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General Information

UFOpaedia entry

Jet Harpoon Official Entry

"This aqua-rifle is accurate and powerful, firing hollow steel harpoons from sealed packs of 10. Each harpoon has its own gas reservoir."

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The Jet Harpoon fires a high pressure jet propelled armour piercing harpoon. Like the harpoons used by divers for hunting dangerous sea creatures, the Jet Harpoon has been adapted as X-COM's initial standard underwater rifle for hunting aliens. They can be fired in and out of water with no loss in power or accuracy.

Like the Dart Gun, the Jet Harpoon is not an especially powerful weapon against moderate to heavy alien armour, but it does have double the power and is faster and easier to aim. It is greatly enhanced with the addition of a three round burst mode.

One of the Jet Harpoon's weaker points is its low ammunition capacity of only 10 harpoons. This require the user to carry a plentiful supply of spare harpoon clips for long sorties.

This weapon appears in Terror from the Deep. For the UFO: Enemy Unknown equivalent, refer to the Rifle.

Key Features
Auto Fire
Pros	Cons
Cheap Moderate accuracy	Weak Slow Low Ammo

Weapon Statistics

Jet Harpoon

Size: 3 high x 1 wide
Firing Accuracy:
- 40% Auto
- 60% Snapshot
- 90% Aimed
Firing Cost:
- 40% Auto
- 35% Snapshot
- 70% Aimed
Buy Cost: $3,000

Ammo Statistics

Harpoon Clip

Size: 1 high x 1 wide
Damage: 32 Armour Piercing
Ammo Capacity: 10
Buy Cost: $200

Terror From The Deep: Equipment (TFTD)
Armor	Diving Suit • Plastic Aqua Armor • Ion Armor • Magnetic Ion Armor
Weapons	Dart Gun • Jet Harpoon • Gas Cannon • Hydro-Jet Cannon • Torpedo Launcher • Thermal Tazer Magna-Blast Grenade • Particle Disturbance Grenade • Magna-Pack Explosive Gauss Pistol • Gauss Rifle • Heavy Gauss Sonic Pistol • Sonic-Blasta Rifle • Sonic Cannon • Sonic Pulser • Thermal Shok Launcher • Disruptor Pulse Launcher Vibro Blade• Thermic Lance • Heavy Thermic Lance
Portable Equipment	Dye Grenade • Particle Disturbance Sensor • Medi-Kit • Chemical-flare • M.C. Disruptor • M.C. Reader • Zrbite
SWS	Coelacanth/G. Cannon • Coelacanth/Aqua Jet • Coelacanth/Gauss • Displacer/Sonic • Displacer/PWT
Data	Weapon Summaries • TFTD Item destruction table • SWS/Terror Unit Innate Weapons

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 == General Information ==
+{{Ref Open}}
+'''Jet Harpoon Official Entry'''
+<p style="text-indent:1em;">''"This aqua-rifle is accurate and powerful, firing hollow steel harpoons from sealed packs of 10. Each harpoon has its own gas reservoir."''</p>
+{{Ref Close | Source: Terror From The Deep Ufopaedia}}
-The Jet Harpoon fires a high pressure jet propelled harpoon with an armour piercing tip. Normally used by divers for shark hunting and other nasty sea creatures, the harpoons have been adapted as [[X-COM]]'s standard issue underwater rifle. They can be fired both in and out of water with no loss in power or accuracy.
-The Jet Harpoon is equipped with an automatic harpoon loader, allowing for a rapid firing three round burst. Extended use of automatic fire will rapidly deplete the Jet Harpoon's 10 harpoon magazine.
+The Jet Harpoon fires a high pressure jet propelled armour piercing harpoon. Like the harpoons used by divers for hunting dangerous sea creatures, the Jet Harpoon has been adapted as [[X-COM]]'s initial standard underwater rifle for hunting aliens. They can be fired in and out of water with no loss in power or accuracy.
-Because the aliens in the second invasion have tougher hides than their predecessors, the Jet Harpoon does not come off as being a powerful weapon. Nonetheless, it has sufficient stopping power to defeat most of the earlier alien races that you'll meet, such as [[Aquatoid]]s and [[Gillman|Gillmen]].
+Like the [[Dart Gun]], the Jet Harpoon is not an especially powerful weapon against moderate to heavy alien armour, but it does have double the power and is faster and easier to aim. It is greatly enhanced with the addition of a three round burst mode.
-The [[Gauss Pistol]] and the [[Gauss Rifle]] quickly outmode the Jet Harpoons. Given sufficient funds, it is highly recommended that Jet Harpoon be replaced with a gauss weapon as the standard issue 'cheap' weapon. [[Gas Cannon]]s are also good Jet Harpoon replacements for strong aquanauts.
+One of the Jet Harpoon's weaker points is its low ammunition capacity of only 10 harpoons. This require the user to carry a plentiful supply of spare harpoon clips for long sorties.
 This weapon appears in ''[[TFTD|Terror from the Deep]]''. For the ''[[X-COM|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]'' equivalent, refer to the [[Rifle]].
-==Comparison with UFO: EUs Rifle==
-The Jet Harpoon is one step forward, 3 steps back from the [[Rifle]].  The magazine is easily depleted during the course of a mission, necessitating extra clips on the Triton.  In addition, aimed accuracy has been dropped markedly, with only a slight decrease in Aimed firing time.  Damage is up slightly, but it isn't enough to drop most aliens.  Automatic accuracy, is up too, but again, TU costs are upped to 'compensate'.  This weapon should be replaced at the first available opportunity
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+|colspan = "2" {{StdDescTable_Heading}}|'''Key Features'''
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+* Auto Fire
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+|{{StdDescTable_Heading}} width = "50%" |'''Pros'''
+|{{StdDescTable_Heading}} width = "50%" |'''Cons'''
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+* Cheap
+* Moderate accuracy
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+* Weak
+* Slow
+* Low Ammo
+|}
 ==Weapon Statistics==
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 * Ammo Capacity: 10
 * Buy Cost: $200
-==USOpaedia==
-* This aqua-rifle is accurate and powerful, firing hollow steel harpoons from sealed packs of 10. Each harpoon has its own gas reservoir.
 ==See Also==
+* [[Rifle vs Jet Harpoon]]
 * [[Weapons (TFTD)|Weapons]]