Weapon Type: Laser Rifle Manufacturer: Kogyo Industries Operation: Pulse laser Weight (w/o magazine): 5.2 kg Length: 100 cm Power: Black Dragon PowerPack Power Pack Weight: 8.8 kg Power Output: .8 megajoule Typical Shot Output: .05 mw/.01 second Power Pack Life: 100 pulses at standard output Alternate Power Source: Intek Lasercharge magazine Output: .2 mj (20 shots) Weight: .5 kg Reload Time: 10 seconds Effective Range Short: 50 meters Medium: 100 meters Long: 200 meters Recharge Rate: About 40 hours, depending on power source Weapon Reliability: 98% Base Cost: Cb 1,700 Power Backpack Base Cost: Cb 800 Notes Designed and manufactured by the same company responsible for the well-known and highly-respected KK 98 laser pistol, the KK 21 laser rifle is most commonly found among forces serving with House Kurita, though captured weapons have made their way to others of the Successor States in recent years. Its extremely simple and rugged design have made it one of the most dependable of all laser rifles available today. Like many other modern laser rifles, the KK 21 is frequently modified by weapons Techs and armorers to accept the Intek Lasercharge magazines or their equivalent. While not as powerful as backpack chargers, powerpack magazines offer a cheap and relatively available alternative to heavy, expensive, and increasingly scarce backpack power units. More Laser Rifles Introduction Optronics M2444A2 Starlight Martell Hi-Star Laser Rifle Intek M2448 Laser Rifle Kogyo-Khorsakov Model 2821 Laser Rifle Thorvald & Koch TK 94 Laser Rifle Magna Mark XX Heavy Laser Rifle Back to BattleTechnology 4 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1988 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com