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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
Not to be confused with [[Inferno (Missile)|Inferno Missiles]], '''Incendiary LRMs''' were initially developed during the Terran Hegemony and saw use until the later [[Succession Wars]].  Usage was stopped due to the widespread destruction the rampant fires would cause, until the [[Free Worlds League]] started production again in 3050.<ref name="TOp181">''Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment'', p. 181: "Incendiary LRMs"</ref>
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Not to be confused with [[Inferno (Missile)|Inferno Missiles]], they were initially developed during the Terran Hegemony and saw use until the later [[Succession Wars]].  Usage was stopped due to the wide spread destruction the rampant fires would cause, until the [[Free Worlds League]] started production again in 3050.<ref name="TOp181">''Tactical Operations AU&E'', p. 181, "Incendiary LRMs"</ref>
  
Incendiary LRMs are mixed in with normal LRM missiles (similar to tracers) to improve the flight's chance of igniting buildings and terrain while also slightly improving their effectiveness against infantry.
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Incendiary LRM's are mixed in with normal LRM missiles (similar to tracers) to improve the flights chance of igniting buildings and terrain while also slightly improving their effectiveness against infantry.
  
Unfortunately, they are not any more effective against armor due to chemicals simply sliding off, do not affect the target's heat level, and lower the launcher's effectiveness by 20%, while still being vulnerable to heat-induced ammunition explosions, similar to Inferno ammo.<ref name="TOp182">''Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment'', p. 182: "Incendiary LRMs"</ref>
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Unfortunately they are not any more effective against armor due to chemicals simply sliding off, do not affect the targets heat level, and lower the launchers effectiveness by 20%.  While they are also still vulnerable to heat inflicted ammunition explosions, similarly to Inferno ammo.<ref name="TOp182">''Tactical Operations AU&E'', p. 182, "Incendiary LRMs"</ref>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment]]''
 
  
 
[[Category: Weapons]]
 
[[Category: Weapons]]
 
[[Category: Technology]]
 
[[Category: Technology]]
 
[[Category:Alternate Ammunition]]
 
[[Category:Alternate Ammunition]]

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