Beam

Beam weaponry are directed-energy weapons featured throughout the Front Mission series, although their usage is uncommon and varies from title to title.

Overview
Judging from its damage type (N), beam weapons that appeared in Front Mission 3 may utilize neutral particle beams, which ionizes atoms and accelerates the charged particles to create a dense ray of light capable of disrupting the target's atomic or molecular structure.

In-game, beam weapons are the most powerful, having a range of 9 squares similar to missiles, but no minimum range, deals very high damage (only for the Heavy Particle Beam; beam weapons used by enemies does not do much damage) that cannot be reduced through defense class modifiers, and are highly accurate regardless of the distance, although it still can be evaded. Their only drawback is that beam weapons consume 15 AP in each use, which means that the player has to wait for two turns between each shot, although this can be mitigated by the AP-30%/AP-60%/AP-0 battle skills, or by using it indirectly (e.g. by the Double Assault battle skill).

Front Mission Alternative

 * Type 31 Railcannon(Front Mission Alternative)
 * Uragan(Front Mission Alternative)

Front Mission 3

 * Experimental Beam (mounted on the Kodomari)
 * Particle Rifle (mounted on the Heidong 3)
 * Basic Particle Gun (mounted on the Particle Gun J10 and the Kehei 0)
 * Heavy Particle Gun (used by the Hoshun Mk112)