The Manta is a special energy SMG that charges before it fires. It's concept is made by STORM Industries as is it manufactured by STORM. It generally is a good choice for support fire and mostly is used by special heavy troops, the gun is mostly used by police forces and military Eagle forces. However, the weapon is actually a ''worst case scenario weapon'' as it's a horrible death to die from it since it basically fires hot projectiles which pierce through your body, killing you almost instantly, very effective against flesh (like humans etc.) but also against cyborgs. The gun is around 3247 creds and thus rarely used. It's suggested to mostly use in cold areas or even in space. After the release of the gun people realised that it's pretty customizable, like, STORM began creating conversions of it, like a sniper, which actually doesn't get hot as much as it's SMG brother, and the launcher. Both really dangerous. Of course the weapon was also dealed illegal on the black market and sold even better there. The design of the guns isn't really thicc since it needs to be light and highly dangerous, so this basically is the ultimate design for it, cause all the components seem to fit really well. The manta family is a good choice for people who like gunning down people as a support fire role.