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 * The Tier D Coil Gun known by the UNSC as the Gauss Anti Air Gun was a Granchio defence weapon based on their larger MAP Guns attached to their Assault Ships. The weapon has some similarity to the M68 Gauss Cannon in operation and piercing effect.

Construction
As with most of the Granchio equipment the Gauss AA Gun was designed for aquatic warfare where its role was to destroy submarines. Built on the same lines as the large MAP Canons the Gauss AA Gun has the accelerator array equipped under each barrel with power supplied from a rear mounted generator. Once fired the ferrous-magnetic slug used thermal energy to create a pocket of air around the projectile making allowing it to cut through the water. As such this weapon was a viable close defence weapon and anti torpedo gun. Despite this the Granchio often used it against closed ranks of infantry among whose ranks the weapon was given the name the Shell Cracker especially those members who had been levied from the barbarian tribes.

The gun itself was constructed of titanium and the spinning magnets from neodymium although they needed heating to enhance the performance of the gun. The standard models could be unpacked and assembled by Combat Sappers in a few minutes and be ready to fire as soon as the gunner’s chair was manned. Eventually the Gauss AA Gun would be taken to the surface and would be used as an Anti Air Gun to enforce no-fly zones on Granchio Colonies and later as defence against Covenant Banshees. Due to it’s robust construction the weapon was resistant to small arms but was an easy target for heavy weapons and Plasma Grenades. The configuration of the barrels allowed the gun to fire a shell counter currently giving it a higher rate of fire then the UNSC or Covenant equivalent.

Trivia

 * The operation and use of the Gauss AA Gun is similar to the German Flakvierling