A small caliber autocannon with a good range for such a light weapon. Designed to weaken enemy shields, especially effective against weaker generators.
Usually manufactured with small bores perfect for medium- to long-range. The weapon fires high velocity kinetic rounds designed to overload enemy shields with ease. Features an autoloader and is liquid cooled.
Excellent fire support weapon for smaller craft. Poor mount turn rate makes it a bad choice vs fighters and missiles.
–In-Game Description
The Light Autocannon is a small, cheap, inaccurate kinetic weapon with modest range and firepower. It is the smaller version of the Light Dual Autocannon and the Heavy Autocannon.
Made Light AC (but not Light Dual AC) significantly more accurate; reduced OP cost to 4 (was:5)
0.9
Significantly increased turn rate
Only up to date for version 0.96. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History.