Magnetic rocket

Among Sprocket's arsenal of Decepticon destroying weapons on his Attack Cruiser are magnetic rockets, which can immobilize metallic targets.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Sprocket's Attack Cruiser was modified by him to use magnetic rockets, and can still utilize them when transformed into a hovercopter, in addition to its two front-mounted plasma-pulse machine guns. Sprocket's More than Meets the Eye profile Tailspin was armed with two shoulder mounted rocket launchers, each capable of firing three independently targeting magnetic warheads. Tailspin's More than Meets the Eye profile

Toys

The Transformers

• Downshift (Omnibot, 1984)

• Accessories: 2 magnetic-guided rocket launchers, rust rifle

The Transformers Downshift came with two chromed weapons, identified as magnetic-guided rocket launchers in his instructions. This toy was released under the name Camshaft in Japan.

• Sprocket (Action Master Autobot Vehicle, 1990)

• Accessories: Attack Cruiser vehicle, 2 missiles/rifles

The packaging bio mentions Sprocket's Attack Cruiser having access to magnetic rockets.

Notes

• More than Meets the Eye mentions that Sprocket's photon rifles form the Attack Cruiser's missiles, whether these are supposed to be the magnetic rockets has yet to be determined.
• Downshift's unpublished Marvel Universe profile confirms that he would have been armed with magnetic-guided rockets in that continuity,<ref>Downshift's Marvel comic bible profile</ref> while his Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye profile replaced them with generic lasers.

See also

• Magnetic missile

References

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