"Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches" by Arthur Guy Empey -1917
Gunner / Mitrailleur
Five hundred rounds a minute, a curtain of lead shadowing half a mile with death. An entire generation of young men sent to the grave with a few pulls of the trigger. You are the instrument of the future, scientific, calculated, machine oblivion. You have more firepower than an entire division of Napoleon's infantry. You can rip a man to shreds with a short burst of 8mm from the long French Chauchat or suppress an entire battalion with a well-placed field of .303 from a British Lewis gun. You are a gunner, the backbone of both the offensive and defensive strategies of your platoon. Your weapon is a heavy, complicated machine that is god awful loud and scalding hot when in use. Just like you.
Attribute: Constitution. The Gunner must have a constitution score of 13+.
Rank: The Gunner starts as a Private/ Soldat 2eme , under the command of an NCO and Officer.
Kit: Infantry Uniform, Light Machine Gun (Chauchat or Lewis Gun), Ammo
Skills
Area denial – In a combat round you can create a field of fire as large as a range band that causes any unit moving into it to test for suppression. When you do this roll 1d6, on a 5-6 you are out of ammo.
Suppressing Fire – You can make an attack against a target and if the target is wounded the targets unit must test for suppression.
Overwatch – If you are firing from a fixed or prepared position you may add +1 to initiative. It takes at least one round to prepare a position.
Fire from the Hip- You can fire a LMG in melee range.
Machine Gun Team – At level four you are assigned an assistant. . A 1st level Tommy or Poilu with attributes scores and XP. The assistant carries extra ammo and a gun mount, allowing you to use a Heavy Machine Gun. (If you can get one from Battalion)
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