Truvelo BXP

     Notes: This weapon is a conventional blowback-operation submachinegun built on the telescoping bolt pattern.  The cocking handle is U-shaped, to allow a proper line of sight when aiming even though it is on top of the receiver.  The 8.2-inch barrel is threaded to accept a silencer, or a flash suppressor that is the proper size to fire bullet-trap type rifle grenades.  The trigger is two-stage; though the manual safety is a separate switch, the shooter fires single shots with a half-pull of the trigger, or full automatic with a full pull of the trigger. Standard equipment for the BXP includes the Armeson Occluded Eye Gunsight, a lightweight optical sight that is included in the cost of the weapon.  The 22-round magazine has not been produced for a long time, and is rather rare.

     A semiautomatic version is also built; this is identical for game purposes except for not being able to fire on automatic (or modified to automatic fire without considerable difficulty), and that the under-folding wire stock of the standard BXP is deleted.  The Armeson Occuded Eye Gunsight is also not included in the pistol version, nor does it include the attachments for a silencer. For some parts of the world (largely in Africa, the Middle East, and South/Southeast Asia), this version is sold as the BXP Tactical Pistol; in North America, South America, and Central America, it is called the Phoenix.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: In the Twilight 2000 timeline, the manufacturer of the BXP would Mechem, a division of Denel; Denel would be, in the Twilight 2000 timeline, still a division itself of Armscor.

     Merc 2000 Notes: This is a popular mercenary weapon in a Twilight 2000 timeline.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

BXP

9mm Parabellum

2.5 kg

22, 32

$457

BXP Silencer

N/A

0.55 kg

N/A

$135

BXP Pistol

9mm Parabellum

2.2 kg

22, 32

$257

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

BXP

10

2

Nil

3/4

1

6

22

BXP (Silenced)

10

2

Nil

4/6

1

5

17

BXP Pistol

SA

2

Nil

2

2

Nil

22