Gurps SOE Weapons?

[Tessen]

I was wondering how effective some of the weapons issued to the SOE were?

For instance the thumb dagger and the punching spike? Where they actually used operationally in the war?

I also believe there was a fold up mini crossbow that fired short steel mini bolts and small grenades called beanies.

If someone has the gurps stats for these that would be helpful to.

[Anthony]

The thumb dagger is a concealable small knife, the spike is a concealable dagger. I expect they were normal utility for that sort of thing, which is low but not zero. I suspect most of the 'weird' devices were also useless, though they do seem to have been pretty innovative about explosives (plastique, etc).

[johndallman]

The OSS made two sizes of crossbow. In GURPS terms, they both do 1d imp (2), if you use the cinematic damage scale from The Deadly Spring (Pyramid #3/33, Low-Tech). The realistic damage scale makes them even less effective. You might be able to add +1 with Fine-quality bolts.

They didn't become widely-used, and this makes some sense under GURPS: you need a different skill to use them, and they don't do enough damage.

[Michele]

It seems you are looking for GURPS WWII: Hand of Steel. It's 3e, but it would be useful for all of this anyway.

[Tessen]

Thanks I'll check it out.

[Donny Brook]

What does SOE stand for?