Typhoon (Crysis)

==Summary==
The Typhoon is a superposed-loaded shotgun/submachine-gun hybrid manufactured by CryNet Systems. A Metal Storm type weapon, it features ten stacked barrels with a net 720 round tube-like chamber magazine (with 72 rounds per barrel). It was designed specifically for use against Ceph infantry, taking them down with sheer shot-density and rate of fire. The sheer number of rounds that the Typhoon can spray at a target greatly increases its ability to suppress enemy infantry and also greatly increase its chances of landing a burst of rounds on an enemy’s weak spot. The weapon has a fire selector switch which allows the user to toggle between a “shotgun mode” and a fully automatic mode. The former reconfigures the barrels and fires 36 rounds with every trigger squeeze, while the latter aligns the barrels normally and just fires off rounds from all ten barrels continuously with the trigger depressed.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Typhoon
Origin: Crysis
Classification: Superposed-loaded shotgun/submachine-gun hybrid
Users: CELL Corporation, Anti-CELL Resistance.
Materials: Treated steel or biosteel barrels and other internals; both receivers likely incorporate advanced composite alloys, biosteel, and CryNet Systems nano-tech-generated synthetic materials; each “magazine” likely also incorporates such materials.
Needed prerequisite for use: Knowledge of how to use, maintain, modify the weapon; skilled marksmanship.
Attack Potency: Wall level (A single shot in the “shotgun” mode releases a burst of rounds with enough power to shatter a building stone block or large chunk of masonry and punch holes in solid brick walls; just one or two such shots at close range will take out a Ceph Grunt or Ceph Shadow. The fully automatic mode is even more devastating, with a quick burst more than capable of taking out a Ceph Scorcher, which is highly resistant to most conventional small arms)
Speed: Likely Supersonic attack speed (Never specified, but given the performance of modern combat shotguns and PDWs, each round’s muzzle velocity is likely to be in this range)
Range: Tens of metres.
Weaknesses:
* The high 30,000 round per minute rate of fire means that the magazine can be depleted in only 1.44 seconds. Reckless use of the full auto mode can leave a wielder quickly fumbling for a reload or backup weapon.
* The reload process is cumbersome and slower when compared to conventional SMGs and assault rifles. The user has to flip open the upper receiver and replace the entire barrel unit with a new fully-loaded one.
* The sheer size and weight of the spare barrel units limits the amount of spare ammunition a single combatant can carry.
* The weapon is ineffective at ranges beyond close quarters due to the shot spread.
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