M5A Cannon Defense Division
Size 3 · Laser Cannon · Energy damage · Behring Applied Technology
The M5A Cannon Defense Division is a size 3 laser cannon made by Behring Applied Technology. It deals 683.6 damage per second at 100 rounds per minute, 410.2 per shot, out to 2,404 m. Held for a full minute it averages 415.8 DPS (61% of burst, limited by its capacitor). Among the 34 size 3 guns in this build it ranks 10 by DPS.
Stats
- Size
- S3
- DPS
- 683.6
- Sustained (60 s)
- 415.8 DPS
- Damage per shot
- 410.2
- Fire rate
- 100 RPM
- Range
- 2,404 m
- Projectile speed
- 1,184 m/s
- Capacitor load
- 25
- Capacitor regen
- 3 / s
- Mass
- 900 kg
- Grade
- A
Sustained: Capacitor of 25 shots empties in 15 s, then 1.3 s delay and 8.3 s to recharge. Sustained is the average damage per second over 60 seconds of holding the trigger: burst DPS times the share of that time the gun can fire, then capped by the magazine. For an energy gun the share is fire time / (fire time + recharge delay + recharge time), where fire time is the capacitor load divided by shots per second. For a gun with overheat data it is time to overheat / (time to overheat + cooldown). A ballistic magazine that empties inside the minute caps it at rounds x damage per shot / 60. The ship's shared weapon power pool is not modeled.
Figures from the Star Citizen Wiki item data for build 4.10.2-LIVE.12881860. A figure the data does not carry is left out, not shown as zero.
Where to buy
UEX has no shop price report for this gun.
Ships that can mount it
74 vehicles (74 ships) have at least one pilot gun slot of size 3. The number after each name is how many of its slots are size 3.
- 100i×2
- 125a×2
- 135c×2
- 300i×3
- 315p×2
- 325a×2
- 350r×3
- A1 Spirit×2
- Arrow×2
- Asgard×4
- Asgard Wikelo War Special×4
- Avenger Stalker×2
- Avenger Titan×2
- Avenger Titan Renegade×2
- Avenger Warlock×2
- Buccaneer×2
- C1 Spirit×2
- C1 Spirit Wikelo Special×2
- Clipper×4
- Clipper Wikelo War Special×4
- Command Module×2
- Cutlass Black×4
- Cutlass Black PYAM Exec×4
- Cutlass Blue×4
- Cutlass Red×4
- Cutlass Steel×4
- Defender×4
- F7A Hornet Mk I×2
- F7A Hornet Mk II×4
- F7C Hornet Mk I×2
- F7C Hornet Mk II×1
- F7C Hornet Wildfire Mk I×2
- F7C-M Hornet Heartseeker Mk I×2
- F7C-M Super Hornet Mk I×2
- F7C-R Hornet Tracker Mk I×2
- F7C-R Hornet Tracker Mk II×1
- F7C-S Hornet Ghost Mk I×2
- F7C-S Hornet Ghost Mk II×1
- F8A Lightning×6
- F8C Lightning×4
- F8C Lightning Executive Edition×4
- F8C Lightning PYAM Exec×4
- F8C Lightning Wikelo Sneak Special×4
- F8C Lightning Wikelo War Special×4
- Gladius×3
- Gladius Pirate×3
- Gladius Valiant×3
- Herald×1
- Hornet F7A Mk II PYAM Exec×4
- Mantis×2
- Mercury Star Runner×2
- Meteor×4
- Meteor PYAM Exec×4
- Meteor Wikelo Sneak Special×4
- MISC Freelancer×4
- MISC Freelancer MIS×4
- MISC Hull B×2
- Nomad×3
- Prowler×2
- Prowler Utility×2
- Prowler Utility Wikelo Work Special×2
- Sabre×4
- Sabre Comet×4
- Sabre Firebird×2
- Sabre Firebird Wikelo War Special×2
- Sabre Raven×2
- Sabre Raven EX×4
- San'tok.yāi×4
- Scorpius×4
- Scorpius Antares×4
- Scorpius Wikelo Sneak Special×4
- Syulen×3
- Syulen PYAM Exec×3
- Valkyrie×2
Pilot slots are the same ones the ship pages' DPS fitter uses: the size each mount accepts with its stock gimbal or turret.
Other size 3 guns
| Gun | Type | DPS | Per shot | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reign-3 Repeater | Laser Repeater | 2,041.7 | 350 | 1,924 m |
| Revenant Gatling (S3) | Ballistic Gatling | 1,054 | 52.7 | 2,166 m |
| Dominance-3 Scattergun | Laser Scattergun | 930 | 1,116 | 1,199 m |
| 'WARLORD' Cannon | Gun | 877.5 | 526.5 | 2,700 m |
| Mantis GT-220 Gatling | Ballistic Gatling | 853.3 | 32 | 2,398 m |
| Predator Scattergun | Ballistic Scattergun | 840 | 840 | 1,501 m |
| Predator Scattergun Sharkmouth Edition | Ballistic Scattergun | 840 | 840 | 1,501 m |
| NDB-30 Repeater | Neutron Repeater | 712.5 | 85.5 | 2,403 m |
| M5A Cannon | Laser Cannon | 683.6 | 410.2 | 2,404 m |
| NN-15 Cannon | Neutron Cannon | 551.8 | 220.7 | 1,502 m |
| Omnisky IX Cannon | Laser Cannon | 546.8 | 218.7 | 2,404 m |
| Quarreler Cannon | Laser Cannon | 546.8 | 218.7 | 2,404 m |
The 12 highest-DPS other size 3 guns. All 174 guns: weapons table.