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The Mandalorian atomises his enemies with a disruptor rifle. Read more about disruptors at the BlasTech.info blog: blastech.info/post/disruptors-disintergrations-in-star-wars
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Footage from The Mandalorian (live-action show)
Similar destruction (but not disruptor style disintegration) of a humanoid target by conventional blaster fire was described in the canon novelization of The Empire Strikes Back:
"The mound shook again, with a roar that nearly destroyed the probe droid's auditory sensors. It zoomed back several meters, widening the space between it and the creature. The droid had never before encountered a Wampa Ice Creature, its computers advised that the beast best be dealt with expeditiously.
The droid made an internal adjustment to regulate the potency of its laser beam. Less than a moment later the beam was at its maximum intensity. The machine aimed the laser at the creature, enveloping it in a great flaming and smoking cloud. Seconds later the few remaining particles of the Wampa were swept away by the icy winds.
The smoke disappeared, leaving behind no physical evidence- save for a large depression in the snow- that an Ice Creature had ever been there.
But its existence had been properly recorded in the memory of the probe droid, which was already continued on its programmed mission."
The Mandalorian atomises his enemies with a disruptor rifle. Read more about disruptors at the BlasTech.info blog: blastech.info/post/disruptors-disintergrations-in-star-wars
Photo gallery: photos.app.goo.gl/fWon3aii3EZCzwoX6
Related articles at BlasTech.info
blastech.info/blasterfirepower
BLASTERS: Anti-materiel Firepower
The blog: blastech.info/blog/categories/blaster-small-arms-light-weapons
Footage from The Mandalorian (live-action show)
Similar destruction (but not disruptor style disintegration) of a humanoid target by conventional blaster fire was described in the canon novelization of The Empire Strikes Back:
"The mound shook again, with a roar that nearly destroyed the probe droid's auditory sensors. It zoomed back several meters, widening the space between it and the creature. The droid had never before encountered a Wampa Ice Creature, its computers advised that the beast best be dealt with expeditiously.
The droid made an internal adjustment to regulate the potency of its laser beam. Less than a moment later the beam was at its maximum intensity. The machine aimed the laser at the creature, enveloping it in a great flaming and smoking cloud. Seconds later the few remaining particles of the Wampa were swept away by the icy winds.
The smoke disappeared, leaving behind no physical evidence- save for a large depression in the snow- that an Ice Creature had ever been there.
But its existence had been properly recorded in the memory of the probe droid, which was already continued on its programmed mission."
![STAR WARS | Explosive power of the E-11 blaster: Sentry Droid blasts apart [~60 mm] metal bulkhead](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_zjZKwBE57w/mqdefault.jpg "STAR WARS | Explosive power of the E-11 blaster: Sentry Droid blasts apart [~60 mm] metal bulkhead
Imperial battle droids demolish a ~60mm (2.5 in) thick metal door using E-11 blaster gauntlets.
The door was blasted apart in a quartet of explosions that had enough force to scatter its mass. This demolition was performed so that the sentry droids could quickly pursue fleeing rebels past the closed door.
The blasters were clearly used on a higher power setting to achieve this level of destruction. At all other times, the battledroids continued to discharge standard power shots with blasters set to kill. Note the difference in magnitude between regular powered shots which merely scorch thick metal surfaces and maximum power shots that can actually blast through through the bulkhead.
Considering what a maximum powered shot can evidently do to an unarmoured metal surface, vehicular armour that can shrug off blaster fire with minimal or non-existent visible damage must be orders of magnitude more resistant compared to structural metals like titanium & steel (in terms of intercepting directed energy weapons).
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Rebels Recon on this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqxnQZDRF4g&feature=youtu.be&t=141
{Behind the scenes] the droids originally would have blasted the door away without the oval hole already cut into it by Ezra.
From Star Wars Rebels The Wynkahthu Job (season 3 episode 9).")
