Arpad 600 

     Notes:  One of the standard Swiss grenade launchers, the Arpad 600 is a long-range single-shot grenade launcher that bears more resemblance to a rocket launcher than a grenade launcher.  It is meant to be a grenade launcher that can double as an anti-armor weapon.  Note that this weapon has a backblast, and is a recoilless weapon.

Brugger & Thomet GL-06/LL-6

     Notes: This new Swiss grenade launcher is in many ways to other similar 40mm grenade launchers in the world, but it is also different in several ways.  Though there are officially two versions of the GL-06 – the GL-06 military version and the LL-06 police version – the only difference between the two is the color of the gripstock (yellow in the case of the LL-06, and a choice of variety of camouflaging colors or patterns for the GL-06).  Both are capable of firing any sort of military or police 40x46mm ammunition.  The LL-06 is in fact the original version, as Brugger & Thomet original designed the weapon in response to requests from several police departments in Europe.  However, the GL-06 has unofficially proven to be the bigger seller; since most military sales have been made to special ops units, particularly in Europe, complete figures of GL-06 sales have not been released to the public.

     At its core, the launcher itself is basically conventional – a 40mm caliber barrel with a length of 279.8mm, and a permanently-attached polymer gripstock with a folding stock.  There are two types of folding stocks available. The standard side-folding full-sized polymer stock is skeletonized and may be configured to fold to the left or right, and may be fitted with either a permanent or removable recoil pad.  The second type of stock is tubular and folds atop the launcher, and has an abbreviated buttplate (which also may be fitted with a permanent or removable recoil pad); the stock length is also adjustable to a small extent by sliding, allowing a better fit for the shooter’s stature and what other equipment he is wearing.  The barrel is topped by a full-length MIL-STD-1913 rail, and under the front end of the gripstock is also a short section of MIL-STD-1913 rail.  The rail under the gripstock may be extended back to the trigger guard by another detachable length of MIL-STD-1913 rail.  Slightly-longer lengths of detachable rail may also be added to the sides of the gripstock.  The GL-06 is also equipped with simple iron sights (an adjustable rear diopter with a ghost ring and a front blade with protective ears).  The iron sights are simple since the GL-06 was designed with the idea that those sights were to be used as emergency backups, and that the primary sights would be some sort of optical device mounted on the barrel’s MIL-STD-1913 rail.  The GL-06 is also sold with folding leaf-type grenade sights that attach to one of the side MIL-STD 1913 rails (when they are themselves attached).  The GL-06 is compact, with a length of only 590mm or 385mm with the stock folded.  With the tubular stock, the length with the stock folded is 10mm shorter, and it can be made a further 20mm by sliding the stock to fit the shooter.

     Loading is done by a tip-up barrel, tipping forward and therefore allowing the use of even long-length antiriot munitions, smoke rounds, or flares and star shells.  The barrel is unlocked with a switch inside the front of the enlarged trigger guard, which also acts as a safety when pulled towards the trigger.  Springs assist the tipping of the barrel, and once the barrel is unlocked, it only takes a light touch to actually tip the barrel forward.  Once the barrel is pushed back down, locking is automatic.  A crossbolt safety is provided behind the breech to further safe the weapon when necessary, and the trigger is Double-Action-Only to provide yet a greater level of safety.  The GL-6’s mechanism is inside the gripstock behind the breech, including a non-exposed hammer, providing yet another level of safety as well as protection from the elements.  Sling attachments are found on both sides of the GL-06.  The GL-06 is sold with a folding forward handgrip, but this is an attachment for the MIL-STD-1913 under the gripstock and therefore can be easily removed.  Field stripping is designed to be quite simple, with screws that are wide and slotted, easily removed even by something as simple as a coin.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The GL-06 is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline.