Proximity Charge Launcher

Proximity Charge Launcher
General Information
Mount Medium, Missile Primary Role Anti Fighter Ordnance points 12 DPS 250 Damage type High Explosive Range 1,000 Flux/sec 0 Speed Very Slow (100) Tracking None Shots/min 60 Damage 500 Ammo 50 Seconds / reload 2 Projectile health 500

	Deploys low-velocity proximity charges with an impressive blast radius. Especially devastating against fighters, but also effective vs armored targets.
–In-Game Description

The Proximity Charge Launcher is a medium missile weapon.

Notes

While intended as an area denial weapon against enemy fighters or missiles, it can also serve well in an anti-armor role at close enough ranges.

Animation

(animation is pre 0.95.1a speed buff)

Change History

0.97a

• Proximity Charge Launcher: increased refire delay to 2 seconds (was: 1)

0.96

• Added some inaccuracy to the direction of the launch
• No longer affected by missile flight time and speed/acceleration modifiers

0.95.1a

• Increased rate of fire to 1/second (was: 1 per 3 seconds)
• Reduced range to 1000 units (previously, could coast to almost twice that)
• Significantly increased missile hitpoints
• Significantly increased launch speed; still slows down near end of effective range
• Increased ammo to 50 (was: 30)
• Changed explosion visuals
• Flash Bomber version largely unchanged, aside from hitpoints increase

0.8a

• Optimized performance of proximity fuse weapons (e.g. flak)

Up to date for version 0.97