ReXspec, on 08 January 2014 - 06:09 AM, said:
Funny you should say that. -All- autocannons in BT actually fire a burst of shells, not a single round. Even the big ol' killer AC/20's or the dorsal 120mm on the old Unseen Marauders did- at least 3 shells per burst, and many had a far higher firing rate. Ultra AC's took that volume of fire still further (and rolled on the cluster hits to boot!), and rotary AC's go full "gatling gun" with the number of shells they pump out.
Single-shot explosive-shell guns in the BT universe are "rifles" - light, medium, large - and actually deal reduced damage vs. properly armored targets. Single-shell AC's are actually not even close to "right" by Battletech standards.