diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
index 9555312..02b2423 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
@@ -837,6 +837,18 @@ struct BTProjectile {
 	int			weaponSubsys;	// firing weapon's roster index (-1 = unthreaded) --
 								// resolves the weapon's ExplosionModelFile (mslhit/
 								// acanhit) in the messmgr, task #7 bundling
+	int			salvoLead;		// ONE detonation per salvo (2026-08-02, byte-grounded:
+								// FireWeapon @004bcc60 spawns ONE Missile per trigger --
+								// no loop -- so the arcade made ONE Explosion entity
+								// (one 4-voice sound + one smoke package) per salvo.
+								// Our N-round visual ripple is a port addition [T3];
+								// detonating EVERY round amplified explosion audio +
+								// impact smoke + Static3DPatchSource demand by the
+								// missile count (2-20x): Oracle's 'prolonged smoke and
+								// explosion including sound', Ronin's smoke screen, and
+								// a large share of #32's class-1005 saturation.  Only
+								// the lead round spawns the Explosion; the rest keep
+								// their small tracer end-puffs.
 	int			splashBurst;	// SALVO-LEAD cluster count for splash (task #62 fix):
 								// >0 ONLY on the first round of a missile salvo -- the
 								// baseBurst for ONE splash event = the whole cluster
@@ -1309,7 +1321,7 @@ void
 	BTPushProjectile(const Point3D &muzzle, void *shooter, void *target, const Point3D &targetPos,
 					 Scalar speed, Scalar damage, const Vector3D *launch_velocity, int guided,
 					 int weapon_subsys, int splash_burst, int muzzle_seg, int damage_type,
-					 Scalar thrust_accel, Scalar thrust_burn)
+					 Scalar thrust_accel, Scalar thrust_burn, int salvo_lead)
 {
 	// MUZZLE (muzzle wave, 2026-07-12): the passed muzzle is now the weapon's
 	// AUTHENTIC mount segment (GetMuzzlePoint reads the real segmentIndex --
@@ -1438,14 +1450,17 @@ void
 		p.shooter = (Entity *)shooter;
 		p.weaponSubsys = weapon_subsys;
 		p.splashBurst = splash_burst;					// >0 only on a salvo-lead round
+		p.salvoLead   = salvo_lead;					// 1 = spawns the Explosion at contact
 		p.accel    = (thrust_accel > 0.0f) ? thrust_accel : 0.0f;	// #84 thruster
 		p.burnLeft = (thrust_burn  > 0.0f) ? thrust_burn  : 0.0f;
 
-		// RACK-TUBE SPREAD [T3, physically grounded]: the binary's Missile
-		// entities each launch from their own rack tube (per-tube authored
-		// MuzzlePosition); our single muzzle superimposed a whole salvo onto
-		// ONE trajectory -- 12 rounds read as one round, and their 12
-		// detonations stacked into one frame.  Approximate the tube offsets
+		// RACK-TUBE SPREAD [T3 visual].  ⚠ CORRECTED 2026-08-02: the binary
+		// fires ONE Missile entity per trigger (FireWeapon @004bcc60 -- no
+		// loop, byte-verified in the #95 work); there are no "12 binary
+		// missiles".  The N-round ripple below is a PORT VISUAL for the
+		// cluster; its rounds are damage-0 tracers, and only the salvo LEAD
+		// spawns the Explosion package at contact (salvoLead), matching the
+		// arcade's one-explosion-per-salvo economy.  Approximate the tube offsets
 		// with a small deterministic per-slot cone (+-~2.5 deg) + lateral
 		// muzzle offset; the seeker re-converges them onto the target so the
 		// volley arrives as the demo's RIPPLE of impacts.
@@ -1587,7 +1602,8 @@ static void
 					// puff cluster, no damage
 					{
 						Point3D hp; hp.x = hx; hp.y = hy; hp.z = hz;
-						BTSpawnRoundDetonation(p.shooter, p.weaponSubsys, hp);
+						if (p.salvoLead)			// ONE Explosion per salvo (@004bcc60)
+							BTSpawnRoundDetonation(p.shooter, p.weaponSubsys, hp);
 						// SPLASH (task #62): the binary missile detonates on ANY
 						// geometry and still runs SplashDamage (the +0x360 gate sits
 						// inside the collision branch @part_013.c:10045, which fires
@@ -1682,11 +1698,12 @@ static void
 			if (getenv("BT_PROJ_LOG"))
 				DEBUG_STREAM << "[projectile] DET at(" << hitPos.x << ","
 					<< hitPos.y << "," << hitPos.z << ")"
-					<< " dmg=" << p.damage
+					<< " dmg=" << p.damage << " lead=" << p.salvoLead
 					<< " tgt=" << (void *)p.target
 					<< " aim(" << p.targetPos.x << "," << p.targetPos.y
 					<< "," << p.targetPos.z << ")" << std::endl;
-			BTSpawnRoundDetonation(p.shooter, p.weaponSubsys, hitPos);
+			if (p.salvoLead)					// ONE Explosion per salvo (@004bcc60)
+				BTSpawnRoundDetonation(p.shooter, p.weaponSubsys, hitPos);
 			Entity *tgt = p.target;
 			// Deliver to the projectile's target mech -- the launcher set p.target
 			// from the shooter's 0x388 slot (the picked victim; any peer mech in
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mislanch.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mislanch.cpp
index 870a93e..c621c11 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mislanch.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mislanch.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ extern void BTPushProjectile(const Point3D &muzzle, void *shooter, void *target,
 							 const Vector3D *launch_velocity = 0, int guided = 1,
 							 int weapon_subsys = -1, int splash_burst = 0, int muzzle_seg = -1,
 							 int damage_type = 2 /*ExplosiveDamageType default*/,
-							 Scalar thrust_accel = 0.0f, Scalar thrust_burn = 0.0f /*#84 thruster*/);
+							 Scalar thrust_accel = 0.0f, Scalar thrust_burn = 0.0f /*#84 thruster*/,
+							 int salvo_lead = 1 /*ONE Explosion per salvo*/);
 // #84: resolve this launcher's authored thruster (burn s, accel u/s^2) through
 // its connected bin's round-model resource.  0/0 when unresolvable (flies at
 // the old constant eject speed -- never worse than before).
@@ -355,7 +356,8 @@ void MissileLauncher::FireWeapon()
 						 (i == 0) ? nmiss : 0 /*salvo-lead: cluster splash baseBurst*/,
 						 GetSegmentIndex() /*task #67: launch through the MOUNT frame (torso twist)*/,
 						 (int)damageData.damageType /*missile = Explosive (authentic)*/,
-						 tAccel, tBurn /*#84: the round ACCELERATES like the binary Missile*/);
+						 tAccel, tBurn /*#84 thruster*/,
+						 (i == 0) /*ONE Explosion per salvo: the lead only*/);
 
 	// Salvo replication (missile-visibility wave): bump the fire counter + stamp
 	// the aim point; the extended update record carries both to peer nodes.
@@ -468,7 +470,8 @@ void
 							 rec->salvoTarget, spd, 0.0f /*VISUAL*/, &launchVelocity, 1,
 							 subsystemID /*per-round detonation resolve on this node*/,
 							 0, GetSegmentIndex() /*task #67 mount frame*/,
-							 2 /*Explosive*/, tAccel, tBurn);
+							 2 /*Explosive*/, tAccel, tBurn,
+							 (i == 0) /*mirror lead: observers see ONE explosion per salvo*/);
 		if (getenv("BT_PROJ_LOG"))
 			DEBUG_STREAM << "[projectile] REPLICANT salvo x" << n
 				<< " at(" << rec->salvoTarget.x << "," << rec->salvoTarget.y
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp b/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
index 3bfc829..91650f6 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ extern void BTPushProjectile(const Point3D &muzzle, void *shooter, void *target,
 							 const Vector3D *launch_velocity = 0, int guided = 1,
 							 int weapon_subsys = -1, int splash_burst = 0, int muzzle_seg = -1,
 							 int damage_type = 2 /*ExplosiveDamageType default*/,
-							 Scalar thrust_accel = 0.0f, Scalar thrust_burn = 0.0f);	// AC: unpowered (defaults)
+							 Scalar thrust_accel = 0.0f, Scalar thrust_burn = 0.0f,
+							 int salvo_lead = 1);	// AC: unpowered; single round = its own lead
 
 
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