Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Small Arms Expansion James Leach Michael Burnside 1 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. Boys AT Rifle Weapon: Boys AT Rifle Type: Bolt Action Rifle Availability: 1939-1941: Uncommon Ammo: .55 Boys, 5 round detachable magazine Damage: AP:1D6/1D6-1/1D4/1D4-1* Rate of 1 Fire: Failure: 4 Nationality: United Kingdom The Boys AT rifle is a bolt action rifle Accuracy: 1 that fires a heavy slug at high velocity. Recoil: 4 Early in the war the Boys AT rifle offered Range: 0-25/26-50/51-75/76-100* infantry a weapon that, in theory, could be used against enemy armor. Critical: 19-20** However, Its effectiveness against Weight: 35 German tanks was minimal. Due to this, and the fact that it was a relatively large * Beyond 100 yards, this rifle will inflict weapon with a heavy recoil, the Boys 2D10 to personnel out to 250 yards. had a poor reputation. **Against personnel only. It was still occasionally used, however, De Lisle Carbine as it was effective against light armor and its use was better than a squad having to waste their PIAT ammunition on light vehicles. The De Lisle Carbine was prized by This British Anti-Tank rifle remained in British Commandos for its very effective use until about 1943 suppressor. This weapon was based on the Enfield III but modified to chamber the.45 ACP. It was loaded with modified magazines from an M1911 pistol. The De Lisle was so quiet when firing, that working the bolt actually made more noise than the shot itself. Attempts to discern the position of the user of this gun through a listen check (DC 14) suffer a -12 penalty. 2 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. weapon amongst its users. These weapons are very rare, and usually restricted to commando units. One of the weaknesses of the FG-42 Less than 200 of these were ever was that it only had small capacity produced. magazines that held 10 or 20 rounds. The weapon was never produced in Weapon: De Lisle Carbine sufficient numbers to make a significant impact on the war. Type: Bolt Action Rifle The FG-42-1 comes with a mounted Availability: 1942-1945: Very Rare scope, an attached bipod, and a folding Ammo: .45 Cal, 7 or 11 round bayonet. detachable magazine Damage: 3D8 Weapon: FG-42-1 Rate of 1 Type: Automatic Fire: Availability: 1942+: Rare Failure: 1 Ammo: 7.92, 10 or 20 round Nationality: United Kingdom detachable magazine Accuracy: 1 Damage: 3D10 Recoil: 4 Rate of 1+/3D20/90 Fire: Range: 0-50/51-100/101-299/300- 400 Failure: 1 Critical: 20 Nationality: Germany Weight: 9 Accuracy: 0 Recoil: 3 Range: 0-100/101-299/300-500/501- FG-42-1 546 Critical: 20 Weight: 9.68 The FG-42 was a battle rifle designed FG-42-2 for use by the German Fallschirmjagers. It was intended to give them an additional edge in combat by providing much needed extra firepower. The weapon had the firepower of a light machine gun and the approximate size Late model FG-42's incorporated a and weight of the Kar98K. This made it number of changes to the design. The an effective and a relatively popular pistol grip angle was changed and the 3 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. bipod was moved forward. A war time weapons that could be dropped to shortage of high quality steel resulted in resistance groups. The weapon was the gun being made with stamped sheet given the nickname "Flare Projector 45" metal. Unfortunately, these changes to disguise the gun's real purpose. resulted in a heavier weapon. The Liberator was a crude one-shot The FG-42-2 comes with a mounted pistol designed to be cheap enough and scope, an attached bipod, and a folding simple enough for mass production. bayonet. This weapon was best used to kill an enemy soldier at close range and then steal that soldier's weapon. The Weapon: FG-42-2 Liberator was better than nothing, but Type: Automatic only just. Availability: 1942+: Rare Ammo: 7.92, 10 or 20 round detachable magazine Damage: 3D10 Rate of 1+/2D20/60 Fire: Failure: 1 Nationality: Germany Accuracy: 0 Recoil: 3 Range: 0-100/101-299/300-500/501- 546 Use of the Liberator in Europe is almost Critical: 20 unheard of, and it is believed to have been used more commonly in China and Weight: 11.1 the Philippines by resistance groups. FP-45 Liberator The gun came in a cardboard box with 10 rounds of .45ACP ammunition and an instruction sheet. The rounds were stored in the grip/handle of the gun for easy transportation and concealment, but to be fired each round had to be manually placed in to the barrel. The casing had to be manually removed after firing the gun. The FP-45 Liberator was created to provide large numbers of cheap 4 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. primarily used for base defense and by Weapon: FP-45 Liberator naval landing parties. Type: Pistol Weapon: Lanchester Submachine Gun Availability: 1941-1945: Rare* Type: Automatic Ammo: 1 .45 Cal Availability: 1941-1945: Rare* Damage: 3D6 Ammo: 9mm, 50 round detachable magazine Rate of 1 Fire: Damage: 2D10 Failure: 1 Rate of 1+/3D8/60 Fire: Nationality: United States Failure: 1** Accuracy: 0 Nationality: United Kingdom Recoil: N/A Accuracy: 0 Range: 0-2/3-4/5-6/7-8 Recoil: 2 Critical: 20 Range: 0-30/31-65/66-130/131-164 Weight: 1 Critical: 20 Weight: 9.75 *Considered as Common for trading purposes. *Uncommon for the British Navy Lanchester Submachine Gun Lewis Gun The Lanchester Submachine Gun was a direct copy of the German MP-28 but was chambered to fire the 9mm The Lewis Gun is a light machine gun parabellum round. In many ways the that had its origins in World War One. Lanchester was everything that its rival, Invented by US Army Colonel Isaac the Sten, was not. The Lanchester was Lewis in 1911, the gun's most sturdy, well made, and used quality distinguishing feature is its top mounted materials in its manufacture. The drum magazine. The machine gun Lanchester was made in much smaller weighed less than other machine guns numbers than the Sten and was of its design era, making it a popular 5 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. choice for mounting on many of the Weapon: Lewis Gun world's first combat aircraft. Type: Automatic The Lewis Gun was issued in two Availability: 1914+ Uncommon different calibers. European allied Ammo: .303 (United Kingdom) or forces and Canada used the Lewis Gun .30-06 (United States) in a .303 caliber. The American armed 47 or 97 round drum forces used a variant that was magazine chambered for the .30-06. Damage: 3D10-2 (.303) or Although the Lewis Gun was a World 3D10 (.30-06) War One design, it saw continued use Rate of 1+/3D10/55 into World War Two. The United Fire: Kingdom largely replaced it with the Failure: 1 Bren gun and Vickers machine gun, but Nationality: United States issued the Lewis in large numbers to its reserve forces in the Home Guard. The Accuracy: 0 US Navy often mounted them on Recoil: 3 merchant ships. The Lewis Gun also Range: 0-50/51-100/101-299/300- saw widespread use by Allied Forces as 400 an anti-aircraft weapon against low Critical: 20 flying Weight: 28 planes. German forces M1941 Johnson Machine Gun captured enough Lewis Guns early in the war Captain Johnson of the US Marine that they Corps Reserve designed a rifle and a pressed machine gun that shared a number of them parts and design features. into use as well. The Japanese developed a copy of the weapon that Unlike most machine guns, the Johnson was chambered for their 7.7 ammunition Machine Gun operated on the basis of but remained compatible with the .303 recoil instead of using a gas blow back round. system. The Johnson Machine Gun's long side mounted clip made the weapon unbalanced and clumsy to carry when the weapon was fully loaded. 6 Baptism of Fire: World War Two Role Play Blackclaw Games LLC. The weapon's rate of fire was adjustable barrel also caused problems when using and could be set to 200 rounds a minute a bayonet. The impact of a successful or 600 rounds a minute. bayonet strike would often damage the Only a small number of Johnson rifle. Machine Guns were purchased by the The M1 Garand was chosen over the US Army and the US Marines. Johnson Rifle by US Army Ordinance. A Weapon: Johnson Machine Gun limited number of the rifles saw action with the US Marine Corps and the Type: Automatic Army's First Special Service Force. Availability: 1941+: Very Rare Ammo: .30-06, 25 round detachable magazine Weapon: Johnson Rifle Damage: 3D10 Type: Semi-automatic Rate of 1+/2D10/20 or 1+/4D6/60 Availability: 1941+: Very Rare Fire: Ammo: .30-06, 10 round internal Failure: 1 magazine Nationality: United States Damage: 3D10 Accuracy: 0 Rate of 1+ Fire: Recoil: 3 Failure: 2* Range: 0-50/51-100/101-299/300- 400 Nationality: United States Critical: 20 Accuracy: -1 Weight: 13 Recoil: 0 Range: 0-50/51-100/101-299/300- 400 M1941 Johnson Rifle Critical: 20 Weight: 9.5 Designed by Captain Johnson of the US *3 if the weapon is ever used in a Marine Corps Reserve, the M1941 was successful bayonet attack.