Durethia
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Posted - 2006.09.26 20:02:00 -
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Wasn't Megatron the leader of the Decepticons in TransFormers?
Well, I had Megatron first edition while growing up... and so from what I recall here's where his damage comes from.
As we can see here, Megatron's Dimensions, the barrel on the cannon for his arm has a 3 foot 6 inch diameter. Speculating the amount of the diameter to deduce from the total to make for integrity of the gun and most importantly, the blast from such a large round... I'd say an inch. Recalling the agility of all the Transformers, best element for their metallic structure must be the extremely strong and light Titanium or Aluminum. I suggest there is perhaps an Titanium Aluminum alloy for Megatron because he's less grey and more white.
So, we have a chamber diameter of about 3'4". That is an extremely large round. We don't need to analyze this any further, a hunk of metal that big is going to hurt something pretty badly, if not knock the Earth out of orbit. That's larger than any artillary peace in all of history!
Now, when Mr. Megatron transforms into a gun, well, his legs are 18'4". His legs compose the handle of the gun so they also contain the ammunition. In the diagram above, the barrel rides up Megatrons back in robot form, so we have a measurement of the calibur. The barrel has a diameter of 2 feet. Again, take off two inches from the diameter and we are left with a 1'10" round! The length of the whole round is just under 3 feet (again, from measurements given within the diagram), so we aren't talking short rounds, these are high-powered rounds that are 1'10" in diameter. Mr. Megatron probably carries hollow-points so they do have significant stopping power.
So. Here's the run down.
Megatron when in Robot. Has a arm cannon that can launch a 3'4" round for short distances.
Megatron when in Gun mode. Has a high-powered 1'10" round that can be fired and hit a target at extreme distances.
There you have it! \o/ Where Megatron get's his damage output!
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