E-11T blaster rifle

The E-11T blaster rifle was a variant of the E-11 blaster rifle designed to fire blaster bolts in bursts of three.

Description
While aesthetically identical (although often regarded as being less accurate) to its semi-automatic counterpart, the E-11T contained more ammunition though used up more energy from its power cell. When the blaster's folding stock was extended, a small magnetic rail was exposed on which a grenade launcher or flamethrower attachment could be mounted. The electromagnetic scope on the E-11T was visually identical to that of the E-11, though incorporated a more complex targeting system that accounted for the blaster bolts' spread.

History
The E-11T was introduced as early as 16 BBY, just nearly four years after the E-11, and was distributed to a number of units in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps' special forces components. Later, E-11Ts also found themselves in the hands of some scout troopers and shadowtroopers. The bounty hunter Boba Fett also often used a modified E-11T while carrying out operations for his Imperial employers when not wielding his modified EE-3.

As was the case with standard issue weapons across all militaries, the E-11T design found itself on the black market across numerous sectors, and subsequently in the hands of mercenaries and pirates. On Ord Mantell,the E-11T could be illegally purchased for around 1,500 credits - just 500 credits more than the standard E-11.

Years later, during the reign of the New Republic, the E-11 and its many variants including the E-11T found itself in use by the Rebel Alliance and, later, both the Imperial splinter states and the New Republic military.