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Intent: To provide a heavy machine gun
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
Model: Korriban heavy machinegun
Affiliation: Open market
Modularity: Ammunition can be standard or armor-piercing bullets, sights
Production: Mass-Produced.
Material: Standard rail gun components
Classification: Heavy machinegun
Size: Stationary/Vehicle-mounted
Length: 2.00m
Weight: 30 kg
Ammunition Type: 12.7x108mm bullets
Ammunition Capacity: 100-round belt, diatium power pack
Effective Range: 2000m
Rate of Fire: Fully automatic; 80 rounds/minute
Special Features:
Strengths:
- High muzzle velocity (3 km/s)
- High penetration ability if armor-piercing rounds are used - can penetrate up to 25 mm of armor
- Can be used in both anti-infantry and anti-vehicle capacities
Weaknesses:
- Infantry version can only be aimed vertically once installed in a position
- Rapid power drain
- Requires two people to move around
- Takes a significant amount of time to install and move around
- Infantry must not use it in the open
- High recoil
- Best deployed in multiple units at once
Description: The
Korriban heavy machinegun was developed by Ringovinda Systems at the behest of the Ringo Vinda Territorial Defense Force in the wake of the Malachor hex rebellion by the Sith Order, where it was found that slugs were more effective at fighting Sith Lords at range than blasters. Rail gun technology allows higher muzzle velocities at the cost of decreased rates of fire compared to conventional heavy machineguns: the
Korriban can achieve a muzle velocity of 3 km/s. It is available in two versions: an infantry version on a tripod as well as a vehicle-mounted version, which can be used for both ground and space vehicles.
Understandably, since a belt-fed machinegun powered by rail gun technology produces high recoil, the high recoil makes it an unpleasant weapon to fire. Once the belt has been exhausted, reloading the belt takes five seconds: infantry units wishing to operate it must do so under cover. Infantry units wishing to use a
Korriban heavy machinegun are warned that deploying the machinegun in position takes 20 seconds, and, given its weight, cannot be carried by one person. The vehicle-mounted version offers the advantage of being aimed independently of any other weapons it can mount. Each version has the drawback of armor penetration being weaker the farther away the target is, as with all slugthrowers of any kind. Also, the weapon fires in bursts: for each 15-second burst, a 15-second cooldown time is required. Which means that units or vehicles using
Korribans should deploy at least two at a time for effective suppressive fire, alternating fire.
Important notes:
- For attack craft use, the vehicle-mounted version counts for 1 laser cannon
- For capital ship use, the vehicle-mounted version counts for 1 point-defense emplacement
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