Battletech weapons. How do you imagine them?

[marauder648]

MW-5's weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w965zv2YZ9w

[Caedis Animus]

I guess I'm a burst AC/20 main now.

That said, they did kind of hit the nail on the head for how I'd view the weapons themselves. Still got the problem of largely static mechs.

[Templar87]

Let me see;
PPCs: Lightning-like. Standard and Heavy PPCs firing jagged, arcing beams, Snub-Nose and ER distinct, ball lightning-esque bolts.

Lasers: Visible spectrum, usually factional colour-coded for House troops (so blue for Steiner, red for Kurita, purple for Marik, green for Liao and gold for Davion), with mercenaries either using their own or setting for whichever Great House they're hiring on with. Standard and ER lasers tend to a sharp cracking sound on firing, with pulse lasers a lower-pitched series of cracks, and Blazers a higher, almost shrieking sound.

Autocannon: Varies heavily on type and maker, with as examples the Atlas' AC20 being a slower firing, single-round weapon, whereas the Hunchback's fires a rapid, tightly clustered volley.

Gauss Rifle: Not as loud as autocannon, but a very distinctive sound. Also given to bright, blue-white muzzle flash.

Not really sure about missiles or other, more esoteric weaponry.

[idea weenie]

Missiles:
LRMs are 120 missiles per ton of ammo (~8.33 kilos per missile)
MRMs are 240 missiles per ton of ammo (~4.2 kilos per missile)
SRMs are either 100 or 90 missiles per ton of ammo (10-11 kilos per missile)

Compared to real life:
Hydra rockets are 6.2 kilos each, ~1 meter long, and 7 cm wide (or ~1 yard long, and 3 inches wide) (~1.6 g/cm^3)
Folding Fin rockets are 8.4 kg each, ~1.2 meters long, and ~7 cm wide (or 40 inches long and 2.75 inches wide) (~1.8 g/cm^3)

Average density is 1.7 g/cm^3 for these rockets.

I am assuming the same is true for BT missiles

An LRM is therefore ~4873 cm^3, an MRM is ~2436 cm^3, and SRMs range from 5847 cm^3 to 6432 cm^3.

If you want exact values, you can use the cylinder volume:
V(Cyl) = length * pi() * (Diameter/2)^2

If you want approximates, use the rectangular volume:
V(brick) = L * W * H (where width and height are identical)

So assuming a LRM that is 8 cm wide, it would be roughly 76 cm long


That could be an interesting idea, where Missiles are actually square shaped (but with rounded corners to avoid extra stress) so they don't roll as far if they spill.