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Cold steel that spits hot lead. Slug-throwing firearms are by far the most common weapons on the streets of 2075. Each weapon is chambered to take either old-fashioned cased ammunition or caseless ammo. Most firearms load caseless ammunition, with fewer and fewer models coming in variants able to handle cased ammunition. Sure, releasing a storm of shell casings when you hold down the trigger looks awesome, but it’s impractical for the modern shadowrunner and their natural enemy, law enforcement and corporate security. Firearms come with wireless capability and a digital ammunition counter. Ammunition (p. 433) is sold separately. All firearms have the following wireless bonuses in addition to any wireless bonuses on each model:

Wireless: The weapon displays an ARO that tells you ammo levels and ammo type loaded. If you have a DNI, you get two additional benefits. First, ejecting a clip (for weapons that have them) is a Free Action rather than a Simple Action. Second, changing fire modes (on models that have more than one) is a Free Action rather than a Simple Action.

Firearms
Tasers Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Defiance EX Shocker 4 9S(e) -5 SS - 4(m) - 250
Yamaha Pulsar 5 7S(e) -5 SA - 4(m) - 180
Hold-Outs Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Fichetti Tiffani Needler 5 8P(f) +5 SA - 4(c) 5R 1,000
Streetline Special 4 6P - SA - 6(c) 4R 120
Walther Palm Pistol 4 7P - SS/BF - 2(b) 4R 180
Light Pistols Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares Light Fire 75 6(8) 6P - SA - 16(c) 6F 1,250
Ares Light Fire 70 7 6P - SA - 16(c) 3R 200
Beretta 201T 6 6P - SA/BF (1) 21(c) 7R 210
Colt America L36 7 7P - SA - 11(c) 4R 320
Fichetti Security 600 6(7) 7P - SA (1) 30(c) 6R 350
Taurus Omni-6 5(6) 6P/7P 0/-1 SA/SS - 6(cy) 3R 300
Heavy Pistols Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares Predator 5(7) 8P -1 SA - 15(c) 5R 725
Ares Viper Silvergun 4 9P(f) +4 SA/BF - 30(c) 8F 380
Browning Ultra-Power 5(6) 8P -1 SA - 10(c) 4R 640
Colt Government 2066 6 7P -1 SA - 14(c) 7R 425
Remington Roomsweeper 4 7P -1 SA - 8(m) 6R 250
w/flechettes - 9P(f) +4 - - - - -
Ruger Super Warhawk 5 9P -2 SS - 6(cy) 4R 400
Machine Pistols Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares Crusader II 5(7) 7P - SA/BF 2 40(c) 9R 830
Ceska Black Scorpion 5 6P - SA/BF (1) 35(c) 6R 270
Steyr TMP 4 7P - SA/BF/FA - 30(c) 8R 350
Submachine Guns Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Colt Cobra TZ-120 4(5) 7P - SA/BF/FA 2(3) 32(c) 5R 660
FN P93 Praetor 6 8P - SA/BF/FA 1(2) 50(c) 11F 900
HK-227 5(7) 7P - SA/BF/FA (1) 28(c) 8R 730
Ingram Smartgun X 4(6) 8P - BF/FA 2 32(c) 6R 800
SCK Model 100 5(7) 8P - SA/BF (1) 30(c) 6R 875
Uzi IV 4(5) 7P - BF (1) 24(c) 4R 450
Shotguns Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Defiance T-250 4 10P -1 SS/SA - 5(m) 4R 450
Enfield AS-7 4(5) 13P -1 SA/BF - 10(c) or 24(d) 12F 1,100
PJSS Model 55 6 11P -1 SS (1) 2(b) 9R 1,000
Assault Rifles Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
AK-97 5 10P -2 SA/BF/FA - 38(c) 4R 950
Ares Alpha 5(7) 11P -2 SA/BF/FA 2 42(c) 11F 2650
Grenade Launcher 4(6) - - SS - 6(c) - -
Colt M23 4 9P -2 SA/BF/FA - 40(c) 4R 550
FN HAR 5(6) 10P -2 SA/BF/FA 2 35(c) 8R 1500
Yamaha Raiden 6(8) 11P -2 BF/FA 1 60(c) 14F 2,600
Sniper Rifles Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares Desert Strike 7 13P -4 SA (1) 14(c) 10F 17,500
Cavalier Arms Crocket EBR 6 12P -3 SA/BF (1) 20(c) 12F 10,300
Ranger Arms SM-5 8 14P -5 SA (1) 15(c) 16F 28,000
Remington 950 7 12P -4 SS - 5(m) 4R 2,100
Ruger 100 6 11P -3 SA (1) 8(m) 4R 1,300
Machine Guns Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ingram Valiant 5(6) 9P -2 BF/FA 2(3) 50(c) or 100(belt) 12F 5,800
Stoner-Ares M202 5 10P -3 FA - 50(c) or 100(belt) 12F 7,000
RPK MHG 5 12P -4 FA (6) 50(c) or 100(belt) 16F 16,300
Cannons and Launchers Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares Antioch-2 4(6) Grenade - SS - 8(m) 8F 3,200
ArmTech MGL-12 4 Grenade - SA - 12(c) 10F 5,000
Azetechnology Striker 5 Missile - SS - 1(mi) 10F 1,200
Krime Cannon 4 16P -6 SA (1) 6(m) 20F 21,000
Onotari Interceptor 4(6) Missile - SS - 2(mi) 18F 14,000
Panther XXL 5(7) 17P -6 SS - 15(c) 20F 43,000
Special Weapons Accuracy Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Avail Cost
Ares S-III Super Squirt 3 Chemical - SA - 20(c) 7R 950
Fichetti Pain Inducer 3 Special - SS - Special 11R 5,000
Parashield Dart Pistol 5 as Drug/Toxin - SA - 5(c) 4R 600
Parashield Dart Rifle 6 as Drug/Toxin - SA - 6(m) 6R 1,200

Tasers

Tasers are legal to carry and a great choice for non-lethally incapacitating someone. Tasers, like other electrical weapons, have a flat Armor Penetration value of –5 and deal electricity damage. Use the Pistols skill to fire a taser. Tasers can take only top-mounted accessories.

Defiance EX Shocker

This heavy-duty taser fires up to 4 darts that trail wires up to 20 meters long. The wired connection to the battery allows for a more powerful shock. Most modern tasers use wireless darts, so the Defiance EX Shocker is an exception. It also features contacts that allow it to be used as a stun weapon in melee (Accuracy 3, DV 8S(e), Reach 0).

Wireless: A successful hit informs you of the status of the target’s basic health (and Condition Monitors).

Yamaha Pulsar

The darts of this taser contain wireless capacitors, meaning that the Pulsar eliminates the need for cumbersome wires. As a trade-off, it is slightly less powerful than the EX Shocker, although it can fire faster. It lacks the EX Shocker’s melee contacts.

Wireless: A successful hit informs you of the status of the target’s basic health (and Condition Monitors).

Hold-outs

Hold-out pistols are very concealable and are perfect for sneaking into a meet or wearing as a back-up piece. They don’t have much else going for them, being both weak and inaccurate. Use the Pistols skill when firing a hold-out pistol. Hold-outs can’t take accessories.

Fichetti Tiffani Needler

Designed to appeal to social climbers and debutantes, the Tiffani Needler is available in a wide variety of colors and styles. It also has a special color-changing coating that can be manipulated via wireless signal. This is useful to make sure your gun matches with your shoes or your handbag. The Needler can only fire flechette rounds (already factored into its damage code).

Wireless: You can change the color of the Tiffani Needler with a Simple Action.

Streetline Special

Popular among society’s dregs, the Streetline Special is a small, lightweight weapon made of composite materials. Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (see MAD Scanner, p. 446) suffer a –2 dice pool modifier to detect it.

Light Pistols

Light pistols are highly accurate and fairly concealable, occupying a comfortable middle ground between Hold-outs and Heavy Pistols. They’re extremely common on the streets. Use the Pistols skill when firing a light pistol. Light pistols can take top- and barrel- mounted accessories.

Walther Palm Pistol

This is a classic double-barreled derringer in an over-under barrel combination. It packs a punch for its size, but on the downside it has one of the most diminutive “magazine” capacities on the market— just one bullet per barrel. Both barrels can be fired at once as a short burst (see Not Enough Bullets, p. 180).

Ares Light Fire 75

Designed based on one of the most common pistols on the market, the Light Fire is a weapon for special operators, not commonly available through legal channels. A special barrel-mounted silencer developed exclusively for the Light Fire comes attached, applying an additional –1 dice pool modifier to the modifier usually provided by silencers. In addition to its integral silencer, the Ares Light Fire 75 includes a smartgun system.

Ares Light Fire 70

The Ares Light Fire 70 is one of the most common pistols on the market. A special barrel-mounted silencer developed exclusively for the Light Fire 70 is available that gives you an additional –1 dice pool modifier to the usual –4 (for a total of –5); this silencer costs 750¥.

Beretta 201T

This light sidearm is used by many security professionals. It is capable of burst fire. Since the 201T is classified as a light pistol without further limitations, it is quite popular with security agencies in countries where heavy pistols and machine pistols are hard to come by legally. Burst-firing the Beretta 201T requires a Complex Action. The weapon includes a detachable shoulder stock.

Colt America L36

A venerable pistol with a great reputation. This basic firearm is cheap, easily concealed, and nearly ubiquitous. A perfect throwaway weapon.

Fichetti Security 600

A light sidearm for security forces, this weapon’s highly efficient feeding mechanism allows it a thirty-round magazine. The Fichetti Security 600 comes with a detachable folding stock and laser sight.

Taurus Omni-6

This reliable, rugged revolver is specially designed to handle a wide variety of ammunition. Popular with hobbyists and hand-loaders, the Omni-6 comes with some interchangeable cylinders so it can take either cased or caseless, light pistol or heavy pistol ammo. When firing light pistol rounds, the Omni-6 is semi-automatic (SA) and has a base DV of 6P, and when it fires heavy pistol ammo it has only single shot mode (SS), and a base DV of 7P and –1 Ap. The Omni-6 includes an integral laser sight.

Heavy Pistols

Heavy pistols are powerful sidearms that are a good compromise between concealability and firepower. When you shoot a heavy pistol, you use the Pistols skill. Heavy pistols can take top- and barrel- mounted accessories.

Ares Predator V

The newest iteration of the most popular handgun in the world, especially with mercenaries and shadowrunners. Upgraded with improved ergonomics and handling features, the Ares Predator V includes a smartgun system. Some say that the Ares Predator V isn’t better than other guns in its class, but no one can argue that it has better brand recognition.

Ares Viper Slivergun

The sleek Slivergun pairs the undeniably winning combo of burst-fire capability and built-in sound suppression (an integral silencer, p. 432) with its large magazine capacity. It fires metal slivers that count as flechette ammunition, which is factored into the weapon’s damage code.

Browning Ultra-Power

This venerable sidearm is the Ares Predator’s primary competition as the world’s toughest heavy pistol. It offers a built-in top-mounted laser sight and is slightly cheaper.

Colt Government 2066

This government-issue weapon, styled after the legendary Colt M1911a1, uses an electrically induced spark to detonate the bullet’s propellants. The removal of most moving parts from the firing mechanism gives this weapon a reputation for being exceptionally reliable.

Remington Roomsweeper

This is really more of a short-barreled shotgun than a pistol. When loaded with shot rounds (flechette) rather than solid slugs, it uses Heavy Pistol ranges but shotgun rules (Shotguns, p. 180).

Ruger Super Warhawk

This revolver is as loud as a jet liner and twice as shiny. It’s also one of the scariest handguns in the world. The cased ammo variant is popular for the sheer thrill of swinging open the cylinder gate one handed and dumping spent brass.

Machine Pistols

Machine pistols offer a high rate of fire in a compact package. Use the Automatics skill to fire a machine pistol (characters may use the Pistols skill in Semi-Auto mode). Machine pistols can take top- and barrel-mounted accessories.

Ares Crusader II

A large magazine and easy handling make the Ares Crusader II one of the most popular weapons of its class. It features an integral barrel-mounted gas-vent 2 recoil compensation system and comes with an integral smartgun system.

Ceska Black Scorpion

This classic machine pistol provides concealable burst-fire capability. It comes equipped with an integral folding stock.

Steyr TMP

This lightweight polymer-frame pistol is capable of full autofire, but its light weight makes it hard to control when firing on full auto. It comes equipped with a built-in top-mounted laser sight.

Submachine Guns

Use the Automatics skill when firing a submachine gun. SMGs can take top- and barrel-mounted accessories.

Colt Cobra TZ–120

With its unique design and wide range of accessories, the Colt Cobra series is quite popular both among security forces the world over and on the trids. The TZ–120 comes with a folding stock, top-mounted laser sight, and a barrel-mounted gas-vent 2 system.

FN P93 Praetor

This bullpup submachine gun was purpose-built for Corporate Court-controlled Interpol fast-response teams. Its special chamber system provides 1 point of Recoil Compensation, it has an integrated rigid stock, and a flashlight that can be used to reduce darkness penalties by one step (Environmental Modifiers, p. 173). Possession of the FN P93 while not a legitimate member of a Corporate Court force is a crime in most jurisdictions.

HK–227

The SMG of choice for many corporate and military security forces, the HK–227 boasts a retractable stock, smartgun system, and integral sound suppressor.

Ingram Smartgun X

Grade-A bang bang. Famous as the weapon of choice for many legendary street samurai since the 2050s, the Ingram Smartgun comes tricked out with a gas-vent 2 system, a smartgun system, and an integral sound suppressor.

SCK Model 100

Shin Chou Kyogo is synonymous with Japanese corporate security. Nearly every Japanacorp’s security forces are issued the SCK 100, including Renraku’s infamous Red Samurai. The SCK 100 features an internal smartgun system and a folding stock.

Uzi IV

This aging submachine gun is a worthy descendant of the famous Israeli weapon. The SMG features an integral folding stock and built-in top-mounted laser sight.

Assault Rifles

Use the Automatics skill when firing an assault rifle. Assault rifles can take top-, barrel-, and underbarrel- mounted accessories.

AK-97

The AK-97 is a legendary weapon with storied reliability—you can bury it for ten years, dig it up, and fire it immediately without a single problem. When all of the nano-fabricated AK–174s melted to slag, the AK-97s kept functioning just fine.

Ares Alpha

Specially designed for Ares Firewatch special forces, the Alpha has since become a multi-platinum best-selling success the world over, seeing use with UCAS Special Forces. In part, this is due to its exceptional brand awareness, and also because of its underbarrel grenade launcher, smartgun system, and an expensive chamber design that provides 2 points of Recoil Compensation.

Colt M23

This cheap, mass-produced, no-frills assault rifle is loved both by the gangbangers and pirates who can manage to get their hands on one and by the pros who are looking for something to modify from the ground up.

FN HAR

This assault rifle is supremely popular with private security forces and corporate threat-response teams. It features a laser sight and a gas-vent 2 system.

Yamaha Raiden

This electronic-firing assault rifle is state-of-the-art. The Raiden is very accurate and is quickly being adopted by japanacorp security forces and the Japanese Imperial Marines. It features an integral sound suppressor and smartgun system, and the electronic firing mechanism and design provides 1 point of Recoil Compensation.

Sniper Rifles

Use the Longarms skill when firing sniper rifles. Firearm enthusiasts will be the first to tell you that sport and hunting rifles are technically not sniper rifles, but they are similar enough in terms of game statistics to be included here rather than in their own section. Sniper rifles can take top, barrel-, and underbarrel-mounted accessories.

Ares Desert Strike

This combat-hardened sniper rifle is intended for long-range shooting in harsh environments. That means it was built without materials or technologies prone to failure. It comes equipped with a rigid stock with shock pad and a detachable imaging scope.

Cavalier Arms Crockett EBR

Straddling the line between assault rifle and sniper rifle, the Crockett EBR features a burst fire mode. While it lacks the magazine capacity of a true assault rifle, and lacks the precision of a true marksman’s weapon, it makes up for this in versatility, being able to switch fluidly between a sniping role and a combat role as easy as flipping a switch. It comes equipped with a rigid stock with shock pad and a detachable imaging scope.

Ranger Arms SM–5

A legendary assassin’s weapon, this sniper rifle features a silencer, an imaging scope, and a rigid stock with shock pad. The SM–5 disassembles completely in order to fit into a standard briefcase; setting it up or breaking it down takes an Extended Firearms + Logic [Mental] (6, Complex Action) Test. While deadly, the SM–5 is fragile. At the end of every Combat Turn in which the weapon is used in a running firefight, reduce its Accuracy by 1 (to a minimum of 3). If the weapon is used in combat as a melee weapon or to defend from a melee attack, reduce its Accuracy by 2 (again to a minimum of 3). Recalibrating the weapon (a one-hour job) returns its Accuracy to normal.

Remington 950

This high-powered bolt-action hunting rifle features classic wooden furniture and a top-mounted imaging scope that have kept it popular with hunters for several decades. It cannot mount underbarrel accessories.

Ruger 101

This futuristic-looking gas-operated sporting rifle is the favorite weapon for many professional hunters and hobbyists. It features a built-in imaging scope and a rigid stock with shock pad.

Shotguns

Use the Longarms skill when firing shotguns. The stats for these shotguns are for normal slug rounds. When firing shot, use the special rules for shotguns, choke settings, and flechette ammo (Shotguns, p. 180). Shotguns can take top, barrel, and underbarrel accessories.

Defiance T–250

A common sight on the mean streets when things escalate beyond pistols and knives, this semi-automatic shotgun is available in either a normal- length or short-barreled version. It is gas operated, but also features a secondary pump action for situations where preventing jams is more important than quickly firing a second shot. The short-barreled version has the Concealability of +4, the range of a heavy pistol, and a damage code of 9p.

Enfield AS-7

This military assault shotgun provides its user with massive firepower. As a close-quarters weapon and general combat gun, it is universally feared. It can either be loaded with ten-round ammo clips or a special twenty-four-round drum. The Enfield AS-7 comes equipped with a built-in, top-mounted laser sight.

PJSS Model 55

This is a weapon of classic style for a classic sport. Produced only in small numbers, it’s renowned among European hunters and trap shooters as a precise and prestigious weapon. The weapon’s rigid stock comes equipped with an integrated shock pad. Both barrels can be shot at once as a short burst (see Not Enough Bullets, p. 180).

Special Weapons

Use the Exotic Ranged Weapon skill when firing these weapons.

Ares S-III Super Squirt

This popular non-lethal weapon fires DMSO gel packs. The dimethyl sulfoxide forces the skin to absorb the chemicals the operator wishes to deliver. The attack itself causes no damage, but when the target is hit successfully, the DMSO delivers the substance directly into the target’s bloodstream as a Contact vector toxin (Toxins, Drugs, and BTLs, p. 408). The Super Squirt uses Light Pistol ranges and can accept top- and underbarrel-mounted accessories

Fichetti Pain Inducer

For a non-lethal weapon, the Fichetti Pain Inducer is not very humane. It makes someone feel like they are in a microwave, roasting from the inside out. Treat this as a toxin attack with a Power of 8 and a speed of Immediate. The target resists with Body + Willpower. If the modified Power exceeds the target’s Mental limit, the target must spend his next Action Phase doing whatever it takes to run away from the pain. The attacker can continue to hold her beam on a target with a Complex Action unless the gamemaster deems the target has dodged away or found cover. If the target cannot get out of the beam, he is incapacitated with pain, suffering a dice pool modifier equal to the modified Power on all tests for as long as the beam is trained on him. The Pain Inducer uses SMG ranges and can take top and underbarrel accessories. It has ten charges; when attached to a power point, it reloads one charge every ten seconds.

Wireless: The Pain Inducer recharges by induction at a rate of 1 charge per hour.

Parashield Dart Pistol

The industry standard dart pistol, this fires injection darts (p. 434) with narcoject or another payload. The Parashield dart pistol uses Heavy Pistol ranges and can take top-mounted accessories.

Wireless: The dart reports whether or not it has struck home and successfully injected. It may also report any gross physical anomalies in the target’s tissue, although its medical sensors are not very sophisticated (Device Rating of 1 for the dart).

Parashield Dart Rifle

Originally designed to non-lethally take down large game animals at long ranges, the Parashield dart rifle uses compressed air cartridges to fire injection darts. This weapon includes a top-mounted imaging scope. It uses sporting rifle ranges and can mount top and underbarrel accessories.

Wireless: The dart reports whether or not it has struck home and successfully injected. It may also report any gross physical anomalies in the target’s tissue, although its medical sensors are not very sophisticated (Device Rating of 1 for the dart).

Machine Guns

Machine guns come in three varieties—light, medium, and heavy—that determine their ranges. All, even the “light” ones, are in fact very heavy and large. A light machine gun is physically bigger and heavier than an assault rifle. MMGs and HMGs could be carried by someone with Strength of 8+ and 10+ (respectively), but they work better as vehicle-mounted weapons.

Use the Heavy Weapons skill when firing these weapons. They suffer from double modifiers for uncompensated recoil (Recoil, p. 175). Machine guns can take top, barrel, and underbarrel accessories.

Ingram Valiant

This legendary light machine gun is popular with mercenary units the world over. It comes with a rigid stock with shock pad, a laser sight, and a barrel-mounted gas-vent 2 system.

Stoner-Ares M202

This MMG packs a tremendous punch into a relatively lightweight framework made of extra-durable compounds. Due to its relatively small size, it’s a very popular secondary weapon for heavy military vehicles. Trolls with no concept of subtlety sometimes deck them out with accessories for use as personal weapons.

RPK HMG

This heavy Russian machine gun is used by the militaries of several eastern European and Near East countries, primarily as a vehicle-mounted support weapon. Equipped with a detachable tripod, the RPK is usually fired from a prone, sitting, or kneeling position when not mounted on a vehicle.

Cannons & Launchers

Use the Heavy Weapons skill when firing assault cannons and grenade and missile launchers. All suffer from double modifiers for uncompensated recoil (p. 175). Both assault cannons and launchers can take top and underbarrel accessories. Naturally, assault cannons use assault cannon ammo, grenade launchers fire minigrenades, and missile launchers launch missiles or rockets.

Ares Antioch–2

The Antioch–2 features a classic grenade launcher design combined with an integral smartlink system. It is one of the more affordable grenade launchers on the market.

Wireless: You can use the wireless link trigger for your grenades, even if you don’t have DNI (Direct Neural Interface sidebar, p. 222).

ArmTech MGL–12

This bullpup-configuration grenade launcher is popular, since it can fire in semi-auto mode and carries substantially more minigrenades than its competitors.

Wireless: You can use the wireless link trigger for your grenades, even if you don’t have DNI (Direct Neural Interface sidebar, p. 222).

Aztechnology Striker

The Striker is an extremely light disposable launcher—perfect when you want to deliver a punch and make a quick, unencumbered getaway.

Wireless: You can use the wireless link trigger for your missiles, even if you don’t have DNI (Direct Neural Interface sidebar, p. 222).

Krime Cannon

Krime may be a small-time manufacturer, but their assault cannon, simply called the Cannon, is a cheap heavy weapon big on attitude and firepower. It comes standard with modification for trolls, and so is the first weapon in the Sixth World to be intended for larger customers.

Onotari Interceptor

This Saeder-Krupp-developed military missile launcher is designed to fire rockets or guided missiles, of any type. It has two separate barrels and firing chambers, and can load up to two missiles at once, which need not be of the same type. Due to backblast issues, it is not capable of “giving ‘em both barrels.” It features an internal smartgun system.

Wireless: You can use the wireless link trigger for your missiles, even if you don’t have DNI (Direct Neural Interface sidebar, p. 222).

Panther XXL

This huge fragging gun is an assault cannon that uses ammunition similar to the primary weapon in many small tanks. It comes with a built-in smartgun system.