MP 40
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MP 40

Submachinegun
Weapon 🔪 Submachinegun ⚡ Foreign Design 📦

The MP 40 is a German submachinegun chambered in 9x19mm Parabellum, which was extensively used during the Second Weltkrieg. One of its major advantages over prior German submachineguns such as the MP 28/II was the use of stamped steel, which allowed the MP 40 to be produced with staggering speed. It features a forward-folding stock and is fed from 32-round magazines compatible with Schmeisser's SMGs (MP 18 and MP 28/II). About a million of these weapons were produced, being mostly issued to paratroopers and NCOs. Hundreds of thousands (both originals and reproductions) lie around in Oceanyka, beloved for their controllable automatic fire.

Abilities

Common Attributes - Mechanical

Auto

This weapon is fully automatic, either inherently so or by the presence of a selective-fire mechanism.

EFFECT:
This weapon can fire more than one shot each time it is used. Each subsequent shot has a progressive penalty.
Automatic weapons are considered STABLE when they're mounted on a vehicle, tripod or turret. This is different from the Stabilised SA.

  • Point Blank Range - No penalty.
  • Close Range (≤10m / 2sq) -> -1
  • Short Range (≤50m / 5sq) -> -2 (STABLE: -1)
  • Average Range (≤200m / 10sq) -> -3 (STABLE: -1)
  • Medium Range (≤500m / 20sq) -> -5 (STABLE: -1)
  • Long Range (≤1000m / 50sq) -> -5 (STABLE: -3)

         ~ Beyond this point, automatic fire is unfeasible without a STABLE firing platform. ~

  • Very Long Range (≤2000m) -> (STABLE: -3)
  • Extreme Range (>2000m) -> (STABLE: -5)

Common Attributes - National

Offensive Mentality - German Small Arms (WW2)

German soldiers during World War II were always forced, by strategic circumstances, into a defensive posture. This idea was habitually thrown aside, as they'd been trained to attack, attack and keep attacking until the enemy was dead and victory was achieved. Apparently, it worked.

EFFECT:
This weapon's damage is maximised if, in the same turn, its user performs a Sprint (1 AP).

Unique Attributes

Controllable Bursts - MP40 UA

The MP40 was the weapon of choice for the German tanker, stormtrooper, sergeant and officer during the Second Weltkrieg. Its low rate of fire (hence the characteristic "plap-plap-plap" sound report) allowed it to put down controllable, if slower automatic fire downrange.

EFFECT:
This weapon may not fire more than half of its magazine in Auto bursts within a single action, but its hit roll penalty will not increase with each successive shot fired.

Attributes

Unorganized
TYPE
Submachinegun
TECH
World Wars
WGHT
4kg
AMMO
32
CAL
9x19mm Parabellum
RNG
Average
DMG
1d6 | Auto
PEN
1
SPC
Offensive Mentality, Controllable Bursts