Thunderstroke Gauss Rifle

The Thunderstroke Gauss Rifle is a popular infantry-sized gauss rifle produced by Federated Arms. While ostensibly as large as a normal assault rifle, the Thunderstroke has a much longer barrel to contain the magnetic firing rails. It is fired from the hip with help from a shoulder strap, while ammo is held in a clip and fed into a top-loading port. Despite its size, the Thunderstroke is usable by almost anyone thanks to its simplicity of operation and light-weight construction. The heavy steel darts fired by these rifles, propelled to more than twice the speed of sound, are capable of penetrating the weak-points of Elemental Battle Armor with a single shot, though a soldier might have to empty the entire clip if trying to punch through its armoring.

Specification

 * Item: Gauss Rifle (Thunderstroke)
 * Equipment Rating: E/X-X-E/E
 * Armor Piercing/Base Damage: 5B/6
 * Range: 30/80/250/700 meters
 * Shots: 5; 2 Power Points per Shot
 * Cost/Reload: 2500/3
 * Affiliation: FS
 * Mass/Reload: 7kg/330g
 * Notes: Encumbering