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This article deals with the weaponry of the Clone troopers in Star Wars.

DC-15

The DC-15 blaster rifle was the weapon of choice of the Republic clone troopers. Using magazine cartridges filled with tibanna gas, the weapon fired blue plasma bolts. The blasters were deadly in the hands of the specially trained clone troopers. The DC-15 had two types of ammunition that needed to be used in conjunction; a tibanna gas cylinder which had enough gas for about 600 shots on normal power (the DC-15B carbine probably used smaller cylinders that lasted for about 300 shots), and a charge magazine, that probably lasted for 60 shots, which contained the electrical charge needed to heat the tibanna gas to a plasma state. The DC-15s used a rechargeable battery that lasted for 7 subsequent shots before needing a moment to recharge.

The DC-15 came in multiple versions:

• The DC-15A, a long-barrelled blaster rifle used as the standard issue clone trooper weapon, but also suitable for snipers.
• The DC-15s, a pistol blaster. The lowercase s most likely stood for "side-arm".
• The DC-15B, a short-barrelled blaster carbine with a folding rifle stock.
• The DC-15 "Deluxe", a oversized DC-15s pistol that works as a rocket launcher. Carried by AT-RT drivers, in case they have run-ins with tanks the AT-RT's blasters cannot destroy. Commander Gree uses a deluxe on occasion.

DC-17

The DC-17 is a small-arm pistol mainly used by ARC Troopers and Clone Commanders as a side-arm, though ARC captain Fordo had a preference to dual-wielding 2 DC-17 pistols, as did some Clone Commanders. There are 2 known variations of the DC-17 pistol. One version looks like a shorter DC-15B with no stock, and the other had the same handle but the barrel resembled Han Solo's blaster, the DL-44. A DC-17's magazine was loaded into the grip.

DC-17m

A modifiable version, the DC-17m, was a version for the Clone Commandos featured in Star Wars: Republic Commando. It is the standard issue blaster for the Clone Commandos. This weapon is in the same family as the DC-17 blaster pistol, and similar parts. The DC-17m is much smaller and lighter than the DC-15. It is an effective weapon that can be used with deadly force and can be field-stripped and outfitted with a modular sniper attachment or anti-armor attachment. The DC-17m's primary blaster attachment has a magazine capacity of 60 rounds, with Clone Commandos carrying up to 5 magazines for a total of 300 rounds. The Sniper attachment has magazines holding 5 high-powered rounds, with each Commando carrying up to four magazines for a total of 20 sniper shots, while the anti-armor attachment only chambers 1 shaped-charge anti-armor grenade at a time though a Commando may carry an additional 3 in reserve. The weapon has a readout that keeps track of and displays the total amount of compatible ammunition and ordnance currently being carried by the Clone Commandos.

Trivia

The DC-15A blaster rifle that the majority of the Clone Troopers carry in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith is based off parts from the German MG-34 General Purpose Machine Gun from World War 2, which was used as the basis weapon for the BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle in the Original Trilogy, and components from the BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle that were carried by the Imperial Stormtroopers from the original Star Wars trilogy.

The DC-15A blaster rifle that was seen and used in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith appears to be a hybrid of the parts from the E-11 blaster rifle and the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle of the Original Trilogy as well as showing that the designs for both the E-11 and the DLT-19 originated from the DC-15A blaster rifle.

The DC-15B blaster carbine that the Republic Clone Troopers carried in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith appears to look like a "de-evolved" version of the BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle the Imperial Stormtroopers carried in the Original Star Wars trilogy with the DC-15B carbine having features like foresight protectors, a blaster power cell located on the side of the blaster's receiver, and a folding rifle stock. The features that were on the DC-15B would later become standard on the E-11.

In Revenge of the Sith, the DC-15B blaster carbine was used by many regular Clone Troopers on a larger scale. The compact look and handling of the DC-15B carbine was preferred by many Clone Troopers in Revenge of the Sith over the bulky DC-15A blaster rifle the Clone Troopers carried in Attack of the Clones.

The wider use of the DC-15B blaster carbine by the Clone Troopers in Revenge of the Sith also provides more hints to the Republic Clone Troopers' evolution into the Imperial Stormtroopers of the Original Trilogy.

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Sources

• Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Star Wars: Clone Wars
• Star Wars Insider #84
• Attack of the Clones Visual Dictionary
• Revenge of the Sith Visual Dictionary

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