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.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazine |
Price |
Arpad 600 |
35mm
Swiss High Velocity |
6.8
kg |
1
Internal |
$1660 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Round |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
IFR |
Arpad 600 |
SS |
HE |
Nil |
Nil |
240 |
3570 |
|
SS |
ILLUM |
Nil |
Nil |
240 |
3570 |
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.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazine |
Price |
GL-06 |
40mm
NATO Low-Velocity |
2.05
kg |
1
Internal |
$556 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Round |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
IFR |
GL-06 |
SS |
APERS |
1 |
Nil |
40 |
Nil |
|
SS |
CHEM |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
Ferret |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
Flash-Bang |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
Flechette |
1 |
Nil |
70 |
Nil |
|
SS |
HE |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
HEAT |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
HEDP |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
HE Airburst |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
ILLUM |
1 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |
|
SS |
WP |
2 |
Nil |
100 |
390 |