The Heavy Gauss Rifle is manufactured on the following planets: In an attempt to rectify the Heavy Gauss Rifle's shortcomings, work began shortly after its introduction on the (still experimental) Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle. (This can be contained with CASE, however.) The massive capacitors necessary for the coils that power the rifle are also not particularly inert, and will undergo a catastrophic explosion if exposed to weapons fire. This, combined with the bulk of the rifle itself, can lead to problems. The same projectile weight that causes such a slowdown also makes it necessary to allocate extra space to ammunition. Once at long range, the velocity loss becomes far more dramatic, with this reduced damage being halved. At medium range, the damage output is slightly reduced. The heavy projectile fired by the rifle experiences a significant loss of velocity, so it is weaker at greater distances. While the Heavy Gauss Rifle is extremely powerful, it also suffers from a number of drawbacks. At close range, the rifle can inflict damage exceeding that of even an Autocannon/20, and so it has earned the handle of "Thor's Hammer" among LAAF troops. A 'Mech firing the rifle may even be knocked down by the recoil. Indeed, the recoil from the weapon is so great that the rifle cannot be mounted in a vehicle's turret or 'Mech's arms, as firing the rifle would essentially rip it off. Applying their "bigger is better" philosophy to Gauss technology, the Heavy Gauss Rifle is one of the heaviest battlefield weapons in existence, and has a correspondingly high damage potential. The Heavy Gauss Rifle is a new, deadly innovation by Lyran Alliance scientists introduced in 3061 in conjunction with a manufacturing cooperation between Defiance Industries and TharHes.
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