Heavy blaster pistol/Legends

A heavy blaster pistol was a more powerful version of the standard blaster pistol.

Description
Heavy blaster pistols were basically cut-down blaster rifles, utilizing a more highly powered gas chamber, firing larger, more damaging bolts with a wider beam. Though bulkier and heavier than a standard blaster pistol, the heavy blaster's advantage was firepower. It had destructive power comparable to a blaster rifle but a shorter range than the typical blaster pistol. The power pack was generally the same size as a standard pistol and was consumed at a considerably higher rate than a typical blaster pistol. Due to the weapon's formidable power it was in most systems heavily restricted if not entirely illegal.

Usage
Heavy blaster pistols were very popular with soldiers and mercenaries of all sorts.

History
The Arkanians were the first to experiment with creating blaster pistols with the same energy output as blaster rifles around 5,000 BBY. It took some time for the concept to be widely adopted, and it wasn't until the time of the Jedi Civil War that power output of heavy blasters around the galaxy began to match Arkanian standards.

Notable models

 * Cassus Fett's heavy blaster pistol
 * CR-2 blaster pistol
 * DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
 * Power 5 heavy blaster pistol
 * S-5 heavy blaster pistol
 * SSK-7 heavy blaster pistol
 * Zabrak Tystel
 * Mandalorian heavy blaster
 * DC-17 hand blaster
 * DT-57 heavy blaster pistol
 * DC-15s side arm blaster
 * Model 434 blaster pistol
 * Renegade heavy blaster pistol

Behind the scenes
The Heavy Blaster heavily resembles the German Mauser C96, a widely used sidearm for the German army in World Wars I and II.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
 * Star Wars Missions 13: Prisoner of the Nikto Pirates
 * Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
 * Star Wars 51: Resurrection of Evil
 * Star Wars 54: Starfire Rising
 * Star Wars 69: Death in the City of Bone
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion
 * Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
 * Star Wars 51: Resurrection of Evil
 * Star Wars 54: Starfire Rising
 * Star Wars 69: Death in the City of Bone
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion