Weapons (EU2012)

Your soldier's primary weapons will fall under three levels: conventional, laser, and plasma.

Conventional weapons include the fictional "X-9 Assault Rifle", the standard issue for all XCOM troops, as well as other ballistic weapons, such as the hand grenade, and the Interceptor's Avalanche Missiles. You have unlimited amounts of the class-specific weapons, but obviously a rookie must become a squaddie and be given a class before you can access and equip them.

The Laser level is one of the larger piroities for early research. Descriptions imply that pre-war weaponization attempts were in progress, but were failures due to overheating issues (and may explain why a laser shotgun has a pump-action mechanism: some kind of cooling mechanism), and that the models XCOM produces are just on this side of "Safe" and have been made operable by techniques derived from captured alien weapons. Interrogating a Sectoid halves all laser-research time by half, and their engineering requires the durable alien alloys. Council requests will occasionally ask for these, and you can agree to them at a fair markup of the production cost to your benefit. Note that there is no "Laser Grenade" or "Laser Rocket".

The Plasma level weapons are reverse-engineered alien technology, and even carry some improvements, in the case of Alloy Cannons, Blaster Launcher, and Plasma Sniper Rifles. When these are fully accuired, the playing field is truly leveled, and victory is all but assured. Naturally, their research takes amongs the longest time and the most materials, and will often be among your final research projects. Research time can be halved by interrogating a Muton, and engineering requires both alloys and elerium to power them. However, capturing an alien weapon (either by stunning an alien, or MCing it and letting it get killed), recovers it intact, and can be modified for human egronomics at no cost (once that kind of weapon has been researched). Late-game, these will be frequently be requested by Council nations, and can be thusly sold for a massive profit.

Weapon Stats

Precision Weapons

Pistols
Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Pistol	1	1	0	All except Heavy	10	27	200	NA	Small	Unlimited ammo
Laser Pistol	2	3	10	All except Heavy	125	27	200	NA	Small	Unlimited ammo
Plasma Pistol	3	4	0	All except Heavy	125	27	200	NA	Small	Unlimited ammo

Pistols are secondary weapons, designed to be carried as a complementary sidearm, to be used either in regular fire or in Overwatch mode.
They have low power and nearly all have a zero chance for critical hits but they don't need to be reloaded.
Pistol Critical Hit chance, Aim Bonus, and Base Damage of can be increased via Foundry research. Pistol upgrades don't stack with SCOPE and SCOPE upgrade.
Generally speaking, upgraded Pistols should be given to Snipers, then to shotgun wielding Assault soldiers (for overwatch at longer ranges).
Pistols cannot be used by the Heavy class due to them being replaced by rocket launchers.

Assault Rifles
Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Assault Rifle	3	4	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	20	27	200	NA	Large
Laser Rifle	5	7	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large
Light Plasma Rifle	5	7	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large	Aim +10
Plasma Rifle	7	10	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large

Assault Rifles are most common squad weapon, offering medium firepower and versatility.
They can be used by Rookies, Assault and Support clases, but not Snipers or Heavies.
They are an upgrade from pistols but their damage ratings are below those of specialized firearms (Shotgun, LMG, Sniper Rifle)
They are both capable of Overwatch and Suppression, as well as inflicting critical hits.

Shotguns
Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Shotgun	4	6	20	Assault	40	10	360	27	Large	Limited range
Laser Scatter	6	9	20	Assault	125	27	360	NA	Large	Limited range
Alloy Cannon	9	13	20	Assault	125	27	360	NA	Large	Limited range

Shotguns are close-range, high-power firearms capable of inflicting critical hits.
All shotguns receive a aim penalty if the target is too far. However, they receive a higher aim bonus at closer range relative to rifles.

LMG and Heavy Rifles
Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size
LMG	4	6	0	Heavy	60	27	200	NA	Large
Heavy Laser	6	9	10	Heavy	125	27	200	NA	Large
Heavy Plasma	9	13	10	Heavy	125	27	200	27	Large

Heavy rifles are an upgrade to Assault Rifles on damage capability.
Due to their size they can only be carried by Heavy troopers.
In addition to Overwatch, they also offer the possibility of Suppression for soldiers who possess that ability.
LMG offers significant less ammo before reloading. 3/6 rounds (before/after ammo conversation upgrade), compare to rifle's 4/8 rounds. This means LMG is less efficient at suppression (1/3) compare to support's rifle supression (2/4).
All tiers of SHIV carry the LMG / heavy laser / heavy plasma with similar stats and ammo count.

Sniper Rifles
Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Sniper Rifle	4	6	25	Sniper	30	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move
Laser Sniper Rifle	6	9	30	Sniper	125	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move
Plasma Sniper Rifle	9	13	35	Sniper	125	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move

Sniper rifles have the best damage and critical hit chance (which increases with each tech upgrade) of all non-explosive firearms.
They also have a range of 100, although it requires for the Sniper to have the Squad Sight ability to shoot targets out of their own sight.
Units revealed by a Battle Scanner are counted as being in the throwing sniper's own vision for firing purposes(if they don't have Squad Sight, for example.)
Their drawbacks are their restrictions on movement and firing (which can be addressed with the Snap Snot ability with a -20% aim penalty).
Unlike other weapons (rifle, LMG, shotgun). Sniper rifles will receive a aim penalty if the target is too close. However, this does not mean that sniper rifle will receive bonus against distant targets. It will just receive no penalty.

Other Precision Weapons
Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Arc Thrower	0	0	Any	0	27	NA	NA	Small	No reaction shot
Drone Beam	2	0	Drone	2	27	NA	NA	Small	Repair
Death Blossom	8	10	Cyberdisc	2	27	NA	NA	Large	Suppression +3
Heat Ray	20	25	Sectopod	801	27	NA	NA	Large
Psi Lance	10	25	Ethereal	0	27	200	NA	Large

Area Weapons

Launchers
Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Blast Radius	Size	Abilities
Rocket Launcher	6	0	Heavy	500	27	336	Large	Limited move No reload
Blaster Launcher	9	0	Heavy	500	100	336	Large	Limited move No reload
Poison Spit	?	0	Thin Man	0	27	175	Small	Suppression 20%
Cluster Bomb	6	25	Sectopod	250	27	144	Large	Limited move No reload
Chest Cannon	10	0	Sectopod	801	27	144	Large	Suppression 40% Overwatch

Launchers can pack a high explosive charge capable of inflicting damage over a large area and knocking out terrain features.
They have restrictions on movement and firing and are usually 1 shot weapons.

Grenades
Weapon	Damage	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Blast Radius	Size	Abilities
Frag Grenade	3	Any	250	15	240	Small
Smoke Grenade	NA	Support	250	15	336	Small	Defense +20
Alien Grenade	5	Any	250	17	240	Small

Melee Weapons

Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Blast Radius	Size	Abilities
Chryssalid Claw	6	20	Chryssalid	1	2	NA	Small	No reaction shot
Zombie Fist	8	0	Zombie	1	2	NA	Small	No reaction shot
Muton Blade	9	33	Berserker	125	2	NA	Small	No reaction shot

Weapons (EU2012)

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Weapon Stats

Precision Weapons

Area Weapons

Melee Weapons

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