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Intent: To diversify Corondex's weaponry production with an expansion in the shoulder-missile launchers' market.
Development Thread: If needed
Manufacturer: Corondex Arms
Model: 5
Affiliation: Closed Market, sold by Corondex Arms.
Modularity:
- Universal tube allows the usage of most rockets produced for launchers.
- Over-barrel attachment possibility
Material: Durasteel, Armorplast coating on essential components (aka the electromagnetic mechanism's location)
Classification: Electromagnetically propelled rocket launcher
Size: Handheld
Length: 95cm
Weight: 3kg
Ammunition Type: Rockets
Ammunition Capacity: 1
Rate of Fire: Single Action
Special Features:
- Electromagnetic propeller
- Speed of propulsion: Utilizing the Verpine's advanced knowledge of the 'railgun' technology, the MTB is designed to fire projectiles with extreme speed, giving it an edge against countermeasures. The speed that the rocket travels is capable of approximately 1km/s
- Compact: With around the size of most standard issued rifles, the MTB-5 is easy to carry and fits where most other rocket launchers would not. This helps preserve mobility on the battlefield.
- Rate of Fire: One shot and it has to be reloaded. Manually setting down the rocket, taking another one and putting it back in, also making sure it's well strapped in.
- Not sophisticated: Unlike most contemporary man-held shoulder-missile launchers, this does not possess a guidance/homing system.
- Ion/EMP vulnerability: The electromagnetic mechanisms can be disabled with sufficient Ion/EMP attacks rendering the weapon useless
With the utilization of the electromagnetic propulsion system, the MTB-5 can fire rockets at tremendous speeds. The kinetic impact itself would be immense when connecting to a hull. Not only that but the other strength that the weapon draws from its propulsion system is the fact that firing projectiles at such speed makes it hard to counter. Also, as every other rocket launcher, the MTB-5 is also recoilless.
Nonetheless, it also has its weaknesses. Being produced more for budget stricken buyers or those looking to buy cheap bulk, the MTB-5 was not produced with any homing systems thus the missile fired is unguided. Additionally, as earlier explained in the weaknesses, the usage of electromagnetic forces to fire the projectile makes the weapon vulnerable against Ion/EMP attacks that may render it useless.
The missiles this product comes with when bought are: tandem-charge warheads.
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