Ammunition for the Sunderer 7.6cm ammunition.

This ammunition was developed for usage with the 7.6cm Sunderer Cannon during Steiner's first stint in Kikyo-rather shell out money for somebody else's product, he took it upon himself to design and develop an in-house weapon. The ammunition was initially developed as a High-Explosive Armor Piercing Round with a powder load of 2.5 pounds, giving a general-purpose round that could engage most targets, but was somewhat lackluster in its initial performance. The powder load was increased later to 6 pounds which offered a much higher muzzle velocity but still lacked penetration against heavier vehicles and walkers.

Eventually, other ammunition types were created to increase the weapon's effectiveness against targets, ranging from armor-piercing to punch-through armor to canister shot to deal with infantry.

The 7.6 cm high-explosive armor-piercing round upon impact first punches through with a solid steel tip that activates a timed fuse, which goes off a second later and causes a small explosion, roughly 5 meters in radius-sending a small shockwave out that is lethal within 3 meters and stuns out to nine and spewing shrapnel from the shell. The round if it hits a solid target may detonate inside if it penetrates; causing the shockwave to pulverize any personnel inside as well as sending shrapnel bouncing around.

The 7.6cm Armor-Piercing round is a solid steel shot with a tungsten core; able to punch a nice big hole in a target. The round primarily relies on spalling, shrapnel caused by the hull of a vehicle to do most of the damage-however even if there are measures put in place to prevent this having a nice big hole in your armor is somewhat detrimental to survival.

The 7.6cm High-Explosive Plasma is a modified HESH, or high-explosive plastic round; the explosive surrounds a large canister of plasma gas, the same blend used in the Wrath Series Fusion Reactor. Upon impact, the round detonates and releases the ignited plasma gas in a 12-meter radius. The resulting heat and shockwave, 18 meters in diameter are enough to cause third and fourth-degree burns and outright kill infantry, while anything at the impact point is simply vaporized. This round is primarily used to remind those on the receiving end that even an archaic design can be made that much more deadly with modern technology. Also known as “Bounce this”, “A can of sunshine” or “From the Ancestors, with love.”

The high-explosive canister round is primarily meant to deal with large groups of conventional infantry. It works by firing around twenty-five sub-munitions in a 30-degree cone. Each sub-munition is encased in a thin metal layer and filled with a small amount of high explosive. Upon impact, they detonate in a small half-meter radius rending flesh and shattering bone. The metal casing is simply vaporized. The round has some limited usage against power-armored targets.

The 7.6cm Flak round works by sending shrapnel through a target from a small explosion around 3 meters in diameter, using either a timed fuse to detonate after a certain period or a proximity fuse. It is primarily used as “aircraft-be-gone”, sweeping the skies of pesky airborne threats. While it can be used against infantry-the risk the shrapnel poses to both operators and friendly forces generally means this isn't a good idea.

The 7.6cm Purifier is meant to spread incendiary material, a hellish mixture of thermite, polypropylene oxide gel, white phosphorus, and napalm over a large area. Equally effective against underbrush and bunkers alike-an explosive charge spreads the mixture over a 9-meter radius, causing third and fourth-degree burns, generating smoke and like the Canister shot it can threaten power armored units.

Commissar Farzi created this article on 2022/11/12 16:19.

This article was approved by Andrew on 2023/09/19¹⁾.