Bazookas

A NEXT model kit equipped with Bazookas

Bazookas are a weapon type present in all Armored Core games.

Description

The Bazooka is a large projectile rifle that fires explosive shells, possessing high damage and great stopping power; it is the perfect weapon for stationary or sluggish targets. Bazookas are also effective against slower ACs. These traits however, are offset by slow muzzle velocities, slow reload times, overall heavy weight, and small ammo loads. The general lack of speed inherent in the Bazookas make them best used at close range.

Bazookas are the favourites of heavy AC's and some aggressive pilots, and exist in multiple types. They have no real back weapon equivalents, but most closely speaking, they are in essence arm-mounted rocket launchers but with a lock on capability.

In Armored Core 4 and onwards, the Bazooka becomes distinct from rockets, instead showing the characteristics of a rifle but with a much slower projectile velocity and large projectile size.

In Armored Core V Universe, the bazooka equivalent is the Battle Rifle.

Types

Bazooka - The most common form of bazooka, they fire a single slow, high damage round that has high stun.

Spread Bazooka - This form of bazooka fires multiple rounds at once like a shotgun. These generally have lower ammo capacity than standard bazooka's, and typically fire triple volleys per shot. A subtype of Spread Bazooka exists, characterized by a delayed dispersal effect - spliting the primary shell with some delay, enabling higher accuracy at longer ranges. The example for this is the SB-033M MORLEY, a shoulder-mounted spread bazooka, developed by Balam.

Laser Bazooka - Not exactly an actual form of a bazooka, but the ER-O705 laser rifle used by Otsdarva and Thermidor is special in that it has a slower projectile speed but a higher attack power, just like how a bazooka is compared to a standard rifle.

Detonating Bazooka - A type of bazooka that fires a special round that creates a chain of explosions. The 44-141 JVLN ALPHA detonating bazooka are used by Sulla and 51-001 K MIND ALPHA.

Notable Users

• Boss Savage, AC1 Nexus - A merciless yet flashy Raven, he uses a fairly standard heavy weight AC.
• BB, AC3 - A former Ninebreaker, this Raven uses a spread bazooka and is extremely aggressive.
• Shatter, Silent Line - This revenge set Raven uses a aggressive light-weight design in his quest to kill Zero for slaughtering his family.
• Roadie, AC4 & ACFA - An Original working for GA America, his NEXT uses bazooka weapon arms.
• Don Colonel, ACFA - Ex Normal pilot working for GA America, his NEXT is equipped with a spread bazooka.
• Sulla, AC6 - Independent mercenary who is working for ALLMIND, his AC equipped with a detonating bazooka.
• Nosaac, AC6 - Independent mercenary operating in Rubicon, his AC is equipped with a shoulder-mounted spread bazooka on its right shoulder.
• Raven, AC6 - Independent mercenary operating in Rubicon, his AC is equipped with a shoulder-mounted spread bazooka on its left shoulder during his escape.
• "Honest" Brute, AC6 - Junker Coyote's leader and AC pilot, his WRECKER AC is equipped with a shoulder-mounted spread bazooka on its left shoulder.
• V.I Freud, AC6 - Commander of the Vespers of the Arquebus Corporation. His AC is equipped with a shoulder-mounted spread bazooka on its right shoulder.
• G6 Red, AC6 - Mercenary liaison of Balam Industries. His AC is equipped with a bazooka on his left arm.
• Chartruse, AC6 - Independent mercenary and AC pilot of UMBER OX in Branch. Her AC is equipped a medium bazooka in her left arm.
• Index Dunham, AC6 - Liberation Front AC pilot of BURN PICKAXE. His AC is equipped with a compact bazooka on his left arm.
• Middle Flatwell, AC6 - Rubicon Liberation Front leader and an AC pilot of TSUBASA. His AC is equipped with the same bazooka on his right shoulder weapons bay.
• AC MIND ALPHA, AC6 - A type of pilotless AC (classified as an UNAC), manufactured by ALLMIND and it is part of Integration Program: Phase 1. The AC is equipped with a detonating bazooka on its right arm.

List of Bazooka's

Armored Core

• WG-B2120
• WG-B2180

Armored Core 2

• ZWG-BZ/555
• EWG-BZ-B1100
• ZWG-BZ/HYDRA

Trivia

• Contrary to real-life Bazookas which the user must hold the weapon in their shoulder, all Bazookas in Armored Core games used by an AC are Arm Weapons, since they are not recoilless rifles (meaning that they do not feature an exhaust opening on their back end.) Certain MT's mount a bazooka in the real-life fashion.
• In the Italian version of Armored Core: Verdict Day, the Battle Rifles are translated as Assault Rifles instead.
• The Spread Bazooka share similarities with the Rick Dias' Clay Bazooka from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Specifically when the Clay Bazooka is loaded with Pellet Shot rounds.
• A distinct but similar weapon type exists in Armored Core: a hand rocket launcher. In comparison to the Bazooka, that weapon category generally trades off the lock on compatibility for enhanced firepower, more in line with the shoulder-mounted rocket launchers.