Weapons we like - Page 5

~~Figleaf23~~ · 05-18-2008, 10:21 AM

In GURPS or IRL, what weapons do you like best and why?

For me, going by TL range:

Low-tech: SPEAR! Good at range 1 and 2, usable one or two handed, throwable, useful when mounted, useful against cavalry, really cheap. Simple to make, usable as a stick for hiking, a pole for poking mysterious things, burn it for heat in a freezing emergency. The spear is also my favorite weapon over all TLs for sheer design achievement.

High-Tech: Rifle. Obviously, I would trade my spear for one in any kind of fight. In fact, equiped with a bayonnet, the rifle incorporates almost all the utilities of a spear. Plus if you know what you are doing, you can solve certain kinds of problems at hundreds of yards distance. Nothing too complicated, a nice USMC 7.62 mm, M14-DMR does the trick.

Ultra-Tech: Gyroc. Especially with homing ammo! Ammunition choices let a single individual replicate the options of a 21 century infantry squad and more! Portable, devices ranging from concealable to vehicle-mounted all firing the same supply of ammo. Sweet.

05-18-2008, 10:21 AM	#1
~~Figleaf23~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2008	Weapons we like In GURPS or IRL, what weapons do you like best and why? For me, going by TL range: Low-tech: SPEAR! Good at range 1 and 2, usable one or two handed, throwable, useful when mounted, useful against cavalry, really cheap. Simple to make, usable as a stick for hiking, a pole for poking mysterious things, burn it for heat in a freezing emergency. The spear is also my favorite weapon over all TLs for sheer design achievement. High-Tech: Rifle. Obviously, I would trade my spear for one in any kind of fight. In fact, equiped with a bayonnet, the rifle incorporates almost all the utilities of a spear. Plus if you know what you are doing, you can solve certain kinds of problems at hundreds of yards distance. Nothing too complicated, a nice USMC 7.62 mm, M14-DMR does the trick. Ultra-Tech: Gyroc. Especially with homing ammo! Ammunition choices let a single individual replicate the options of a 21 century infantry squad and more! Portable, devices ranging from concealable to vehicle-mounted all firing the same supply of ammo. Sweet.