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Machine Guns

Prerequisite: Research required to unlock
Cost: Amount of resources needed
Damage: Damage per hit, damage caused by bio effects are listed after
Minimum Damage: Minimum Damage the shot can deal after falloff is applied, damage caused by bio effects are listed after
Weight: weight of the weapon
RoF: Rate of Fire. Also known as cycle time. The minimum time in seconds between each projectile. Lower is better.
Reload Time: time to load one clip, if Total Ammo Clips is '0', time to reload one unit of ammo
Rounds/Clips: The first number is the number of rounds in each clip, the second number is the number of clips
Heat/To Target: The first number is the amount of heat generated by the vehicle firing the projectile. The second number is the amount of heat generated on the target vehicle when the projectile hits.
Spread: Projectile spread/accuracy. Lower is better.
FalloffStart/FalloffEnd/Minimal Damage: FalloffStart is the distance a projectile can travel before its damage will start reducing towards the Minimal Damage value. The weapon will always deal the Minimal Damage value if it hits within 10000 units (maximum bullet trace distance. FalloffEnd controls the distance that bullets hit Minimal Damage. (Damage is reduced using smoothstep functions between FalloffStart and FalloffEnd.)

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Name	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Damage	Minimum Damage	Weight	RoF (sec)	Reload Time (sec)	Rounds/ Clips	Heat Self/To Target	Spread	Falloff Start/ Falloff End
Standard Machine Gun	A small machine gun that fires anti-infantry rounds.	None	30	17	13	30	0.1	4	60/4	0.8/0	0.015	0/3000
Bio Machine Gun	A medium machine gun that fires bullets containing a deadly pathogen that does continual damage to a target.	Biological Projectile	60	4	3	40	0.12	4	60/5	0.5/0	0.02	5000/10000
.50 Caliber Medium MG	A medium machine gun firing high caliber anti-infantry rounds.	High Caliber Rounds	70	20	16	45	0.06	7	120/5	0.6/0	0.01	0/5500
.50 Caliber HMG	A large machine gun firing high caliber anti-infantry rounds.	Disabled	90	20	19	60	0.045	9	120/6	0.9/0	0.008	0/5500
Depleted Uranium MG	This machine gun fires dense metal ammunition which capable of damaging armored vehicle.	Depleted Uranium Rounds	50	4	3	40	0.09	3	80/6	0.4/0	0.015	4000/8000
Depleted Uranium HMG	This large machine gun fires dense metal ammunition which capable of damaging armored vehicle.	Disabled	90	7	6	60	0.121	4.5	120/6	0.7/0	0.014	5000/10000
Chain Gun	This small machine gun fires ant-infantry rounds at a very fast rate.	None	45	13	11	40	0.06	6	100/4	0.7/0	0.03	0/1250
Medium Chain Gun	This machine gun fires ant-infantry rounds at a very fast rate.	None	60	17	12	50	0.045	6	150/5	0.7/0	0.0275	0/1250
Plasma Machine Gun	This machine gun fires superheated rounds which are designed to overheat and immobilise vehicles.	Disabled	70	10	8	40	0.3	4.5	35/7	1.5/2	0.015	5000/10000
High Energy Plasma MG	This large machine gun fires superheated rounds which are designed to overheat and immobilise vehicles.	Plasma Tipped Rounds	120	5	4	60	0.1	5	100/7	0.6/1	0.013	5000/10000
High Explosive MG	This machine gun fires rounds which explode upon impact damaging buildings, vehicles and infantry.	Explosive Tipped Bullets	60	3	3	40	0.135	4	50/6	0.6/0	0.022	5000/10000
High Explosive HMG	This large machine gun fires rounds which explode upon impact damaging buildings, vehicles and infantry.	Disabled	100	11	10	55	0.4	4	25/6	2.5/0	0.021	5000/10000

Cannons

Speed: Speed of the projectile. Only affects cannons and missiles. Used with the "Speed To Damage Modifier" value on armor. The speed of a weapon not only influences the "speed to damage modifier" but also makes the weapon travel faster through space. There is a limit of roughly 2700-2800 "speed" that a cannon or missile can have, any speed value beyond that limit will still influence the damage modifier and in the cannons' case the gravity effect on the projectile but will not make the object actually travel "faster" in-game. Against common belief, it is not used for the tracer effects from machine guns.
Gravity: effect that gravity has on the shot. Lower values result in less effect and a longer, flatter arc. Only affects cannons.

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Name	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Damage	Weight	Damage Type	Rounds/ Clips	RoF	Heat Self/To Target	Speed	Gravity
Standard Cannon	A small caliber cannon that fires tank shells.	None	50	50	50	ShellKinetic	40/0	1.4	8/0	3300	0.5
Ranged Cannon	This medium caliber cannon fires shells at a higher speed, it is most effective in long range battles.	Extended Range Cannon	80	60	70	ShellKinetic	40/0	1.5	9/0	3600	0.15
Heavy-Duty Ranged Cn.	A large caliber cannon that fires tank shells. Its enhanced barrel allows shells to travel longer ranges.	Disabled	135	67	75	ShellKinetic	40/0	1.5	8.5/0	3650	0.08
High Explosive Cannon	This medium caliber cannon fires shells filled with an explosive compound upgraded for a stronger explosion upon impact.	High Explosive Shells	90	70	70	ShellExplosive	30/0	2	14/0	3000	0.4
Thermobaric Cannon	This heavy tank cannon utilizes oxygen from the surrounding air to as oxidizer for an intense, high-temperature explosion.	Disabled	130	85	70	ShellExplosive	30/0	2	13/0	3000	0.4
Plasma Cannon Prot.	This medium caliber cannon fires a superheated shell able to transfer a large amount of heat into vehicles and immobilise them.	Disabled	80	72	70	ShellPlasma	30/0	2	13.5/7	3000	0.4125
Plasma Cannon	This large caliber cannon fires a superheated shell able to transfer a large amount of heat into vehicles and immobilise them.	Plasma Cannon	140	60	90	ShellPlasma	40/0	2	15/12	3300	0.3
Railgun	This large caliber cannon uses magnetic coils to accelerate the shell. It fires very high speed projectile which are very effective against buildings and vehicles.	Disabled	110	100	60	ShellKinetic	30/0	2.4	15/0	3700	0.06
Railgun	This large caliber cannon uses magnetic coils to accelerate the shell. It fires very high speed projectile which are very effective against buildings and vehicles.	Railgun	150	130	90	ShellKinetic	40/0	2.6	18/0	3800	0.05
Biological Cannon	This medium caliber cannon launches shells housing a biological agent. Infantry and vehicles by the explosion will continuously take damage for a short period of time after being hit.	Disabled	80	65	70	ShellBiological	30/0	2.25	13/0	3000	0.4
Biological Cannon	This cannon launches large caliber shells coated with a corrosive agent which deals additionnal damage upon contact with infantry and vehicles.	Biological Cannon	180	90	100	ShellBiological	40/0	2.25	20/0	3100	0.325

Artillery Cannon

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Name	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Damage	Weight	Reload Time (sec)	Damage Type	Rounds/ Clips	RoF	Heat Self/To Target	Speed	Gravity
Small Artillery Cannon	This artillery cannon has reduced damage and range but faster firing rate.	None	90	150	75	6	Artillery	10/3	2.5	16/0	2200	0.8
Medium Artillery Cannon	This standard artillery cannon has a medium range.	None	110	175	90	7	Artillery	10/3	3	21/0	2400	0.7
High Explosive Artillery	This artillery cannon has the largest explosion radius at the cost of a decreased range and fire rate.	High Explosive Artillery Shells	170	225	93	8	Artillery	10/3	4	32/0	2600	0.7
Ranged Artillery Cannon	This artillery cannon has increased range at the cost of a smaller explosion radius.	Extended Range Artillery Cannon	170	200	100	8	Artillery	10/3	3.5	27/0	2800	0.6

Missiles

RoF: A negative number unloads the whole clip in rapid succession with one press of the fire button but still uses the rest of the number to determine time between actual shot creation
Targeting Type
- Dumb: flies forward until it hits something.
- Guided: While holding down the Fire key/button, a player can use the mouse to guide the missile similar to laser-guided ordinance.
- Homing: Once lock-on has been initiated, simply pressing the Fire key/button once will send missiles to their target without any additional input from the player.
Range: max range in HL2 units that the player can lock onto a target with a homing missile, or range from vehicle being fired from when a guided missile stops following the player's crosshairs
Lock Time: time it takes for a homing missile to lock onto the target under the player crosshairs
Lock Radius: this is an approximation that determines how close a target must be to your crosshair (screen position) before it can begin locking onto (ie a bigger number means that the crosshair doesn't need to be directly over or as close to the target) it defines a box around the crosshair, and a target must be within this box to be homed on and its Size decreases with range
Lock Time/Range Mod: modifies lock on time based on range (as range increases, lock on time increases based on the modifier: (modifier * range to target + lock on time = total lock on time)
Turning Ability: determines how effective the missile can turn to home in on its target or guide itself to the crosshair for a guided missile: 1.0 means the missile can turn instantly towards its target, 0.0 and the missile doesn't turn at all

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Name	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Damage	Weight	Reload Time (sec)	Damage Type	Rounds/ Clips	RoF	Heat Self/To Target	Speed	Targeting Type	Range	Lock Time	Lock Radius	Lock Time/Range Mod	Turning Ability
Standard ML	This standard missile launcher fires a small missile.	None	40	40	40	3	Missile	4/6	1.1	6/0	2300	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Upgraded ML	This medium missile launcher fires a missile with greater speed and damage.	Upgraded Missile Warhead	80	62	60	3.8	Missile	7/7	1	6/0	2800	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy-Duty ML	A heavy dumb fire missile launcher with no homing capabilities but much greater speed, damage and area of effect than the standard version.	Disabled	110	68	80	4	Missile	7/7	1.05	8.5/0	3000	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Biological Warhead	This medium missile launcher fires a missile which contains a biological agent in its warhead. Infantry and vehicles hit by the explosion will continuously take damage for a short period of time after being hit.	Biological Warhead	75	60	60	6	Missile	5/5	2	10/0	2400	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Virulent Warhead	A dumb fire heavy missile launcher which contains a biological agent in its warhead. Enemies hit by the explosion will take a large amount of damage for a few seconds after being hit.	Disabled	125	53	80	6	Missile	4/4	3	8/0	2500	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Nuclear Missile	This large missile launcher fires a missile with a nuclear payload, slow and heavy, but creates a massive explosion which is powerful against infantry and buildings.	Nuclear Warhead	300	300	180	0	MissileExplosive	10/0	10	100/10	1100	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Salvo ML	This medium missile launcher fires four small missiles in one quick succession.	Salvo Missile Launcher	75	35	55	3	Missile	5/10	-0.14	4/0	2100	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Advanced Salvo ML	A larger variant of the Salvo Missile Launcher that fires six stronger missiles in a single rapid burst.	Disabled	135	34	80	2.85	Missile	6/10	-0.13	3.75/0	2200	Dumb Missile	0	0	0	0	0
Guided ML	This medium missile launcher fires a guided missile that follow the crosshairs after launch.	Disabled	85	66	60	4	Missile	6/8	1.25	8/0	2000	Guided Missile	8000	0	0	0	1.8
TOW Guided ML	A missile launcher which fires TOW missiles that follow the crosshairs after launch. It is stronger and more maneuverable than the basic variant.	TOW Guided Missiles	150	70	80	5.5	Missile	6/8	1.25	8.5/0	2300	Guided Missile	8000	0	0	0	1.85
Homing Missile Launcher	A missile launcher which fires a single missile that homes in on the locked on target.	Homing Missiles	95	52	60	5	Missile	7/6	1.1	8/0	2300	Homing Missile	5000	0.4	0.4	0.0003	3
Homing Missile Launcher	This large missile launcher is capable of locking on to enemy vehicles and firing a missile which automatically guides itself to the locked target.	Disabled	150	60	80	8	Missile	8/6	1.1	9/0	2500	Homing Missile	8000	0.5	0.2	0.0001875	3
Salvo Homing ML	A missile launcher that fires a quick burst of ten missiles which home in on the locked target.	Salvo Homing Missiles	150	28	80	8	Missile	10/8	0.14	4/0	2300	Homing Missile	8000	0.5	0.2	0.00025	3