Multi-cannon

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A class 2 gimballed multi-cannon

A multi-cannon is mounted on one of your ship's hardpoints and needs assigning to a fire group before it can be used. These weapons are projectile based and use actual ammunition, which needs replenishing when depleted. Multi-cannons consume less power than energy weapons and as a result, give off less heat. These weapons generally have a longer range than their energy counterparts. They fire from a magazine which automatically reloads when empty. Each multi-cannon that's been mounted, and is active, has its own pool of ammunition to supply it.

Multi-cannons are available as both fixed, gimbal mounted, and turreted weapons.

Buying Ammunition

When all your multi-cannon ammunition has been used up, you can replenish it by docking in a station and selecting the Fuel and Munitions menu. From the Munitions menu you can purchase a new stock of ammunition for your multi-cannons.

Ammunition costs 100 per unit, in this case unit meaning 100 rounds (not clip size). So, 2190 is the price tag of replenishing your all ammunition on one multi-cannon.

Specifications

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armour Penetration	ROF	DPS	Thermal Load	Ammo Clip Size	Ammo Maximum	Value (CR)
1	F	2.00	A	0.280	Fixed	Kinetic	2	A	8.0 /s	3	1	90	2,100	9,500
1	G	2.00	A	0.370	Gimbal	Kinetic	2	A	8.5 /s	3	1	90	2,100	14,250
1	G	2.00	A	0.260	Turret	Kinetic	0 [1]	A	6.0 /s	2	1	90	2,100	81,600
2	E	4.00	A	0.460	Fixed	Kinetic	2	A	7.0 /s	4	1	90	2,100	38,000
2	F	4.00	A	0.640	Gimbal	Kinetic	2	A	7.5 /s	4	1	90	2,100	57,000
2	F	4.00	A	0.500	Turret	Kinetic	2	A	5.3 /s	3	1	90	2,100	1,292,800

• Damage, DPS, and Thermal Load are all based upon the in-game display which is basically an "out of 10" scale thus the values for these sections should be assumed as approximations.

^[1] Displayed in game as 0/10 bars - may mean that damage is very low compared to other weapons?. ^{(Version 1.01)}