Concussion missile/Legends

A concussion missile was a short-range, wingless anti-vehicle missile generally deployed by vehicle mounted launchers. Similar to a proton torpedo, a concussion missile was smaller and faster but less powerful. This added speed and reduced size made concussion missile very difficult to intercept or dodge.

Weapons manufacturers generally produced both the launchers and the missiles, and sold them as units. In space combat, starships used concussion missiles for anti-starfighter defense, and ground forces used them against any fast moving vehicle. Starfighters such as the Rebel Alliance A-wing and the Imperial Missile Boat made extensive use of concussion missiles in dogfights.

Each missile was stored and launched from a pressurized canister designed to protect it during transport, storage and loading, and acts as a launch tube. The canisters are racked in magazines that are loaded into a vehicle.

Each concussion missile featured an armor-piercing tip that penetrated a target hull and then ignited the missile's compact energy pack. The impact of the tip would active an atom smasher near the energy pack, resulting in an implosion of atoms. The exponentially rising energy and heat generated by the implosion would melt the target and result in an explosion.

Types of Concussion Missiles

 * Dymek HM-6
 * Krupx MG5