Medium Recoilless Rifle

Medium Recoilless Rifle
Production information
Type	Ballistic
Tech Base	Clan / Inner Sphere
Year Availability	mid-20th century
Technical specifications
Damage	3
Minimum Range	0
Short Range	2
Medium Range	4
Long Range	6
Mass	250 kg
Space Slots	2
Cost (unloaded)	3,000
BV (2.0)	19

Overview

The Medium Recoilless Rifle is one of three types of recoilles rifles in use by military forces of the 31st Century. Based on designs dating back to the mid-20th Century, recoilless rifles launch a high-explosive fin-stabilized rocket at a target while simultaneously venting high-velocity gas, known as backblast, out the rear end of the weapon. The backblast can be dangerous, which for the medium rifle extends out to a range of 5 meters, but allows for recoilless fire and greater thrust potential. The result is a rocket traveling at greater velocities than normal missiles, making them effectively immune to anti-missile systems and contributing to their growing popularity as these systems proliferate.

Medium recoilless rifles are shoulder-fired weapons but require a second crewman to load the weapon. The most common version of this rifle, the Model BS-20, is produced by the Lyran corporation Steins Armaments and has been in production since 2749 when it was first ordered for the Star League Defense Forces. It can also fire a variety of ordnance types except for FASCAM and flares.

These rifles have also been adapted from their infantry-scale versions for use as Battle Armor weapons, and were first employed as such by the Capellan Confederation during the Capellan-St. Ives War, mounting them on numerous field refits of the Inner Sphere Standard and Fa Shih armors.

Notes

Specification

Item:Recoilles Rifle, Medium

Equipment Rating: C/B-B-A/D

Armor Piercing/Base Damage: (D)

Range: 60/200/390/640 meters

Shots: 1

Cost/Reload: 2000/*

Affiliation: -

Mass/Reload: 32kg/2kg

Notes: Crew: 2; Backblast 5m

Biblography

• A Time of War
• Lostech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide
• TechManual