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>Being that said, its stupid their beam output is strong. They are a small unit where probably about half the real-state is gone in propulsion and yet their output shames other bigger weapons (eg. beam rifles).
Agreed. Also funnels were never powerful endgame weapons. They were always limited and considered a moderate obstacle at best. During OYW, they could only be mounted on large mobile armors and couldn't change the outcome of the war. During Zeta, the Quebely put up a good fight against Zeta Gundam, but Kamille eventually came up with ways to deal with funnels. Like using targeting the Quebely directly with rope missiles, nets, scattering beam shots, and my favorite "beam confuse". By CCA, funnels were improved but they only have a limited amount of shots and propellent. In Unicorn, the Federation developed exploding scatter shot rocket which send shrapnel over a large area. That's how the Stark Jegan destroyed half of Kshatriya's funnels.