8mm Assault Cannon

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Assault cannon
Group: Gauss weapons
Tech Level TL–TL11
Size 168cm long
Weight 12 kg unloaded
Cost Cr12.000
Ammo 8mm needles
Manufacturer Various
Electronic sight. Laser sight. Gryoscopic compensator. Harness-mounted.

A Gauss-operated automatic support weapon, the assault cannon fires a 8mm, 20g 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.

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 cassetteweighs 4kg.

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