Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle

The Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle (HAG) is a high rate of fire, low damage per shot variation of the Gauss Rifle used by the Clan. The technology is based on a series of capacitors and launching tubes to fire a multitude of smaller-caliber Gauss slugs.

Overview

With a long reach of 1200m, solid kinetic damgage DPS and low waste heat, the Hyper-Assault Gauss is a versatile weapon system that performs well in many combat situations that pilots may encounter. The HAG comes in 3 sizes (20, 30 and 40) each having the same ammo cost per ton. Projectile spread increases the further out the target is and up close HAG is capable of outputting impressive pinpoint damage.

Contrary to other similar weapons, the weapon bar (usually indicationg weapon heat) represents the charge level of the capacitor bank. Larger HAGs have more capacitors in the bank, thus more charge meaning longer burst times.

Weapon Stats

Weapon	Max Range	Dmg Drop Range	Dmg Drop /m	Damage/Shot	Damage Type	Shots /min	Sustained DPS	Burst DPS	Heat /Shot	Cooldown Time	Jam Duration	Ammo /ton	Ammo cost /ton
HAG20	1200m	1200m	40	82	Kinetic	97 (900)*	159	1476	3	16s	6s	240	1500
HAG30						129 (900)*	211				8s
HAG40						153 (900)*	251				10s

*Max rate of fire	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

• HAGs are used most efficiently by shooting full bursts until the capacitators go empty (full weapon bar) and waiting for the recharge.
• Kinetic damage offers some bonus damage to air units.
• Rapid fire and decent projectile damage can be useful against enemy Battle Armors.

Canon

The Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle is a variation on the Gauss Rifle developed by Clan Hell's Horses in 3068. Hoping to stay ahead of the increasing technological curve, they apparently used similar design principles to the Lyran Alliance's Heavy Gauss Rifle. To compensate for Lyran Alliance's version drawbacks, Horse scientists used a series of capacitors and launching tubes to fire a multitude of smaller-caliber Gauss slugs. The resulting high rate of fire, akin almost to Rotary Autocannons, made these weapons very effective against Battle Armor, Combat Vehicles, VTOL and Aero.

BattleTech Reference

Usage

The following Clan assets equip HAGs:

HAG20	HAG30	HAG40
Black Lanner (E) Hellhound (G) Cauldron‑Born (F) Madcat MKII (G) Mithras (G) Epona (E) Oro (F) Morrigu (B) Xerxes (G)	Shadowcat (F) Cauldron‑Born (C) Thor (B) Masakari (A) Visigoth (D)	Daishi (E) Huit (E)

	All lists are current as of release 0.14.10