Beam Cannon

The Beam weapons mentioned in the work are often confused about laser cannons that emit "light" and particle cannons that emit "electrically charged particles" (or electrically neutral particles). The beam cannon here refers to particle cannons that emit electric charged particles.

Particle cannons are weapons that emit "charged particles" (or electrically neutral particles) through electromagnetic acceleration. The emitted particle beam has mass, so it also has recoil during emission. Objects hit by high-energy (high-speed) particles like magma will produce physical reactions of heating, dissolution, evaporation and various chemical reactions, and will eventually be decomposed and have a very powerful force. However, the emitted particle beams when used in the atmosphere will be affected by air and diffused and decayed, reducing some of the power.

The basic structure of particle cannons can be divided into several parts:

• Generation area: Release charged particles

The production area is equivalent to the function of filling ammunition. However, the "ammunition" here is charged particles.

•Amplification area: Increase energy of charged particles

After the charged particles increase here, the temperature begins to increase and emit light.

•Acceleration zone: Give high-energy particles to accelerate direction

The high-energy charged particles originally bound by electricity and magnetic fields in the amplification area began to be subjected to force to move towards the muzzle.

• Guidance area: Guide high-energy particles to become particle "beams"

The high-energy particles that are about to be emitted through the acceleration zone are finally guided here and concentrated into a complete "particle beam".

Most of the above four areas are hidden within the cannon body, making it difficult to distinguish the boundaries of each area.

Particle cannons are divided into two categories according to their rough appearance: open type and closed type.

Small-diameter particle cannons are often designed to be closed, such as the VF-1StrikeValkyrie's back double-bar particle cannon, the VF-4's arm, and the VF-11FullArmored's shoulder double-bar particle cannon. The open type is used on quite large particle cannons, such as the particle turret on the Jetreti warship, or the SDF-1 main gun system.

Laser cannons are different from particle cannons and live ammunition weapons in terms of weapon properties. Particle cannons produce destructive power at high speed and high temperatures at the launching particle beam; live ammunition weapons mainly use the kinetic energy of warheads to generate destructive power. However, the characteristic of laser weapons is "penetration", and under the same output conditions, the smaller the cross-sectional area of ​​the laser beam, the stronger the penetration power. Moving the laser cannon during the launch of the laser can produce a cutting effect.

The laser cannons on VF will also spread in the atmosphere by air. Generally, lasers will not produce the "beam" of particle cannons unless they encounter dust and smoke in the atmosphere. Being able to see the ballistic is basically caused by the habit of animation production.

The laser cannon serves as an important weapon on the VF-1 as the Green Machine Cannon. However, in subsequent aircraft models, affected by the design of the deformation mechanism and the successful design of the Green Machine Cannon magazine, the role of the laser cannon has changed into an auxiliary attack weapon.

In March 2002, GrandCannon system theory was completed using the O.T.M. technology on ASS-1. GrandCannon, which has a diameter of 800 to 1,000 meters and a depth of 5 kilometers, and uses the gravity of the earth to generate energy, can fire a powerful particle beam for 40 seconds under the command of the command center located at a depth of 6 kilometers. GrandCannon actually excavated the body of a super-large particle cannon on the ground, which is used to attack fleet artillery in the universe.
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