Editing Plasma rifle

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{{InfoBoxWeapon
| image =[[Image:BA_-_M-_Plasmarifle.png|Man Portable Plasma Rifle, used on battle armor.]]
| name = Plasma Rifle
| Type = energy (direct-fire, heat-inducing, anti-infantry)
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Year Availability = [[3068]] (CC)
| Heat = 10
| Damage = 10
| Minimum Range = 0
| Short Range = 1-5
| Medium Range = 6-10
| Long Range = 11-15
| Tons = 6
| Critical Slots = 2
| Ammo Per Ton = 10
| Cost (unloaded) = 260,000
| Ammo Cost (per ton) = 10,000
| BV (1.0) =
| BV (2.0) = 210<br> 26 (ammo)<ref name=TM317>''TechManual'', p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''plasma rifle''' was developed by the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Based upon their [[Man-Portable Plasma Rifle|man-portable version]], the Confederation was able to create what is essentially a massive [[flamer]]. 

Plasma weapons used the power of the [[fusion engine]] or [[Power Amplifier|power amplifier]]s to power an electromagnetic accelerator to a stream, pulse, or toroid of plasma (i.e. very hot, energetic, and excited matter). The plasma was created by using a lasing process to flash cartridges of plastic foam into white-hot projectiles that caused thermal, as well as physical, damage. Because this foam ammo was inert, it could not explode even if destroyed.<ref>''Total Warfare'', p. 139</ref> 

The primary damage mechanism of these was thermal transfer; the weapon caused serious burns, and often immediate death of living creatures, melting or evaporating other materials. The plasma weapons may also have had a significant kinetic energy component, wherein ionized material was projected with sufficient momentum to cause secondary impact damage, in addition to causing high thermal damage.

In addition to dealing scatter damage, the plasma rifle inflicted either 1-6 points of heat or an extra 2-12 points of damage, depending on the unit it struck:

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1"
| align="Center" | '''Unit'''
| align="right" | '''Heat'''
| align="right" | '''Additional Damage'''
|-
| align="center" | Unarmored [[Infantry]]
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 2D6
|-
| align="center" | Mechanized Infantry
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 2D6
|-
| align="center" | [[Battle Armor]]
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 2D6
|-
| align="center" | [[DropShip]]
| align="right" | 1D6
| align="right" | None
|-
| align="center" | [[JumpShip]]
| align="right" | 1D6
| align="right" | None
|-

| align="center" | [[Aerospace Fighter]]
| align="right" | 1D6
| align="right" | None
|-

| align="center" | [[BattleMech]]
| align="right" | 1D6
| align="right" | None
|-
| align="center" | [[ProtoMech]]
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 2D6
|-
| align="center" | [[Vehicle]]
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 2D6
|-
|-
| align="center" | Individual [[Infantry]]
| align="right" | N/A
| align="right" | 5E/10CS
|-
|}

==Models==
===Ceres Arms Crusher===
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''  
|'''Manufactured by'''
|'''Typically used in'''
|'''References'''
|----
| [[Capella]]
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
| PXH-5L ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''<br>MNG-8L ''[[Měngqín]]''
| <ref>Milspecs Articles</ref><ref>"Technical Readout 3085", p. 236</ref><br><ref>"Technical Readout 3085", p. 118</ref>
|-
|}

=== Defiance Novashot Model 2 ===
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''  
|'''Manufactured by'''
|'''Typically used in'''
|'''References'''
|-
| 
| 
| EFT-7X ''[[Eisenfaust]]''
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 74</ref>
|-
| 
| 
| KGC-009 ''[[King Crab]]''
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3145'', p. 188</ref>
|-
| 
| 
| ''[[St. Florian]]'' MOD
| <ref>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 52, "''St. Florian'' FireMech MOD"</ref>
|}

===Tiegart Incinerator===
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''  
|'''Manufactured by'''
|'''Typically used in'''
|'''References'''
|----
| [[Nirasaki]]
| [[Maltex Corporation]]
| [[Panther]]
| <ref name=TRO3085p66>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 66</ref>
|-
|}

===Victory Blast Furnace===
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''  
|'''Manufactured by'''
|'''Typically used in'''
|'''References'''
|----
| [[Quentin]]
| [[Independence Weaponry]]
| [[Peacekeeper (BattleMech)|Peacekeeper]]
| <ref name=TRO3085p104>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 104</ref>
|-
|}

===Not classified===
{|
! Model
!Used by
|-
|Ceres Arms Plasma Rifle <ref name=MilSpecs>Milspecs</ref> || MHL-6MC ''[[Marshal]]''<br>TSG-9C ''[[Ti Ts’ang]]''<br>Y-H11G ''[[Yu Huang]]''
|-
|CeresArms Crusher Plasma Rifles	<ref>	3085 p.	252	</ref>|| CRD-8L ''[[Crusader]]''	
|-
|ChisComp 12000 Plasma Rifle <ref name=MilSpecs/> || IS	GRM - ''[[Garm]]''	(Mech)
|-
|Flametech Inferno Plasma Rifle <ref name=TRO3085-42>"Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 42</ref> ||	[[Moltke]]
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Buccaneer|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "Buccaneer"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Garm|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "Garm"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Marshal|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "Marshal"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Ti Ts.27ang|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "Ti Ts'ang"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#White Flame|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "White Flame"]]''
* ''[[List of MilSpecs articles#Yu Huang|BattleCorps MilSpecs: "Yu Huang"]]''
* ''[[TechManual]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]''
* ''[[Total Warfare]]''


[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Heat-Inducing Weapons]]