Pitbull

The Pitbull is a rocket pod Artillery weapon, fitted to Main hardpoints. Unlike most launchers in the Artillery class, the Pitbull is a direct-fire weapon with a negligible arc and very high rate of fire.
== Acquisitions Entry ==
The Pitbull rocket is actually a Corvid sub-variant of the Shrike 57, a fin-stabilized, unguided air-to-ground munition almost as old as the colonies themselves. Shrikes were produced and stored in such volume that the Supply Corps’ accounting of the munitions was quite poor, allowing Corvid sympathizers to pilfer from the stocks unnoticed. When a full inquiry examined the stores it became apparent these supplies had been raided for years, thus the staple of the Corvid war machine became possible only through its adversary’s gross negligence.Unlike the Shrike, the Pitbull is neither accurate nor long range. Corvids remove the stabilizing fins from Shrikes and cut each down into a pair of rockets half the length. The new Pitbull’s payload is somewhat reduced and has significantly lower muzzle velocity, but the much larger magazine more than compensates. This however doesn’t prevent cavalier drivers from emptying their entire payloads within seconds—to this end the Pitbull’s withering rate of fire is a double edged sword.-Efi
== Notes & Strategy ==
* Powerful blast and sensational firing rate; control your trigger-finger to prevent yourself from emptying the pods too quickly, and be careful to avoid the blast radii at point-blank range.
== Trivia ==
The Shrike 57 referred by Efigenia Tsang may be the Soviet S-5 rocket, a 57mm unguided air-to-ground rocket. It is interesting to note that the rockets are "almost as old as the colonies themselves", implying that in Brigador's timeline, space exploration and colonization was underway as early as the 20th century.
Category:Weapons
Category:Main Weapons
Category:Artillery Weapons