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| - The autopistol is a simple and ubiquitous weapon, and a common sidearm throughout the galaxy. Not dissimilar to a Laspistol, the autopistol has a higher rate of fire, though a smaller magazine capacity.
- An Autopistol is a rapid-firing, fully automatic ballistic firearm that has a faster rate of fire than most other pistol-grade weapons. In essence, they are the pistol version of the Autogun, and resemble the compact submachine guns of ancient Terra. The weapon works by using a solid hammer to strike and ignite a chemically combustible propellant. The explosion of the propellant expels the solid projectile through the barrel, while the reactive force of the bullet's expulsion pushes the breech back. This mechanical action extracts another round from the magazine and loads it in the breech, re-cocks the mechanism and, providing the trigger is still depressed, fires the just-loaded round. This cycle keeps repeating until either the magazine is empty or the trigger is released.
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| - An Autopistol is a rapid-firing, fully automatic ballistic firearm that has a faster rate of fire than most other pistol-grade weapons. In essence, they are the pistol version of the Autogun, and resemble the compact submachine guns of ancient Terra. The weapon works by using a solid hammer to strike and ignite a chemically combustible propellant. The explosion of the propellant expels the solid projectile through the barrel, while the reactive force of the bullet's expulsion pushes the breech back. This mechanical action extracts another round from the magazine and loads it in the breech, re-cocks the mechanism and, providing the trigger is still depressed, fires the just-loaded round. This cycle keeps repeating until either the magazine is empty or the trigger is released. Autopistols are lightweight and easily concealable weapons, but they suffer from a lack accuracy beyond close range due to the relatively low velocity of their projectiles and the shortness of their barrels. They have a high rate of fire, but only use small calibre, caseless rounds. The lightweight Autopistol slugs have very poor armour penetration characteristics, but their high rate of fire allows the user to literally spray a target with bullets, putting it down in a single burst at short range. The weapon is therefore favored as a sidearm, to be used at point-blank range against lightly armoured opponents. There exist innumerable models and variants of the Autopistol, but most models fall within the following rough characteristics:
* Length: 19-40 centimeteres
* Barrel: 4-18 centimeteres
* Weight: 0.5-0.8 kilograms (empty)
* Feed: 5-30 rounds straight magazine
* Type of fire: Semi-automatic or automatic
* Sights: Fixed front and centre optic sight
* Cyclic rate of fire: approx. 900 rounds per minute
* Muzzle velocity: approx. 255 metres/second
- The autopistol is a simple and ubiquitous weapon, and a common sidearm throughout the galaxy. Not dissimilar to a Laspistol, the autopistol has a higher rate of fire, though a smaller magazine capacity.
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