- Angelina Emillian on Samir Duran's use of his C-10(src)
C-10 Mk. VI
The C-10 is a terran canister rifle issued to ghosts.[1][2] At least six versions of it exist.[3]
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Mk. I-V[]
A C-10 during the Great War
Note: A degree of overlap may be present, but to prevent model speculation, information pertaining to early C-10s has been grouped into the same section. Time separation is still present however.
The C-10 was in use by 2491[4] and a relatively obscure weapon at this time[5]. These models were capable of firing lockdown and explosive rounds.[5]
By 2499, the C-10 mainly fired 25mm high explosive rounds[1]. This version was also equipped with a special[1] underslung low frequency targeting laser that was used to guide tactical nuclear missiles to their target with pinpoint accuracy[1]. It was also capable of using a variety of special munitions[6], including lockdown rounds that temporarily disabled mechanized units caught within the blast.[1]
Mk. VI[]
- Horvald Winston on the Mk. VI(src)
The C-10 Mk. VI
The C-10 Mark VI entered service in the Terran Confederacy shortly before the Fall of Tarsonis. It was first used by Horvald Winston to kill Kel-Morian mining baron James Fortune. It entered the arsenal of the Terran Dominion, which has been unable to improve the design[3]. It is constructed out of neosteel and polymer.[7]
Although the Mk. VI is unwieldy in the hands of others[2], ghosts are able to use it as both an automatic weapon[8][9][10][11] and as an anti-personnel sniper rifle[12][13], capable of a one-shot kill.[2]
The weapon fires 25mm antipersonnel rounds[7]. These rounds appear to be charged with energy instead of relying purely on conventional explosives and have the power to destroy siege tanks from the inside[9]. The Mk. VI is also equipped with a flashlight[10], can fire EMP rounds[14] that punch through shields and deplete energy sources, lockdown rounds[7], and has retained the low frequency targeting laser that is used to guide tactical nuclear missiles and now drop pods to their intended destination[2]. The accuracy of ghosts has improved thanks to the Mk. VI containing a magnetic grid tracker to verify coordinates[3]. These rifles are augmented with recoil absorption for accurate follow-up shots, an automatic aim compensation module that compensates for wind speed, gravity and the Coriolis effect, and sixteen sound-suppressing baffles[15]. Ghost trainees of the Terran Dominion are expected to be able to strip and reassemble Mk. VI C-10 rifles in a minute and a half.[10]
By 2511, new ammunition for the C-10 had been developed that allows the rifle to pierce zerg armor at greater ranges.[16]
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