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American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 10:18 am
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WINCHESTER MODEL M25 PLASMA RIFLE
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Operation: Semiautomatic
Length: 55.6 in. (1412 mm)
Construction: Tri-Tanium components mated to carbon fiber and
moly fiber carrier, misc. plastics and metals with
superconducting filaments.
Weight unloaded: 14 lbs 8 oz w/cell add six pounds
Operation: Level III magnetic field containment of refined
hydrogen fuel excited with thermal rapid pulse chemical high
energy laser ignition system. High percentage of component mass
of plasma pulse cartridge forms core of pulse and transitory
lining of magnetic bottle during pulse initialization.
Barrel: 36 in. (914 mm)
Bore Size: 7mm / 4mm magnetically stabilized and insulated
smoothbore
Magazine: 40 round combo power & ammo box can be boosted to 120
rounds.
Muzzle velocity: 4000 fps
Effective Range: 640 yds (585.2 m)
Maximum Range: 2000 yards (bolt integrity destabilizes and
cohesion factor approaches .85% dispersal). Bolt reaches
maximum range in 0.22 seconds.
At the end of the 20th century, cheap fusion power became a
reality, along with a thorough understanding of magnetic field
technology. This technology was soon applied to the military
with the introduction of the first portable high energy weapons.
A contract arms race was instituted between General Electric
Armaments Corporation and the Winchester Advanced Projects
Division for a new generation of personal high energy man
portable weapons. The winner of this contract was guaranteed
production of the new standard infantry individual assault
weapon for the United States, a weapon system which was to be
built around a man portable plasma generator.
The operation of the plasma weapon was simple. A magazine held a
power cell and a small amount of refined hydrogen. When the
trigger was pulled, both hydrogen and energy were siphoned off
from the magazine. The hydrogen was injected into a magnetic
bottle where it was compressed by powerful magnetic fields. The
siphoned energy powered a high energy laser to superheat the
compressed hydrogen to a plasma state, producing an ionized gas
with a temperature of several thousand degrees.
The magnetic bottle was then opened on the 'barrel' end and a
magnetic field both guided and accelerated the superheated
plasma bolt down the barrel. A pilot laser in the weapon
vaporized a path through the atmosphere to the target a
microsecond before the actual bolt was produced. The plasma
bolt followed the laser beam at a muzzle velocity in excess of
4000 feet per second.
With the trigger held down, this routine happened several times
a second, allowing rates of fire equal to the best slug throwing
automatic rifles. Excess temperature was a problem, and full
automatic fire often resulted in overheating and weapon
shutdown, with some extreme cases resulting in weapon damage or
even catastrophic detonation of the fuel cell. Fire selectors
were built into the design, allowing for single shots and
offered the weapon time to cool. Heavier weapons were built
with integral cooling systems and thus were capable of higher
rates of sustained fire.
Armor was easily penetrated by the super hot plasma bolt which
could burn its way through more than a quarter meter of case
hardened steel in an instant. Organic targets struck by the bolt
suffered severe kinetic damage from the hyper velocity impact of
the semi-solid bolt as well as massive collateral and thermal
damage from rapid fluid expansion.
The super hot plasma effected steam explosions when it met
standing body fluids, resulting in massive steam explosions
which could explode apart a living person or neatly amputate and
cauterize a limb. Near misses produced horrible third degree
burns. A close hit against a more substantial material (such as
armor plate or a concrete wall) produced a 'splatter' effect
where some of the plasma became deadly, high speed super hot
fragments. Modern armor proved to be useless as protection
against plasma weapons but composite armor such as Chobham and
other laminates provided diminished but still somewhat effective
protection to a large degree.
The Winchester XM25 prototype rifle won the government contract
bid. General Electric claimed fraud on the contract bid and the
matter was in legal litigation when the world decided to
immolate itself, but not before over forty-thousand M25s reached
production and deployment with core forces, mainly the United
States Marine Corps and the US Army.
The M25 was housed in a polymer one piece stock, and was fed by
a combination power / fuel cell good for 40 shots. The magazine
cells were a little heavier than the standard 30 rd magazine of
5.56 rounds, weighing roughly five pounds a piece. Accessories
usually included a sling and an advanced laser target designator
sight with telescopic and low light capacity (later models
incorporated thermal imaging). Attachment points for a variety
of vision aid and sighting devices were also standard to the
design.
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Re: American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 10:24 am
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WINCHESTER MODEL M2O PLASMA PISTOL
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Operation: Semiautomatic
Length: 25 in. (635 mm)
Weight unloaded: 10 lbs
Barrel: 14 in. (355.6 mm)
Magazine: 20 round combo power & ammo box
Muzzle velocity: 4000 fps
Effective Range: 300 yds (274.3 m)
In 2074, The United States introduced a smaller version of the
M25A1, in essence, a sawed-off plasma rifle. The design of the
M25A1 was such that it could be graduated in size either up or
down the production scale. A 30% smaller weapon was achieved by
modeling the system in a smaller scale. The newly designated M20
was intended to provide US mobile ground units with a lighter,
more compact plasma generator capable of engaging any mobile
target while at the same time being less costly in time and
production materials than the larger M25A1 model.
The M20 plasma pistols' snub plasma projector was such that it
could be a one handed weapon or a two handed weapon, depending
on the need for speed or accuracy. A modified Pierson front EM
suppressor assembly provided protection from wash flashback
during prolonged firing. With a 50% smaller plasma generator
system, a substantial weight and space savings was noticed.
The US arms manufacturers could produce three M20 units for
every one M25A1 unit they produced. The sight of US combat
forces patrolling the borders or an installation while wielding
M20 units became common place, especially between 2067 and 2077.
The M20 also became the mainstay of installation support and
security units, where a heavier more intense plasma discharge
might not be advantageous to surrounding capital or critical
priority equipment.
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Re: American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 10:36 am
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COLT M-18 LASER RIFLE
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Operation: Semiautomatic M-18A1: Semi and 3 round burst
Length: 55.6 in. (1412 mm)
Weight unloaded: 8 lbs 8 oz
Barrel: 36 in. (914 mm)
Magazine: 30 round combo power & ammo box M-18A1: If fired in 3
round burst mode, the capacity is for 6 3 round bursts
Muzzle velocity: C
Effective Range: 900 yds (892.96 m)
The M-18 had been developed to satisfy the requirements as
stipulated in the MPLIW (Man Portable Laser Infantry Weapon)
statement of Objectives as issued 5/21/2019. Primary objectives
of the MPLIW system was to deliver a weapon system to serve as a
Follow-On-To the existing M-8 Modular Weapon System in the 2030
to 2035 time frame.
The goal of the project was to deliver a high probability of hit
for the first round fired, minimal collateral damage, extended
effective range and the ability to hit visible and defilade
targets alike under all tactical battlefield conditions.
Specifically, it was stated that the system must maintain a 90%
probability of hit at 500 yards (547 mtrs) and 75% at 1000 yards
(1094 mtrs).
The Colt M-18 was to serve as a direct Follow-On-To the M-8
Modular Weapon System, fulfilling the requirement for an
individual rifle article for individual infantry personnel.
Differing from the M-8/M-8s systems through the application of a
laser beam of 10.6µm wavelength as the lethal mechanism. The
Colt M-18 maintained similar dimensions to the M-8 system
although a weight increase of approximately 2.0 lbs was incurred
due to the requirements specific to a laser weapon system
including power supply and liquid/air coolant.
The Colt M-18 prototype rifle won the government contract in
2034 and over fifty-thousand M-18s reached production and
deployment with core forces, mainly the United States Army
before being replaced by the M-22 Gauss Rifle and later the M-25
Plasma Rifle. It was then relegated to the national guard and
reserves until the world decided to immolate itself.
Weighing in at just 2 pounds more than an M-8A2 assault rifle,
it was a lightweight weapon that served for decades faithfully
until it was replaced by more advanced weapons. Later models
like the M-18A1 were upgraded to modern standards of a selective
fire or semi-auto and 3 round burst. However, the 3 round burst
drained enough energy for the same amount as 5 single rounds
would have.
The M-18 was housed in a polymer one piece stock, and was fed by
a combination power / fuel cell good for 30 shots. The magazine
was as light as a comparable standard assault rifle magazine
allowing the soldier to carry as many rounds as before but with
a much greater combat capacity. Accessories usually included a
sling and an advanced laser target designator sight with
telescopic and low light capacity (later models incorporated
thermal imaging). Attachment points for a variety of vision aid
and sighting devices were also standard to the design.
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Re: American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 10:46 am
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GENERAL DYNAMICS M-23 GATLING LASER
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Operation: Full Auto Only
Length: 55.6 in. (1412 mm)
Weight unloaded: 28 lbs 8 oz
Barrels: 36 in. (914 mm)
Magazine: 1000 round combo power & ammo box
Muzzle velocity: C
Effective Range: 300 yds
This weapon was originally designed by General Dynamics for the
US War Department as a replacement for the M-214 Gatling. The
weapon quickly caught on with the War Department, as it was able
to use it's own power magazine or mate with the MEI-22's power.
The Gatling Laser was prized because it inflicted good damage at
medium range, yet has a large power payload. One of the unique
features of this weapon was the ability to change the small
power magazine, and the energy magazine does make the gatling
laser far more flexible than standard gatling weapons.
In appearance, the Gatling Laser has six barrels that rotate
whenever the weapon is fired. The weapon has a rear pistol grip
and a folding fore grip under the six barrels. The fore grip is
so the weapon can be held with more stability. The weapon mounts
its energy magazine on the top of the weapon.
The basis of the weapon are the six barrels and associated
equipment from the M-18 Laser Rifle. The M-18 was chosen because
it is very reliable and an excellent damage potential at medium
range for a laser rifle. When the weapon is fired, the barrels
begin to rotate in an extremely high rate, and when it begins to
fire is seems that all of the barrels are firing together.
The weapon inflicts the same amount of damage as the M-214 yet
weighs less than half of that weapon. Because the gatling laser
shares the same frame, trigger assembly, and other components,
it is lighter than most other support weapons. The magazine
makes the weapon slightly heavier but fully loaded, the weapon
is just a little bit more heavier in weight than a M-25 Plasma
Rifle.
Without the top mounted energy magazine, the gatling laser can
be 'plugged' into the power system of the MEI-22 powered armor.
This equates to an unlimited amount of shots for the weapon for
a short amount of time. If the weapon is constantly fired, it
will drain the Powered Armor's energy supply rather quickly. So
if the trooper wearing the Powered Armor fires the weapon at
half of it's rate of fire, he won't drain his power reserves as
fast, and preventing his or herself from becoming unpowered and
helpless until recharged.
The top mounted energy magazine stores a total equivalent of
1000 rounds. The magazine can be quickly changed like a standard
E-Magazine and allows the weapon to be fired without the need
for hooking the weapon up to the MEI-22 while in combat.
The gatling laser was submitted for field tests only 3 months
before the war went nuclear. So the probability of finding one
of these priceless gems is near zero, although some have been
rumored to be stored at key research facilities around the
United States.
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Re: American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 10:55 am
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BROWNING M-2011 LASER PISTOL
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Operation: Semi Auto Only
Length: 11.6 in. (29.46 cm)
Weight unloaded: 5 lbs 8 oz
Barrel: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Magazine: 15 round combo power & ammo box
Muzzle velocity: C
Effective Range: 50 yds (45.72 m)
Although the US Armed forces was happy with the Colt side-arm
series they employed, in 2011 a need was seen for a more potent
laser pistol that had a much higher chance of damaging
increasingly armored enemy troops. The Browning M-2011 was
developed as a highly accurate armor-piercing pistol, trading a
high knockdown round for a thinner, more longer ranged shot that
could burn through most forms of armor. Internally it was
reasonably similar to the Colt pistol in the rear half, with the
front section of the M-2011 consisting of a complex set of
focusing mirrors and cooling baffles. The weapon was powered by
an energy magazine stored in the grip.
More accurate over a distance than the slug throwing pistols,
the M-2011 could be used as an impromptu sniping weapon in
skilled hands. At shorter ranges the M-2011 offered little
advantage, except for armor burn through, and was very heavy and
clunky for it's size and never saw wide use outside of special
forces units. It was largely replaced by the Colt M-2034, which
has a detachable barrel that offers a greater repair and damage
capability, but was still in common use by most reserves and
Allied forces.
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Re: American Energy Based Weapons
By: Thorgrimm Date: April 1, 2013, 11:31 am
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WEST-TEC PLASMA INFANTRY GUN PIG-90 SERIES
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Manufacturer: Western Technologies INC.
Production Date: 2065 to 2077 AD
Type: High gain, high capacity feed infantry support plasma gun
Construction: Tri-Tanium components mated to carbon fiber and
moly fiber carrier, misc. plastics and metals with
superconducting filaments.
Operation: Level VII magnetic field containment of refined
hydrogen fuel excited with thermal rapid pulse chemical high
energy laser ignition system.
Bore Size: 20mm magnetically stabilized and insulated
smoothbore.
Weight: 71 lbs, unloaded. Loaded power cartridge weighs 10 lbs.
Total loaded weapon weight: 81 lbs
Dimensions: Length overall, 5 feet (1.75 mtrs)
Ammunition: C90T1 Integrated Fuel Power (IFP) type stacked array
cassette containing enough refined hydrogen core fuel and
battery power to initiate and produce 300 plasma pulses. Later
capacity increased to 1500 shots with introduction of M42T2
series high capacity power cassette.
Feed Source: 300 pulse capable refined hydrogen fuel cell
combined with coaxial high density Type VII crystal storage
array. Later models are fed by 500 pulse capable fuel cell
cassette equipped with Mod 4 Type VII high density crystal power
storage matrix.
Rate of Fire: 60 pulses per minute sustained, given cooling
cycle and single rate of fire. Unit capable of select fire in
three round bursts or full automatic fire. Cyclic rate of fire
on full auto is 360 pulses per minute. On board diagnostic and
safety interface systems prevents the weapon from overheating by
locking out the firing system if the core temperature rises
beyond acceptable levels.
Projectile: 0.75 Mj plasma bolt, flow wash temp at +5200 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Muzzle Velocity: 4000 feet per second
Effective Range: 1500 yards (at this point the bolt begins to
lose cohesion, dispersal factor starts to rise). Bolt reaches
effective range in 0.16 seconds.
Maxmium Range: 2500 yards (bolt integrity destabilizes and
cohesion factor approaches .85% dispersal). Bolt reaches
maximum range in 0.27 seconds.
OTHER DATA:
A contact hit produces a 20mm diameter entry point forming a
destructive tunneling of the target material through kinetic
energy and super thermal contact. Upon negative penetration or
contact with a superior surface, the bolt will destabilize into
high speed thermal tributary fragments with a one yard lethal
splash radius.
A laser excited, magnetically accelerated 4mm x 400mm
pre-emptive conversion thermal bolt will penetrate 12 inches of
case hardened steel up to its effective range with loss of
overall penetration commensurate with range after that. The
immediate transfer of thermo-kinetic energy to soft target
tissues and standing fluids rated at greater than 95% with high
speed liquid to vapor thermal expansion.
High duration of residual thermal effects is noted in hard
surfaces struck by plasma fire. Explosive displacement of up to
one cubic yard of material may result from bolt impact with
material having trapped water or water vapor inside (porous
rock, concrete, masonry, etc.) with lethal a spall out to one
point five yards from the point of explosive decoupling of
material cohesive structure.
A Consistent Damage Index of 240/15 represented at effective
range the 20mm x 1000mm bolt will penetrate 240 inches of
standard ballistic gelatin with a wound channel radiating out 15
inches from the point of impact narrowing from that radius in
accordance with depth and tensile strength of the target
material as the bolt loses temperature and velocity.
This index rating does not take into account any standing
liquids such as water or blood that may be encountered since
such liquids will be instantaneously vaporized, thus greatly
increasing the wound channel radius through flash heating,
causing high velocity steam expansion and lethal bursting of
soft tissues over a large volume of body area.
HISTORY:
The PIG-90 was a support grade rapid pulse plasma gun intended
for use with light as well as medium combat power armor equipped
models, namely the Mark IV through Mark VI series. Larger and
heavier than the M95 series weapons, the PIG-90, produced at the
Western Technologies Advanced Assembly Center (WTAAC) in Austin,
TX, became the main weapon of most of Pre-war heavy infantry
from 2069 to 2077 A.D, as well as the later Founders light and
medium combat models from 2145 to 2399 AD.
The PIG-90 was long and heavy, nearly two yards long and
weighing in at over 80 pounds fully fueled, the PIG-90 excelled
as a light support weapon and was used in many power armored
infantry units. The rapid cycling Type 3 Level VII containment
bottle gave the plasma bolts a greater integrity hand-off field
envelope, producing a much stronger bolt over a longer distance.
In single shot mode, the PIG-90, when mounted to a stable
chassis, could make precision shots out to its maximum effective
range. The explosive decoupling of material struck by the high
power bolt meant that there was less effective means of cover
for targets and that even a near miss might result in lethal
plasma or fragment based spall.
The PIG-90 proved popular with the RNC Rangers as well as the
super mutants of the Father. Too heavy for an average human to
pick up and wield, the PIG-90, like most of Pre-war and Post
Foundationist large plasma guns, was easily adaptable to a
variety of ad hoc mounts, some powered, others not.
It was inevitable that the technology of the PIG-90 would fall
into human hands and deep penetration by Super mutant and
armored Founder units often found captured PIG-90 guns mounted
to where they could be used to defend avenues of approach to the
human warrens.
The PIG-90 proved to be an effective anti-material weapon as
well, as was documented by many instances of penetrating
Advanced MK VI power armor units falling to rapid damage
incurred from repeated hits at close range by the plasma guns.
The PIG-90 was used in many roles, from autonomous gun
emplacements and pillbox type bunkers guarding key areas to
being carried by individual super mutants on deep penetration
missions and underground bunker raids.
The power of the PIG-90 was incredible and allowed units to
quickly eliminate any threat subjects in the effective range.
Now, the PIG-90 are pretty much rare and those captured from
depots or during the Founder War have now been placed as sentry
guns and support. Only Super mutants and combat machines were
strong enough to use this weapons with ease, since the weight is
too much, even for a human in peak condition.
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