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Plasma is a weapons technology used by both the Resistance and Skynet in the future.

In the first Terminator movie, the Terminator went to a gun shop in present-day LA and requested a "...phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range," a weapon from his own time. A HK-tank mounted version of this weapon appeared to have the power to violently rip a human body into several charred pieces upon impact. However the HK-tanks in T2 do not exhibit this; most likely due to both weapon systems using two barrels, thus putting more strain on the vehicle's reactor.

Personal pistols, rifles, crew served weapons, and many varieties of vehicular mounted heavy weapons are operational throughout the battlefields of the Future War. With the advent of Time travel corrupting the Timeline with both knowledge of[1] and even actual artifacts[2] of future technologies the exact date of introduction of plasma weaponry is entirely uncertain.

The Series 800 was vulnerable against plasma attacks, so in 2027 Skynet decided to harden the T-800 against plasma attacks. [citation needed] This resulted in the Series 850.

The T-X prototype was the first design to successfully incorporate onboard weaponry into a Terminator or Infiltrator capable of deployment via Time Displacement Equipment. All previous temporal transport of advanced weaponry involved the use of willing[3] or unwilling[4] organic carriers, or simply utilizing future-tech knowledge on contemporary materials.[5]

It is possible that plasma weapons accelerate a bolt of superheated hydrogen plasma to high speed using magnetic induction (coilgun or railgun) technology. Although this is purely speculation it represents a scientifically plausible possibility.

The contemporary plasma rifle seen in the Pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles appears to utilize some form of isotope either as a power source or as ammunition.

Skynet's Central Core Installation at Cheyenne Mountain was defended from large scale rebel assaults by massive phased plasma cannons. [6]

Plasma Weaponry Examples

HK-Aerial Plasma

HK-Tank Plasma

HK-Tank & HK-Aerial Plasma

HK-Flying Mini Hunter Plasma

T1 Resistance Plasma Carbine

T2 Resistance Plasma Carbine

T2 Resistance Plasma Pulse Rifle?

T2 Resistance Plasma Cannon

T2 Resistance Plasma Minigun

T3 Resistance Plasma Rifle

Terminator using Resistance Plasma Cannon

Skynet Plasma Rifle

T2 Skynet Plasma Rifle Closeup

T3 Skynet Plasma Cannon for Endoskeletons

SCC Resistance Captured Plasma Rifle

Captured Skynet Plasma Rifles

T-X Onboard Plasma Weapon

Disabled Plasma Weapon

Contemporary Plasma Rifle concept

Contemporary Plasma Rifle concept details

Contemporary Plasma Rifle aka "Isotope Weapon"

Critical Component of "Isotope Weapon"

Appearances

Movies

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Television

Novels

References

  1. ↑ T2: Infiltrator
  2. ↑ The Terminator: Tempest
  3. ↑ The Terminator: One Shot
  4. ↑ The Terminator: Tempest
  5. ↑ Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, "Pilot"
  6. ↑ T2:3D Battle Across Time
  7. ↑ During the Season 1 DVD Special Feature Creating the Chronicles: Reboot it is confirmed that the bank weapon is a plasma technology design.
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