SR5:Ammo:Ammunition

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Ammunition is defined by type (regular, gel, APDS, etc.), class of firearm (light pistol, heavy pistol, assault rifle, etc.) and as cased or caseless. Unless indicated otherwise in its description, a gun can fire cased or caseless ammo, but not both. For simplicity, each kind of gun can trade ammo with another of its class: for example, all heavy pistols can share ammo. An ammunition type’s Damage Modifier and AP Modifier are added to the weapon’s usual DV and AP. For example, an Ares Predator V (DV 8P, AP –1) loaded with explosive rounds (DV +1, AP –1) has a DV of 9P and Armor Penetration of –2.

APDS

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - –4 12F 120¥ Core
These are military-grade armor piercing rounds—their full name is armor piercing discarding sabot. They are designed to travel at high velocities and punch through personal body armor.

Assault Cannon

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 12F 400¥ Core
These are for assault cannons only, and they’re the only thing assault cannons can load.

Capsule Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -4 +4 2 5¥ SR5:R&G
On Hit Rounds carry a liquid that, upon impact, splashes the target. Damage and AP are for the damage of the shot itself. A successful hit, including a Grazing Hit, means the capsule ruptures and the target faces damage from the chemical. Fill The rounds listed are empty but can be filled with a chemical with a Logic + Armorer [Mental] (12, 1 minute) Extended Test for each round. A single dose of chemical fills 5 rounds and must be purchased separately. Range all use Light Pistol ranges, no matter what weapon fires them.
So once there were rounds designed for marking trees and cows and stuff, and some people thought it would be fun to fire them at each other. Then militaries figured out how to use them in training—and also realized things besides paint could be loaded in them. That led to our modern-day capsule rounds. They’re lighter than standard rounds and therefore lack much of a punch, but it’s not the bullet but the payload that really matters.

Explosive Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - +1 –1 9F 80¥ Core
These slugs carry a shaped-charge explosive, designed to explode and fragment on impact. Explosive rounds misfire whenever you roll a critical glitch. When this happens, you must resist one “attack” with a Damage Value equal to the normal damage done by the weapon (and don’t forget the modifier for the explosive rounds). The attack misses its intended target, and the weapon firing the bullets is destroyed.

EX-Explosive Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - +2 -1 14F 120¥ SR5:R&G
What is better than something blowing up? Something blowing up bigger of course. These little darlings pack a punch and always seem to get the job done. My hats off to the chummer who decided he needed a better boom in his life.

Flare Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -2/+2 +2/-3 6R 20¥ SR5:R&G
Flare rounds are intended to be shot into the air and act as a signal or location marker. They ignite upon firing and explode into a shower of burning sparks at 60 meters. On Hit Targets struck by a flare round may catch fire (see p. 171, SR5). The first numbers listed are for a round impacting at less than 60 meters. The second is for a round impacting between 60 and 62 meters. These rounds are ineffective beyond 62 meters no matter what weapon they are loaded into.
Originally designed just for shotguns, these rounds now come for your heavy pistol, SMG, and assault rifle as well. A convenient little signal to keep on hand in case of emergency.

Flechette Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - +2 +5 6R 65¥ Core
The payload of a flechette round is made up of tiny, tightly packed metal slivers. The round breaks up and shatters on impact, becoming a tumbling hail of shrapnel. Flechette rounds are devastating against unprotected targets, but not as effective against hardened armor.

Frangible Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -1 +4 2R 10¥ SR5:R&G
Barriers rounds face double the Armor against all Barriers.
Sometimes you want a bullet that can shoot through walls, other times you want something that will hurt the soft targets in range but leave the hardware alone. Frangible bullets can put some hurt on a metahuman target, but they break up when hitting something hard, meaning they won’t damage nearby metal-encased gear. Or armored-up trolls, so select it with caution.

Gel Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - +0S +1 2R 25¥ Core
These less-lethal rounds use a hard, jelly-like substance that is a safer alternative to rubber bullets. They are often employed for riot control. Their usually semi-rigid slugs flatten on impact, disbursing their kinetic energy over a larger-than-normal area. Gel rounds inflict Stun damage (AP +1). Gel rounds reduce the target’s Physical limit by 2 when checking for knockdown (Knockdown, p. 194).

Hollow Points

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - +1 +2 4F 70¥ Core
Hollow point or dum dum rounds have their tips indented, so they are designed to “mushroom” or expand on impact, becoming a hail of deadly fragments not unlike flechettes, although hollow points are a much older technology. Like flechettes, hollow points work better on unarmored targets and tend to flatten against armor.

Injection Darts

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 4R 75¥ Core
For use with dart guns of various types, like the Parashield pistol and rifle. Each injection dart carries a single dose of a drug or toxin (sold separately). The effect of the dart depends on the drug payload, but to successfully deliver that payload, the attack with the dart must get at least one net hit against an unarmored target or three net hits against a target with armor. This is an injection vector toxin attack.

Regular Ammo

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 2R 20¥ Core
Also called ball or full metal jacket rounds, these solid slugs are useful for numerous applications (mainly killing things).

Stick-n-Shock

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - –2S(e) –5 6R 80¥ Core
Stick-n-Shock rounds deal electrical Stun damage of equal to the damage of the base weapon –2. They have a flat AP of –5 that replaces the weapon’s AP instead of stacking with it.

Tracer

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - +1 - - 6R 60¥ Core
Tracer ammo burns along the line of flight, making it easier for the shooter to home in on the target. This type of ammunition can only be used in Full Auto weapons and, being loaded as every third round in a clip, is an exception to the restriction of one type of ammunition per clip. They improve the Accuracy of your gun by 1 when you fire more than one round in an Action Phase (cumulative with a laser sight but not a smartgun).

Tracker Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -2 -2 8R 150¥ SR5:R&G
On Hit rounds include an RFID tag inside the bullet. If the target is damaged by the hit, the tracker round remains within the body of the target until it is removed. If all damage is resisted, the round is imbedded in the target’s armor. On a Grazing Hit, roll the attacking character’s Edge. A single hit means the tracker imbeds in the armor; no hits means the shooter will be tracking the movements of the nearby pavement. Tags rounds contain either security or stealth tags (see p. 440, SR5).
As if catching a bullet wasn’t bad enough, these babies make you worry about getting tracked like a wild animal afterwards.

Taser Dart

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 3 50¥ Core
These darts are designed to be loaded into taser weapons.

Net Gun

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 350¥ SR5:R&G
Used with Netgun

Net Gun, XL

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 400¥ SR5:R&G
Used with Netgun XL

Shocknet

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - +250¥ SR5:R&G
Used with Netguns, adds to cost of original net.

Fuel Cannister

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 16F 40¥ Core

AV Rounds

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - –1/-5 14R 175¥ Core
These rounds are specially designed to puncture the thick armor plating of vehicles and drones, but have a lesser effect on personal armor. Against personal armor, the AP is -1. Aginst vehicles armor, the AP is -5

Gyrojet ammo

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - -2S(e) –5 14R 160¥ Core

Gauss

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - 18F 400¥ Core
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