Repeating blaster/Legends

"The only thing better than a big blaster, apparently, is one that shoots faster."

- Anonymous remark on the Mandalorian Heavy Repeater

Repeating blasters, or Repeaters, were blaster weapons that could fire many rounds in a short interval of time.

Several variants existed, but these weapons could generally be divided into two major categories: mounted repeating blasters and personal repeating blasters.

Mounted repeating blasters
Also called "heavy repeating blasters", these were any blaster-based range weapon with a rapid-fire discharge, commonly mounted on sturdy tripod bases for stability.

The heavy repeating blaster was developed to protect outposts against invasions. These tripod-mounted blasters proved effective at cutting down lines of approaching infantry units, despite the fact that they were stationary weapons. During the time of the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War, the E-Web and its variants were the most popular repeating blasters. The name E-Web was derived from the official designation of any repeating blaster: 'Emplacement Weapon, Heavy Blaster'.

Types of mounted repeating blaster

 * E WHB-10
 * EWHB-12
 * E-Web
 * E-web heavy repeating blaster
 * E-Web(15) Heavy Blaster
 * F-Web Repeating Blaster
 * M-Web Repeating Blaster
 * Repeating-blaster

Personal repeating blasters
These repeaters were light enough to be carried by individuals and fired quickly without a mount, such as a tripod, but were heavy enough to be unwieldly for those not trained in their use. The largest of these were even called "heavy repeating blasters", but this was only in comparison with more lightweight models; all personal weapons were a step down from the heavier emplacement guns.

Due to their unique nature, personal repeaters were generally wielded by elite branches of soldiers; stormtrooper lieutenants, for example, would be more likely to carry them than the stormtroopers they commanded would.

During and directly after the Mandalorian Wars, personal repeaters were among the favorite weapons of Mandalorians. Canderous Ordo himself was known to have wielded a prototype "heavy" repeating blaster that never made it to general production.

Types of personal repeating blaster

 * Light repeating blaster
 * T-21 light repeating blaster
 * Accelerated Charged Particle Repeater Gun
 * Z-6 rotary blaster cannon
 * Chaingun
 * BlasTech light repeating blaster
 * SE-14R light repeating blaster
 * Thunderbolt Repeating Blaster
 * Imperial Repeater Rifle
 * Imperial Heavy Repeater

Appearances (repeaters without specific articles)

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords