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Alternative methods of heat management include built-in venting mechanisms, which force the gun to vent large amounts of waste heat from built-in heat sinks to ensure functionality of the weapon isn't compromised. These venting systems are common on larger kinetic weapons such as tanks, armored vehicles, and exosuits, which cannot make use of the swappable thermal clips available to infantry. Most such systems will typically vent waste heat after each shot, though the crew manning the weapon can block this to ensure sustained fire rates until necessity forces a pause in firing to allow the weapon to vent the heat.
Coolant systems are another way in which waste heat can be managed in a kinetic weapon. Utilizing the same method of heat management from directed energy weapons, some kinetic weapons can be connected to a coolant capable which will either pump the outside of a firing chamber with coolant to minimize waste heat, or connect the weapon to a coolant pack typically carried on the back by the soldier and leech heat from the weapon during operation. Both systems remain in use, as the former will allow for coolant to be cycled in and out of the weapon with relative ease, while the latter reduces the weight of the coolant by simply drawing heat up the cable and into the coolant pack for dissipation.
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