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Yep. This one is obviously a heavy autocannon of sorts, while Bragg's was a light autocannons. I think the tripod mounted version or the carriage mounted version are probably the norm, with the Ghosts using the lighter version because they're a scout regiment.

Melissia wrote:Yep. This one is obviously a heavy autocannon of sorts, while Bragg's was a light autocannons. I think the tripod mounted version or the carriage mounted version are probably the norm, with the Ghosts using the lighter version because they're a scout regiment.

Actually I believe he was carrying an assault cannon, even lighter than a light autocannon, though still enormously heavy.

I think the consideration needs to be made... how heavy is an autocannon? and how heavy is a assault cannonr? The closest thing to a modern man portable autocannon is about 75lbs, but even still a mini-gun is only about 35lbs. Caliber has a larger impact on weapon weight than almost anything else. Single-handedly operating an assault cannon is thus easier to believe. A light autocannon would have to be in the neighborhood of 40lbs for even an above average person to effectively shoulder and fire it accurately.

75 pounds is well within the range for a really buff guy to carry around, especially if he has some shoulder straps to dispirse the weight.

Sure, but try carrying that around all day long.

AND the ammuniion needed to fire it.


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Also, assault cannons are 60 kg, while a man-portable autocannon is 55kg. The assault cannon also costs about seven times as much, heh. As I suggested, Bragg was likely using a much lighter version because the Ghosts are a scout regiment.

Which translates to roughly 132 lbs for the assault cannon and 121 lbs for the Autocannon.

Melissia wrote:Sure, but try carrying that around all day long.

AND the ammunition needed to fire it.

Also, assault cannons are 60 kg, while a man-portable autocannon is 55kg. The assault cannon also costs about seven times as much, heh. As I suggested, Bragg was likely using a much lighter version because the Ghosts are a scout regiment.

Which translates to roughly 132 lbs for the assault cannon and 121 lbs for the Autocannon.

Bragg was using one "lifted" from a defensive emplacement established by a previous regiment.

It's safe to say that it's not a "light" autocannon. The Ghosts do have autocannons proper though, just they forego the heavy tripods and use bipods instead.

Ok, Abnett took some liberties with the Autocannon.

He might have meant Heavy Stubber. he appears to use the 2 terms fairly interchangably.

Grey Templar wrote:Ok, Abnett took some liberties with the Autocannon.

He might have meant Heavy Stubber. he appears to use the 2 terms fairly interchangably.

No, he really doesn't.

He makes references to stubbers mostly in Eisenhorn and the Gereon arc of books. They're not very good against anything with decent armor.

Autocannons are almost exclusively mentioned in the Ghosts, and they're almost always something where one person carries the gun(usually a brawnier member) and the other carries the ammunition. The weapons teams are almost always mentioned as being dug into crude foxholes, usually with their camo cloaks draped over the foxhole for extra cover.

Bragg is the only person who Gaunt has seen firing an autocannon, while moving and hefting it, without the assistance of power armor or bracing.

I suppose so.

either way, darn awsome books.

I think that's an important distinction to make, frankly.

Bragg was supposed to be a big beefy dude, much like Harker. They're able to move a heavy weapon and fire it without bracing or power armor. Are they accurate? No, not really. But they have a buttload of ammunition to use.

Right, Bragg was supposed to be a beast of a man.

Cause they're friggin awesome

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