Stand-Alone Launcher

World of Darkness - Armory

Stand-alone grenade launchers typically resemble oversized (35mm to 40mm in caliber) single-barrel break-action shotguns. Stand-alone launchers operate like any other firearm, except for the fact that they fire four-inch-long exploding rounds. Stand-alone launchers were prevalent during the 1960s and ’70s, but fell out of military use with the introduction of under-barrel launchers. Police departments still use stand-alone launchers to deliver non-lethal ordnance against mobs or barricaded suspects.
Examples: American M79 (the “Thumper” of Vietnam fame), German HK69, Singaporean CIS 40 GL, Taiwanese T85

Item type

Weapon, Explosive

Ranges: 75/150/300
Capacity: 1
Strength: 3**
Size: 3
Cost: ••••

** Stand-alone and under-barrel launchers suffer from the same high recoil that afflicts big-game rifles (see p. 72).