Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
- Intent: To create a missile launcher specifically for a model of recon/infantry support droid to be subbed later.
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- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated
- Model: ML-03 Missile Launcher
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Minor
- Material: Duranium frame, dallorian alloy coated inner barrel barrel, duravlex reinforced barrel, duraplast reinforcement and missile launcher components.
- Classification: Ordnance launcher.
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Rockets/Missiles.
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Large. 6 in launcher and 6 reserve.
- Effective Range: None - Depends on ordnance.
- Rate of Fire: Very High
- Stopping Power: None - Depends on ordnance.
- Recoil: Low
STRENGTHS
- High Rate of Fire: The ML-03 is designed to saturate an area or a single target with ordnance until the threat no longer presents itself, and as such it has a high rate of fire. This is made possible by the multiple launch tubes linked together.
- Recoil Compensation System: In order to prevent the high rate of fire from affecting accuracy, the launcher has an advanced recoil compensation system that is aided by the integrated autosteady gyro-gimbal.
- Flexible: The loader and launcher can load and fire most infantry portable rocket/missile rounds.
- No In-built Targeting Systems: The launcher lacks in-built targeting systems of its own, relying on the targeting systems of the droid that its mounted on.
- Partially Exposed Loader: The loader assembly is exposed, meaning that a skilled marksman or a lucky shot could set off ordnance, potentially sympathetically detonating the rest.
- Exposed: The launcher itself is exposed and not protected, meaning a penetrating shot could set off loaded ordnance in a worst case scenario or disable one or all of the launch tubes.
The ML-03 was designed specifically for use with the Nuhaatyc-class Recon/Infantry Support Droid. The purpose of the launcher is two-fold; either to enable it to perform harrying strikes on enemy targets or to support infantry against hostile infantry and vehicles. The ML-03 is designed to saturate an area or a single target with ordnance until the threat no longer presents itself, and as such it has a high rate of fire. This is made possible by the multiple launch tubes linked together. In order to prevent the high rate of fire from affecting accuracy, the launcher has an advanced recoil compensation system that is aided by the integrated autosteady gyro-gimbal.
However, there are a few notable flaws with the entire system. For one, the launcher lacks in-built targeting systems of its own, relying on the targeting systems of the droid that its mounted on. Secondly, the loader assembly is exposed, meaning that a skilled marksman or a lucky shot could set off ordnance, potentially sympathetically detonating the rest. Finally, the launcher itself is exposed and not protected, meaning a penetrating shot could set off loaded ordnance in a worst case scenario or disable one or all of the launch tubes. None of this really deterred its adoption by the company, and its continued production for use with the Nuhaatyc.
