin and quad mounts of these cannons were common.
    • Oerlikon FF series: These were autocannons designed for fixed mounts on aircraft, with the L and F variants firing the same projectile from a more powerful cartridge. The Imperial Japanese Navy's Type 99 cannon was of this design.
    • MG FF cannon: A German aircraft mounted autocannon.
    • Vickers 40mm Class S Gun: A British aircraft autocannon.
    • Bofors 25 mm M/32: A WWII Sweedish anti-aurcraft gun, served by a crew of four, and exported around the world. It is fed from twin 6-round side-by-side magazines, allowing continuous fire as the empty magazine could be replaced white the gun was feeding from the other. A twin gun variant had a total mass of 1100 kg.
    • Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun: A WWII anti-aircraft gun used by both Allied and Axis forces. It has a crew of four. Many were fitted with a sophisticated electronic sighting system that corrected for target speed, range, and weather conditions (allows the gunner to ignore the hit penalties from the Speed attribute). A typical carriage for the gun would itself mass 500 kg.

    Autocannon Shells

    DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
        — 20mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation6-1+0+1+025+17
              Blast-3½ RS(7)-2½-1[-8]
              Contact4+5½(7)
        — 25mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation6-1+0+2+025+19
              Blast-4 RS(7)-1½+0[-8½]
              Contact5+6¼(7)
        — 40mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation6-1+0+4+025+21
              Blast-1½ RS(7)-1+1[-7½]
              Contact8+7½(7)

    Anti-Tank Launchers

    DescriptionPenWoundAPBulkAimStrBBRSBRPBSpreadMaxSpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    Panzerfaust+4+6-3+161007-3+135150
               Jet160+7¾-10+23
               Blast-½ RS(7)+0+2[-6½]
               Contact15+9(7)
               Backblast-9 RS+102
    Bazooka+5+7-3+870020-5+156180
               Jet70+5-10+22
               Blast-2 RS(7)+0+2[-8]
               Contact12+8¼(7)
               Backblast-9 RS+102

    • Panzerfaust: A single use anti-tank grenade launcher used by Nazi Germany. It was a fairly short-range device, fortunately for the user tanks are pretty big targets!
    • Bazooka: An American re-useable rocket launcher, for shooting anti-tank grenades. It is typically served by a crew of two – a gunner and a loader.

    Recoilless Guns

    Recoilless weapons vent backblast out the back of the weapon to act as a rocket that counteracts the recoil of the projectile. This allows the gun to be much lighter than traditional artillery systems of the same caliber. Projectiles can be armor piercing (-4 to AP) or shells, with the given follow-up effects. Shells can be fused to detonate on impact before penetration, on impact after full penetration, or after a certain distance. Allied shells can detonate at a certain altitude, or on a proximity fuse (treat any target as having a minimum Size for the purpose of hitting it, but the detonation occurs at a distance given by the Range Score for that Size).

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAmmoAimSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 4050+7¾-21/31+5+181.5k80-4½+22150|254.5k
    10.5cm Recoilless Gun60+8½-21/31+8+181.8k80-3½+23500|6015k

    • 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40: One of the first recoilless weapons, the Leichtgeschütz 40 was designed to be dropped by parachute along with airborne troops.
    • 10.5cm Recoilless Gun: Guns of this size were used by both sides during the later part of the war.

    Recoilless Shells

    DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
        — 7.5cm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+23
              Blast-½ RS(7)+½+3[-8]
              Contact15+9½(7)
        — 10.5cm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+25
              Blast+0 RS(7)+1+3[-6]
              Contact20+10¼(7)

    Tank and Anti-Tank Cannons

    DescriptionPenWoundAPShotROFAimSpreadDASpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    19-K, 45mm55+6¼-21+9+241k200-6+2250015k
          Canister7.5-¼+0+9+1135200-11
    Ordnance QF 2-pounder, 40mm48+5¾-21+8+24800200-6+2280025k
          Canister7.5-¼+0+8+1135200-11
    Ordnance QF 6-pounder, 57mm60+7-21+9+241k200-5+231.2k35k
          Canister8-¼+0+9+1135200-11
    Ordnance QF 17-pndr., 76.2mm110+7¾-21/1+10+241.8k200-4½+253k80k
          APDS110+7¼-73.5k300-5½
    37mm M3 Gun55+5½-21+8+24800200-6½+2240012k
          Canister8-¼+0+8+1135200-11
    75mm Gun M2-M580+7¾-21+9+241.5k150-4½+2460020k
          Canister7-¼+0+14+1135150-11
    3.7 cm KwK 36, 37mm42+5½-21+8+24700180-6½+2140012k
    5 cm KwK 38, 50mm60+6½-21+8+241.2k180-5½+2240012k
    5 cm KwK 39, 50mm65+6½-21+9+241.2k200-5½+2360018k
    7.5 cm KwK 37, 75mm60+7¾-21+7+241.8k100-4½+2250015k
    8.8 cm KwK 36, 88mm100+8¼-21+11+241.8k200-4+261.8k50k
    8.8 cm KwK 43, 88mm110+8¼-21+11+241.8k250-4+262.5k70k
    Cannone da 47/32, 47mm50+6¼-21+7+241k150-5½+223008k
    Cannone da 75/32 modello 37, 75mm75+7¾-21+9+241.5k150-4½+241.2k35k
    Type 1 47 mm tank gun55+6¼-21+8+241k200-5½+2280025k
    Type 97 57 mm tank gun32+7-21+6+2480080-5+203008k
    Type 90 75 mm field gun80+7¾-21+10+241.5k180-4½+241.5k40k
          Shrapnel7-¼+0+14+1135180-11

    • 19-K: A Soviet anti-tank cannon, which was also mounted on most of its tanks during this time period.
    • Ordnance QF 2-pounder: A British gun, adequate early in the war but unable to penetrate later axis tanks.
    • Ordnance QF 6-pounder: The British gun that replaced the Ordnance QF 2-pounder.
    • Ordnance QF 6-pounder: Used to up-gun British-used M4 Sherman tanks so that they could penetrate the armor of heavier German tanks. Use the stats for 75mm shells.
    • 37mm M3 Gun: An American anti-tank gun, also used on its light tanks. Further improvements throughout the war led to additional models with advancing numbers (M5, M5A1, M6, etc.) but little difference to game stats.
    • 75mm Gun M2-M5: The main American tank gun, advancing throughout the war in models M2 through M5 (with little difference to game stats).
    • 3.7 cm KwK 36: An early light German tank cannon.
    • 5 cm KwK 38/39: The typical tank cannons for the German Panzer tanks.
    • 7.5 cm KwK 37: A short-barreld cannon for the German Panzer tanks, designed more for lobbing high explosive payloads than punching through armor.
    • 8.8 cm KwK 37: The cannons used on Germany's Tiger I tanks.
    • 8.8 cm KwK 43: An upgraded cannon for Germany's Tiger II tanks.
    • Cannone da 47/32: An Italian light anti-tank cannon and tank-mounted cannon. Treat the effects of its HE shells like 50mm shells.
    • Cannone da 75/32 modello 37: An Italian anti-tank cannon and tank-mounted cannon.
    • Type 1 47 mm tank gun: A Japanese tank cannon. The same gun was also put into use as an anti-tank field gun,
    • Type 97 57 mm tank gun: An early Japanese tank cannon. It proved effective for infantry support, but less so for fighting other armored vehicles.
    • Type 90 75 mm field gun: A Japanese artillery piece often used as an anti-tank gun or as the main gun on the Type 3 Ho-Ni III Gun tank and Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank.

    Tank and Anti-Tank Cannon Shells

    DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
        — 37mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+21
              Blast-2 RS(7)-1+1[-8]
              Contact8+7¼(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+2+0+9
    Bursting Gas3 m radius cloud+5
        — 40mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+21
              Blast-1½ RS(7)-1+1[-7½]
              Contact8+7½(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+2½+0+9
    Bursting Gas4 m radius cloud+6
        — 45mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+22
              Blast-1 RS(7)-½+2[-8½]
              Contact10+8(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+3¼+0+10
    Bursting Gas4 m radius cloud+6
        — 50mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+22
              Blast-2 RS(7)+0+2[-8]
              Contact12+8¼(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+3¾+0+10
    Bursting Gas5 m radius cloud+7
        — 57mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+22
              Blast-1½ RS(7)+0+2[-7½]
              Contact12+8½(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+4+0+11
    Bursting Gas5 m radius cloud+7
        — 75mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+23
              Blast+½ RS(7)+0+3[-9]
              Contact15+9¼(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+4¾+0+11
    Bursting Gas6 m radius cloud+8
        — 88mm Shells —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+24
              Blast+1 RS(7)+½+3[-6½]
              Contact20+10(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+6+0+12
    Bursting Gas8 m radius cloud+9

    Mortars

    A typical infantry mortar is operated by a crew of five: a squad leader, two soldiers who aim, adjust, maintain, and fire the mortar, and two soldiers who prepare the ammunition for firing and track its use.

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAimSpreadDAMaxSpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    Infantry Mortar, 3"15+8-21+6+181k2k35-4+1960200|
          Heavy 3" Shell16+8-21.5k1.2k25-4+19
          Light 3" Shell12+8-27003k40-4+19

    • Infantry Mortar, 3": Breaks down into a tube, mount, and base plate of 20 kg each. Examples include the Ordinance ML 3-inch Mortar (U.K.), M1 mortar (U.S.), Brandt mle 27/31 (France), 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 (Germany), 82-BM-37 and 82-BM-41 (Soviet), and Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar (Japan).

    Mortar Shells

    DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
        — 3" —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+23
              Blast+½ RS(7)+0+3[-8½]
              Contact15+9¼(7)
    Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+5+0+11
    Bursting Gas6 m radius cloud+8
    Marker Smoke1 m radius cloud for 180 rounds+11
    IlluminationBase radius 200 m for 40 s+33
        — Light 3" —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+23
              Blast-1 RS(7)+0+2[-7]
              Contact12+8¾(7)
        — Heavy 3" —
    HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+24
              Blast-½ RS(7)+½+3[-8]
              Contact18+9½(7)

    Howitzers

    DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAimSpreadDAMaxSpeedPSzSigMassPrice
    Light Field Howitzer, 105mm75+8½-21/3+11+251.8k12k120-3½+25180|305k|100
    Medium Field Howitzer, 122mm80+8¾-21/4+11+252k12k120-3+252.5k|4070k|120
    Heavy Field Howitzer, 155mm120+9¾-21/5+12+252.5k15k150-2+276k|80180k|300
    Extra Heavy Howitzer, 17cm180+10-21/10+15+253k30k250-2+2818k|120500k|400
    Super Heavy Howitzer, 240mm220+10¾-21/20+14+254k25k180-1+2930k|300800k|1k
    Siege Howitzer, 305mm220+11¾-21/60+12+255k18k120+0+2945k|7001.5M|2k
    Coastal Howitzer, 420mm380+13-21/100+12+258k15k100+1+30100k|2k3M|7k

      Howitzer Shells

      DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
          — 105mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+25
                Blast+½ RS(7)+1+4[-9]
                Contact20+10¼(7)
      Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+6¾+0+12
      Bursting Gas8 m radius cloud+9
      Marker Smoke2 m radius cloud for 60 rounds+12
      IlluminationBase radius 350 m for 40 s+35
          — 122mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+25
                Blast+1 RS(7)+1+4[-8]
                Contact25+10¾(7)
      Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+7¼+0+12
      Bursting Gas10 m radius cloud+9
      Marker Smoke2 m radius cloud for 80 rounds+12
      IlluminationBase radius 400 m for 40 s+35
          — 155mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+27
                Blast+2½ RS(7)+1½+5[-8½]
                Contact30+11½(7)
      Incendiary Smoke-5 RS+0+0+8¼+0+13
      Bursting Gas12 m radius cloud+10
      Marker Smoke2 m radius cloud for 180 rounds+13
      IlluminationBase radius 600 m for 40 s+36
          — 17cm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+27
                Blast+2 RS(7)+2+5[-7½]
                Contact35+11¾(7)
          — 240mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+29
                Blast+2½ RS(7)+2½+6[-8]
                Contact50+12¾(7)
          — 305mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+30
                Blast+3½ RS(7)+3+6½[-7½]
                Contact60+13½(7)
          — 420mm —
      HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+31
                Blast+5½ RS(7)+3½+7½[-6½]
                Contact80+14¾(7)

      Naval Guns

      Naval guns shoot either armor piercing rounds (-4 to AP), or high explosive shells. Shells can be fused to detonate on impact before penetration, after full penetration, or a set time after launch.

      DescriptionPenWoundAPROFAimSpreadDAMaxSpeedPSzSigMassPrice
      Deck Gun, 3"75+7¾-21/3+10+251.5k12k200-4½+251k|1230k|35
      Deck Gun, 4"120+8½-21/6+11+252k15k200-3½+263k|3080k|100
      Cruiser Gun, 5"140+9-21/6+11+252k18k250-2½+275k|50150k|180
      Cruiser Gun, 6"170+9¾-21/10+12+253k15k200-2+288k|100250k|350
      Cruiser Gun, 7"180+10¼-21/15+12+253.5k20k200-1½+2812k|150400k|500
      Cruiser Gun, 8"280+10½-21/30+13+254k30k200-1½+2920k|250600k|800
      Battleship Gun, 10"300+11-21/30+12+255k20k150-½+2925k|450800k|1.5k
      Battleship Gun, 12"400+11¾-21/25+14+256k20k200+0+3160k|8001.8M|2.5k
      Battleship Gun, 14"480+12¼-21/30+15+257k35k200+½+3280k|1.5k2.5M|4.5k
      Battleship Gun, 16"550+12¾-21/30+15+2510k40k180+1+33120k|2.5k3.5M|8k
      Battleship Gun, 18"600+13¼-21/30+15+2512k40k180+1+33180k|3.5k5M|12k

        Naval Shells

        DescriptionPenWoundDoseAPShotBBRSBRPBSpreadDASpeedSig
            — 3" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+23
                  Blast-½ RS(7)+½+3[-8]
                  Contact15+9½(7)
            — 4" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+25
                  Blast+½ RS(7)+1+4[-9]
                  Contact20+10¼(7)
            — 5" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+26
                  Blast+1½ RS(7)+1+4[-7½]
                  Contact25+11(7)
            — 6" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+27
                  Blast+2½ RS(7)+1½+5[-8]
                  Contact30+11½(7)
            — 7" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+28
                  Blast+2½ RS(7)+2+5[-7]
                  Contact40+12(7)
            — 8" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+28
                  Blast+2 RS(7)+2½+6[-9]
                  Contact45+12½(7)
            — 10" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+29
                  Blast+4 RS(7)+2½+6[-6½]
                  Contact50+13¼(7)
            — 12" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+30
                  Blast+4 RS(7)+3+6½[-6½]
                  Contact60+13¾(7)
            — 14" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+31
                  Blast+4½ RS(7)+3½+7[-6½]
                  Contact80+14¼(7)
            — 16" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+31
                  Blast+5 RS(7)+3½+7½[-7]
                  Contact80+14½(7)
            — 18" —
        HE: Fragmentation0+0+0+32
                  Blast+6 RS(7)+4+8[-6]
                  Contact120+15¼(7)

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