Bonesaw

Bonesaw
Mounting
Hardpoint	Small
Ammo Type	Machine Gun
Description
Weapon Type	Machine Gun
Weapon Projectile	8mm FMJ
Performance
Cover
Shield
Hull
Penetration
Rate of Fire
Firing Profile
Range	Long
Arc	Flat
Impact Profile
Area of Effect	Nil
Stun	Nil
Firing Mode
Firing Mode	3 Round Burst
Maximum Ammo	1400
Noise
Firing	Loud
Impact	Loud
Miscellaneous
Internal Name	mg_small_01

The Bonesaw is a small, high rate-of-fire machine gun that uses ballistic ammo, commonly found on small units such as Mogs and small Corvid vehicles.

Acquisitions Entry

I can't recall the Bonesaw's original appellation, but I know it was some reference to the old regime which is why they changed it. The new moniker came from a single battle during The Troubles - Great Leader ambushed an under-equipped infantry division in transit through Linschotten, his attacking force comprised mostly of Powersuits equipped with the MGs. As you know Linschotten is mostly farmland - plenty of concealment but no cover for miles around - so when the wall of mogs emerged from those cornfields the infantry had nowhere to go. Most were shot before they could hit the dirt, and within minutes over eight thousand infantry had been cut down by the Bonesaw.

-Efi

Notes & Strategy

A bullet hose. Fun to fire at infantry, powersuits, and scout units.

• Damage is puny per shot. Rate-of-fire and ammo balances that, but dedicated fire is required to kill medium-sized targets.
• If you're fielding a Bonesaw in a lightly armored vehicle, the time it takes to wear down heavy targets makes it likely that they'll be able to bring their own weapons to bear before they're killed. Try not to get in over your head.
• Despite what the stats say, the Bonesaw does have a stun effect. Each bullet has a minuscule stun duration. So if you keep an enemy hosed, they'll be slowed down.

Trivia

• It may be a futuristic iteration of the Third Reich's Maschinengewehr 42, or MG-42, chambered in 7.92mm, nicknamed Hitler's Buzzsaw.

Achievements

Called It What It Truly Was Complete an operation with a Buckmaster equipped with Zeus, Bonesaw, and Active Camo. Excerpt from the Brigador Audiobook, chapter 1: "The Buckmaster, a marvel of engineering, is the only scout mech chassis able to mount such a heavy weapon. He thought the Buckmaster deserved a better name, so he called it what it truly was: a hunter. Specialist Hugh Armbruster loved his mech."

	Ranulph's Revenge Complete an operation with a Mongoose equipped with Carlos, Bonesaw, and Smoke Projector. Ranulph is one of the main characters in the Brigador Audiobook, who pilots a Mongoose.