Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Recorded rates of fire for the heaviest turbolaser weapons mounted on the Imperial star destroyer.
The six heavy turbolaser turrets each achieve a rate fire rate equivalent to over 370 shots per minute and therefore present combined firepower potentially approaching or even exceeding 2,000 shots per minute between all six guns.
Armament of the Imperator MK1 Star Destroyer
Six main heavy turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 12 cannons
Two main ion cannon turrets
2 batteries, 2 cannons
Three axial defense-heavy turbolaser turrets
1 battery, 9 cannons
Two lateral-trench turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 8 cannons
Two prow turbolaser turrets
1 battery, 6 cannons
Two hangar defense turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 4 cannons
Total medium to heavy turrets: 17
Total medium to heavy cannons: 41
More than a hundred additional light turbolasers, point-defense cannons, and ion cannons.
Recorded rates of fire for the heaviest turbolaser weapons mounted on the Imperial star destroyer.
The six heavy turbolaser turrets each achieve a rate fire rate equivalent to over 370 shots per minute and therefore present combined firepower potentially approaching or even exceeding 2,000 shots per minute between all six guns.
Armament of the Imperator MK1 Star Destroyer
Six main heavy turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 12 cannons
Two main ion cannon turrets
2 batteries, 2 cannons
Three axial defense-heavy turbolaser turrets
1 battery, 9 cannons
Two lateral-trench turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 8 cannons
Two prow turbolaser turrets
1 battery, 6 cannons
Two hangar defense turbolaser turrets
2 batteries, 4 cannons
Total medium to heavy turrets: 17
Total medium to heavy cannons: 41
More than a hundred additional light turbolasers, point-defense cannons, and ion cannons.
