08 October 2025

One Better On Bulk

What you get for your bullpup in GURPS is one better for Bulk.

What Bulk does:

Ranged weapons only. A measure of the weapon’s size and handiness. Bulk modifies your weapon skill when you take a Move and Attack maneuver (see Move and Attack, p. B365). It also serves as a penalty to Holdout skill when you attempt to conceal the weapon.

An M16A2 is Bulk -5.  An M4A1 is Bulk -4.  An L85A1 is Bulk -4.  A Steyr AUG is Bulk-4.

Where you get an advantage with the bullpup is the extra range and damage of the longer gun.

M16A2, L85A1 and AUG do 5d pi to 800/3,500.  M4A1 does 4d+2 pi to 750/2,900.

And that's all, folks, in GURPS terms.

Difficulty firing with your wrong-hand doesn't come into the rules as written.

The different manual of arms is covered by the Familiarity rules.

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