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DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun"
	; Weapon closeup.
Weapon in Just Cause 4
Type	Experimental directed energy /; electroshock/; weather weapon
Usage	Two handed
Maximum ammunition carried	Primary: 1300 (units, not actual countable bullets); Secondary: 4 storm grenades
Maximum ammunition in the weapon	Primary: 1000 (units, not actual countable bullets); Secondary: 1 storm grenade
To unlock	Secure the Phuyu-Kuni region (complete Meteolab Grab)
List of owners	Black Hand (never seen in use); Army of Chaos (never seen in use); Rico (if he wants one)

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The DA 9.3 Lightning Gun (aka DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun", the name that the game seemingly prefers to use) is a weapon in Just Cause 4.

Description

As the name implies, it is an experimental/prototype weapon that "shoots" lightning (electricity, really) instead of ordinary ammunition. Its primary fire emits a continuous stream of electricity while triggering secondary fire launches a grenade that summons a thunderstorm, making lightning strike targets in the immediate vicinity.

Appearance

The weapon bears a futuristic, sci-fi theme. Its overall shape somewhat resembles a shotgun, but the barrel of the Lightning Gun is thicker than that of most single-barreled shotguns. It's actually a bullpup, because the lightning battery (what it uses as ammunition) fits behind the main grip, as revealed in the reload animation. It has electrical cables, battery-like devices and other odd electronic parts on it. It is mostly white and grey with a few yellow and red parts. Sometimes, it may appear somewhat brownish, but this is just the lighting and the heavy yellow filter of the game (the closeup was taken with the yellow filter lessened). What appears to be a grey barrel shroud is mounted on the forend of the weapon, beneath the barrel. A green, night-vision-colored sight (resembles a reflex RDS, except its completely green) is equipped as well. It is entirely cosmetic and does not function in the game.

The weapon is unique and it is safe to say that it does not draw inspiration from any real life weapons.

Performance

This weapon's primary fire shoots a continuous stream of "lightning" while its secondary fire launches a "storm grenade", which summons lightning to strike targets in the area. Primary fire is effective against infantry and most chaos objects, but not so much against heavy armor, especially armored vehicles. The lightning from the secondary fire has high damage output, but is imprecise and may not always work in the player's favor.

Ammunition for this weapon can only come from supply drop, or rarely from weapon crates because no NPCs- Black Hand soldiers or Army of Chaos rebels- wield this gun.

Primary fire

Holding down the primary fire button will charge up the weapon for a brief period of time (less than half a second). After the short charge up, the weapon emits a completely straight beam of blue-white electricity. Spread and recoil is virtually nonexistent, making this one of the most accurate weapons in the game. That being said, the electric arc obstructs view of small targets (such as infantry) far away, making it difficult to aim at longer ranges. The weapon has short to medium effective range, as the electricity beam just disappears completely if it travels for more than ~100 meters without coming to contact with anything. Each mag can hold up to 1000 units of ammunition, which allows for prelonged fire before needing to reload. Strangely enough, the weapon can hold a maximum of two mags, with the second being much smaller and holding up to 300 units. Although the HUD sometimes displays the ammunition units remaining, its normal ammunition readout is a bar, representing the amount of ammo left in the mag.

The weapon's primary fire is fairly versatile, being effective against infantry, most chaos objects, small destructibles. and unarmored vehicles. It is capable of downing a Black Hand private in under a third of a second. Soldiers equipped with body armor are noticeably more resilient, but just over half a second of continous electrocution should kill them (save for Titans and Colonels/Super Elites, who can stand up to several seconds of continuous fire). Strangely, the electric current is unable to go through the shield of a Riot Shielder or Defender Machine Gun. See the Trivia section below.

As one could expect from an electroshock weapon like a Taser, there are no bonus damage points for zapping enemy person in different parts of the body; hence, there is no need to aim for the head.

The Lightning Gun is noticeably more effective at destroying chaos objects than most small-arms. However, it is no substitute for an RPG or grenade launcher.

That being said, the weapon suffers in terms of anti-vehicle abilities. Even completely unarmored civilian vehicles can stand up to a few seconds of continuous fire; as one may expect, it is practically useless against tanks and armored warships. Armored vehicles can be taken care of with the Lightning Gun's secondary fire, the storm grenade.

Secondary/Alternative Fire

Note: This section has a lot to do with a Lightning storm. See that article for additional related information.

Triggering secondary fire whilst using the weapon will launch a storm grenade. Upon impact, the grenade will explode in a small flash of sparks that will trigger explosives or cause disorient infantry but only take little damage. Within seconds, a lightning/thunderstorm shows up. Lightning will strike targets in the immediate vicinity of the storm grenade.

Lightning types

Main article: Lightning storm and its sections White lightning, Blue lightning and Powerful blue lightning.

There are actually three types of lightning: white, blue, and powerful blue (blue+)+. They vary in damage output, color, and explosion radius, with white being the lowest in all three factors, blue in the middle and powerful blue being the highest. White strikes are only effective against infantry, blue strikes can take on armored and unarmored vehicles, and powerful blue strikes can destroy pretty much any destructible object caught in the blast.

Strategies

However powerful this weapon may be, this weapon still has its fair share of downsides. Lightning does not discriminate between friend or foe, meaning enemies (Black Hand facilities/assets (eg chaos objects), vehicles, soldiers), allies (Army of Chaos rebels and their vehicles), neutrals (civilians, civilians'/unoccupied cars), and even Rico can all be struck and often killed/destroyed by lightning. As a result, it is advised not to use storm grenades when carrying out missions that require certain objects and/or people to remain intact (undestroyed) and/or alive, despite the fact that said entities often possess an incredible amount of plot armor.

Besides the lightning sometimes not hitting the player's intended target, the storm grenade does not always work outside of the rain forest or grassland biomes. Also note that the secondary fire strikes targets without warning. Lightning from a usual lightning storm with rain and clouds causes sparks to crackle on its target before striking, giving the player time to stay clear of the area. Lightning summoned from the Lightning Gun's storm grenade does not give any kind of warning as to where and when it will strike, giving the player no time to dodge.

Locations

Very rarely found in weapon crates around the map, mostly in military bases and outposts. Weapon crates in the Illapa base have a comparably higher chance of spawning Lightning Guns.
Unlocked for supply drop after completing Meteolab Grab and securing the Phuyu-Kuni region.

Trivia

This is the successor to the eDEN Spark from Just Cause 3, as both are "lightning guns".
- With that said, the Lightning Gun's primary fire is very underwhelming compared to the eDEN Spark, as the latter has infinite ammo, a much higher damage per second and a much larger, explosive damage radius. Some say this weapon is "inferior" while comparing this weapon to the eDEN Spark.
This is one of the three (four with DLC) experimental prototype weapons in the game. The other two (or three) are the RG-PBA 9 Railgun, the PWC V4.2 Wind Gun and the Stormalong EM Zero.
This is one of the three weapons that use a bar representation for ammo. The others are the Stormalong EM Zero and the PWC V4.2 Wind Gun.
There is a glitch that makes the storm grenade's lightning strikes look strange. Although the strikes and the explosions last for less than a second, one may notice a strange greyish rectangular shape that appears for a brief instant before instantly disappearing. See the Gallery. This seems to have been fixed as of some patch.
Another way to harness a lightning storm is to go to Zona Dos or Meteolab and toggle the lightning storm console.
- Unlike a lightning storm in Zona Dos or Meteolab, the storm grenade doesn't cause darkness or rain. It does not affect the surrounding area's weather, whereas Zona Dos/Meteolab storms always come with bad weather.
For some reason, the game calls it the DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun" with quotation marks. Perhaps its real name is just DA 9.3?
- In the game, the name of the PWC V4.2 Wind Gun also has quotation marks around the words "Wind Gun".
Locally stored game files reveal that excluding the mini-explosion and the lightning strikes summoned into the area, the animation, behavior and model of the storm grenade itself is the same as the SW9 Assault Rifle's grenade.
This weapon's primary fire cannot electrocute targets through riot shields or the shields deployed as Secondary Fire on Defender Machine Guns. In reality, the electricity would conduct through the presumably metal shield and electrocute the shield wielder, unless the shield is in direct contact with the ground or another conductive object.
This weapon's primary fire is possibly based after the real-life experimental electrolaser system. The way in which the Lightning Gun charges up for a short time can be speculated as an electrolaser's charge-up, and the reason behind how this weapon fires the electric beam so accurately and straight without a conductive wire of sorts can be speculated as an electrolaser's LIPC (Laser-Induced Plasma Channel).
- While there are experimental ways (1 and 2) to use an LIPC electro-laser to manipulate lightning strikes, there has to be a natural thunderstorm already present. In addition, this requires a large amount of high-end technology and equipment. It is just not possible to create a thunderstorm out of some sort of grenade.
Unlike the eDEN Spark from Just Cause 3, the secondary fire's lightning bolts (both blue and white) will only last for a very short fraction of a second and then disappear, like a real flash of lightning.
A mod for the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun can be found here. The mod increases damage and range, and gives it infinite ammo as well as the ability to propel objects backwards, similar to the PWC V4.2 Wind Gun.
It's not known what the letters and numbers in the name mean. They might not stand for anything, perhaps just being a designation.

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+|type = Experimental directed energy /<br/>electroshock/<br/>weather weapon
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+|ammo-max = Primary: 1300 (units, not actual countable bullets)<br/>Secondary: 4 storm grenades
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+|ammo-mag = Primary: 1000 (units, not actual countable bullets)<br/>Secondary: 1 storm grenade
-|unlock = Secure the [[Phuyu-Kuni]] region
+|unlock = Secure the [[Phuyu-Kuni]] region (complete [[Meteolab Grab]])
 |owners = [[Black Hand in JC4|Black Hand]] (never seen in use)<br/>[[Army of Chaos]] (never seen in use)<br/>[[Rico]] (if he wants one)
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+The '''DA 9.3 Lightning Gun''' (aka '''DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun"''', the name that the game seemingly prefers to use) is a weapon in [[Just Cause 4]].
-The '''DA 9.3 Lightning Gun''' ('''DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun"''' according to HUD and AR Scan) is a weapon in [[Just Cause 4]].
 ==Description==
-This weapon is a experimental prototype weapon that fires lightning instead of bullets. Arguably, it is an extremely powerful weapon. As its name literally states so, this gun is a lightning gun. Its primary function fires a continuous stream of powerful, high-damage lightning while its [[secondary fire]] fires a grenade that summons a lightning storm which makes extremely high-damage bolts of lightning strike targets in the area. While there appears to be some sort of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_weapon_sight holographic scope] on it, the only player-interactive aiming gear on it is a simple cross-hair. Despite this, it still has high accuracy while firing the primary fire.
+As the name implies, it is an experimental/prototype weapon that "shoots" lightning (electricity, really) instead of ordinary ammunition. Its primary fire emits a continuous stream of electricity while triggering [[secondary fire]] launches a grenade that summons a [[thunderstorm]], making lightning strike targets in the immediate vicinity.
 ==Appearance==
-This weapon appears to be a futuristic, sci-fi weapon. Its overall shape somewhat resembles a shotgun, but this weapon is thicker than a shotgun and has electrical cables and other odd parts on it. It is mostly white and grey with a few yellow and brown parts. There seems to be some sort of a brown horizontal grip mounted below the barrel of gun. Clearly, it is unique and does not resemble any real life weapons. Based on the unusual, post-modern and electronic style of its appearance (along with the fact that it shoots lightning), it is an experimental, prototype weapon.
+The weapon bears a futuristic, sci-fi theme. Its overall shape somewhat resembles a shotgun, but the barrel of the Lightning Gun is thicker than that of most single-barreled shotguns. It's actually a bullpup, because the lightning battery (what it uses as ammunition) fits behind the main grip, as revealed in the reload animation. It has electrical cables, battery-like devices and other odd electronic parts on it. It is mostly white and grey with a few yellow and red parts. Sometimes, it may appear somewhat brownish, but this is just the lighting and the heavy yellow filter of the game (the closeup was taken with the yellow filter lessened). What appears to be a grey barrel shroud is mounted on the forend of the weapon, beneath the barrel. A green, night-vision-colored sight (resembles a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflector_sight reflex RDS], except its completely green) is equipped as well. It is entirely cosmetic and does not function in the game.
+The weapon is unique and it is safe to say that it does not draw inspiration from any real life weapons.
 ==Performance==
-This weapon's primary fire shoots a continuous powerful stream of "lightning" while its secondary fire summons lightning which strikes targets in the area, and is powerful enough to easily and quickly take out even the toughest targets. This weapon is among the most powerful of JC4, and arguably it is the most powerful.
+This weapon's primary fire shoots a continuous stream of "lightning" while its secondary fire launches a "storm grenade", which summons lightning to strike targets in the area. Primary fire is effective against infantry and most [[chaos objects]], but not so much against heavy armor, especially [[Armored Vehicle|armored vehicles]]. The lightning from the secondary fire has high damage output, but is imprecise and may not always work in the player's favor.
-Ammunition for this weapon can only come from [[supply drop]], or rarely from [[weapon crates]] because no NPCs- [[Black Hand]] soldiers or [[Army of Chaos]] rebels- wield this gun.
+Ammunition for this weapon can only come from [[supply drop]], or rarely from [[weapon crates]] because no NPCs- [[Black Hand]] soldiers or [[Army of Chaos]] rebels- wield this gun.
 ===Primary fire===
+Holding down the primary fire button will charge up the weapon for a brief period of time (less than half a second). After the short charge up, the weapon emits a completely straight beam of blue-white electricity. Spread and recoil is virtually nonexistent, making this one of the most accurate weapons in the game. That being said, the electric arc obstructs view of small targets (such as infantry) far away, making it difficult to aim at longer ranges. The weapon has short to medium effective range, as the electricity beam just disappears completely if it travels for more than ~100 meters without coming to contact with anything. Each mag can hold up to 1000 units of ammunition, which allows for prelonged fire before needing to reload. Strangely enough, the weapon can hold a maximum of two mags, with the second being much smaller and holding up to 300 units. Although the HUD sometimes displays the ammunition units remaining, its normal ammunition readout is a bar, representing the amount of ammo left in the mag.
-This weapon has short to medium range for it to be effective. This weapon has a rather strange kind of ammunition: a somewhat large clip of 1000 "bullets" that can be in use for a long time and a smaller clip consisting of 300 "bullets". Although this weapon's HUD can under some circumstances display the "bullets", its normal ammunition readout is a bar. The bar represents the clip, and the amount filled in the bar is the ammunition you have. As the gun is in use, the filled parts of the bar decrease until it is empty. When that happens, Rico reloads the gun.
-The weapon's primary fire is probably classified as anti-infantry because it can usually take out heavily armored units in a short period of time. This is also because it can eliminate numerous enemies in one area. This weapon can kill targets very quickly under some circumstances. Assuming the weapon is being fired at a target at most 30 meters away, it takes roughly a third of a second to kill an unarmored [[Black Hand in JC4|Black Hand private]]; 1.5 seconds to kill an armored [[Black Hand in JC4|Black Hand Elite, Machine Gunner, or Riot Shielder]]; 5-6 seconds to kill a [[Black Hand in JC4|Colonel]]; and 7-8 seconds to kill a [[Black Hand in JC4|Titan]]. Note: this weapon can deal much more damage at close range then long, as shooting at a private from a distance of 50-60 meters takes around a second to kill him, while shooting a Titan at less than 10 meters from him would kill him in around 3 seconds. Strangely, this weapon's primary fire can rarely penetrate the shield of a Riot Shielder or [[Defender Machine Gun]]. Why this is so is unknown. See the Trivia section below.
+The weapon's primary fire is fairly versatile, being effective against infantry, most [[chaos objects]], [[Small Destructibles|small destructibles]]. and unarmored vehicles. It is capable of downing a [[Black Hand in JC4|Black Hand private]] in under a third of a second. Soldiers equipped with body armor are noticeably more resilient, but just over half a second of continous electrocution should kill them (save for Titans and Colonels/Super Elites, who can stand up to several seconds of continuous fire). Strangely, the electric current is unable to go through the shield of a Riot Shielder or [[Defender Machine Gun]]. See the Trivia section below.
-As one could expect from an electroshock weapon like a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser Taser], this weapon does no extra head shot damage to infantry. This is balanced by the fact that this weapon can kill enemies wearing body armor very quickly.
+As one could expect from an electroshock weapon like a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser Taser], there are no bonus damage points for zapping enemy person in different parts of the body; hence, there is no need to aim for the head.
+The Lightning Gun is noticeably more effective at destroying chaos objects than most small-arms. However, it is no substitute for an [[RPG]] or [[Grenade Launcher|grenade launcher]].
-Besides being a powerful weapon against infantry, the primary fire of this weapon is also effective against chaos objects depending upon distance from the target. Most of the time, this weapon can take out chaos objects over twice as fast as normal assault rifles, submachine guns or machine guns can.
-Although the primary fire is powerful, it is rather ineffective against vehicles. It takes about 7-8 seconds of continuous lightning to destroy an armored personnel carrier, and 15 seconds or more to destroy a tank. From a far distance, it takes even longer. Armored vehicles can be taken care of with the Lightning Gun's secondary fire, the storm grenade (See Secondary Fire section).
+That being said, the weapon suffers in terms of anti-vehicle abilities. Even completely unarmored civilian vehicles can stand up to a few seconds of continuous fire; as one may expect, it is practically useless against tanks and armored warships. Armored vehicles can be taken care of with the Lightning Gun's secondary fire, the storm grenade.
-As the primary fire is continuously being used, the lightning beam will intensify, meaning more damage is dealt over a shorter time. This is shown by the thickening of the beam, the brighter blue the lightning glows, the enlargement of the charred spots where the lightning hits, the higher pitch of the lightning gun's crackling, humming sound, and the faster enemies are killed/destroyed. Continuously using the primary fire has its pros and cons: this uses up a lot of ammunition, but it also increases the lightning beam's damage over time so that it can take out armored vehicles - APCs and even light tanks included - within a matter of seconds.
 ===Secondary/Alternative Fire===
+Note: This section has a lot to do with a [[Lightning storm]]. See that article for additional related information.
-Triggering [[secondary fire]] whilst using the weapon will emit/launch/fire a storm grenade. Upon impact, the grenade will explode in a small flash of light bluish electricity that will trigger explosives or cause infantry hit to stagger but only take little damage. The grenade will then summon a lightning/thunderstorm. The storm's lightning bolts will strike nearby targets, dealing an extremely high damage to them. The lightning strikes things of all sorts nearby the center of the place where the storm grenade has been fired at.
+Triggering [[secondary fire]] whilst using the weapon will launch a storm grenade. Upon impact, the grenade will explode in a small flash of sparks that will trigger explosives or cause disorient infantry but only take little damage. Within seconds, a [[lightning storm|lightning/thunderstorm]] shows up. Lightning will strike targets in the immediate vicinity of the storm grenade.
-The weapon's secondary fire is probably best classified as anti-armor because the storm grenade's lightning strikes, especially the tremendously powerful blue lightning bolt that strikes at the end, can take out just about all enemies under any circumstances in an instant. While this weapon's primary fire may take a while to destroy vehicles, the secondary fire can destroy any vehicle very quickly.
+====Lightning types====
-One could consider the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun's secondary fire storm grenade as a strategic weapon. While the storm's lightning strikes may target and strike civilians, Army of Chaos soldiers or even Rico, a lightning strike deals a massive amount of damage, able to take out even the toughest, most armored, most durable targets in a blast or two. This makes the storm grenade a very effective weapon against multiple or many armored enemies all in one area. The player can consider it as a weapon similar to [[artillery]] support, as [[artillery]] has high damage but low accuracy, resulting in the destruction of enemies in a certain area.
+'''Main article:''' [[Lightning storm]] and its sections [[Lightning storm#White_lightning|White lightning]], [[Lightning storm#Blue_lightning|Blue lightning]] and [[Lightning storm#Powerful_blue_lightning|Powerful blue lightning]].
+There are actually three types of lightning: white, blue, and powerful blue (blue+)+. They vary in damage output, color, and explosion radius, with white being the lowest in all three factors, blue in the middle and powerful blue being the highest. White strikes are only effective against infantry, blue strikes can take on armored and unarmored vehicles, and powerful blue strikes can destroy pretty much any destructible object caught in the blast.
-The weapon's secondary fire is powerful enough that any vehicle or personnel caught in the storm can be instantly destroyed/killed should lightning hit them. The storm grenade first harnesses a combination of damaging white and powerful blue lightning strikes, in a continuously repetitive pattern of 4-5 white lightning blasts, then one blue lightning strike. After numerous times of repeating the pattern, a thick, electric-blue bolt of lightning comes down from the sky, destroying all types of objects in the game in one shot, not including indestructible items like terrain and buildings. It creates a massive blue electrical explosion, and the strike plus its explosion only lasts an instant, no more than a second.
+====Strategies====
-A white lightning blast, the standard and by far most common type of lightning in the storm, only deals instant kill damage to infantry and can only deal somewhat minor damage to other objects, including chaos objects and vehicles. However, it is capable of killing all types of infantry in one hit, including [[Black Hand in JC4|Titans]] and [[Black Hand in JC4|Colonels]], but not Rico. A white lightning blast is also capable of dealing significantly heavy damage to a lightly armored vehicle (or not) such as the [[Warrior Offroader]], [[Daggershark Jetboat]] or Black Hand [[Vagabundo Buggy]]. If Rico gets directly hit from it, he will almost be killed and the screen will turn black-and-white. A white lightning strike is best used against infantry (with or without body armor, it doesn't make much of a difference) and unarmored or lightly armored vehicles.
+However powerful this weapon may be, this weapon still has its fair share of downsides. Lightning does not discriminate between friend or foe, meaning enemies (Black Hand facilities/assets (eg chaos objects), vehicles, soldiers), allies ([[Army of Chaos]] rebels and their vehicles), neutrals ([[civilians]], civilians'/unoccupied cars), and even Rico can all be struck and often killed/destroyed by lightning. As a result, it is advised not to use storm grenades when carrying out missions that require certain objects and/or people to remain intact (undestroyed) and/or alive, despite the fact that said entities often possess an incredible amount of plot armor.
+Besides the lightning sometimes not hitting the player's intended target, the storm grenade does not always work outside of the rain forest or grassland [[Climate of Solís|biomes]]. Also note that the secondary fire strikes targets without warning. Lightning from a usual [[lightning storm]] with rain and clouds causes sparks to crackle on its target before striking, giving the player time to stay clear of the area. Lightning summoned from the Lightning Gun's storm grenade does not give any kind of warning as to where and when it will strike, giving the player no time to dodge.
-A blue lightning blast, much more powerful than a white one but not as powerful as the final, electric-blue one, can kill all types of infantry including Rico instantly in one shot whatsoever, and can instantly destroy Wind Cannons or APCs. One of these strikes is already powerful enough to take out three-quarters the armor/health/hit-points of a [[Warchief Assault Tank]] or a [[Prizefighter Tank]] making it critically damaged and almost destroyed. This is indicated by the vehicle appearing to be cracked, misshapen, charred and flaming. This type of lightning can also destroy an [[Armadillo 9M]] or a [[Bloodhound Siege Heli]] in a single hit. Just two of these blue lightning bolts are powerful enough to critically damage a [[Conquistador Warship]], making it almost destroyed. Almost all Chaos Objects, large or small, armored or not, can be destroyed by one strike of this type of lightning. The blue lightning blast makes a large explosion of mostly blue and partly white electricity that engulfs its target and most likely instantly destroys it.
-A blue lightning blast is best used against heavily armored vehicles and/or targets like the two heavy tanks (The [[Warchief Assault Tank]] and the [[Prizefighter Tank]]) or armored boats (like the [[Stormwater Patrol Boat]]). If there are no heavily armored threats in the area, the player can still use this powerful type of lightning against less but still armored targets like light tanks including the [[Pointman Scout Tank]], [[Falconer AA Tank]] or even slightly armored (when compared to tanks) vehicles such as APCs (like the [[Reptile AAV]] or [[Cavalry Armored Truck]]). This type of lightning strike is also powerful enough to destroy most types of armored stationary objects in one strike, so it can be used against large, armor-plated chaos objects like [https://justcause.fandom.com/wiki/Generators_in_Sol%C3%ADs#Large_red_one_with_large_pipes Large Generators].
-At the end of the storm period, a final, extremely powerful and destructive bolt of lightning strikes. This lightning bolt can be identified by the electric-blue beam being thicker and larger than other lightning bolts, and the massive explosion of blue electricity it makes when coming to contact with the ground. Its damage output is tremendously, extremely high. This lightning bolt only occurs once per storm and will hit wherever the storm grenade was fired at, whether there are targets there or not. This ultra-powerful blue lightning strike is manually aimed, so it is best to make it strike the toughest, most armored enemies (by directly firing the storm grenade at the target) such as the [[Conquistador Warship]], [[Spearhead Transport]] or a very large and durable/armored chaos object like the [https://justcause.fandom.com/wiki/Radars_in_Sol%C3%ADs#Enormous_radar_dish largest type of radar dish].
-It is proven through testing on many different armored targets that the final blue lightning bolt can completely penetrate all ''destructible'' objects'/soldier's/vehicle's armor in one strike of lightning (completely indestructible objects such as buildings, terrain, walls etc will remain unharmed, but they can be charred/cracked/burnt. See below). Be it [[:Category:Just Cause 4 Vehicles|heavy tanks, armored boats, APCs,]] [[artillery]], destructible but very armored fortifications, other military facilities/black hand infrastructure or more, the blue strike of lightning would utterly obliterate them in one strike. Anything - destructible or not - hit by the final bolt of lightning will appear charred and flaming. If objects struck by this type of lightning have any remains, those remains appear to be bent and molten, as their surface is glowing orange and take some sort of liquid form. This result can be speculated as the lightning's high heat melting and vaporizing the target, making it collapse or blow up.
-No matter what target it is in the target area/explosion of the final, most powerful lightning blast, it would be destroyed without a single remain (such as vehicle/military asset structures) nor a trace of its past existence except for flaming dust and ash. This lightning blast is so powerful that it is capable of instantly destroying even the toughest destructibles in the game, from a [[Warchief Assault Tank]], [[Bloodhound Siege Heli]], Titan and Colonel, to a [[SkyCastle Cargo Jet]], [[Conquistador Warship]], the massive [[Spearhead Transport]] (along with everything on the transport), and the largest of [[:Sabotage destructable objects|chaos objects]], which includes even the heavily armored, very durable and very difficult to destroy [https://justcause.fandom.com/wiki/Radars_in_Sol%C3%ADs#Enormous_radar_dish enormous radar dish] worth 10,000 Chaos Points in one single blast. The last strike of blue lightning can also instantly kill any type of soldier, leaving no remains except their weapons and ammunition.
-The last lightning strike will also leave an "illusion" crater, meaning that it only appears as a smoldering hole but has the same properties and behaves as normal terrain (the ground/floor). The crater appears to be a charred black spot on the ground along with a deep hole filled with flames and smoldering, bright orangeish liquid, probably molten materials melted by the lightning.
-An effective way to use the storm grenade is to fire it at a crammed area of heavily armored chaos objects. After the white and blue lightning striking period is over, the blue lightning bolt would hit approximately around your target area. As it can destroy all destructible items, the final blue lightning bolt’s explosion would completely and utterly pulverize the armored objects in its large radius. This makes it efficient to quickly gain lots of Chaos points to get squads. This strategy can also be used when surrounded by many tanks and/or other armored vehicles, as the lightning would take them all out in a few strikes of lightning. This is also an effective way to loose heat by zapping and destroying enemies chasing Rico. Yet another way to use the storm grenade is to clear out an area filled with many enemies- infantry, vehicles, tanks or (somewhat rarely) boats- that the player has trouble approaching. The lightning can easily, quickly take out even the strongest, toughest enemies while Rico can stay out of harm's way and wait for the storm to kill/destroy most of the threats.
-However powerful this weapon may be, this does not mean the weapon has its downsides. The lightning, and the blue lightning strike in particular, does not discriminate between ally or enemy, meaning enemies (Black Hand facilities/assets, Black Hand vehicles, Black Hand soldiers), allies ([[Army of Chaos]] soldiers and Army of Chaos vehicles), neutrals (civilians, cars), and even Rico can all be caught in the blast. This can result in heavily damaging/killing Rico or killing friendly rebel forces. The main blue lightning bolt that strikes at the end of the storm, as described in the above few paragraphs, can destroy most things, which also includes an instant and definite one-shot-kill for Rico, making it dangerous for the player to stay in the area where the lightning is striking.The storm grenade is also not advised to use when doing missions requiring the of protecting/escorting specific people/objects. This is because the lightning strike is very powerful and will deal heavy damage to otherwise mission-critical characters such as hackers, Mira, Sheldon etc or important objects like radar towers, transmitters, communication masts etc (despite there extremely high health), resulting in failure of these types of missions. In short, don't use the storm grenade near mission-important stuff/people.
-The storm grenade is also not the easiest used secondary fire for a weapon. Besides the lightning sometimes not hitting Rico's intended target, the storm grenade does not always work outside of the rain forest or grassland biome. The rain forest and grassland biome is the only place where the secondary fire is guaranteed to work. Also note that the secondary fire strikes targets without warning. While a lightning storm not triggered from this weapon causes sparks to crackle on its target before striking, this weapon's secondary fire causes lightning to instantly strike, giving Rico no time to dodge. While the lightning doesn't directly, intentionally strike the player (as in it won't strike vehicles Rico is in or Rico himself), it may strike a helicopter Rico is hanging/stunting on or a vehicle Rico is standing on, resulting in killing or at least heavily damaging Rico.
-After testing by some people, it is believed that approximately 30% or more of the numerous white lightning strikes triggered by the storm grenade are "decoration lightning", meaning that they exist only to contribute to the appearance of the storm grenade’s storm. These white strikes of lightning are somewhat proven to deal no damage since they only make soldiers stagger back and freeze for a while. Sometimes, these lightning strikes just fade out in mid air, which could be speculated as cloud-to-air or cloud-to-cloud lightning. They are easily identified by the fact that the decorative bolts of lightning make no explosion when coming to contact with the ground, if they do hit the ground.
-On top of that, to ensure the lightning storm strikes the player's designated area, always make sure the storm grenade comes to contact with the desired target. This is because the final, super-powerful lightning bolt only strikes once so it is best not to waste the final blue lightning strike. More importantly though, if the storm grenade does not hit the ground near the player's target area, the lightning will strike where the storm grenade ends up. For example, firing the storm grenade at the sky, artillery-style will result in the storm grenade hitting somewhere far away. The lightning storm will then spawn in that area instead of the place the player wanted it to be. Since that area is so far away, the game will not render it in, so no lightning will seem to strike at all (unless the player gets close to the area).
 ==Locations==
-*Extremely rarely found in [[weapon crates]] around the map, mostly in military bases. They may spawn randomly. If not, below are the known locations:
+*Very rarely found in [[weapon crates]] around the map, mostly in military bases and outposts. Weapon crates in the [[Illapa]] base have a comparably higher chance of spawning Lightning Guns.
+*Unlocked for [[supply drop]] after completing [[Meteolab Grab]] and securing the [[Phuyu-Kuni]] region.
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-*Unlocked for [[supply drop]] after completing [[Meteolab Grab]] and securing the [[Phuyu-Kuni]] region.
 ==Trivia==
-*This can be considered the successor to the [[eDEN Spark]] from [[Just Cause 3]]: a lightning-harnessing gun similar to the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun's secondary fire.
+*This is the successor to the [[eDEN Spark]] from [[Just Cause 3]], as both are "lightning guns".
-**While it can be considered the successor to the eDEN Spark, some think that the eDEN Spark is more powerful than this weapon due to the fact that the former has infinite ammo and notably more damage and radius (than the primary fire, as the blue-colored lightning bolts of the secondary fire of the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun deals more or less about the same damage as the eDEN Spark).
+**With that said, the Lightning Gun's primary fire is very underwhelming compared to the eDEN Spark, as the latter has infinite ammo, a much higher damage per second and a much larger, explosive damage radius. Some say this weapon is "inferior" while comparing this weapon to the eDEN Spark.
-*This is one of the three (four with DLC) experimental prototype weapons in the game. The other two are the [[RG-PBA 9 Railgun]], the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]] and the [[Stormalong EM Zero]].
+*This is one of the three (four with DLC) experimental prototype weapons in the game. The other two (or three) are the [[RG-PBA 9 Railgun]], the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]] and the [[Stormalong EM Zero]].
-*This is one of the three weapons that use a bar representation for ammo. The others are the [[Stormalong EM Zero]] and the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]].
+*This is one of the three weapons that use a bar representation for ammo. The others are the [[Stormalong EM Zero]] and the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]].
+*There is a [[Just Cause 4 Bugs and glitches|glitch]] that makes the storm grenade's lightning strikes look strange. Although the strikes and the explosions last for less than a second, one may notice a strange greyish rectangular shape that appears for a brief instant before instantly disappearing. See the Gallery. This seems to have been fixed as of some [[Just Cause 4 Patch history|patch]].
-*In terms of maximum possible damage output (including [[secondary fire]]) in [[Just Cause 4]], the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun is likely the most powerful weapon. However, it is obvious the [[AT3-X RPG]]'s primary fire (secondary fire is lock-on so it doesn't make a difference in damage) or the [[RG-PBA 9 Railgun]]'s primary fire is much more powerful than this weapon's primary fire.
-*Another way to harness a lightning storm is to go to [[Zona Dos]] or [[Meteolab]] and toggle the lightning storm console.
+*Another way to harness a lightning storm is to go to [[Zona Dos]] or [[Meteolab]] and toggle the lightning storm console.
-**Unlike a lightning storm in [[Zona Dos]] or [[Meteolab]], the storm grenade doesn't cause darkness or rain. Instead, lightning comes out of plain daylight instead of dark clouds like they do in Zona Dos' storm.
+**Unlike a lightning storm in [[Zona Dos]] or [[Meteolab]], the storm grenade doesn't cause darkness or rain. It does not affect the surrounding area's weather, whereas Zona Dos/Meteolab storms always come with bad weather.
-*For some reason, the game calls it the DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun" with quotation marks. Perhaps its real name is just DA 9.3? However, this is just speculation.
+*For some reason, the game calls it the DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun" with quotation marks. Perhaps its real name is just DA 9.3?
-**In the game, the names of [[RG-PBA 9 Railgun]] and [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]] also have quotation marks in them.
+**In the game, the name of the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]] also has quotation marks around the words "Wind Gun".
-*Game files reveal that excluding the mini-explosion and the lightning strikes summoned into the area, the animation and behavior of the storm grenade itself is the same as that of the [[SW9 Assault Rifle]]'s grenade.
+*[[Modding|Locally stored game files]] reveal that excluding the mini-explosion and the lightning strikes summoned into the area, the animation, behavior and model of the storm grenade itself is the same as the [[SW9 Assault Rifle]]'s grenade.
-*This weapon's primary fire cannot electrocute targets through riot shields or the shields deployed as Secondary Fire on Defender Machine Guns. In reality, the electricity would conduct through the presumably metal shield and electrocute the shield wielder.
+*This weapon's primary fire cannot electrocute targets through riot shields or the shields deployed as Secondary Fire on Defender Machine Guns. In reality, the electricity would conduct through the presumably metal shield and electrocute the shield wielder, unless the shield is in direct contact with the ground or another conductive object.
-*This weapon's primary fire is possibly based after the real-world experimental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser electrolaser] system. How the lightning gun charges up for a short time can be speculated as an electrolaser's charge-up, and the reason behind how this weapon fires the electric beam so accurately and straight instead of having electricity veering off to electric-conductive objects can be speculated as an electrolaser's LIPC (Laser-Induced Plasma Channel).
+*This weapon's primary fire is possibly based after the real-life experimental [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser electrolaser] system. The way in which the Lightning Gun charges up for a short time can be speculated as an electrolaser's charge-up, and the reason behind how this weapon fires the electric beam so accurately and straight without a conductive wire of sorts can be speculated as an electrolaser's LIPC (Laser-Induced Plasma Channel).
-**While there are expermimental ways ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser 1] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy 2]) to use an LIPC electro-laser to manipulate lightning strikes, there has to be a thunderstorm already present, plus it requires stationary equipment. It is just not possible (at least currently) to create a thunderstorm out of some sort of grenade.
+**While there are experimental ways ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser 1] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy 2]) to use an LIPC electro-laser to manipulate lightning strikes, there has to be a natural thunderstorm already present. In addition, this requires a large amount of high-end technology and equipment. It is just not possible to create a thunderstorm out of some sort of grenade.
+*Unlike the [[eDEN Spark]] from [[Just Cause 3]], the secondary fire's lightning bolts (both blue and white) will only last for a very short fraction of a second and then disappear, like a real flash of lightning.
-*For more information about or related to the lightning storm like the one that the gun's secondary fire harnesses, see [[lightning storm]].
+*A [[mod]] for the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun can be found [https://justcause4mods.com/mods/lightning-gun/ here]. The mod increases damage and range, and gives it infinite ammo as well as the ability to propel objects backwards, similar to the [[PWC V4.2 Wind Gun]].
-*Unlike the [[eDEN Spark]] from [[Just Cause 3]], the secondary fire's lightning bolts (both blue and white) will only last for a very short fraction of a second and then disappear, like a real-life flash of lightning.
+*It's not known what the letters and numbers in the name mean. They might not stand for anything, perhaps just being a designation.
-*A [[mod]] for the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun can be found [https://justcause4mods.com/mods/lightning-gun/ here] .
-==Video==
-[[File:JUST CAUSE 4 - Lightning Gun Gameplay (A Shocking & Powerful Weapon!)|thumb|center|670px|DA 9.3 Lightning Gun Gameplay]]
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 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
+DA 9.3 lightning gun.png|Held by [[Rico]].
-Just-Cause-4-jagatplay-part-1-163.jpg|The DA 9.3 Lightning gun's primary fire in use. Note the ammunition bar HUD showing that the gun has just over half of a clip of ammo and three remaining storm grenades.
+DA 9.3 Lightning Gun being fired.jpg|The Lightning Gun's primary fire in use. Note the ammunition bar HUD showing that the gun has just over half of a magazine of ammunition and three remaining storm grenades.
-DA Lightning gun firing.jpg|The DA 9.3 Lightning gun firing. The HUD shows full ammo. Note the name: DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun".
-DA 9.3 Lightning Gun storm grenade.png|The DA 9.3 Lightning gun's storm grenade's final blue lightning strike.
+DA Lightning gun firing.jpg|The gun firing. The HUD shows full ammunition. Note the name: DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun".
-DA 9.3 lightning gun.png|Rico holding the DA 9.3 Lightning Gun.
 JC4 4 lightning hits at Zona Dos.png|White lightning strikes.
 JC4 balloon factory lightning strike.png|Blue lightning strike.
+Blue lightning bolt.png|A powerful blue lightning strike, but this is part of a Zona Dos storm.
+White lightning strike.png|Same as before.
+Lightning strike glitch.png|The weird grayish shape.
+File:DA93CA.jpg
 </gallery>
+==Videos==
+[[File:JUST CAUSE 4 - Lightning Gun Gameplay (A Shocking & Powerful Weapon!)|left|600px|Player using DA 9.3 Lightning Gun to complete a region strike.]]
+[[File:Just Cause 4 "Lightning Gun" Gameplay|left|600px|DA 9.3 Lightning Gun freeroam gameplay]]
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v • d • e Weapons in Just Cause 4


Assault rifles	SW2 Rodelero Rifle · SW7-PBA Assault Rifle · SW9 Assault Rifle

Shotguns	Cazador 18 Shotgun · CC10 Shotgun · PBX Auto-Slug 4

Sniper rifles	LRD-3 Sniper · PBX Super-Sniper 4 · Zopilote Sniper Rifle

Explosive weapons	Anti-Tanque-1 RPG · AT3-X RPG · AT7 RPG · PGL-6 Grenade Launcher

"Experimental"	DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun" · PWC V4.2 "Wind Gun" · RG-PBA 9 Railgun

Machine guns	Bárbaro Machine Gun · Defender Machine Gun

Other	21-J Smart-Rifle · PBX Mine Launcher 2A7 · SMG-2 · Common article for artillery

Special	Grappler · SAMs in Solís · Land mines · Naval mines · Common article for unusable weapons · Cow Gun

DLC	Renegade Drone Rifle · Cluster Bomb Launcher · Deathstalker Scorpion Rifle · Demon Crossbow · Tendrilizer · Golden Gear Shotgun · Niagara 9mm Bullpup · Sequoia 370 Mag-Slug · Stormalong EM Zero · The Dragon · Yellowstone Auto Sniper

DA 9.3 "Lightning Gun"
Weapon closeup.
Weapon in Just Cause 4
Type	Experimental directed energy / electroshock/ weather weapon
Usage	Two handed
Maximum ammunition carried	Primary: 1300 (units, not actual countable bullets) Secondary: 4 storm grenades
Maximum ammunition in the weapon	Primary: 1000 (units, not actual countable bullets) Secondary: 1 storm grenade
To unlock	Secure the Phuyu-Kuni region (complete Meteolab Grab)
List of owners	Black Hand (never seen in use) Army of Chaos (never seen in use) Rico (if he wants one)