Introduced late in the Information Age as one of the first weapons of the newly formed Austrin-Ontis Unlimited conglomerate, the OICW (Objective Individual Combat Weapon) is a combination weapon. The weapon houses a 5.56mm compact assault rifle as well as a 20mm grenade launcher. The grenade launcher features multiple detonation modes, including detonate-on-impact mode and air-burst mode.

The rifle includes a combat-capable scope with built-in targeting computers that are designed to link into the Land Warrior combat system. This system, known as the TA/FCS (Target Acquisition/Fire Control System), functions as a built-in night-vision scope and rangefinding scope. Additionally, the weapon has an integrated computer link that can hook directly into the Land Warrior armor and transmit images and data to the armor’s onboard computer system.

This weapon has a two-round burst setting. When the Burst Fire feat is used with the OICW, the penalty on the attack roll is reduced to –2 (instead of –4). The weapon fires only two rounds on the burst setting, but deals only +1 die of damage (instead of +2). (In effect, using the Burst Fire feat with this weapon results in the effects of the Double Tap feat.) Note that this weapon does not grants free use of either the Burst Fire or Double tap feats; if you use the burst fire setting without the Burst Fire feat, you make a normal attack and the extra bullet is wasted.

Because it does not have an autofire setting, the OICW cannot be used to make autofire attacks.

Proficiency Type: Personal Firearms