DC-15S

The DC-15S blaster was the blaster carbine variant of BlasTech's DC-15 blaster rifle. This weapon was carried by the clone troopers of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.

Characteristics
Smaller in scale than the DC-15A rifle, the DC-15S lacked its larger cousin's range, but was easier to handle than the bulkier "A" variant. The DC-15S also featured a folding stock for enhanced aiming with braced firing. DC-15 blasters fired charged plasma bolts, activated by tibanna gas carried in replaceable blaster cartridges. These gas cartridges lasted for around 500 shots, depending on the weapon's power settings. It was also known to be dual wielded. They were extremely powerful weapons, especially in the hands of experienced Clone Troopers. It was almost as powerful as the E-5 blaster rifle. The blaster could also fire a cable from it's barrel so that clone troopers could ascend or descend from high walls or cliffs. Captain Rex and the Torrent detachment of the 501st utilized this capability most noticeably during the Battle of Teth, using them to scale the sheer cliff below their objective.

History
The DC-15S was widely used during the Clone Wars, though most notably in the conflict's final days. The design of the DC-15S would later be enhanced by BlasTech for the introduction of the E-11 blaster rifle, commonly known as the "stormtrooper rifle".