Rifle Adapters
The earliest grenade launchers, introduced in the 1940s, were rifle attachments used in conjunction with blank cartridges. An adapter mounted on the muzzle of a soldier’s rifle enabled him to attach a rifle grenade to the rifle, then fire a blank to propel the grenade up to several hundred yards. Rifle adapters had significant drawbacks, though: an adaptor decreased the accuracy of the rifle while attached, took too much time to use on the battlefield and generated spectacular self-immolation if a soldier accidentally used regular ammunition and detonated the grenade on firing. A rifle fitted with a rifle adapter grenade launcher suffers –2 to its Damage trait when firing regular ammunition, and if a user attempts to launch a grenade with a regular bullet rather than a blank cartridge, the grenade explodes.
Item type
Weapon, Explosive
Capacity: 1
Strength: +1*
Size: -
Cost: •••