Placeholder/WIP
Ammunition capacity/expenditure: We're doing away with the old ammo "points" system. It was hard to balance/make sense. So we're just counting actual ammo now.
SS = 1 ammo (obviously)
SA = 3 ammo (except double tap, which would be 2 shots)
BF = 5 ammo
AF = 10 (or more) ammo
Fire Discipline talent will affect SA/BF/AF ammo use, but does not affect Double Tap.
Matral PAM9: The Matral PAM9 (Pistolet Automatique Armée) is the most-used sidearm of the French army and associated forces. It is a licensed derivative of the Taylor M57. It fires either the standard 9x24mm caseless ball round or a ballistic cap round, which can sometimes penetrate light armor at close range. The Americans also produce an explosive 9x24 round, but the French have not adopted it because of its limited usefulness in real combat conditions. There is the standard 17-round mag and an extended 21-round "combat" mag for front-line combatants.
Skill: Ranged (Close), Type: Conventional Pistol, Acc: +0, Range: 20m (TN 20), DMG: 3d6+2, Modes: SA, Ammo: 17 or 21, Special: PT -3 at ranges up to 20 meters (with special ammo).
FAM-90: The FAM-90 is a modern French Gauss rifle. While it borrows some design features from earlier Gauss weapons and has an integrated 30mm grenade launcher (hardly a new innovation), it is an entirely native design that is being widely studied, if not outright copied, by other nations.
The FAM-90 has excellent integrated optics, giving the weapon Acc +2 and an impressive 220-meter effective range.
When fired in full auto, the weapon will automatically reduce its power output to reduce recoil, removing the Disadvantage normally incurred by AF attacks, but negating the PT reduction normally enjoyed by Gauss weapons. The FAM-90A has the option to fire full auto at high power.
The FAM-90 has an integral 30mm grenade launcher with a 3-round magazine (one additional grenade can be held in the breech, but this is discouraged due to a low, but not zero, risk of detonation). The newer FAM-90A has a 4-round magazine and is cleared to hold a fifth round in the chamber.
Skill: Ranged (Precision), Type: Gauss Rifle, Acc: +2, Range: 220m (TN 20), DMG: 5d6+1, Modes: SA/BF/AF, Ammo: 60, Special: SA PT -5, BF/AF* PT -3.