LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-10 AT 07:01 PM (EST)
 
>>>>It probably was
>>>>derived from a vehicle-mounted weapon, though given its form factor,
>>>>it's more likely to have been an aerospace weapon than a Destroid
>>>>small laser.
>>>
>>>Now that's interesting. It's an infantry weapon, why derive it from
>>>that techbase as opposed to a technology that operates in the same
>>>environment as the infantry?
>>
>>Because aerospace weapons are designed and built specifically to be as
>>lightweight as possible, with the highest power-to-mass ratios in the
>>field. Which is also something people tend to be looking for in
>>man-portable weapons. Armored vehicle weapons, especially Destroid
>>weapons? Not so much.
>

One does not argue with Ma Duce, or her cousin, Barrett.....

Craig