Vickers K No. 2 Land Service
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Vickers K No. 2 Land Service

Weapon 🔪 Light Machinegun ⚡ Foreign Design 📦
Vickers K Machinegun
A great deal of Vickers K machineguns were converted for ground use by adding a wooden stock, pistol grip and folding bipod, thus transforming them into light machineguns. Both types were commonly used in the same actions; while the No. 1s fired from their vehicles, commandos covered their advance on foot with No. 2s.

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)

Conversion

This object is made by using a conversion kit containing parts that fit into the original design, transforming it into this one.

EFFECT:
This object can be crafted by using the appropriate conversion kit.
It can later be deconstructed into the original design, yielding the appropriate conversion kit.

Common Attributes - National

Steady and True - British Small Arms (WW2)

The British Army, well aware of its numerical inferiority against any of Europe's great powers, has always put a premium on the individual soldier's discipline and rifle marksmanship. Every British infantryman is a skilled shooter and is issued a rifle that allows them to be so.

EFFECT:
This weapon gains an Easy DM when performing Aimed Fire (2 AP) beyond Medium Range.

Common Attributes - Perks

Commando Gun

EFFECT:
This object benefits from Commando perks.

Unique Attributes

Desert Raider - Vickers K UA

Britain's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), predecessor of the Special Air Service">Special Air Service, famously preferred the Vickers K as its weapon of choice for raids deep into the West Asian desert. Comintern forces would be caught by surprise as armed commandos would storm out of the sands, blasting their rapid-fire Vickers Ks with great accuracy into anything that moved. 

EFFECT:
This weapon's UA effect depends on its current weapon type:

  • Light Machinegun: If this weapon's user performs a Move and a Sprint in a single turn, they may use Aimed Fire or Suppressive Fire at a reduced cost of 1 AP.
  • Heavy Machinegun: This weapon does not suffer from the Run & Gun Rules">Run & Gun Rules accuracy penalty if it fires from a moving vehicle; additionally, it gains an Easy DM to its hit rolls.

Attributes

Unorganized
TYPE
Light Machinegun
TECH
World Wars
WGHT
13kg
AMMO
100
CAL
.303 British
RNG
Long
DMG
3d6 | Auto
PEN
2
SPC
Steady and True, Commando Gun, Desert Raider, Conversion