Orkan

"A powerful weapon at short range. Low area of impact lets it damage opponents protected by Écu shield or a cover. Deadly at close range. Utilizes the same missiles as SURA-F Pinata but can reload while firing"

R40M Orkan (Medium Missile)
The R40M Orkan is a medium missile weapon that can be purchased with gold. The Orkan can be considered a medium variant of the SURA-F Pinata, it is what the S-25 Tulumbas is to a CRV Pin. It has double the ammunition (32 missiles), the same fire rate, and the exact same range (300 m) as the Pinata.

The rockets explode upon impact causing splash damage. Splash damage allows missiles to damage nearby enemy robots, damage robots protected by an Écu shield and damage robots behind cover.

However, while very similar the Orkan does have several notable advantages. In addition to being able to unleash an entire volley of missiles on a target, the Orkan can continue to be fired while it is reloading. The reload rate is 1 missile every 0.72 seconds, or 23 seconds for a full reload. Some consider the R40M Orkan to be the most powerful Gold Weapon for this reason.

Most important is its ability to fire only a fraction of its payload at once. Therefore, against a weak target, a pilot can fire only as many missiles as necessary to destroy the enemy target. This leaves the weapon ready for the next engagement with a shorter reload time to completely refill.

The R40M Orkan does have a low range compared to the other weapons, however. And it does have a lower damage per minute than the ESG-Taran. So while the R40M Orkan does the most damage quickly, it is possible to space your robot out of the 300m range, but to also stay within the 350m range.

Because of its ability to deliver heavy damage in a very short amount of time, its ability to ignore physical shields, which the most dominant robots have, and the ability to reload while firing, it is considered one of the best weapons in the game.

Trivia

 * Orkan means hurricane or storm in German, which describes this weapon's nature well, as it can launch a "hurricane" of missiles.