In general, a light weapon is an object two size categories smaller than the wielder, a one-handed weapon is an object one size category smaller than the wielder, and a two-handed weapon is an object of the same size category as the wielder. Instead, a weapon's size category is keyed to the size of the intended wielder.
Quote: A weapon's size category isn't the same as its size as an object. Basically change out any mention of "two-handed" with "one-handed".īut as with anything your GM can change whatever he wants I would take this to also mean that they never meant for Medium creatures to use "one-handed" firearms the same way. Specifically in the case of firearms, a Medium character can’t use a two-handed firearm sized for a Large or larger creature, and a Small character can’t use a two-handed firearm sized for a Medium or larger creature. Just like with non-firearms, a creature cannot wield a weapon that’s far too big or small for it. The text of the rule is, "The size of a firearm never affects how many hands you need to use to shoot it." The intent of that rule was to prevent a Medium character from using a Small rifle as a one-handed pistol it wasn’t intended to let a Medium character use a Large, Huge, Gargantuan, or Colossal two-handed firearm as a two-handed weapon. Some confusion however remains to this day: for example, the 2010 Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons seemingly uses the term ‘light weapons’ to refer to small arms.Do the inappropriately sized firearms rules allow a Medium or smaller creature to use larger firearms of any size? International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) 01.20: ' Glossary of terms, definitions and abbreviations'. 4(b), 2005 International Tracing Instrument.Īccording to the International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) light weapons include:Īny man-portable lethal weapon designed for use by two or three persons serving as a crew (although some may be carried and used by a single person) that expels or launches, is designed to expel or launch, or may be readily converted to expel or launch a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of an explosive.
#Larger than light weapons portable
They include … heavy machine guns, hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft guns, portable anti-tank guns, recoilless rifles, portable launchers of anti-tank missiles and rocket systems, portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, and mortars of calibre of less than 100 millimetres. ‘Light weapons' are, broadly speaking, weapons designed for use by two or three persons serving as a crew, although some may be carried and used by a single person. 4, 2005 International Tracing Instrument. This definition is largely reproduced in the 2005 International Tracing Instrument, which defines small arms and light weapons as:Īny man-portable lethal weapons that expels or launches, is designed to expel or launch, or may be readily converted to expel or launch a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of an explosive, excluding antique small arms and light weapons or their replicas. Report of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, UN doc. designed for use by several persons serving as a crew’, and provides a list of light weapons that includes heavy machine-guns, hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft guns, portable anti-tank guns, recoilless rifles, portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems, portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, and mortars of a calibre of less than 100 millimetres. Its report states that ‘Broadly speaking.
Prior to 1997, the terms ‘small arms’ and ‘light weapons’ were often used interchangeably, or referred to as ‘light arms’ indeed, in French (‘armes légères’) and in Spanish (‘armas ligeras’) both categories are often conflated into one.Ī 1997 report of a United Nations Panel of Experts on Small Arms clarified terminology. Light weapons are 'broadly speaking' those designed for use by several persons serving as a crew.
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