Weapons Expansion 1850-1945 Warning: Plenty of guesswork and approximations For /GURPSgen/ Revolvers Galand Model 1868, 12mm Perrin (France, 1868-18??) The double action Galand type revolvers used a rather unique method of loading, as they used the trigger guard as a lever to break the gun into 3 parts and extract the spent casings. These revolvers were adopted by the Russian Navy as the M1870 and they were also popular as a private purchase by French officers. 12mm guns could be had with either a 4 7/8” barrel (in table) or with an 8” barrel (Dmg 1d+2 pi+, Wt. 2.8/0.24, Bulk -3). These weapons were also available in 9mm Perrin (Dmg 1d+2 pi, Wt. 1.5/0.13, ST 9, Cost $275) and 7mm Perrin (Dmg 1d+1 pi-, Wt. 1.1/0.09, ST 8, Bulk -1, Cost $250). A unique version known as the Sportsman was available in 12mm with a folding wire stock (2 ready actions to deploy/stow, when deployed +1 Acc, -1 Bulk, multiply ST by 0.8 and use Guns (Rifle) to shoot) with either a 4 7/8” barrel (Wt. 3.1/0.24, Cost $460) or the 8” barrel (Wt. 3.3/0.24, Bulk -3, Cost $460). The gun was produced in France and was also made in England as the Sommerville Galand. Gasser M70, 11.3×36mmR (Austria, 1870-1919) This monster of a double-action revolver was a popular firearm all throughout Europe, especially in eastern Europe and the Balkans. The M70 version had a cast iron frame, which proved too weak, and was replaced by a cast steel frame in 1874 with the M70/74 (same stats). The gun utilizes a loading gate, typical of most revolvers of the era, however the ejector rod is secured by a thumbscrew that requires an extra ready action to loosen and another ready action to tighten once loading is complete. The version in the table is the 9.3” barrel version, a 7.3” barrel (Dmg 2d pi+, Wt. 3.3/0.3) and a 5” barrel (Dmg 2d-1 pi+, Wt. 3.1/0.3, Bulk -2) were also used. Childs Revolver, 6mm Flobert (Various, ~1880-?) Safety standards around the world haven’t always been particularly stringent, a good example being the market for firearms for children. This is a typical example of one such weapon, being a loading gate double-action only revolver firing the diminutive 6mm Flobert round. Obviously of little use to most beyond a bit of fun, but this small round still is dangerous enough to injure or even kill. These weapons were popular for a number of decades but seemed to die out in the 1920s and 30s when stricter gun control was implemented in many nations. It is so small (Holdout -1) that it could be difficult to operate for a particularly large handed person (-1 to Guns skill). Bodeo Model 1889, 10.4x23mmR Italian Ordnance (Italy, 1889-1931) This simple double action loading gate revolver was a commonly encountered weapon in the Italian military all the way until the end of WW2. The revolver is similar internally to the earlier Chamelot-Delvigne Mle 1873, but chambered in their own cartridge with several improvements. The early Type A uses a folding trigger, the later Type B used a full trigger guard (same stats). These revolvers were made by many manufacturers, in both Italy and the Spanish city of Eibar for the Italian military. The revolver also was used by the Wehrmacht, designated the Revolver 680(i). Koishikawa Arsenal Type 26, 9mm Japanese Revolver (Japan, 1893-1935) The Type 26 revolver was a top break revolver that operated in double action only used by the Imperial Japanese military until 1945. The revolver had a flaw in that the cylinder could freely spin when brushed against objects even while closed, as the cylinder did not lock in place. This has the issue of possibly causing the revolver to skip a round or have the hammer fall on an already fired casing. If the revolver is brushed or hit (highly likely in a jungle!), roll 3d, on 15+ the cylinder moves forward and skips the next round, on 6 or less it moves back to the previous round. While the trigger can just be pulled again, when firing at an RoF of 2+ reduce Guns by -1 if a round that is expected to fire does not, unless it is the last shot fired, as a round not firing when it should can be highly distracting. This flaw also exists in other older revolvers but is well known in the case of the Type 26. A unique tear gas launcher developed in the 1930s, the Type 90, could be fitted to the muzzle of the revolver by locking around the front sight (3 ready actions). A 0.4lb tear gas grenade could be launched using a special blank cartridge, and, providing the launcher was unloaded, normal rounds could still be fired through it, although the grenade launcher blocks the sights: Dmg 1d-3(0.5) cr with follow up 3-yard radius tear gas cloud for 20 seconds, Acc 0, Range 10/80, Wt. 0.3, RoF 1, Shots 1(2), Bulk add -1, Cost $20, LC 2. Pieper M1893, 8×41mmR Pieper (Belgium, 1893-??) An advanced double action swing-out cylinder revolver using a gas-seal system like that used in the famous Nagant M1895. Nagant and Pieper even competed in the Russian military revolver trials, but Pieper lost out due to the Russian preference for the simpler loading gate system. The M1893 was adopted by the Mexican army and saw a significant amount of fighting, especially in the Mexican Revolution, with as many as 5000 being produced but many of these were lost during fighting. Due to the gas-seal system it could theoretically be used with a suppressor rather effectively however this appears to have never occurred in reality. Francisco Arizmendi “Bulldog Hammerless”, .25 ACP (Spain, 1907-1916) A diminutive revolver chambered in the tiny .25ACP round, these revolvers were produced by Francisco Arizmendi Goenaga in the gun making city of Eibar. This double-action only revolver used a loading gate (1 Ready action to deploy the rotating ejector rod) and unusually for a revolver was equipped with a manual safety. The weapon lacked any sights beyond a trough on the top of the pistol. It was also produced in .32 ACP (Dmg 2d-1 pi-, Wt. 0.9/0.09) and 5.5 Velo-Dog (Dmg 1d+1 pi-, Wt. 0.8/0.065), with the 5.5 Velo-Dog version also having a folding trigger. Semiautomatic Pistols Mauser 06/08, 9×25mm Mauser (Germany, 1906) An exceptionally well made and exceptionally rare handgun, the Mauser 06/08 was an effort to improve the Mauser C96 using the improvements in handgun design in the 10 years since its introduction. Only approximately 100 were made, as the firearm failed to find any military customers. The gun uses a flapper locking system much like the later Degtyaryov DP machine gun, and is probably the only pistol manufactured in any number to ever use this system. The pistol also used a detachable magazine, a great improvement over the C96, and had both a bolt-hold open and an automatically closing bolt when a magazine was inserted. It was a single action design. Several magazine sizes are available for the gun, including 6 (in table), 7 ($26, 0.3lb), 8 ($27, 0.35lb) and long 20-round magazines ($28, 0.9lb, Bulk -1). Bergmann-Bayard 1908, 9×23mm Largo (Germany, 1908-1910) A semi-automatic single-action handgun much in the same style as the earlier C96 pistol, the German designed but Belgian produced weapon was adopted by the Spanish military in the 9×23mm Bergmann round that is now more commonly known as 9mm Largo. Later models of the Bergmann-Bayard were also produced for the Danish military in the slightly modified 1910 and 1910/21 (same stats) that were used until 1946. Some could accept a 0.9lb holster-stock, and they could be reloaded using a 6-round stripper clip after the bolt locks back on the empty magazine. The Danish issued a unique large holster that held the gun, a spare magazine and 2 loaded stripper clips ($30, 0.6lb). A number of all models were sold commercially. 10 round extended magazines can be found ($27, 0.4lb). Frommer 1910, 7.65×12.8mm Frommer (Hungary, 1910-1912) An ungainly small single-action handgun using the long-recoil system and a proprietary cartridge, the Frommer 1910 was a somewhat unsuccessful handgun, as while 10,000 were produced they were immediately replaced by the superior Frommer Stop 2 years later. These were used by the Hungarian police and sold to civilians. Glisenti Model 1910, 9×19mm Glisenti (Italy, 1910-1915) While Italy is now known to be home of some of the best handgun manufacturers in the world, the Model 1910 was a flawed handgun only produced for 5 years, before being replaced by the Ruby pistol and the Beretta M1915, but it was still used into the 40’s. It operated in single action, using a short recoil system. Early developmental guns were chambered in 7.65×21mm Parabellum (Dmg 2d pi-) and 150 of these were made for the Italian military trials, however the Italian military decided on a 9×19mm cartridge for their service handgun. The Glisenti was not well suited to the pressures of firing 9×19mm Parabellum, but as the requirement was to use a 9×19mm cartridge, they simply adopted the physically identical but weaker 9mm Glisenti.