Repeating blaster

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A repeating blaster,[1] also known as a repeater blaster,[3] or repeating cannon,[2] was a category of rapid-fire blaster which were either handheld or mounted.

Other forms of repeating blasters included light and heavy repeating blasters.[1]

History

A FWMB-10 repeating blaster with power supply

A FWMB-10 repeating blaster with power supply

The Royal Naboo Security Forces utilized the CR-2 heavy blaster pistol, which had an extremely high rate of fire.

During the Clone Wars, the Grand Army of the Republic's clone commandos wielded the DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System, which could change between a repeating blaster rifle and an anti-vehicle grenade launcher. Some regular clone troopers also wielded the Z-6 rotary cannon, and the standard-issue DC-15A blaster rifle (as well as the bulkier DC-15LE variant) had a rapid fire setting. Other handheld rapid fire weapons fielded by major galactic armies included the E-5C wielded by Separatist heavy battle droids, the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle wielded by Imperial stormtroopers and Rebel soldiers, the RT-97C heavy blaster rifle wielded by Imperial jumptroopers, the TL-50 Heavy Repeater wielded by Imperial Special Forces, and the "Roba" M-45 repeating ion blaster wielded by Rebel gunners and later Resistance troopers.[4]

Paz Vizsla wields a M-55 Medium Repeating Blaster during the New Republic Era

Paz Vizsla wields a M-55 Medium Repeating Blaster during the New Republic Era

Baze Malbus utilized an MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon prior to the Galactic Civil War.[2] The BlasTech Industries-produced M-55 Medium Repeating Blaster[5] was used by the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian Paz Vizsla during the New Republic Era, during which time he used the weapon as a surviving Mandalorian[6] until his final stand during the reconquest of Mandalore.[7]

Mounted repeating blasters such as the Galactic Empire's E-Web heavy repeating blaster cannon served as emplacement weapons with formidable firepower.[1] The First Order later used the FWMB-10 repeating blaster, which could be mounted on their Light Infantry Utility Vehicles.[8][9]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ultimate Star Wars
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  3. ↑ The Last Order
  4. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
  6. ↑ The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 3: The Sin"
  7. ↑ The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
  8. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
  9. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections