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Weapon & Equipment Information
General Details
Name:  Improved Autocannon/10
Type (Category):  Weapon (Ballistic)
Reference:  Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras (p. 90)

Description:
Early Clan ballistic weapons tech also benefited from advanced metallurgy and construction techniques that rendered these classics of warfare lighter and more compact. These weapons enjoyed only a brief service life before more significant advances to the Ultra and LB-X autocannon types rendered standard-model cannons obsolete.

Game Rules:
All four improved standard autocannons perform in the same fashion, and with the same heat, damage, range, and to-hit modifiers as those made using the Inner Sphere technology base.
Unit Type Availability
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Clan Data (BattleMechs)
Prototype Date:  ~2815
Production Date:  
Extinction Date:  2833
Recovery Date:  3080

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage (Aero)
Range (Aero)
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
3
10 (10)
–/5/10/15 (Medium)
E
X-C-X-X
200,000
11
6
123.000

RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
~2815
2832
Experimental
3080
Experimental

AMMUNITION COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Type
Rounds
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Battle Value
Explosive
Prototype
Production
Extinction
Recovery
Reference
Standard
10
B
C-C-D-D
6,000
1
15.000
2460
TM (p. 207)
Armor-Piercing
5
E
X-X-E-E
24,000
1
15.000
3055
3059
TM (p. 208)
Caseless
20
D
X-X-E-D
9,000
1
30.000
3056
3079
TO:AUE (p. 164)
Flak
10
B
E-F-F-E
9,000
1
15.000
ES
~2310
TO:AUE (p. 164)
Flechette
10
E
X-X-E-E
9,000
1
15.000
3053
3055
TM (p. 208)
Precision
5
E
X-X-E-E
36,000
1
15.000
3058
3062
TM (p. 208)
Tracer
10
B
D-E-F-E
9,000
1
18.750
ES
~2300
TO:AUE (p. 165)

ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short
Medium
Long
Extreme
Special Abilities
3
1
1
Autocannon

Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
 Autocannon (AC)
This unit mounts a significant number of autocannons and may fire them together as an alternative weapon attack instead of a standard weapon attack. This ability enables the unit to use alternate autocannon ammo for modified effects.

MegaMek Output → Weapon List:  Improved Autocannon/10
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  Improved Autocannon/10
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Improved Autocannon/10