UEF weaponry

The UEF typically use traditional weapons, along with a bit of "High Tech" plasma weaponry. As far as weapons go, the UEF choose a middle ground between rate of fire and damage.

Please make sure you understand the terms rate of fire(ROF), damage per second(DPS), damage radius and damage before reading this article.

Direct Fire

A Snoop firing its Tom Cat Machinegun.

Two Pillars in combat. The high firing arc can be observed on the back Pillar firing its dual barreled Gauss Cannons. The front Pillar has taken heavy fire from some Mantises.

This Tigershark has surfaced to finish off a damaged Beacon Class with it's Light Plasma Cannon.

Zephyr Anti Matter Cannon

The Zephyr Anti Matter Cannon is the UEF's ACU main weapon.

Tom Cat Machinegun

The Tom Cat Machinegun is a basic projectile weapon that propels bullets at high speeds. It is used by the UEF. It is a characteristically weak weapon with low damage per second, (ironically) low rate of fire, and low muzzle velocity. It is a light weapon and is used only on light platforms. Only the Mech Marine and the Snoop have Tom Cat Machineguns.

Gauss Cannon

The Gauss Cannon is the UEF's most common weapon. Common attributes include average damage, average range, low firing randomness, average rate of fire, low muzzle velocity, and an uncommonly high firing arc.

The MA12 Striker, the Pillar, and all of the UEF's surface vessels use Gauss Cannons with the attributes stated above (Valiant Class Destroyers and Summit Class Battleships have extended range). The Triad possess a series of Gauss Cannons designed to inflict heavier damage. The Fatboy possess an series of extremely high-powered Gauss Cannons with extended range and boosted damage.

Hells Fury Riot-Gun

The Hells Fury Riot-Gun possess a very high rate of fire and high damage per second, but does not have a damage radius. This weapon is best suited at attacking slow-moving targets.

The Riptide, Stinger, C14 Star Lifter, Sparky and Fatboy are all equipped with this Weapons Technology.

Light Plasma Cannon

The Light Plasma Cannon characteristically does moderate damage with an average rate of fire.

This weapon can be found on the DM1 Plasma Cannon and the Tigershark.

Heavy Plasma Cannon

The Heavy Plasma Cannon is part of the UEF's heavier direct fire weaponry. It possesses a characteristically high damage per second and damage. Units are equipped with this weapon are the Broadsword, the Continental, the Titan, and the UEF T3 Support Armored Command Unit.

Plasma Gatling Cannon

The Plasma Gatling Cannon is a mid-level plasma weapon, equipped on the Mongoose. During the firing sequence, it fires 15 projectiles over 4.5 seconds, each doing 15 damage. Overall, it outs out approximately 32 DPS.

Heavy Plasma Gatling Cannon

The Heavy Plasma Gatling Cannon is the heaviest UEF plasma weapon, and equipped only on the Ravager. During fire sequence, it is capable of firing 15 projectiles per second, at a DPS of 875. However, the weapon needs to cool, only allowing it to fire a salvo once every 8 seconds. It consumes 750 energy to fire a salvo of 2625 damage. Overall, the Heavy Plasma Gatling Cannon has a damage output of 328 per second.

Dual-Barreled Hiro Plasma Cannon

The Dual-Barreled Hiro Plasma Cannon, featured only on the Neptune Class, is a laser type weapon, and differs from other Plasma weapons. Each shot from this weapon deals 1000 damage. It has quite a large range, and is very effective in naval combat.

Heavy Fragmentation Grenade Launcher

The Heavy Fragmentation Grenade Launcher is a weapon in Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. It is equipped on the Mongoose. It is very effective weapon against swarms of low tech units, as it has some splash damage. It fires bursts of four grenades at quite good range.

Ionized Plasma Cannon

The Ionized Plasma Cannon is a Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance weapon. It is equipped on the Percival. It has very high damage and a long range of fire, but a low rate of fire. It is a support weapon, but powerful enough to be used on its own. It is very good at destroying Experimental units, buildings and heavy land units.

Bombs

Napalm Carpet Bomb

A bomb weapon, it is equipped on the Scorcher and the Janus. Less powerful than contemporary Aeon and Cybran units.

Small Yield Nuclear Bomb

The Small Yield Nuclear Bomb is equipped to the Ambassador . It does 6500 damage, and the launcher can drop one bomb in five seconds. The bomb detonates with a distinctively shaped explosion, with moderate area damage radius in comparison to other strategic bombers. In Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, the bomb does less damage at 3000 but can be launched from farther away.

Indirect Fire

A Flapjack fires its Long Range Cruise Missile.

Fragmentation Artillery

A powerful artillery weapon used the Lobo. It splits into 5 shells, capable of doing up to 600 damage if all the shells hit the target. Equipped with the capability to give vision around a small radius of where it was when the shell splits (Shellcam).

APDS Artillery

The APDS Artillery is used by the UEF T2 Artillery Installation: Klink Hammer. It has a good balance of accuracy, damage and rate of fire.

Anti Matter Artillery

The Anti Matter Artillery is the UEF's most powerful artillery weapon. It is equipped on the Demolisher, the Duke and the Mavor

Long Range Cruise Missile

The Long Range Cruise Missile is used by a large number UEF units and does varying amounts of damage depending on the unit using it. Additionally, some variants of this missile do not home in on their targets while the others do.

Tactical Warhead

The Tactical Warhead is a weapon equipped only on the UEF ACU, but bears no difference with the Long Range Cruise Missile

The Long Range Cruise Missile can be found on the Flapjack, the Aloha, the Governor Class, the Ace and the Spearhead. Additionally, the Aeon must have stolen this Weapons Technology, as it exists on their Silencer.

Nuclear Warhead

The Nuclear Warhead is the UEF's only nuclear weapon, and is equivalent to that of other factions. It is used by the Stonager, the Ace, the UEF Armored Command Unit, as well as the Aeon T3 Strategic Missile Submarine: Silencer.

Anti-Air

Linked Railgun

The Linked Railgun is an anti-air weapon used by the most of the UEF's anti-air units.

Fragmentation Flak

This flak type weapon comes equipped on both the UEF Mobile and Fixed T2 anti-air solutions, the Sky Boxer and the Air Cleaner.

Ginsu Pulse Beam

This energy weapon is equipped on the Wasp. It is one of the UEF's only energy-based weapons, and is very effective.

Flayer SAM Launcher

the Flayer SAM Launcher is the UEF's anti-air missile weapon. It can be found on the Governor Class, the Flayer, the Continental and the Atlantis

Naval Weaponry

Angler Torpedo Launcher

The Angler Torpedo Launcher is an anti-naval weapon that possess a characteristically high initial shot damage and average rate of fire and damage per second.

because the Angler Torpedo Launcher is the only torpedo weapon the UEF possess, many units are equipped with it, including the Stork, the DN1, the Tsunami, the Tigershark, the Cooper, the Valiant Class, the Neptune Class, the SP3 - Sonar, the Fatboy and the Atlantis.

Smart Charge AntiTorpedo

the Smart Charge AntiTorpedo is the UEF anti torpedo weapon. It is equipped on the Cooper, the Valiant Class and the Neptune Class

Countermeasures

Phalanx Anti Missile

The Phalanx Anti Missile is the UEF's main anti-missile system. It is designed to shoot down missiles at a high rate. It is equipped on the Buzzkill, the Governor Class, the Neptune Class and the Summit Class. Its name is a reference to Phalanx CIWS.

AntiNuke

The UEF's AntiNuke is the same as the other faction's. It is equipped on the Nuke Eliminator.

Other

Orbital Death Laser

The Orbital Death Laser is fired from a Defense Satellite launched from a Novax Center. It fires slowly, but does a lot of damage (DPS: 150, total: 3000), making it an effective ACU killer, and also very good against unshielded buildings.