Bipods and Tripods

If a weapon has an attached bipod,
a prone shooter may treat it as if it
were braced (see Aim, p. 364) and
reduce its ST requirement to 2/3 nor-
mal (round up). To open or close a
folding bipod requires a Ready
maneuver.
A heavy weapon may be mounted,
on a tripod or similar device. The gun-
ner cannot move or step on any turn
he fires the weapon, but he can defend
normally. He may ignore the weapon’s
ST requirement while it is on its
mount. Removing a weapon from its
mount, or reattaching it, requires
three Ready maneuvers – more, for
some very heavy weapons.