Hicks Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Brunham Ballistics MW-888 'Trip Eight' 35mm Defense Gun A computer rendering of a Brunham Ballistics MW-888 'Trip Eight' 35mm Defense Gun General Information Name: Brunham Ballistics Incorporated® MW-888 'Trip Eight' 35mm Defense Gun Role: Close-in weapon system/Point defence weapon system Manufacturer: Brunham Ballistics Incorporated® Introduced: 22nd October 2298 Status: In service Number built: 14,325 as of 1st April 2299 Unit cost: £343,000 (2299) Technical Specifications Dimensions: Length - 6.2 m (20.3 ft) Width - 3.5 m (11.4 ft) Height - 3.9 m (12.7 ft) Weight - 4.5 metric tons (9920.8 lbs) Firing Specifications Ammunition calibre and shell length: 35 x 228 mm Types of ammunition: High Explosive Air-bursting Fragmentation (HEAF) Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition (HEIAP) Projectile weights: HEAF - 0.89 kg (1.96 lbs) APFSDS - 0.54 kg (1.19 lbs) - solid penetrator weighs 0.49 kg (1.08 lbs) HEIAP - 0.76 kg (1.67 lbs) Muzzle velocity: HEAF - 13,979 m/s (45,864 ft/s) APFSDS - 18,053 m/s (59,230 ft/s) HEIAP - 15,175 m/s (49,787 ft/s) Armour penetration: APFSDS - Approximately 900 mm at 90 degrees HEIAP - Approximately 600 mm at 90 degrees Explosive charge: HEAF - 176 sub-projectiles - 4 g of HMX explosive each (approximately 2.4 times more powerful than TNT - equivalent to 9.6 g of TNT each) HEIAP - 0.23 kg (0.50 lbs) of HMXI (incendiary-laced version of HMX) explosive (approximately 2.4 times more powerful than TNT - equivalent to 0.55 kg of TNT) Rate of fire: 1,000 rpm Maximum range: Unlimited Maximum 'effective' range: Approximately 100 km (approximately 5.5 seconds of travel time) Recommended effective range: Approximately 50 km Mounting and Targeting Elevation: -39 / +90 degrees Elevation rate: 152 degrees per second Train: 360 degrees Train rate: 345 degrees per second Targeting: Managed by the ship-integrated 'Aegis' targeting and self-defence system. Other Notable Information Optimal targets for each projectile type - HEAF: Enemy spacecraft (low-armoured/fast moving fighters/bombers), biological ground targets via orbital bombardment APFSDS: Enemy spacecraft (high-armoured/slow moving dropships/boarding craft), armoured ground targets via orbital bombardment HEIAP: Enemy spacecraft (medium-armoured sections of capital vessels), asteroids and other space debris Link to comment
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