On higher settings, the large rifle's powerful blue plasma bolts are more than capable of penetrating the armor of most infantry droids, and because of the hyper-ionization, they were exceptionally effective against droid targets. These bolts would then be accelerated out of the rifle electromagnetically. Its power-charge magazines ionized the gas into charged plasma within its ignition chamber. The lowest setting managed 500 rounds per cartridge with higher settings decreasing capacity. The weapon's tibanna gas cartridge carried enough gas for up to 500 shots, depending on the power settings of the weapon. Even so, the DC-15A was very powerful and deadly in the hands of the skilled clone troopers that received extensive training in its use. While the use of blasters allowed a clone trooper to carry significantly more ammunition than a projectile weapon, the DC-15A was a heavy 9.5 pounds, and despite the weapon's size it is not a true dedicated repeating blaster rifle the inherent instability of plasma gas in ion blasters reduced the weapon's accuracy under sustained fire.
This was one of the standard issue weapons for clones.
