AW-5

MK-21-1

Maxium Range: 1,000 Km

Maximum Effective Area Range: 10 Km

Maximum Effective Point Target Range: 100 Km

Weight (Unloaded):9.12 lbs

(loaded): 10.22 lbs

Mounts: AW-3 Energized Bayonet

AW-4 Grenade Launcher

Munition:AM-200 Type 10 Power Pack

Length: 32"

Width: 5"

Height: 6.8"

Settings: 12

1: Light Stun

2: Medium Stun

3: Long Stun

4: Heavy Stun

5: Kill

6: Improved Kill

7: Heat

8: Incinerate

9: Low Disrupt

10: Blast

11: Vaporize

12: Heavy Vaporize

Rates of Fire:

Sporadic: 40 SPM

Suistained: 180 SPM (Warning: Change Charging Chambers & Firing Crystals after 2 Firing Days)

Rapid: 270 SPM -Limited to Setting 10 (Warning: Change Charging Chambers & Firing Crystals at end of Firing Day)

Cycilic: 870 SPM -Limited to Setting 6 (Warning: Change Charging Chambers & Firing Crystals at end of Firing Day)

Auto-Target: Yes

Kill 6 Energy: 3,200 Mj

Scope Capibilities: Yes

Average Charge Life: 1,000 Kill 6 Shots

Maximum Output: 900 Gj

The AW-5 is the shotgun design split-off of the AW-1. It is a fully automatic weapon, which either fires pulses, or scatter bursts to destroy the enemy. Anything mountable on the AW-1 is mountable on this sister weapon. Its shots are not as effective due to the loss of several focusing components to make room for the scatter-burst technology, but at close range, the AW-5 is the deadlier and more effective weapon. The lost equipment also includes the beam component, which removes that particular option.

The changes do, however, put a far more comfortable upper limit on firepower than the AW-1, and is safer at closer ranges for the operator at maximum firepower.