Deepcore 40mm PGL

"Whoever coined the phrase "Bang for the Buck" must have had this lovely thing in mind. Cheap, dependable, and utterly devastating."

- Item Description

The  is the default secondary weapon for the Engineer.

It is a gray, man-portable grenade launcher adorned with various metallic bracings and wires. The PGL is a break-action launcher, meaning that the gun's barrel opens on a hinge downwards to load in new grenades.

The PGL fires heavy-duty grenades. The explosives have a below-average velocity and are affected by gravity, which limits how far they can travel (certain mods and OCs can affect the velocity). Only one shell can be loaded at a time, and the weapon will automatically begin reloading once the loaded shell has been fired.

It also has a high Fear Factor, where anything that survives the explosion might be left fleeing in terror.

Incendiary Compound
Incendiary Compound is unique in that it causes the weapon to inflict Heat (50% of the maximum Damage at any point inside the Radius) while losing 50% in Damage (Direct and Area), and Armor Break bonus.

Proximity Trigger
Proximity Trigger changes the projectiles of the PGL so that it does not explode on contact. Instead, it will bounce off surfaces and preserve speed. When the projectile is close to an enemy it will automatically detonate. The trigger radius is based on the explosion radius, therefore a larger radius will cause the projectile to be more volatile. There is a very brief period of time directly after being fired in which the projectile cannot be triggered. If the projectile is not triggered within 3 seconds of being fired, it will automatically explode.

RJ250 Compound
RJ250 Compound is a Balanced Overclock which adds a significant push force to any Dwarves caught in the explosion radius. This allows grenades to be used for "blast jumping" by firing at one's feet while jumping simultaneously, resulting in spectacularly high jumps at the cost of self damage taken. Any existing movement is taken into account, and players can moderately affect their direction once airborne. This Overclock provides a significant boost to mobility, at the cost of damage dealt by the grenades (though this does help to reduce the amount of damage dealt to oneself).

Fat Boy
Fat Boy is an Unstable Overclock After the explosion, it creates a 8m radius field that does 25 radiation damage every 0.75 - 1.25 seconds to enemies and 6 radiation damage every 0.5 - 1.0 seconds to players. The field lasts for 15 seconds.

Mastery
Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by one unit.

Mastery unlocks:
 * Three modifications – First Stripe Weapon Paintjob Icon_Skin_First_Stripe.png
 * Seven modifications – Deepcore Weapon Paintjob Icon_Skin_Deepcore.png
 * All (14) modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob Icon_Skin_The_Company_Special.png

Skins
Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.

Trivia

 * The "Fat Boy" Overclock is likely named after the Fat Man and Little Boy, the two atomic bombs which were dropped over Japan in World War 2.
 * The "RJ" in the "RJ250 Compound" Overclock likely stands for "rocket jump", a term used to describe the usage of an explosive weapon's powerful knockback as a mobility enhancement. The term was coined by popular first-person-shooter series Quake, and has featured in many other multiplayer shooter games as a technique with a high skill ceiling.

LGP Deepcore 40mm