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Burst Rounds
OOC Info
Image Source: Elysium
Intent: To create a specialized ammunition for the Mandalorian Crusaders armory.
Development Thread: NA
Ammunition General Info
Manufacturer: Reclaimer Arms & Industrial
Model: NA
Affiliation: Closed Market/Mandalorian Crusaders
Modularity: Different caliber rounds ranging from 5.56 to 50 caliber (12.7mm)
Production: Minor Produced
Materials: durasteel, gunpowder, tungsten carbide penetrators.
Classification: Slug thrower ammunition.
Size: handheld
Length: varies on round caliber
Weight: varies on round caliber
Ammunition type: Tungsten Carbide penetrators
Ammunition capacity: 10 penetrators per round
Effective Range: 10 meters when the round explodes.
Special Features:
Description: Burst Rounds are exactly what they are labeled as, ammunition when fired bursts five meters before it hits a target sending a deadly spray of tungsten carbide penetrators towards the target at blazing fast speeds. It's primarily designed to accurately place destructive fire on force users and other melee based combatants.
How it's built. Each round when fired from the rifle requires the weapon or HUD system of the user to have an active target designator, this means that when the system locks on to a target the rounds inside the clip are active and will perform their function. They are all wired with a small transmitter that links with the HUD or Weapon being used. So when fired the round will travel towards its destination and explode five meters in front of its target unleashing ten tungsten penetrators for a good .2 meter spread on the target. The remaining pieces of the round such as the casing are blown into such small pieces of shrapnel that they are inconsequential to even a light armored vest, the round is designed to minimize additional shrapnel damage from the casing.
Power. The power of this round really depends on the caliber that you are using. A 5.56 will do a fair amount of damage to medium armored and soft personnel targets, the tungsten carbide penetrators are capable of damaging most Durateel armors and even inflict damage to more rare metal armors. But your real power lies in the larger caliber munitions such as 50 cals (12.7mm) and 308s. These beastly rounds are capable of shredding through hard targets be it personal armor or droids, they can pepper a target and puncture armor while leaving a mainly intact weapon, though it does need to be stated that these rounds are capable of damaging Light armored vehicles and speeders, military grade thick plating will hold up to them. They are more anti personnel than anti vehicle.
Drawbacks. EMPs, Ion bursts, jammers, anything of these sorts will disable the rounds making them regular bullets that are primarily useless against hard targets. Yes they will still perform and kill unarmored targets but they will lose their special feature. Another draw back they suffer is of course needing to be hooked up to a target tracker, if it ever becomes compromised or damaged they once again return to becoming your standard bullets that won't do much.
Summary. Slugthrowers and traditional ammo are great and we have seen a recent resurgence of their use due to the rise of energy and Lightsaber/Blaster resistant armor systems. These rounds are meant to advance the field of slug throwers ammunition in a futuristic setting. They are strong and powerful rounds that have a fair amount of weaknesses to exploit but they are capable and sturdy none the less.
Primary Source: NA
