Osberger-Glock 177 Raubvogel-PM

Written by: Ripshot

Way long back, the Glock was the king of humdrum handguns. They were pretty novel little gats when they came out a century ago, being one of the first well-made polymer handguns with an at-the-time impressive 17 shots, and for a while one of the most popular handguns in the world, but the company just didn't bring much innovation to their product once they became an industry standard, and they fell out of popularity into the 21st century. The final nail in the coffin came with Ares' Light Fire series, which was the final push to make the glock second-chair to megacorps everywhere outside of its homeland of Germany.
The 177 Raubvogel was one of the more recent heavy-calibre models from Glock's attempts at retaking their crown in the North-American markets, given a licensed makeover by Osberger LES and released as the 177 Raubvogel-PM (Point-Man), a dedicated heavy-calibre pistol for use by law-enforcement and corpsec looking for a weapon compact enough to be highly maneuverable in tight room-clearings but powerful enough to put the hurt in ways that lighter handguns and submachineguns couldn't manage. The gun itself is still a C-Average Glock design underneath the new tactical stipling and reworked CQB sights, but the real magic of this thing is in the 'Overflash-Light-Module'.
In short, it's a miniaturised derivative of the 'flash-pak' grenade we're all familiar with, with all the horrible lightshows directed in a tight-cone forwards instead of all around and a software-program made to link and syncronise with smartlink and flare-compensation eyewear (or cybereyes) of the user and tagged friendlies to minimize residual flashes, briefly triggered by holding down a switch on the side (or using a DNI-link). It can't blind a whole room like a thrown flash-pak can, but it'll give your target a precious moment of disorientation that could make all the difference in a firefight.

Funny thing, the flash-module might be new but using flashlights to disorient hostiles has been around almost as long as they made flashlights small enough to mount on guns. 'Light Discipline', they called it.

— Vulcan Gravy

All in all, the Raubvogel-PM is a nice taste of the innovation Glock needs, especially if it sells well enough to get marketed out of NC, but it doesn't really solve Glock's issue of not doing enough to innovate their core product. It ain't particularly bad, it just doesn't do anything new or good enough to leave me feeling anything but indifferent about the thing. Can't even find the damn thing in caseless either...

If you can find the thing at all. Regular 177s aren't too hard to get, but the Overflash equipped PM models are currently restricted from civilian ownership until the companies clear some legal red tape.

— Anonymous poster

Manufacturer

Osberger Law-Enforcement Systems

Rarity

13R

Weight

998 KG unloaded

Dimensions

5.0" barrel, 8.2" total length

Base Price

950¥

Type

Heavy Pistol

Accuracy

5(7)

Damage

7P

AP

-1

Mode

SA

RC

-

Ammo

16(C)

Standard Upgrades

Smartgun System (Internal), Safe Target System (Base), Flashlight (regular)

The user can choose to activate the Overflash-Light-Module as a simple action, inducing the effects of a flash-pak (including resistences offered by flare-compensation eyewear/implants) on a single target looking in the gun's direction. The module has two charges and recharges 1 charge every ten seconds when plugged into an external power-source, and can function as a regular flashlight at no cost of charge

Wireless bonus: The module can charge by induction, regaining one charge per hour.

A version of the 177 without the Overflash-Light-Module can be purchased for 650¥ with an availability of 8R.