M8A Cannon
Size 6 · Laser Cannon · Energy damage · Behring Applied Technology
The M8A Cannon is a size 6 laser cannon made by Behring Applied Technology. It deals 2,305.8 damage per second at 100 rounds per minute, 1,383.5 per shot, out to 6,005 m. Held for a full minute it averages 1,390.5 DPS (60% of burst, limited by its capacitor). Among the 12 size 6 guns in this build it ranks 7 by DPS.
Stats
- Size
- S6
- DPS
- 2,305.8
- Sustained (60 s)
- 1,390.5 DPS
- Damage per shot
- 1,383.5
- Fire rate
- 100 RPM
- Range
- 6,005 m
- Projectile speed
- 1,080 m/s
- Capacitor load
- 25
- Capacitor regen
- 3 / s
- Mass
- 14,100 kg
- Grade
- A
Sustained: Capacitor of 25 shots empties in 15 s, then 1.5 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
No vehicle in this build has a pilot gun slot of size 6.
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 6 guns
| Gun | Type | DPS | Per shot | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attrition-6 Repeater | Laser Repeater | 2,947.9 | 505.4 | 4,806 m |
| AD6B Ballistic Gatling | Ballistic Gatling | 2,848.5 | 189.9 | 6,002 m |
| Revenant Gatling (S6) | Ballistic Gatling | 2,848.5 | 189.9 | 6,002 m |
| Draugar Gatling | Ballistic Gatling | 2,848 | 142.4 | 6,002 m |
| Maris Cannon | Ballistic Cannon | 2,833.3 | 3,400 | 5,004 m |
| Deadbolt VI Cannon | Ballistic Cannon | 2,562 | 1,537.2 | 7,495 m |
| Omnisky XVIII Cannon | Laser Cannon | 1,846 | 738.4 | 6,005 m |
| CF-667 Mammoth Repeater | Laser Repeater | 1,841.6 | 147.3 | 4,806 m |
| Lightstrike VI Cannon | Laser Cannon | 1,558.9 | 374.1 | 6,005 m |
| Condemnation Distortion Scattergun | Distortion Scattergun | 1,040 | 1,040 | 2,253 m |
| Vanduul Mauler 'STRIKER' Repeater | Laser Repeater | 800 | 64 | 4,806 m |
The 11 highest-DPS other size 6 guns. All 174 guns: weapons table.