Machine Gun

Overview

The Machine Gun or MGun/MG, is a rapid fire Ballistic Weapon. It is comparable to contemporary machine guns (with caliber less than 20mm, above it's AC2), simply upscaled to Mechwarrior standards. Its rapid fire and fast projectile movement speed makes it an effective counter to Battle Armor, as well as Aeros and VTOLs to limited degree. However it does next to no damage at all against targets with heavy armor, as for example mechs and tanks.

Weapon Stats

All stats are current as of release 0.8.6.

Weapon	Listed Range	Max Range	Ammo/ton	Heat	Damage	Damage Type	Secondary Damage	Secondary Damage Type	Splash Radius	Shots/min	Overheat	Cooldown	Mech Damage/sec	Heat/sec	Ammo Cost/ton	Max Damage/ton Ammo	Damage Fall-off	Fall-off After	Notes
Machine Gun	1600m	1600m	---	0.003	2	Light Kinetic	---	---	---	1200	12s	4s	30	0.06	---	---	---	---	---

Gameplay

It is worth noting that the MGun has no spin up time mechanic; it begins firing immediately.