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{{InfoboxWeapon
  |name=Assault cannon
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|name   = 8mm Assault Cannon
  |TL=TL11
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|ammo    = 8mm needles
  |size=168cm long
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|caption = 8mm Assault Cannon
  |volume=18 litres
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|cost    = Cr12,000
  |weight=12 kg unloaded
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|footnote= Electronic sight. Laser sight. Gryoscopic compensator. Harness-mounted.
   |cost=Cr12.000
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|group   = Gauss Weapon
  |ammo=20mm needles
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|image  = [[File: Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif]]
  |group=Gauss weapons
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|TL      = [[TL-11]]
  |manufacturer=Various
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|size    = 168.0 cm long
  |footnote=Electronic sight. Laser sight. Gryoscopic compensator. Harness-mounted.
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|Type    = Ranged Weapon
}}A Gauss-operated automatic support weapon, the assault cannon fires a 20mm, 60g projectile at a rate of 1200mps, with a practical rate of fire of four rounds per second. Like all Gauss weapon, it makes a loud popping noise when fired, around 120db.  
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|volume  = 18.0 liters
The weapon is fed by a hopper which contains sixty rounds. The weapon also requires a coolant cylinder and power pack. Each power pack will fire four hundred rounds and each coolant cylinder will also cool the weapon for four hundred rounds before becoming exhausted. The weapon fires four round bursts. Assault cannons are fully man-portable. Each ammunition hopper weighs 4kg.
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|weight  = 12.0 kg unloaded
{{Sources|S1=[[Morandir Armson]]}}
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|manufacturer= Various
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An [[Assault Cannon]] is a gauss-operated support weapon.
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The assault cannon fires an 8.0 mm, 20.0 gram projectile at a rate of 1,200.0 mps, with a practical rate of fire of four rounds per second. Like all Gauss weapon, it makes a loud popping noise when fired, around 120.0 db.  
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The weapon is fed by an ammunition cassette, which contains sixty rounds. The weapon also requires a coolant cylinder and power pack. Each power pack will fire four hundred rounds and each coolant cylinder will also cool the weapon for four hundred rounds before becoming exhausted. The weapon fires four round bursts. Assault cannons are fully man-portable. Each ammunition cassette weighs 4.0 kg.
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|S1= Author & Contributor: [[Morandir Armson]]
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[[Category: Weapon]]
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{{LEA|Firearm|Smallarm}}

Latest revision as of 17:00, 26 December 2018

8mm Assault Cannon
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
8mm Assault Cannon
Group: Gauss Weapon
Tech Level [[Technology Level|TL–TL-11]]
Size 168.0 cm long
Weight 12.0 kg unloaded
Cost Cr12,000
Ammo 8mm needles
Manufacturer Various
Electronic sight. Laser sight. Gryoscopic compensator. Harness-mounted.

An Assault Cannon is a gauss-operated support weapon.

The assault cannon fires an 8.0 mm, 20.0 gram projectile at a rate of 1,200.0 mps, with a practical rate of fire of four rounds per second. Like all Gauss weapon, it makes a loud popping noise when fired, around 120.0 db.

The weapon is fed by an ammunition cassette, which contains sixty rounds. The weapon also requires a coolant cylinder and power pack. Each power pack will fire four hundred rounds and each coolant cylinder will also cool the weapon for four hundred rounds before becoming exhausted. The weapon fires four round bursts. Assault cannons are fully man-portable. Each ammunition cassette weighs 4.0 kg.

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