Developed as part of a fleetwide military standardization and upgrade program in YE 41, the NAM Assault Ordinance Projector AOP-02a is a heavy weapon that fires the newly developed NAM 'Fang' Multipurpose Guided Missile MGM-01a. Intended to arm the upgraded invader, the AOP-02a is a big, indirect fire support and anti-vehicle weapon.

Descended from the primary weapon of the ancient EARTH, the AOP-02a is a modernized version of that weapon firing a new missile. While the original version fired semi-guided rockets, the AOP-02a fires the new NAM 'Fang' Multipurpose Guided Missile MGM-01a. Still big, bulky, and low on ammo, the AOP-02a is intended to provide heavy anti-armor and anti-vehicle fire capability to marine units.

• Designer: Nepleslian Arms and Munitions
• Manufacturer: Nepleslian Arms and Munitions
• Name: Assault Ordinance Projector
• Nomenclature: AOP-01a
• Type: Homing Missile
• Role: Anti-Vehicle Missile Launcher
• Length: 6 feet
• Weight: 93 kilograms

The AOP-02a is a large, heavy weapon- albeit most of its length is taken up by the missile inside of it and the mechanism to feed additional missiles into it. The magazine of the weapon, a dual stack magazine, feeds into the firing tube from above. The handle of the AOP-02a is located near the front, allowing the main bulk of the weapon to rest on an armorsuit's shoulder.

• Muzzle Flash: Nothing as the missile is initially launched from the tube, followed by a bright glare as the missile's motor kicks in.
• Retort: Nothing, followed by a loud FWOOSH as the missile's motor kicks in.
• Effective Range: 25km in atmosphere, 100,000m(controlled) in space
• Maximum Range: 50,000m in atmosphere, infinite(inertia) in space
• Rate of Fire: 30 Missiles per minute
• Recoil: Heavy, forcing the weapon directly back and up.

• Ammunition: NAM 'Fang' Multipurpose Guided Missile MGM-01a
• Round Capacity: A standard barrel clip for the AOP holds six missiles in a dual stack vertical magazine.

• Firing Mechanism: The AOP-2a launches a fired missile with a short electromagnetic burst. After clearing the barrel, the missile's engine activates.
• Loading: When the barrel is clear, a new missile is dropped into the barrel from above, or pulled in with an electromagnetic loader
• Weapon Sight: The AOP-02a has an integrated "Monoeye" Directional Sensor Suite to assist with target acquisition, but the fired missiles have their own guidance systems.

• AOP-02a: Not for Sale

Firebrand created this article on 2019/09/12 12:53.

This Article was approved by Ame on December 10, 2019.