80mm Gatling Railgun

Developed in AF 260 (YE 31), the 80mm Gatling Railgun is a four-barreled railgun in a Gatling form designed to be used in strike craft. Using a spinning motion, the Gatling Railgun was created as an Anti-Armor, Anti-Fighter weapon to be used in a fixed battery position (normally aimed fore of the craft.)

Primary Role: Anti-Fighter Secondary Role: Anti-Armor Range: 5 kilometers in Atmosphere, Theoretically Unlimited in Space Rate of Fire: 8000 rounds per minute Muzzle Velocity: 3000 meters/second

Damage Rating Values

Ammunition DR Description
80 x 320mm Concentrated Plasma Shell 4 ADR Super Heated Ammunition
80 x 320mm Fusion Shell 5 ADR Heavy Ordnance1)
80 x 320mm Tungsten-Carbide Spike 4 ADR Standard Ammunition
1)
not for use on inhabitable worlds