Disintegrator Gun true firepower

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Disintegrator Gun true firepower

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Disentegrator guns from Total Annihilation are shown to be capable of destroying any dectructable object on the map with one shot. But how much firepower does that translate into? Kilotons? Megatons? Gigatons?
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It works by supressing the quantum field strength of the 'gluons' that hold toghether atomic nuclei. The matter violently tears itself apart, leaving hydrogen, deuterium, and a burst of free neutrons.

-TA Manual

And the CORE supposedly uses neutronium for it's ship armor and ARM's response was to make small gunships that were essentially a flying D-Gun and keep putting holes in them until they were dead.
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Admiral Griffith wrote:Disentegrator guns from Total Annihilation are shown to be capable of destroying any dectructable object on the map with one shot. But how much firepower does that translate into? Kilotons? Megatons? Gigatons?
IIRC, didn't it take two shots from the D-Gun to destroy a healthy tree (one to set it on fire, and a second shot when it's finished burning)?
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