M-68 planetary magnapulse cannon

The m-68 planetary magnapulse cannon was a weapon emplacment designed by Kuat Drive Yards. It was first released close to the start of the Galactic Civil War.It fired a powerful electromagnetic pulse, capable of disabling ground vehicles (or any air unit on the ground) that was in its blast radius (of around 10 meters) for between 30 seconds to a minute (depending on the vehicles size). The weapon itself could be recharged in around 2 minutes. Due to this need for quick recharge, it had an enormous power core.

The weapon cost a large amount of credits, an was only ever deployed on a few planets. It was generally used by the Empire, though the Rebel Alliance may have purchased a number of them. They were used to disable vehicles from a safe distance, so that friendly units could move in and destroy them without resistance. However, they did not work against infantry, and therefore the weapon emplacments themselves were vunerable to them.

Apperances

 * Empire at War