Heavy Weapons

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Every entry below lists weight in kg, price in dollars, and availability. The last is given in the form (availability in the West/availability in the East); V = very common, C = common, S = scarce, and R = rare. Some entries contain additional information.

Rocket Launchers

M202: A four-shot clip-fed rocket launcher. Clips may be either incendiary or antitank rockets. Ammo: 66mm rockets, Wt: 5 kg, Mag: 4, Price: $2,000 (S/R).

RPG-16: The standard Warsaw Pact antitank rocket launcher. Ammo: 58.3mm rockets, Wt: 10 kg, Price: $1,000 (S/C).

Armbrust: A single-shot, disposable anti-tank rocket launcher. Wt: 6 kg, Price: $200 (S/R).

Antitank Missile Launchers

Tank Breaker: A man-portable launcher fired from an integral rest, Tank Breaker fires a homing fire and forget missile which can be set either to hit the target directly or fly over it and attack from above where the armor is generally thinner. Wt: 10 kg, Price: $5,000 (S/R).

AT-4: The Warsaw Pact man-portable missile launcher, the AT-4 is fired from an integral tripod. The missile is wire guided and the gunner must continue to aim at the target for the entire flight of the missile. Wt: 5 kg, Price: $3,000 (S/C).

TOW II: The launcher for the TOW II missile on the M2 Bradley. The launcher may be fired only from the vehicle mount; the missile is wire guided and the gunner must continue to aim at the target for the entire flight of the missile. The launcher cannot be reloaded from inside the vehicle. Wt: 30 kg, Mag: 2, Price: $10,000 (S/R).

AT-5: The missile launcher on the BMP-B and BMP-C armored personnel carriers. The launcher may be fired only from the vehicle mount; the missile is wire guided and the gunner must aim at the target for the entire flight of the missile. The gunner must open the turret hatch and expose his head, arms, and chest to reload. Wt: 15 kg. Price: $6,000 (R/S).

Large Caliber Guns

Note: Most large caliber guns are an integral part of a vehicle. Prices and availability are given only for those which are available separately.

23mm Auto cannon: A belt-fed automatic cannon mounted on the OT-65. It accepts 33-shot belts. It may be fired only from the vehicle mount.

25mm Auto-cannon: A belt-fed automatic cannon mounted on the M2-2 and LAV-25. The weapon may have two belts, with two different types of ammunition, loaded simultaneously and may fire from either belt. Neither the 25mm auto-cannon nor the gunner's machine gun may fire while either belt is being reloaded. The weapon accepts 33-shot belts.

30mm Auto-cannon: A belt-fed automatic cannon mounted on the BMP-B, BMP-C, and BRDM-3. The weapon accepts 33-shot belts. A six-barrel gatling gun version of the 30mm is used on the ZSU-30-6. Its rate of fire (5) is the number of times each gun can fire per combat round. Thus, if the vehicle fires five times, a total of 30 shots could be fired.

40mm Auto-cannon: A hopper-fed automatic cannon mounted on the M-988. The M-988 has twin guns. Its rate of fire (5) isthe number of times each gun can fire per combat round. Thus, if the vehicle fires five times, a total of ten shots could be fired. The ammunition hopper for the vehicle may be reloaded while the gun is firing, but only one shot may be placed in the hopper per combat round. The vehicle's hopper holds 233 shots.

75mm Auto-cannon: A hopper-fed automatic cannon mounted on the LAV-75. The gun has a 36-shot carousel in the bottom of the vehicle hull. If additional rounds are carried in the vehicle, the carousel may be reloaded while the gun is firing, but only one shot may be placed in the carousel per combat round.

105mm Gun: A manually loaded large caliber gun mounted on the M1 tank.

120mm Gun: A large caliber gun mounted on the M1E1 and M1E2 tanks. On the M1 E1 it is manually loaded, on the M1E2 it is equipped with an autoloader.

125mm Gun (Rapira-3): A large caliber gun mounted on the T-72, T-80, T-90 tanks and the Rapira-3 towed antitank gun. All three tanks are equipped with autoloaders. On the Rapira-3 the gun is manually loaded. On the T-72 and T-80, the gun automatically goes to maximum elevation while the autoloader is working, and so the gunner may not aim during loading. On the T-90 and the Rapira-3 the gunner may aim during loading. The Rapira-3 has an armor class 15 gun shield which provides cover for the gunner and loader if fired at from the front. The Rapira-3 takes 8 combat turns to set up. Wt (Rapira-3): 3.5 tons, Price (Rapira-3): $50,000 (R/S).

122mm: The howitzer mounted on the SAU-122 self-propelled howitzer and the D-30 towed howitzer. It is manually loaded. The D-30 has an armor class 1 5 gun shield which provides cover for the gunner (but not the loader) if fired at from the front. The D-30 takes 12 combat turns to set up. Wt (D-30): 3 tons. Price (D-30): $50,000 (S/C).

152mm: The howitzer mounted on the SAU-152 self-propelled howitzer. It is manually loaded.

155mm: The howitzer mounted on the M109A2 self-propelled howitzer. It is manually loaded.

60mm: Standard light mortar for the U.S. Army. It can be disassembled into three loads (bipod, baseplate, tube) for easier transportation. Individual rounds are dropped down the tube by the loader. Requires two combat turns to set up. Wt: 20 kg (bipod 8 kg, baseplate 4 kg, tube 8 kg), Price: $5,000 (C/S).

81mm: Standard medium mortar for most western armies. It can be disassembled into three loads (bipod, baseplate, tube) for easier transportation. Individual rounds are dropped down the tube by the loader. Requires 6 combat turns to set up. Wt: 40 kg (bipod 15 kg, baseplate 10 kg, tube 15 kg). Price: $10,000 (C/S).

82mm Vasilek: Standard medium mortar for the Warsaw Pact, the Vasilek is a clip-fed automatic mortar. May not be disassembled, but is provided with a detachable wheeled carriage to allow it to be towed behind a vehicle. The mortar may not be fired from its carriage. Requires 12 combat turns to set up. Wt: 80 kg (carriage weighs 50 kg), Mag: 5, Price: $20,000 (R/S).

4.2": Standard heavy mortar for the U.S. Army. Can be disassembled into three loads (monopod, baseplate, tube) for easier transportation. Individual rounds are dropped down the tube by the loader. Requires 12 combat turns to set up. Wt: 300 kg (monopod 80 kg, baseplate 100 kg, tube 120 kg). Price: $12,000 (C/S).

120mm: Standard heavy mortar for the Warsaw Pact and most western European armies. It can be disassembled into three loads (bipod, baseplate, tube) for easier transportation. A wheeled carriage is also provided to allow the assembled weapon to be towed behind a vehicle. The mortar may not be fired from its carriage. Individual rounds are dropped down the tube by the loader. Requires 12 combat turns to set up. Wt: 280 kg (bipod: 70 kg, baseplate 90 kg, tube 120 kg, wheeled carriage weighs 240 kg). Price: $15,000 (C/C).

Large caliber gun and grenade rounds come in several types, explained below. Each weapon can fire one or more of these types.

API (Armor Piercing Incendiary): A nearly solid round containing a small amount of incendiary material in the base. Primarily used against armored vehicles.

HE (High Explosive): A high explosive round is a hollow casing containing an explosive compound. Set to detonate on impact or at a selected altitude, it is useful against infantry and some larger targets. It is the least expensive (and thus most common) indirect fire round used.

HEPXPF (High Explosive Proximity Fused Pre-Fragmented): A sophisticated air defense round also useful against personnel on the ground. It is a high explosive round with a reservoir of tungsten pellets which become lethal fragments when the round is detonated. When used against aircraft the proximity fuse detonated the round when it approached within 6 meters of the aircraft.

HEAT (High Explosive Anti-tank): A hollow shell filled with explosive compound. An inverted cone in the nose of the shell directs the explosive force forward into a high energy jet of super-heated gas and molten metal, reducing the effectiveness of the round against soft targets but vastly increasing it against armor.

APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot): The round consists of a sub-caliber finned penetrator (usually made of tungsten) surrounded by a full-bore aluminum sabot (pronounced SAY-bo) in several pieces. Once the round leaves the barrel, the sabot falls away. The combination of a large propelling charge and a small diameter penetrator results in very high muzzle velocity and armor penetration.

APFSDSDU (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot Depleted Uranium): Essentially the same as an APFSDS round, but with a penetrator made of depleted uranium. The density and hardness of the DU penetrator increases the ability of the round to penetrate armor considerably. Depleted uranium is spent reactor fuel, and contains little or no U-235. It is not dangerously radioactive.

HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose): A hollow round containing an explosive compound filler with a shaped charge director in the nose to provide the round with an enhanced armor penetrating capability.

ICM (Improved Conventional Munitions): A hollow round filled with grenades. The round bursts in the air and scatters grenades over a large area. It is very effective against infantry.

ICM-DP (Improved Conventional Munitions, Dual Purpose): Similar to ICM, the ICM-DP round contains shaped charge grenades which have an improved effectiveness against armored targets, provided they achieve a direct hit.

WP (White Phosphorus): A hollow round filled with white phosphorus. Upon detonation, it scatters burning white phosphorus throughout its burst radius. WP rounds also generate thick white smoke.

CHEM (Chemical): A hollow shell which, upon landing, burns and releases a gas or smoke. The most common chemical is hex-achloroethane (HC) smoke, and all prices below are based on that round. Rounds may also be filled with irritant gas (double price), blood agent poisonous gas (triple price) or nerve gas (quadruple price). In all cases, the chemical cloud will cover an area the width of the burst area and four times as long as the burst area. The cloud will originate at the impact point of the round and stretch down wind.

ILLUM (Illumination): A hollow round containing a parachute flare which will illuminate the area defined by the round's burst radius for two combat turns (one minute).

CLGP (Cannon Launched Guided Projectile): A high explosive round which homes on the reflection of a laser target designator. If a laser target designator is aimed at a vehicle or building, the round has a 90% chance of a direct hit.

FASCAM (Family of Scatterable Mines): A hollow round containing antitank and antipersonnel mines. The round bursts in the air and scatters mines over an area 100 meters in radius from the burst point.

Powder Charges: Most guns use a round which consists of both the projectile and a brass casing with propellent. The 125mm gun and all howitzers fire a round consisting of a projectile and a separate powder charge. One powder charge is consumed for each projectile fired.

58.3mm HEAT: Fired from the RPG-16 rocket launcher. Wt: 3 kg, 10 kg per case of 3, Price: $50 each, $125 per case (R/S).

66mm HEAT: Fired from the M202 rocket launcher. Wt: 1 kg per 4-round clip, Price: $250 per clip (S/R).

66mm WP: Fired from the M202 rocket launcher. Wt: 7 kg per 4-round clip, Price: $400 per clip (S/R).

Antitank Missiles

Tank Breaker: Fired from a Tank Breaker launcher. A self-guiding missile with a HEAT warhead. Wt: 10 kg, Price: $ 1000 each (S/R).

TOW II: Fired from the TOW launcher on the M2 Bradley. A wire-guided missile with a HEAT warhead. Wt: 20 kg, Price: $1500 (S/R).

AT-4: Fired from the AT-4 launcher. A wire-guided missile with a HEAT warhead. Wt: 7 kg, Price: $750 (R/S).

AT-5: Fired from the AT-5 launcher on the BMP-B and BMP-C. A wire-guided missile with a HEAT warhead. Wt: 8 kg. Price: $1200 (R/S).

Large Caliber Rounds

23mm API: Wt: 100 kg per case of 33, belted. Price: $500 per case (S/C).

23mm HE: Wt: 100 kg per case of 33, belted. Price: $500 per case (S/C).

25mm API: Wt: 100 kg per case of 33, belted, Price: $650 per case (C/S).

25mm HE: Wt: 100 kg per case of 33, belted, Price: $650 per case (C/S).

25mm APFSDSDU: Wt: 100 kg per case of 33, belted. Price: $2500 per case (S/R).

30mm API: Wt: 25 kg per case of 33, belted. Price: $750 per case (S/C).

30mm HE: Wt: 25 kg per case of 33, belted, Price: $750 per case (S/C).

40mm HE: Wt: 50 kg per case of 64, Price: $6000 per case (C/S).

40mm HEPXPF: Wt: 200 kg per case of 64, Price: $8,000 per case (R/R).

75mm HE: Wt: 10 kg. Price: $250 (C/S).

75mm WP: Wt: 10 kg. Price: $500 10 kg (R/R).

75mm APFSDS: Wt: 10 kg, Price: $600 (S/R).

105mm HEAT: Wt: 25 kg, Price: $600 (C/S).

105mm APFSDS: Wt: 25 kg, Price: $600 (S/R).

105mm APFSDSDU: Wt: 25 kg, Price: $1000 (R/R).

105mm WP: Wt: 25 kg. Price: $1000 (R/R).

120mm HEAT: Wt: 50 kg, Price: $800 (C/S).

120mm APFSDS: Wt: 50 kg, Price: $800 (S/R).

120mm APFSDSDU: Wt: 50 kg. Price: $1500 (R/R).

120mm WP: Wt: 50 kg, Price: $1000 (R/R).

125mm HE: Wt: 40 kg, Price: $800 (S/C).

125mm HEAT Wt: 40 kg. Price: $800 (R/S).

125mm APFSDS Wt: 40 kg, Price: $800 (S/R).

125mm APFSDSDU: Wt: 40 kg, Price: $1500 (R/R).

125mm Powder charge: Wt: 25 kg, Price: $80 (S/C).

122mm HE: Wt: 25 kg, Price: $350 (S/C).

122mm HEAT: Wt: 25 kg. Price: $500 (R/S).

122mm ICM Wt: 25 kg. Price: $2000 (R/R).

122mm WP Wt: 25 kg. Price: $700 (R/S).

122mm CHEM Wt: 25 kg. Price: $350 (R/S).

122mm ILLUM Wt: 25 kg. Price: $350 (R/R).

122mm Powder Charge Wt: 10 kg. Price: $40 (C/V).

152mm HE Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (S/C).

152mm HEAT Wt: 50 kg, Price: $750 (R/S).

152mm ICM Wt: 50 kg, Price: $3000 (R/R).

152mm WP Wt: 50 kg. Price: $1000 (R/S).

152mm CHEM Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (R/S).

152mm ILLUM Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (R/R).

152mm Powder Charge Wt: 25 kg. Price: $60 (C/V).

155mm HE each, Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (C/S).

155mm HEAT Wt: 50 kg. Price: $750 (C/S).

155mm ICM-DP Wt: 50 kg. Price: $3000 (R/R).

155mm WP Wt: 50 kg. Price: $1000 (S/R).

155mm CHEM Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (S/R).

155mm ILLUM Wt: 50 kg, Price: $500 (S/R).

155mm CLGP Wt: 50 kg, Price: $5000 (R/R).

155mm FASCAM Wt: 50 kg. Price: $5000 (R/R).

155mm Powder Charge Wt: 25 kg, Price: $60 (V/C).

60mm HE: Wt: 25 kg per case of 12, Price: $300 per case (C/S).

60mm WP: Wt: 25 kg per case of 12. Price: $600 per case (S/R).

60mm ILLUM: Wt: 25 kg per case of 12, Price: $300 per case (S/R).

81mm HE: Wt: 25 kg case of 3, Price: $1 50 per case (C/S).

81mm WP: Wt: 25 kg case of 3, Price: $300 per case (S/R).

81mm ILLUM: l/W: 25 kg per case of 3, Price: $150 (S/R).

82mm HE: Wt: 50 kg per 5-round clip, Price: $300 per clip (S/C).

82mm HEDP: Wt: 50 kg per 5-round clip. Price: $600 per clip (R/S).

82mm WP: Wt: 25 kg per case of 3, Price: $300 per case (R/S).

82mm ILLUM: Wt: 25 kg per case of 3, Price: $ 150 per case (R/S).

4.2 Inch HE: Wt; 35 kg per case of 2, Price: $200 per case (C/S).

4.2 Inch ICM-DP: Wt: 35 kg per case of 2, Price: $2000 per case (R/R).

4.2 Inch WP: Wt: 35 kg per case of 2. Price: $400 per case (S/R).

4.2 Inch CHEM: Wt: 35 kg per case of 2, Price: $200 per case (S/R).

4.2 Inch ILLUM: Wt: 35 kg per case of 2 Price: $200 per case (S/R).

120mm HE: Wt: 50 kg per case of 2. P/v'ce: $200 per case (V/V).

120mm WP: Wt: 50 kg per case of 2, Price: $400 per case (S/S).

120mm CHEM: Wt: 50 kg per case of 2, P/v'ce/ $250 per case (S/S).

120mm ILLUM Wt: 50 kg per case of 2, flr/ce: $200 per case (S/R).