BAR-2 Heavy Autocannon

[Lash]

Image Source: My Photobucket
Intent: To create a new line of high velocity autocannon
Development Thread: None
Manufacturer: IFW (Imperial Forge Works)
Model: BAR-2 Autocannon
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: none
Production: Mass Production

Classification:
* Vehicle Mounted Anti-infantry Weapon
* FIghter Mounted Weapon
* Capital Point Defense Weapon

Material:
* Anti-mater Explosive Charge
* Osmium Round Casing
* Durasteel Frame
* Alusteel Plating
Size: Vehicle, Fighter Starship Point Defense (4 laser Cannon equivalent)
Length: 2.5 meters
Weight: 65 kg
Ammunition Type: 2mm Anti-matter filled Osmium round
Ammunition Capacity:
* 10,000 rounds per magazine - Vehicle Mounted Anti-infantry weapon
* 10,000 rounds per magazine - Fighter Mounted Weapon
* Unlimited - Capital Point Defense Weapon
Effective Range: Equivalent to a Heavy Laser Cannon
Rate of Fire: Rapid Fire
Special Features:
Powerful explosive penetrating round
High Rate of fire

Strengths:
High capacity ammo magazine - because of the projectiles tiny size the weapons magazine can hold a large amount ot rounds
Rapid Fire - the weapon is a rapid fire autocannon with roughly 8 time the rate of fire of comparable kinetic and energy weapons.

Weaknesses:
Size/Power/ROF - the weapon systems is a very powerful and large weapon system and replaces four standard laser cannons

Description: The BAR-2 is the second variant of the Ballistic Anti-matter Round "BAR" weapons program. It is a heavier variant of the BAR-1 predecessor and much more powerful. While physically not much larger than the BAR-1 the power consumption is double its smaller sibling.


Primary Source:
BAR-1 Autocannon
Osmium Wookieepedia
Osmium wiki
Guass Project
Coilgun Wiki
Durasteel Wookieepedia
Alusteel Wookieepedia
Autocannon Wookieepedia
Autocannon Wiki
Autocannon 40k wiki
Original Model - Mark Remington

Original Model - Tristan A.

 

[Jorus Merrill]

RESEARCH REVIEW
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Star Wars Canon:
Pending initial review
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Starwars Chaos:
Pending initial review
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WITHOUT DEV THREADS
Pending initial review
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WITH DEV THREADS
Pending Initial review
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SUGGESTIONS
Pending Inital review

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Lash"]

This sucker still needs an actual weakness or two. It's got a lot going on and nothing to really balance that out.

 

[Lash]

[member="Jorus Merrill"] I am not sure I understand why this would need anything else.
it is just a heavy variant of an already existing weapon system.
it is just fancy mass driver, instead of 1000 20mm projectiles it has 10,000 2mm
it does not claim to be anything beyond as powerful as a rapid fire heavy laser cannon which is pays for in a gun count of 4 laser cannons.
I bundled 3 weaknesses up into one which I can break them down into separate weaknesses
the ammo strength is more a feature than a strength

 

[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Lash"]

It's big, it's powerful, it fires forever at an 8x fire rate, it has antimatter armor-piercing ammunition -- this is more than just standard barrel consolidation. When your weakness is literally 'it's big and takes more power and it has a high rate of fire,' questions start getting asked. Please expand on your weapon's weaknesses and limitations in more depth. Ideally at least one of them should have some kind of a combat-related implication.

 

[Lash]

Please archve this. Ill just call it a repeating mass driver

 

[Jorus Merrill]

Moved to Archives - PM [member="Spencer Varanin"] for removal / if denied for Second Chance please post and tag Spencer Varanin for review.

Thank you!