AvP: VP78

Name: VP78 Pistol
Model: Weyland-Yutani Corporation VP78 Pistol
Type: Machine Pistol
Scale: Character
Skill: Firearms
Ammo: 18-round detachable box magazine
Fire Rate: semi-automatic & 3-round burst
Range: 1-6/15/30 meters
Damage: 3D

Special: Laser Sight / Flashlight: +1D to attack rolls

Description: The Weyland-Yutani VP78 Pistol is a machine pistol chambered for 9mm cartridges. A successor to the VP70 machine pistol, the VP78 was employed by the United States Colonial Marine Corps as their standard-issue sidearm in the 23rd century, replacing the VP70 and the M4 Pistol (although some Marines used it as early as 2179).

The VP78 Pistol is chambered for 9mm squash-head rounds for increased stopping power. It can fire in both semi-automatic and three-round burst modes; while accuracy during three-round burst is poor, it greatly increases the weapon's effectiveness at close range. The weapon has neither the stopping power nor the long-range accuracy of many other weapons, but it gives Marines something to fall back on if they cannot use their primary weapons.

It is fitted with a laser sight/flashlight unit underneath the barrel as standard.

Source

• Xenopedia: VP78 Pistol
• thedemonapostle