Kinetic Energy Weapon

A Kinetic Energy Weapons (KEW) is a weapon which uses kinetic energy as its primary agent of damage with little to no guidance. KEW weapons are commonly known as slugthrowers although a vast variety of weapons using projectile munitions are available.

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• Interstellar War
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  • War in Charted Space
• Military Technologies
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      • Heavy Arms
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      • Vehicle Weaponry
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      • Guided Weapons
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      • Spinal Mounts
    • Weapon Types
      • DEW
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      • KEW

Description (Specifications)

KEW weapons fall into several basic categories:

• Archaic Projectile Weaponry
• Electromagnetic Weaponry
• Explosive Weaponry
• Gyrojet Weaponry
• Projectile Weaponry
  • Conventional Projectile Weaponry
  • Unconventional Projectile Weaponry

Archaic Projectile Weaponry

1. Archaic Pistols
   1. Black Powder Revolver
2. Archaic Rifles
   1. Black Powder Firearm
   2. Blunderbuss
   3. Flintlock
3. Archaic Heavy Weapons
   1. Breachloading Cannon
4. Archaic Specialty Weapons
   1. TBD

Gauss Weaponry (Electromagnetic Weaponry)

1. Gaus Pistols
   1. 4mm Gauss Pistol
   2. Gauss Pistol
   3. TBD
   4. TBD
   5. TBD
2. Gaus Rifles
   1. G-1A2 Gauss Battle Rifle
   2. G-8A2 Gauss Carbine
   3. Gauss Rifle
   4. GS-7 Gauss Sniper Rifle
   5. GSR-5 Gauss Sniper System
   6. L-18A5 Gauss Rifle
   7. TBD
   8. TBD
   9. TBD
3. Gaus Heavy Weapons
   1. Mass Driver Cannon AKA MDC
   2. L16A4 Gauss Squad Automatic Weapon

33 LMG-45B1 "Saw" Gauss Squad Assault Weapon

1. 1. VRF Gaus Gun
   2. TBD
   3. TBD
   4. TBD
2. Gaus Specailty Weapons
   1. Aerogel Launcher
   2. TBD
   3. TBD
   4. TBD

Explosive Weaponry & Grenades

1. Block Charge
2. Burst Widget
3. Gravitron Spike
4. Grenade
5. Ion Charge
6. Limpet Mine
7. TBD
8. TBD
9. TBD
10. TBD
11. TBD

Gyrojet & Rocket Weaponry

1. Gyrojet Weaponry
   1. Accelerator Rifle
   2. Gyrojet
   3. RAM
   4. Rocket Gun
2. Rocket Weaponry
   1. Assault Rocket Launcher

Conventional Projectile Weapons

1. Conventional Pistols
   1. 5mm Revolver
   2. Auto Pistol
   3. Automatic Snub Pistol
   4. Body Pistol
   5. CP-003 Pistol
   6. TBD
2. Conventional Rifles
   1. 7mm Auto Rifle
   2. 9mm Bolt Action Rifle
   3. Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR)
      1. CR898 Advanced Combat Rifle
   4. Assault Rifle
   5. CPR
   6. ETC
   7. Heavy Rifle
   8. TBD
   9. TBD
   10. TBD
   11. TBD
3. Conventional Heavy Weaponry
   1. 13mm Double Barrel Big Game Rifle
   2. 14.5mm Crunch Gun
   3. 7mm Rotary Gun
   4. 8mm Assault Cannon
   5. Auto-cannon
   6. Auto-Sentry
   7. Heavy Machine Gun (HMG)
   8. Light Assault Gun (LAG)
   9. Light Machine Gun (LMG)
   10. Medium Machine Gun (MMG)
   11. TBD
   12. TBD
   13. TBD
   14. TBD
4. Shotguns
   1. AS-2B1 "Warhammer" Assault Shotgun
   2. Autoshotgun
   3. TBD
   4. TBD
   5. TBD
5. Conventional Specialty Weaponry
   1. Flare Gun

Unconventional Projectile Weapons

1. Specialty Weaponry
   1. 17mm Paint Pellet Gun
   2. Grapnel Gun
   3. Lawless Hypo Gun
2. Exotic Weaponry
   1. Needler
   2. Reproduction Firearms
      1. II Enri Auto Pistol
      2. II Enri Gauss Rifle
   3. TBD
   4. TBD

KEW Artillery

1. Jacent Towed 4.5 cm Mortar

History & Background (Dossier)

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