Gatling Cannon

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This weapon is part of the heavy weapons.

An old weapon out of the later days of the Wild West. Unlike with the Minigun the shooter here has to crank the barrels with a crank themselves, to make them spin. For this reason, this weapon can only be fired from its tripod.



Defend the fort until the cavalry arrives!

Gatling Cannon
Ammunition: .45-70 Government
Price: 1000 $
Damage: 4 D6 + 9
Maximal range: 100 + P * 3
Size category: Oversized.
Rarity: Rare.
Range division in burst mode:

CQC: Up to 20 cm: + 5 to heavy weapons
Close range: Up to 40 cm + P * 3: + 10 to heavy weapons
Middle range: + 20 cm + P * 4:no adjustment
Far range: + 20 cm: - 5 to heavy weapons
Extreme range: + 20 cm: - 10 to heavy weapons

AP costs: 7 for burst of 10 shots

3 AP to reload
5 AP to pack the tripod in and 5 AP to set it up again.

Ammunition feeding: 30 shot box magazine that is inserted to the top of the weapon.
Minimal strength: 6 for shooting from a mount

7 to transport it.

Weight: Waffe: 170 pounds

30 shot magazine: 3 pounds

Special rule: This weapon fires a burst of ten rounds.

This weapon can be moved by characters with Strength of less than 7, but only if they get help from another character. In which case the combined Strength must be at least 8, the movement of the carrying characters is reduced to 2 cm per AP and the maximal number of AP is the number of AP of the carrying character with the least AP.

Encounterable versions:: Standard model (with tripod): Rare