Component:mk-65-cannon
In Game Description
A medium-weight cannon, intended to operate as a middle-ground between the lighter and heavier Mk6x series, offering excellent firepower to shred light warships while also providing a solid punch on targets above its weight class.
With a fairly quick acquisition time, the weapon can reliably train onto heavier targets, but will struggle against smaller, more evasive targets. As such, it is best used from medium-to-long range where its ample reload time and accuracy can best be used. Fires 250mm chemical-ballistic shells.
Stats
| Mk65 Cannon | |
|---|---|
| Faction | ANS |
| Cost | 40 pts |
| Dimensions | 6x3x6 (C4) |
| Hitpoints | 450 |
| Hitpoints to Function | 30 |
| Damage Threshold | 40 |
| Mass | 12 Tonnes |
| DC Priority | Medium |
| Accuracy Marks | 17m @ 2.5km 35m @ 5km 52m @ 7.5km |
| Role | Dual-Purpose |
| Integrated FC | No |
| Optical Backup | Yes |
| Compatible Ammo Types | Ballistic/Chemical - 250mm; Ballistic/Chemical/Timed - 250mm |
| Autoloader Capacity | 3 |
| Recycle Time | 0.5 s |
| Reload Time | 13 s |
| Fire Rate | 12.9 RPM |
| Power | -180 (kW) |
| Traverse Rate | 7.5 deg/s |
| Elevation Rate | 15 deg/s |
| Elevation Limits | +40 deg., -5 deg. |
Lore
You know, I don't give the Naval Office enough credit. Back during the Deshima Blitz, the Mk64 had a rough time. The Collective had a lot of shell traps and sloped armor on their warships and ground warfare wasn't any different, the atmospherics make it far more difficult since you had to account for ballistic drop, wind resistance, all that usual eye-watering tanker math.
Instead of, I don't know, engineering some better ballistics for both space and atmo, the Naval Office did what any self-respecting artilleryman would do: add two more guns. The maintenance is just abysmal, clearly not designed for something like this, but nobody complains about the firepower. When it rolled out across Deshima, Collective armor didn't matter much when you had three 250mm shells screaming downrange at you. Turns out it was just as effective on warships too. Funny how that works.
- T. Meadows, LT
