Over the course of four years after the Battle of Shiganshina District, other members of the Scouting Regiment have received training in the usage of Thunder Spears, and their team-level utilizations. It is a maneuver that requires three successive attacks: the first to blind the target, the second to break the protective shell, and the third one to kill. In preparation for defeating the Armored Titan, Squad Levi did not have much time to train, but Hange carefully placed their troops so that they would be in an optimal position to attack. Later, they were used as anti-Titan and anti-fortification weapons against the War Hammer Titan, and the Anti-Titan Artillery that the Marleyan military acquired after their war with the Mid-East Allied Forces. While it is also capable of damaging other types of Titans, it was designed solely to kill Reiner, the Armored Titan. Without a proper surrounding, the user is easily liable to get caught in the explosion. So much so, that it is only useful in a specific type of situation where after use, immediate retreat to close structures via ODM gear is possible. But this weapon plays the role of a double-edged sword, as it is a danger to its user as well as the Titan. The Thunder Spears are a weapon which enables a human team to efficiently launch a surprise attack against the Armored Titan. Hange's interpretation of the Thunder Spears' lethality This development also introduced an alternate activation sequence that launches the Thunder Spear afar, pulling the safety pin with the Spear's own movement momentum but keeping the explosion on hold until it comes in contact with a solid surface. Four years later during the Raid on Liberio, a single wave of comparable count obliterated the Cart Titan and the Panzer Unit in their metal shelter in a much larger explosion. During the Battle of Shiganshina District where it debuted, two waves of several Thunder Spears only managed to destory down to half of Reiner Braun's human head and exposing him from his Titan's nape. The developments not only increased the capacity, but also the destructive power. Later developments and specific modifications can increase the number to up to four on each arm, making eight in total. Initially, only one was carried on each arm and making two in total, while excluding reserves that can be carried on the back. The time taken for the second charge to fuse and cause explosion is near instant, but nevertheless enough for users of the Vertical maneuvering equipment to move away safely. This causes a tremendous explosion which makes the projectile penetrate even more into the target. When that string is cut, a safety pin is pulled and the second charge is activated. The projectile, connected by a string to the main engine, is launched with enough power to penetrate hardened Titan skin. These weapons work as a two-stage rocket: an initial charge launches the projectile by pressing a special trigger in the handle of the device. Hange, the creator of the Thunder Spear and schematics on the board It works in a similar fashion as the Anti-Personnel omni-directional mobility gear's guns and hooks, but with a strong spear loaded with explosives designed to shatter armor. This technology was adapted to design a new special weapon for use against the Armored Titan. The Thunder Spears are based off of technology that had been preserved in secret by the Interior Police, despite their orders to wipe out any sign of technological innovation.
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