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Thermobaric Rocket Launcher
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Faction Red Faction
Type Thermobaric Weapon
Location upgrade table after FFZ
Power High
Range High
Rate of Fire Low
Special Very large explosion, can detonate rockets mid-air
Clip/Ammo 1/8
Fire Rail loaded, via electrical contacts
Melee heavy weapon thrust


The Thermobaric Rocket Launcher is developed by the Red Faction and is the most destructive handheld weapon in Red Faction: Guerilla. It has the blast radius of a small car bomb, and gives off a huge cloud of highly flammable vapor. Unlike the normal Rocket Launcher, this weapon can only hold one rocket at a time. As the name implies, it is a thermobaric weapon.

Instead of letting the rocket impact an object or surface, the user can also detonate the rocket while it is in mid-air, allowing for more accurate attacks on tall buildings, vehicles and humanoids.

Later existed[]

Following the revolution, the Thermobaric Rockets were stocked and placed in many of the Red Faction vehicles in order to prepare themselves for any threat that will come in the future. During the White Faction Crisis, the remnant of the EDF, White Faction, where they attempted to spark a new war between both Red Faction and Marauders by use of their Severus-Class Dreadnaught, the inter-planetary ship to target both territories. Alec Mason used the damaged shuttle with Thermobaric and ram into it, successfully destroyed the dreadnaught, but not without sacrificed himself in the process.

Trivia[]

  • If fired at the ground in the irradiated zone or an abandoned building, the resulting dust cloud will vaguely resemble a mushroom cloud.
  • Unlike most rockets,this rocket features a ramjet air-breathing engine, which would only allow it to operate inside atmosphere but provide better fuel economy.
  • The thermobaric rocket launcher is a missile rack ripped off an attack aircraft and given handles for infantry use, and the rocket itself is reminiscent of an AIM-120 air to air missile.
  • All guns in the game have unique out-of-ammo click sound effects, but this weapon's click is the most distinctive, being more of a thunk than a click
  • The real life inspiration for this weapon is the Davy Crockett infantry nuclear launcher and the missile racks of the F-15 series of aircraft
  • Most of the guns in red faction: guerilla tend to favor low and left at extended ranges, but this weapon is by far the most noticable. You will have to practice with it to get it's pattern down and know how much to correct as the rocket can go several meters outside the crosshairs, with more and more dispersion with distance
  • Can be used to airburst kill enemies, both over their cover and through windows, as this weapon travels through glass also.

Gallery[]

Guerrilla Weapons
Melee Sledgehammer
Planted Remote Mining ChargeProximity MineAltimeter Charges
Ranged Rocket TurretRocket LauncherThermobaric Rocket LauncherGrinder
Arc WelderNano Rifle

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