Overview
A buyer’s guide to some of the finer things in Strange Brigade.
Introduction
You’ve been throwing lead and making bread, and now it’s time for an upgrade. These ferocious firearms allow for more upgrades than the starting weapons, so it’s worth saving up that gold.
Rifles
Hyde & Sons .303 Huntsman
- Gems: 2
- Price: 11,500
- Ammo: 1/45
- Reload: 1 sec
A favourite among both snipers and the sporting set. Keep those undead bounders at a distance. A powerful bolt-action rifle with great range, and space for two upgrades.
Lee Ensham MK.III
- Gems: 3
- Price: 35,900
- Ammo: 1/42
- Reload: 1.1 secs
The British military’s standard rifle, a very accurate bolt-action – and it packs a wallop too.
Audley Burst Rifle
- Gems: 4
- Price: 59,950
- Ammo: 15/120
- Reload: 1.8 secs
One of those new-fangled self-loading rifles, with a 3-round burst. Allows for more upgrades than any other weapon. Can you handle it?
Shotguns
Eastleigh Express
- Gems: 2
- Price: 10,250
- Ammo: 2/32
- Reload: 2.5 secs
Sometimes one just doesn’t have the time for pleasantries such as a careful aim. This beastly Eastleigh’s the choice piece for narrow corridors infested with unmentionables.
AB Woolf Slamfire
- Gems: 3
- Price: 32,800
- Ammo: 1/42
- Reload: 1 sec
A relentless trench-clearer, the Slamfire is the fastest and most accurate shotgun, with space for 3 upgrades.
SMGs
Thompkins M1
- Gems: 2
- Price: 4,450
- Ammo: 20/180
- Reload: 1.3 secs
You’ve seen it in the newsreels. Typewriter, organ grinder – call it what you will. We call it an effective way out of a spot of bother. Violin case not included.
Royce M33 Carbine
- Gems: 3
- Price: 31,250
- Ammo: 50/250
- Reload: 2.5 secs
You have an instinctive taste for elegance, an eye for superlative quality. Why settle for less than this, the luxury town car of weaponry? More space for upgrades than any other submachine gun.
Sidearms
Katzen Machine Pistol
- Gems: 1
- Price: 8,950
- Ammo: 10/40
- Reload: 1.5 secs
Its byzantine mechanisms make Seteki’s puzzles and booby traps seem like child’s play. A quirky, fully automatic pistol – the smart choice if you’ve no room in your picnic hamper for a full-size SMG. Space for 1 upgrade.
Wesley Revolver
- Gems: 1
- Price: 15,500
- Ammo: 6/24
- Reload: 1.8 secs
British army service revolver. Plan each shot, and your patience will be rewarded. Space for 1 upgrade.
Items
Land Mine
- Price: 4,950
- Recharge time: 40 secs
Does the most damage but you can’t throw it far. Useful for dealing with large crowds, and pairs well with dynamite.
Decoy Grenade
- Price: 52,560
- Recharge time: 60 secs
Draws enemies to it before exploding. Takes longer to recharge than other items.
…