B-30

Notes: This Czech weapon is unusual for a heavy sniper rifle in that it is capable of automatic fire, though recoil is brutal in this mode. It is most often fired in the semiautomatic mode, as the magazine is small, the buttplate rudimentary and unpadded, and the entire weapon rather light for prolonged automatic fire. Optical sights are difficult to fit to this weapon and take some work to properly use, due to the mounting of the magazine.

Virtually all of these weapons are chambered for the 12.7mm Russian cartridge, however, another common caliber is .50 Browning Machinegun. A couple of rarer chamberings include 14.5mm KPV and 15mm Mauser.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This is a rather rare weapon in the Twilight 2000 World; in .50 Browning Machinegun, it is even rarer, and in 14.5mm KPV or 15mm Mauser, it is almost unknown.

Merc 2000 Notes: In the Merc 2000 World, the two most common chamberings of the B-30 are 12.7mm Russian and 14.5mm KPV.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

B-30

12.7mm Russian

13.2 kg

16

$6046

B-30

.50 Browning Machinegun

12.41 kg

16

$5759

B-30

14.5mm KPV

18.31 kg

16

$7667

B-30

15mm Mauser

16.99 kg

16

$8080

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

B-30 (12.7mm)

5

9

2-3-4

8/9

3

7

102

B-30 (12.7mm, Bipod)

5

9

2-3-4

8/9

1

4

133

B-30 (.50)

5

9

2-3-4

8/9

3

7

110

B-30 (.50, Bipod)

5

9

2-3-4

8/9

1

4

142

B-30 (14.5mm)

5

10

2-2-3

8/9

3

9

105

B-30 (14.5mm, Bipod)

5

10

2-2-3

8/9

2

4

137

B-30 (15mm)

5

11

2-2-3

8/9

3

9

109

B-30 (15mm, Bipod)

5

11

2-2-3

8/9

2

4

142

ZVI Falcon

Notes: The ZVI Falcon (at first known as the OPV or M-96), is a typical antimateriel/long-range sniper rifle firing heavy-caliber ammunition. The Falcon is a bolt-action rifle with a bullpup configuration, using a rotating bolt. The Falcon uses a large squarish multi-baffle muzzle brake coupled with a heavy buffer spring and a thick rubber recoil pad on the butt to help tame the weapon’s recoil. The Falcon normally feeds from a 2-round box magazine, though 5-round magazines are available and an insert may be used to convert the Falcon to a single-shot breech-loaded rifle (normally done only for training purposes). For transport purposes, the Falcon may be broken into four groups: the barrel (with attached bipod), the receiver, the sight group, and the buttstock. The barrel is equipped with a carrying handle which folds to either side, and a folding bipod is also mounted on the bracket for the carrying handle. (The bipod is lightweight and adjustable for height, and to an extent, for cant.) The Falcon has iron sights, but primary aiming is done with a telescopic sight mounted on a raised rail. Originally, the scope mount was proprietary and could mount only a narrow range of telescopic sights and night vision equipment, but newer versions have the raised mount topped with a MIL-STD-1913 rail. The normal scope used with the Falcon is a ZD 10x50 with an illuminated reticle.

The Falcon was always intended to be able to use both 12.7mm Russian and .50 Browning Machinegun ammunition. At first, ZVI attempted to design a rifle that could do both with no modifications or changed parts; this version, called the OPV Falcon, used a bolt that could be adjusted by the shooter to fire either round, and the 40.4-inch barrel was rifled so that (supposedly) it could effectively fire both rounds. Snipers testing the OPV version complained that the barrel was too long and clumsy, and that the rifling’s twist rate didn’t really enable either cartridge to perform to its potential. ZVI therefore designed separate, longer barrels for each chambering; the troublesome adjustable bolt, which gave repeated locking problems, was also dispensed with. The version of the Falcon chambered for 12.7mm Russian is called the OP-96, and uses a 36.5-inch barrel; the .50 Browning Machinegun version is called the OP-99, and has a 33-inch barrel.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon is popular with airborne and air assault troops, as well as special operations, due to its compact size and powerful cartridge. Though there are a few OPVs around, most of them have been discarded or converted to the OP-96 standard. Almost none have been built to fire .50 Browning Machinegun ammunition in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

OPV Falcon*

12.7mm Russian and .50 Browning Machinegun

12.83 kg

2, 5

$8625

OP-96 Falcon

12.7mm Russian

12.7 kg

2, 5

$8496

OP-99 Falcon

.50 Browning Machinegun

12.26 kg

2, 5

$7956

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

OPV (12.7mm)

BA

9

2-2-3

12

3

Nil

148

(With Bipod)

BA

9

2-2-3

12

2

Nil

193

OPV (.50)

BA

9

2-3-4

12

3

Nil

158

(With Bipod)

BA

9

2-3-4

12

1

Nil

206

OP-96

BA

9

2-3-4

11

3

Nil

140

(With Bipod)

BA

9

2-3-4

11

1

Nil

182

OP-99

BA

9

2-3-4

11

3

Nil

129

(With Bipod)

BA

9

2-3-4

11

1

Nil

167

*If Catastrophic Failure is indicated by the player’s "to hit" roll when firing an OPV, there is a 50% that this Catastrophic Failure is a jam so severe that disassembly of the weapon will be required to clear it. Otherwise, the GM should use whatever he normally uses when a shooter has a Catastrophic Failure.