Gimballed weapons

I have to say that I initially thought that gimballed weapons were wasteful of energy/ammo, less precise and susceptible to chaff in the case of lasers.

I am a convert now though because despite their aforesaid limitations they are quicker at ending the battle.... especially my twin beam lasers. They really keep the heat up on the target. All I have to do is balance my Cobras power to increase the duration I can paint the target before thermal overload.

For tricky opponents I've been using a heat sink to keep the pressure on.