Designed to be used strictly against vehicles, the Avril allows infantry a fighting chance. Once the Avril has acquired lock, it fires a solid-fuel missile which will track the target as long as the reticule is held on the vehicle. The missile tracks it's intended target when fired, able to pull 4G's and 2 ninety degree turns in 100 feet. Alt-fire allows the player view to hold and zoom on the locked target. Armed only milliseconds before impact, the missile explodes on contact, delivering the full force of a shaped PolyDiChlorite charge into the delivery point. Slow to recharge, the Avril must be used with caution, but can turn the tide in a pitched battle. -- Official description

With the AVRiL, foot soldiers have quite a formidable defense against vehicles. The AVRiL is a powerful homing missile that is deadly against all manners of vehicles, but useless against other people on foot.

The primary firing mode fires a heat seeking missile. You must keep the reticule on the target, otherwise the missile fires dumb.

The secondary firing mode brings up a zoom that will automatically track a target as long as you hold the secondary button down. This makes it easier to guide the missile, as you can see the target more clearly.

A very good defensive tactic is to get four people together, centered around a node, or preferably, your team’s power core, and equip three of them with AVRiL’s, while one of them has standard weapons. Whenever a vehicle approaches, have all three players send a missile at it. Three AVRiL missiles will destroy every vehicle except for the Leviathan. The fourth player is there for normal players who get by, and who are almost invulnerable against the AVRiL missiles.