DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System/Legends

"Nice Deece. Ion pulse blaster, RPG anti-armor, and sniper?"

- Anonymous clone trooper

The DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System (DC-17m ICWS) was a configurable combat weapons system used by the clone commandos of the Galactic Republic. This weapon was a variant of the DC-15 blaster rifle, which was used by standard clone troopers. The DC-17m was much smaller and lighter than the DC-15 and more versatile due to the fact that it could carry three different weapon attachments. The DC-17m on full power could blast through 1 meter of Ferrocrete

Characteristics


The DC-17m, produced by BlasTech Industries, appeared at first glance similar to any regular blaster rifle. However, the ICWS could convert from the base stock mount into three different weapons. A fourth attachment, the pulsed energy projectile, was introduced later on during the Clone Wars.

Blaster
The main weapon was a rapid-fire plasma pulse blaster rifle&mdash;the favored configuration most often used by clone commandos. This configuration used magazines that held 60 blaster rounds each. It was an extremely powerful weapon capable of killing most enemies quickly and efficiently.



Sniper rifle
The DC-17m could also quickly convert into a long-range ion pulse sniper rifle with an electromagnetic scope (the IPS rifle round was a projectile encased in blaster energy, like a bowcaster bolt). Each magazine held five rounds. It functioned at two levels of zoom: 10x and 20x. The sights also provided an x-ray vision effect, to locate vital targets within the enemy. It was a useful weapon to have around on missions requiring stealth, such as assassinations.

Anti-armor
The third configuration was an anti-armor charge launcher equipped with a dumb-fire warhead which boasted being able to cause high amounts of damage and having a large area of fragmentation. Each shot expended the attachment meaning the trooper had to replace it after each shot. Due to the attachment's size, only a small number of these could be carried by a trooper. In the Republic Commando books, the Anti-Armor attachment can switch from anti-armor to blaster mode but with less accuracy and range.

History
DC-17m rifles, sniper rifles, and anti-armor launchers were used by clone commandos throughout the Clone Wars, on worlds from Geonosis and Qiilura to Kashyyyk.

Due to their advanced creativity and notable personalities, various clone commandos favored the different ICWS attachments. The leaders of Delta Squad, RC-1138 and RC-1140, often used the DC-17m blaster rifle, while the dark-humored Sev preferred the long-range, one-shot-kill functionality of the sniper rifle. The squad's explosives expert, Scorch, had a blaster with the anti-armor conversion, which had a capacity of only 4 shots. However, all were proficient in all configurations and were able to use them to their full potential.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * "The Package"
 * Odds
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * The Drop
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * "Orders"
 * "Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel"
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader