Vulcan vs Stampede

In our games, possibly the most feared weapon is the RF20.  It's fully automatic, holds 20 rounds and fires them faster than anything else.  Of course, the most feared weapon changes every year.  Last year it was the RF20, then the Raider for its quick rate of fire, huge ammo capacity and clip system.  The only thing against it was how it you had to work the action for each shot.  The year before last, the most feared weapon was the Vulcan, since it was the only automatic weapon, and it fired very fast, was rather easy to operate and held more ammo than anything else of the time.  The Vulcan is almost outdated now that we have the Stampede, but if it were repaired, it would still be a madly effective point defense weapon.  The Stampede is man portable, can take mags, and by extent can take more ammo than the Vulcan.  However, the Vulcan still has its rather large size, the ability to link chains together, has a manual action just in case the batteries die.  The Vulcan is also easier to use as a point defense weapon.  The Stampede may come with a bipod thing, but the mags are too long to let you use the bipod on flat ground.  The Vulcan on the other hand comes with a tripod that lets you set the Vulcan anywhere.  However, the Vulcan must either have an external ammo box, or a second person to feed the chain.  This second person becomes a necessity if you add two or more chains together, since the combined chain won't fit in the ammo box, and letting it dangle will destroy the rotator piece, and in the short term won't let the chain advance, since the rotator mech doesn't have the power to pull the chain up.  So in the end, the Vulcan and the Stampede are roughly equally matched in most aspects, though they were obviously designed with different tasks in mind.  The Vulcan was designed for point defense, whereas the Stampede was built with assault in mind.  The Vulcan is too heavy to be used for assault, and the Stampede doesn't have the raw firepower to do point defense.