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‣ Kalakuta Gas Mortar ‣ ‣ |
| Kalakuta Gas Mortar | |
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| Gun Statistics | |
| Direct Damage per shot: | 3 Shatter |
| Burst Damage per shot: | 5 Piercing |
| Direct Damage per magazine: | 6 Shatter |
| Burst Damage per magazine: | 10 Piercing |
| Burst Radius: | 100 meters |
| Effective Vs: | Guns, Engines, Armor |
| Rate of Fire: | 0.5 shots/s |
| Delay between shots: | 2 seconds |
| Unload Time: | 2 seconds |
| Reload Time: | 7.7 seconds |
| Magazine Capacity: | 2 |
| Projectile Speed: | 200 m/s |
| Range: | 800 meters |
| Shell Drop: | 8 m/s² |
| Jitter: | 4 deg |
| Spread radius at Max Range: | 56 meters |
| Size: | Light |
| Movement and Arcs | |
| Horizontal Angles: | 30 deg Left; 30 deg Right |
| Vertical Angles: | 25 deg Up; 25 deg Down |
| Additional Info | |
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| “ | Fires canisters of caustic chemicals, which create a cloud of disabling gas when they explode. Gas clouds slow and deal damage over time,each clouds lasts 13 seconds. Secondary-fire detonates the canister. Arming distance of 60m. | ” |
—Wilson's Notes | ||
The Kalakuta Gas Mortar is a medium range weapon with faint armor breaking potential but great as crowd control weapon.
Common Tactics
The Kalakuta Gas Mortar usually use only as support for main ship weapons, for tactical use. Large green gas clouds from it do only small Piercing damage AoE damage, but effective slow enemy. Although damage to your own ship and allies from the clouds is not applied, a slowdown will still occur, so it should be used with caution. Damage and slowdown from clouds is stackable.
While canister detonate from direct hit, it also can be manual detonate with secondary fire button in flight. The slow velocity of the projectile allows us to simply guess the right moment for detonation, although at greater distances this can still be tricky. Hold secondary fire button before fire allow detonate it on minimum distance 60m, while direct hit don't have this limit.
Commonly Used Ammunition
Incendiary Rounds
- Since damage applied to target every second while it cloud , multiple chance of applying more fire stacks happens, what can significantly supplement the damage.
Burst Rounds
- Increase size of gas cloud.
Extended Magazine
- Increase clip size to 3 rounds.