REVISED STARTING WEAPONS TABLE

for Europe

The following Starting Weapons Tables more accurately reflect the various national arsenals of European
combatants in the Third World War than that initially published by GDW in 1984 (it is also a departure from the
Ver. 2.x tables as well, in most cases). Players and referees will note that I have deleted weapons, which were
never fielded (i.e. the G-11 and HK-CAW), as well as added a number of weapons, which existed when the First
Edition Rules were put out, but which GDW didn’t include information on. Finally, I have added in those
weapons, which have been developed in the intervening years and entered the inventory. The only completely
fictional weapon on the list is the German MPi-36 assault rifle, which is a posited East German AK74 re-
chambered to fire 5.56N ammunition.
Readers will also note that I have broken down US starting weapons by branch, as there is some variability among
them. The outbreak of the war caught the US military in the midst of incorporating new smalls arms into the
inventory and replacing other weapons. When the war started, a number of "stop gap" weapons were procured on
an emergency basis for issue to units until new items (such as the M4 carbine) were available. This tendency was
complicated by the decline of the supply situation, with the end result that US military units were equipped with a
dizzying array of weapon systems.
The German list reflects the admixture of East and West German equipment. I have kept the Uzi and G-3 battle
rifle on the list with the assumption that some reserve units would still have those weapons at the time the war
broke out. German small arms in the Reunification War, like the American Army, represented, basically, a
"kitchen sink" approach to small arms procurement, with an assortment of weapons in use. Besides those weapons
listed, just about anything else made by the German arms industry (mainly Heckler & Koch and Walther) was
issued at some point during the war to German troops.
Information on Swedish weapons comes from Antenna's Twilight 2000 site. Statistics for Swedish weapons may
be found there. Some information on other European armies comes from Paul Mulcahy's T2K page, which also
contains statistics for many of the weapons listed here.
I have fairly good information concerning the current US, German, and Polish arsenals. Anyone with information
on the weapons used by the other nations (as well as those three if I have made a mistake along the way) please
feel free to email me and contribute information. Note that Italian starting weapons are identical to those presented
in ver. 2.x rules (M12 SMG, M92S Automatic Pistol, AR-70 Assault Rifle, and MAG Machinegun).

US MILITARY STARTING WEAPONS TABLE

US ARMY USMC United States Air United States Navy
M9 Beretta 9mm M9 Beretta Pistol Force M9 Beretta Pistol
Pistol M1911A1 .45 Pistol M9 Beretta 9mm M1911A1 .45 Pistol
M1911A1 .45 PistolMEU(SOC) Pistol Pistol Mk.23 OHWS (SEAL
(Spec Ops Only) M1911A1 .45 Teams Only)
Mk.23 OHWS (Spec M16A2 Pistol M16A2 Assault Rifle
Ops units only) MP5N Submachine Mk.23 OHWS M16A1 Assault Rifle
M16A2 Assault gun (Spec Ops units M14 Battle Rifle
Rifle M40/M40A1 Sniper only) MP5N Submachine gun
M4 Carbine Rifle M16A2 Assault Pump Shotgun, choose one
MP5N Submachine MSG-90 Designated Rifle of the following:
gun Marksman Rifle M4 Carbine
MP5K-PDW M249 SAW MP5N Submachine Remington 870
Submachine gun M60E3 gun
M231 Submachine Machinegun MP5K-PDW
gun M240G Submachine gun Winchester 1200
M24 Sniper Rifle Machinegun M231 Submachine
M249 Squad Pump Shotgun, gun Mossberg 500
Automatic Weapon choose one of the M249 Squad
M60 Machinegun following: Automatic Weapon Mossberg 590
M240B Machinegun M60 Machinegun
Pump Shotgun, Remington 870 Pump Shotgun,
choose one of the choose one of the NOTE: SEALs may also
following: following: pick weapons off any of
the other service's lists.
 Winchester 1200 Remington 870
Remington 870
Winchester 1200 Mossberg 500 Winchester 1200

Mossberg 500 Mossberg 590 Mossberg 500

Mossberg 590
Mossberg 590

NATO/Western Armies Table 1

Unified Germany Canada Denmark
Great Britain
P7M13 9mm Pistol Browning HP-35 Browning HP-35
Browning HP-35 9mm
Makarov Pistol 9mm Pistol 9mm Pistol
Pistol
SIG/Sauer P230 C7 Assault Rifle SIG P210 Pistol
L85A1 Assault Rifle
(Luftwaffe only) (M16A2) Uzi Submachine gun
(IW)
G-36E Assault Rifle C8 Carbine (M4) MP5 SMG
L1A1 SLR (FAL Rifle)
G-36K Carbine Sterling SMG G3 Battle Rifle
L2A3 Sterling SMG
HK-33A2 Assault Rifle C3 (Parker-Hale) M16A2 Assault Rifle
L42 Sniper Rifle
Sniper Rifle
L96A1 Sniper Rifle
AK-74 Assault Rifle Parker Hale M85 PSG-1 Sniper Rifle
Parker Hale M85 Sniper
(MPi-AK74) Sniper Rifle MG3 Machinegun
Rifle
MPi-36 Assault Rifle C9 SAW (M249)
L86A1 LSW
Uzi SMG C6 GPMG (MAG)
L7A2 GPMG (MAG)
MP5 Submachine gun
Machinegun
MP5K-PDW
Submachine gun
AKR Submachine gun
PSG-1 Sniper Rifle
SVD-1 Sniper Rifle
G-3 Battle Rifle
MG-3 Light
Machinegun
MG-36 Automatic
Rifle
PKM Machinegun

NATO/Western Armies Table 2

Turkey
Norway Netherlands Sweden M1911A1 Pistol
Glock 17 9mm Pistol Glock 17 Pistol Glock 17 Pistol PPK Pistol
M1914 .45 Pistol Browning HP-35 9mm AK-4 (G3) M16A2 Assault
(M1911A1) Pistol AK-5 (FN-FNC) Rifle
AG-3 Battle Rifle (G3) NM-1 Assault Rifle Ksp-58 LMG (MAG) G3 Battle Rifle
MP5 Submachine gun (Galil ARM) Ksp-90 SAW (M249) FAL Battle Rifle
NM149S Sniper Rifle HK33 Assault Rifle Ksp-94 LMG (MG3) M3A1 SMG
M249 SAW M16A2 Assault Rifle M-45 SMG MP5 SMG
MG3 Machine Gun FAL Battle Rifle PSG-90 (L96A1) M21 Sniper Rifle
Uzi SMG Sniper Rifle
MP5 SMG HG-90 Shotgun M60 Machine
PSG-1 Sniper Rifle Gun
M249 SAW
MAG Machine Gun

NATO/Western NATIONS Table 3 (Franco-Belgian Forces and other Opponents)

 Greece
Belgium HK P7M13
Finland
HP-35 9mm Pistol
Browning HP-35
Uzi SMG M1911A1
9mm
MP-5 SMG Pistol
France Jati-Matic
FN-FNC MP5 SMG
PA-15 9mm Pistol M-62 Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle HK33A2
MAT-49 SMG M-71 Assault Rifle
FN-FAL Assault Rifle
FA-MAS Assault Rifle M-92 Assault Rifle
Battle Rifle M16A1
FR-F1 Sniper Rifle Sako TRG Sniper
FN 30-11 Assault Rifle
AAT-52 LMG Rifle
Sniper Rifle FN FAL
Note: French forces in the Middle East Valmet M-62
Minimi LMG Battle Rifle
are equipped with the FA-MAS G2 Automatic Rifle
(M249 G3 Battle
(export version), while those in Europe are RPD Automatic
SAW) Rifle
generally equipped with the standard FA- Rifle
MAG LMG M60 LMG
MAS. PK LMG
MAG LMG

Warsaw Pact Weapons List #1

Poland
P-64 Pistol Hungary
P-83 Wanad TT-33 Tokarev
Pistol Pistol
WIST-94 Pistol PA-63 Pistol
USSR Czechoslovakia
AK-74 Assault AKMR Assault
Makarov Pistol cz.52 Automatic Pistol
Rifle Rifle
Makarov PM-M Pistol Makarov Pistol
AKMR Assault AKM Assault
AK-74 Assault Rifle cz.83 Pistol (9mm Mak
Rifle Rifle
version)
AKR Submachine AKR SMG
AKR Submachine gun AK-74 Assault Rifle
gun AMD-65 SMG
Kashtan Submachine gun AKM
PM-63 SVD Sniper
Kedr Submachine gun RPK-74
Submachine gun Rifle
(Airborne or Spetsnaz only) vz.24 SMG
PM-84 RPK74
SVD Sniper Rifle vz.54 Sniper Rifle
Submachine gun Automatic Rifle
RPK-74 SAW vz.59 Machinegun
SVD Sniper RPK Automatic
PKM Machinegun
Rifles Rifle
RPK-74 RPD Automatic
Automatic Rifle Rifle
PKM Light PK Machine
Machinegun Gun