Heavy Flak

The Heavy Flak is a flak gun used in FreeSpace 2. Among all flak guns, Heavy Flak boasts the highest damage per shot as well as the largest effective shockwave. However, it also has the slowest firing rate. Heavy Flak is mounted on the GTD Hecate and SCv Moloch and used primarily as defensive weapons against smaller vessels.

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Weapons in FreeSpace 2

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS2

Performance

Statistics

Range	1125 m
Rate of Fire	0.67 s-1
Velocity	750 ms-1
Base Damage	50*
Armor Damage	Full	50*
Shield Damage	Full	50*
Subsystem Damage	Average	20*
Shockwave Radius	30 / 60 m

Notes

• The shockwave doubles the damage against any target that takes a direct hit

Veteran Comments

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Does more damage per shot, but less damage per second than Standard Flak. This occurs despite the larger shockwave radius, which somewhat gives the impression of a much stronger flak battery. A larger shockwave makes the difference when the distance between incoming spacecraft is very limited.