A280C blaster rifle

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"An A280C blaster rifle. Alliance armament."
―Darth Vader[5]

The A280C blaster rifle,[2] also designated as the A280 C heavy blaster rifle,[6] was a modified variant of the popular A280 blaster rifle and was the preferred weapon of Rebel Alliance Special Forces. It featured a high rate of fire and was known for its excellent firepower and sturdy design.[2]

Description

armed with an A280C blaster rifle

Carson Teva armed with an A280C blaster rifle

The A280C blaster file,[2] also designated as the A280 C heavy blaster rifle[6] served as one of BlasTech's top-selling combat blaster rifles for nearly a century before it was used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Before the Clone Wars, the A280C was the standard-issue infantry rifle for many planetary defense forces and private militias. Despite its heavy weight, the A280C was accurate and durable and it continued to see service throughout the Outer Rim Territories. Almost every military academy, militia, and military trained with the A280C prior to the Clone Wars.[1]

When more modular platforms were adopted by the Galactic Republic, the A280C waned in use. With the reformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, the Empire absorbed or disbanded local defense forces, resulting in many decommissioned A280Cs. These guns flooded the secondhand market and black markets, and found their way to the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and became standard issue.[1] The bounty hunters and commandos that worked for the Haxion Brood were also equipped with them.[4]

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Behind the scenes

In Star Wars Battlefront II, the A280C uses the model previously associated with the A280 blaster rifle.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gadgets and Gear
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars Battlefront
  3. ↑ Gadgets and Gear establishes that the A280C has been in use nearly a century before it was used by the Rebel Alliance. The Rebel Alliance ceased in 4 ABY so it can be assumed that the A280C was in use at least a century before that date.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  5. ↑ "Diplomatic Impunity" — Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 3
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Forged in Battle
  7. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II