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Description
The Mk. IV Demolition Gun was designed during a period in the IDI war where the Coalition thought that the Serian League might have a chance at turning the tide. Designed by a number of Teruvian and Gadzu engineers, it was to meet the need of engaging heavily armored or reinforced vehicles or structures with the intent to bust them open and allow infantry to advance.

The "Thunderbee" has a single 400mm Powergun. This weapon is mounted in a non-rotating turret on the surprisingly small and agile chassis. The powergun is a weapon which projects high energy copper plasma toward its target. This plasma is created by inducing an electrical field in a precisely aligned group of copper atoms; the atoms' alignment causes a resonance which greatly amplifies the field energy and ionizes the atoms. The resulting plasma is directed by a firing chamber and barrel made of refractory metal, such as iridium; the chamber and barrel are cooled between shots by injected nitrogen gas. The copper atoms are stored as individual charges, with the atoms held in the correct alignment by a plastic matrix which is mostly consumed by the firing. Powerguns are easily identified by the extremely bright cyan color of their plasma bolts; the electrical field also generates a broadband radio frequency discharge which can be picked up by the appropriate equipment. A powergun's recoil is far lower than a projectile weapon of equivalent size or firepower, as the copper atoms have low rest mass; the primary limit for powergun rate of fire is its ability to dissipate heat. Because of this, the weapon is slow firing, but incredibly devastating.

Typically employed is specific small units for purely support purposes, the Mk. IV Demolition Gun is rarely seen on the Coalition's Defensive battlefields. However, the tides of war are ever changing and the weapon could easily be brought to bear on the field in large and small conflicts due to it's small size and high manueverability.

Description
The Mk. IV Demolition Gun was designed during a period in the IDI war where the Coalition thought that the Serian League might have a chance at turning the tide. Designed by a number of Teruvian and Gadzu engineers, it was to meet the need of engaging heavily armored or reinforced vehicles or structures with the intent to bust them open and allow infantry to advance.

The "Thunderbee" has a single 400mm Powergun. This weapon is mounted in a non-rotating turret on the surprisingly small and agile chassis. The powergun is a weapon which projects high energy copper plasma toward its target. This plasma is created by inducing an electrical field in a precisely aligned group of copper atoms; the atoms' alignment causes a resonance which greatly amplifies the field energy and ionizes the atoms. The resulting plasma is directed by a firing chamber and barrel made of refractory metal, such as iridium; the chamber and barrel are cooled between shots by injected nitrogen gas. The copper atoms are stored as individual charges, with the atoms held in the correct alignment by a plastic matrix which is mostly consumed by the firing. Powerguns are easily identified by the extremely bright cyan color of their plasma bolts; the electrical field also generates a broadband radio frequency discharge which can be picked up by the appropriate equipment. A powergun's recoil is far lower than a projectile weapon of equivalent size or firepower, as the copper atoms have low rest mass; the primary limit for powergun rate of fire is its ability to dissipate heat. Because of this, the weapon is slow firing, but incredibly devastating.

Typically employed is specific small units for purely support purposes, the Mk. IV Demolition Gun is rarely seen on the Coalition's Defensive battlefields. However, the tides of war are ever changing and the weapon could easily be brought to bear on the field in large and small conflicts due to it's small size and high manueverability.