When facing the pointed horns of Assault Types, their thick carapaces meant that existing Tactical Fighters could not inflict much damage from the front with conventional 36mm rifles. But under the power of beam weapons, those heavy shells were no different from ordinary steel, easily pierced through for a lethal strike.
With weapons like these, the Guards no longer needed to risk taking to the skies to search for gaps and attack the pointed horns' weak spots. Nor did they need to charge behind them and risk attacking their rear amid countless BETA. They only had to stand in front, lock on, and pull the trigger to destroy them.
Of course, beam weapons were powerful, but they also had a major weakness. Whether it was Yuzes, Ingram, or Giliam, the beam weapons they had produced in this world could not achieve anything close to their desired firing rate. On average, they could only fire one shot per second.
To the Burning Legion, that rate of fire was utterly inadequate. It was roughly comparable to the period when compact beam weapons had only just become practical in the world of Gundam 0079. Therefore, all the units were still equipped with 36mm Assault Rifles as supplementary secondary weapons. Yet to the people of this world, even that was already terrifying. As long as they possessed beam weapons in sufficient numbers, they could still chase the BETA down and slaughter them.
Though only a small number of Revenants on the front line were using beam weapons, a single shot could penetrate and destroy several BETA. Just over twenty Revenants truly managed to throw the countless BETA surging in from the front into disarray, slowing their advance considerably.
Then Char charged directly into the BETA swarm. Facing the horde, he alone became a defensive