FPS Ballistics Database

S-38 Pistol

BehringSmallPistolBallistic

The S-38 Pistol is a small ballistic pistol from Behring. It hits for 45 damage per shot at 450 rpm, dropping an unarmored target in 3 shots. Against Medium armor it needs 7 torso shots - a time-to-kill of 0.857 seconds. Crafting uses Aluminum, Hephaestanite, Iron; the tables below list the Impact Force roll needed to drop a shot against every armor class.

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01Specifications1 fire mode

Fire rate

450rpm

180 shots/min? - capped at 180 carried

Alpha damage

22.5

dmg/shot - default

Sustained DPS

169

dmg/sec

Magazine

rounds

Range

950

meters

Projectile

500

m/s

Effective range - loses 0.25 dmg/m past 20 m, never below 16 dmg950 m / 16000 m scale

02Damage, shots to kill & TTKper armor class - Single

Values for Single fire, bare weapon, standard (500) quality. Fire modes, barrel attachments and the craft-quality slider are in the interactive calculator.

Body region: Head vs Heavy armor

The S-38 Pistol takes 5 shots to kill a Heavy helmet. Even its best craft roll (+7.5% Impact Force) can't drop a shot here.

Torso

Armor	Dmg / shot	STK	TTK	Impact Forcebase	Impact Forcemax crafted
Naked	45	3shots	0.286s	≥ 11.11%	—
Default	22.5	5shots	0.571s	≥ 11.11%	—
Undersuit	21.375	5shots	0.571s	≥ 16.96%	—
Flightsuit	19.125	6shots	0.714s	≥ 4.58%	—
Light	18	6shots	0.714s	≥ 11.11%	≥ 13.96%
Hv Util	16.875	6shots	0.714s	≥ 18.52%	≥ 22.61%
Medium	15.75	7shots	0.857s	≥ 5.82%	≥ 10.56%
Heavy	13.5	8shots	1s	≥ 5.82%	≥ 13.38%

Head

Armor	Dmg / shot	STK	TTK	Impact Forcebase	Impact Forcemax crafted
Naked	135	1shot	instant	—	—
Default	33.75	3shots	0.286s	≥ 48.15%	—
Undersuit	32.062	4shots	0.429s	≥ 3.97%	—
Flightsuit	32.062	4shots	0.429s	≥ 3.97%	—
Light	27	4shots	0.429s	≥ 23.46%	≥ 26.62%
Hv Util	25.312	4shots	0.429s	≥ 31.69%	≥ 36.23%
Medium	23.625	5shots	0.571s	≥ 5.82%	≥ 10.56%
Heavy	20.25	5shots	0.571s	≥ 23.46%	≥ 32.28%

Arms/Legs

Armor	Dmg / shot	STK	TTK	Impact Forcebase	Impact Forcemax crafted
Naked	27	4shots	0.429s	≥ 23.46%	—
Default	18	6shots	0.714s	≥ 11.11%	—
Undersuit	17.1	6shots	0.714s	≥ 16.96%	—
Flightsuit	15.3	7shots	0.857s	≥ 8.93%	—
Light	14.4	7shots	0.857s	≥ 15.74%	≥ 18.71%
Hv Util	13.5	8shots	1s	≥ 5.82%	≥ 9.47%
Medium	12.6	8shots	1s	≥ 13.38%	≥ 18.46%
Heavy	10.8	10shots	1.286s	≥ 2.88%	≥ 10.23%

The two Impact Force columns are the minimum Dmg % roll a crafted weapon needs to remove one shot-to-kill: base = vs standard armor, max crafted = the roll to reach the same breakpoint against a fully-crafted target (the four armor tiers gain +10% damage mitigation at max quality), so you can read across the row. Where the weapon already one-shots standard armor, the max-crafted value is the roll to keep that one-shot. Clothing and undersuits can't be crafted; flight suits can be, but have no craftable stats that matter here. STK = shots to kill. Computed at 0 m against the 100 HP health pool.

03Crafting materialsFabrication bench

Each part's stat roll follows its input material's quality 1:1 - quality 500 is the standard looted weapon, 1000 the best craft.

Frame - 0.02 SCU Aluminum (affects recoil - no damage effect) - mined grades 318/511/614/783/896/919/953/1000
Grip - 0.01 SCU Hephaestanite (affects recoil - no damage effect) - mined grades 330/572/692/758/896/916/975/1000
Barrel - 0.01 SCU Iron (Impact Force + fire-rate roll) - mined grades 325/521/664/710/874/907/970/1000

04Frequently askedQuick answers

How much damage does the S-38 Pistol do?

The S-38 Pistol deals 22.5 damage per shot at 450 rpm.

How many shots to kill with the S-38 Pistol?

3 torso shots against an unarmored target, and 7 shots against Medium armor (against the shared 100 HP health pool).