Rocket Assisted Grenade Auto-Launcher
| Generic RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher | |
|---|---|
 Generic RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher | |
| Group: | Ranged Weapon |
| Tech Level | TL–8 |
| Size | 900.0 mm |
| Weight | 15,500.0 gm |
| Cost | Cr2,200 |
| Ammo | 40mm grenade, x15 rounds |
| Manufacturer | Various |
| Generic RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher | |
An RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher (15,500.0 grams loaded; Cr2,200; TL-8) is essentially a modified version of the earlier grenade autolauncher, it is available on a turreted or pintel mount. [1]
- It is a KEW Light Weapon that usually employs Explosive Munitions.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
"RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher:" The turreted version is fed by two 150 round ammunition bays, the pintel mount by two 20 round drums. In both cases the two feed systems are generally loaded with different ammunition types, and the gunner may select which ammunition type will be used in each burst. Reloading times are the same for the earlier auto-launcher, as are rates of fire. [2]
Weapon Characteristics[edit]
Length: 900.0 mm. Weight, unloaded: 6,500.0 grams (each 20 round drum of RAM grenades weighs 9,000.0 grams). Base price: Cr2,200 (20 round drums Cr350).
- Turret installation costs Cr700. Tech level: 8. Extreme range: 1,000.0 meters. [3]
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Explosive weapons are developed as early as the TL:1-3 epoch. In the Terran tradition, some of the earliest wielders of such explosives were known as grenadiers, as in soldiers employing grenades or explosive bombs. Specialized grenadiers were often known as sappers. Some ingenious explosive weapons have been invented by primitive TL:1-3 civilizations including napalm-like pyrotechnics.
By the industrial epoch of TL:4-6, hand grenades have grown common, but suffer from the limitations of being thrown by a sophont’s manipulatory limbs. Rifle Grenades typically appear as one of the solutions to range limitations with early hand grenades.
Typically by the TL:7-9 epoch, sophonts have begun to work around the limitations of thrown weapons by using kinetic projectors or special launchers for such weapons. Grenade Launchers are some of these solutions to firing grenades at farther ranges. [4]
Selected RAM Grenade Auto-Launcher Models[edit]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 40.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 40.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 40.
- ↑ Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 40.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak