.408 CheyTac (no ontology)

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The .408 Chey Tac is a high-caliber rifle cartridge developed in 2001 and suited for use in the CheyTac Intervention M200, of which it is the only weapon compatible.
Oriented for extremely long range fire, with an effective range well over 2000 meters, its use is suited for both anti-personnel and anti-matériel purposes.

It is an extremely powerful round, able to cause tremendous damage on whoever is on the business end of the bullet. As such, it is considered a top-tier caliber.

Real-life data

The .408 Chey Tac is a specialized, rimless cartridge designed in 2001 for use with the CheyTac Intervention M200. It was created along with a smaller, similar caliber, the .375 Chey Tac, as part of the Long Range Rifle System program. It was designed primarily for long-range anti-personnel purposes, as well as anti-sniper (or counter-sniper) capabilities. This caliber is extremely fast, topping at 1100 meters per second while in flight, making it one of the fastest bullets in the world, more than three times the speed of sound.

The cartridge is not recognized by official sanctioning bodies - thus technically the .408 Chey Tac is a wildcat cartridge; i.e., a cartridge of custom dimensions that isn't recognized as a standard. However, it has been designed in the hope of creating a niche filling the gap between the .338 Lapua Magnum and the .50 BMG, both of which are being used in sniper scenarios, but with substantial differences (the former is an anti-personnel round, the latter an anti-materiel).

Mazeworld overview

Type Unarm Light Hardskin Kevlar-2 Kevlar-3 Kevlar-4 HEV
Bullet 124% 119% 112% 106% 90% 74% 53%

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  • Available for purchase in a gun shop or a weapon shop, in boxes of 20 or 70 rounds
  • Costs 320 P$ for 20 rounds, and 1120 P$ for 70 rounds
  • Value of a single round is 16 P$
  • Recoil level of this round is 5 - Punishing
  • Availability of this caliber:
    • Can be found at random in the rooms

Weapons compatible

Class 1 weapons

Gallery

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See also