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^ Name         | mark I howitzer    |
^ UNID         | &itMarkIHowitzer    |
^ Level        | V     |
^ Base value   | 6500     |
^ Mass         | 4500 (4.5 tons)  |
^ Frequency    | uncommon     |
^ Damage       | blast 5d12 (5-60) momentum3; WMD3  |
^ Fire rate    | 40 (1.5/second)      |
^ Power use    | 200 (20MW)        |
^ Lifetime     | 120       |

==== Game Description ====
"The mark I howitzer fires heavy, high-explosive shells."

==== Notes ====
Since it is rather useless to think of targeting by trajectory ballistics in the zero-gravity space (not that this mean that you can ignore gravitation on real interplanetary travel, however), in this game a "howitzer" refers to a heavy, single-shot and long-ranged artillery with nonnegligible recoil.

The Mark I howitzer is the lightest and weakest of its kind, yet far more powerful and works with less power compared to most other [[weapons]] of the same level. The recoil itself can be handy as a substitute for a retro-thruster. The drawback is that the fire rate is very slow and mostly useless against swarms of smaller gunships.