FACT FILE: Gauss Guns
The Rapid Fire Gauss Gun is a cryogenically cooled rapid firing
mass driver. Electromagnetic force propels a projectile at extreme velocity,
achieving penetration of the target through sheer kinetic energy. They
can produce as much impact force and damage as a phaser for far less energy.
However, they can not be as easily aimed and are far slower at engaging
multiple targets.
The basic 25mm model fires plastalloy slugs at a muzzle velocity of 4000 meters per second. It has an effective range of 5000 meters and a sustained rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. The slug is formed of a dense core of duranium surrounded by a layer of softer alloys, giving it tremendous armor piercing capability and causing a secondary fragmentation hazard to unarmored targets nearby.
The 30mm model fitted on the A-78 Dragon can fire plastalloy slugs, armor piercing/incendiary rounds, standrad incendiary rounds, or high explosive rounds.
Some material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.
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