KSAR Ammunition Types

Standard Types
Damage done by KSAR ammunition is measured on the Dupell Scale where the round is fired from sixty meters at 2 centimeter thick polyalloy armored plating and the diameter and depth of the dent are recorded. The damage rating is given on a 1-30 scale.

Mark I
Mark I ammunition does not actually store and release kinetic energy. It is used mainly as a method of nonlethal crowd control and for the purposes of training. It is 5mm in diameter. It is propelled out to ten meters. Weight: 6g.

Mark II
Mark II ammunition is 7mm in diameter. It is propelled out to twenty meters and registers as a 9 on the Dupell Scale. Weight: 10g.

Mark III
Mark III ammunition is 9mm in diameter. It is propelled out to thirty meters and registers as a 16 on the Dupell Scale. Weight: 12g.

Mark IV
Mark IV ammunition is 10mm in diameter. It is propelled out to forty meters and registers as a 20 on the Dupell Scale. Weight: 15g.

Mark V
Mark V ammunition is 12mm in diameter. It is propelled out to forty five meters and registers as a 26 on the Dupell Scale. Weight: 20g.

"Hotshots"
Hotshot rounds come in both Mark IV and Mark V and are pre-charged with additional kinetic energy making them much more powerful, though more dangerous to handle.

Incendiary
Incendiary rounds contain two chemicals that are released on detonation and thus ignite.

Armor Piercing
Armor Piercing rounds are fine tuned so that the cone pattern that the energy is released in is much narrower and acts almost like a needle.

Concussive
Concussive rounds do not release their energy in a cone, but instead a sphere, so that anyone near the impact will be hit.