Weapon Heavy nfc GU34
| GU34 | |
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 GU34 | |
| Type | Man-Portable Gauss Rifle |
| Service | |
| Used by |
Private Military Corporations United League Army Antarean Imperial Army |
| Wars | Second Antarean War |
| Production | |
| Manufacturer | Falken |
| Unit cost |
47 Combat 0 Support 0 Command |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2.6 kg |
| Cartridge | CIR5 12.5mm |
| Operation | |
| Damage Inflicted | 47 |
| Rate of fire | 5 per second |
| Optimal range | 165 m |
| Magazine | 20 rounds |
| Spare Magazines | 7 |
| Mod slots |
1x Sights 1x Underslung |
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The GU34 is a gauss rifle (a type of coilgun) that uses ingenious scaled-down mechanisms borrowed from Falken's destructive tool, the RID. The projectile is a tungsten-core coil-induced-round (CIR) that is launched into the barrel via a small electric hammer aft of the barrel assembly. Given that there is no rifling in the barrel itself, it generates spin by tiny fins that deploy after leaving the barrel. The barrel uses perfectly-timed magnetic forces to accelerate the round over the length of the barrel to a blistering 1500 meters per second, over four times the speed of sound as it leaves the barrel. The electrical discharge from the coils leaves hot gases in its wake and generates a bright flash of excited plasma. With recent advancements in CNT capacitors, the prototype GU34 is capable of a two-round burst, but at the cost of velocity and stopping power as a tradeoff for putting more rounds down range.
Due to the nature of how the device charges, it is recommended to fire in single, controlled shots instead of fully depressing the trigger to maximize velocity and damage on hit at greater ranges. The weapon fires at approximately 300 rpm while firing a full burst.
The housing for the capacitors gets extremely hot with repeated firing and the weapon has external heatsinks on both sides of the capacitor's housing. For operator safety, it is recommended to hold the weapon by the designated location forward of the magazine which also serves as a lever to lock the magazine in place.
The commercially produced version does not feature the two-round burst select-fire option and is generally expensive to operate, given the proprietary rounds, tools, and components exclusively manufactured by Falken; however, this doesn't serve to stop the enthusiast marksman from procuring and hoarding parts.
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