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A Dark Angels Mk.I Erasmus Pattern Plasma Cannon[9]
The plasma cannon or heavy plasma gun is a plasma weapon, a larger version of the plasma gun.
Contents
- 1 Description
- 2 Known Patterns of Imperial Plasma Cannon
- 3 Images
- 4 See also
- 5 Sources
- 5.1 Uncited
Description
Due to its size and massive power requirements, plasma cannons tend to be found mainly on vehicles, but Space Marines are known to use them in their Devastator Squads. The "heavies" of some hive world gangs often make use of the plasma cannon.[1] The weapon generates plasma which it fires as a glowing super-heated bolt of energy, which on hitting an object, reacts with its matter to produce spheres of boiling nuclear energy like miniature suns. For this reason they have the informal name of "sun gun".[2]
The gun itself has a similar effect to the plasma gun, except this weapon does damage over a much larger area. Several individuals can be caught in one blast, making the plasma cannon a potent weapon. Unless hooked up to a vehicle's systems, a plasma cannon suffers from the usual overheating problems that plague other plasma weapons.[Needs Citation]
Vehicles that can carry the plasma cannon include the Leman Russ Battle Tank, Sentinel[3], and Dreadnought.
Known Patterns of Imperial Plasma Cannon
- Mk.I "Erasmus" pattern[9]
- Mk XII "Comet" pattern[4b]
- Mk XII Ryza pattern[4a]
- Mk XIII Pattern[5]
- M31 Pattern — Used by Chaos Space Marines[6]
- Mars-pattern - pattern used since Great Crusade[12]
- Sol Militaris "Helion Fire" Pattern: Duplex magnacore type; Terran manufactured, issued to Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.[8]
- Primus Pattern - Used by House Van Saar of Necromunda. Variant exists known as 'Supernova'.[10]
- Sulis Sub-Type - aka the Sun Gun, used by House Escher of Necromunda.[11]
Images
Sol Militaris pattern Plasma Cannon
Primus Pattern 'Supernova' Variant Plasma Cannon[10]
Sulis Sub-Type Plasma Cannon[11]
Dark Angels Devastator with plasma cannon
Space Marine with Mars-Pattern Plasma Cannon[12]
See also
- Plasma weapon
- Plasma cannon (Titan)
- Imperial Guard Weaponry (List)
- Space Marine Weaponry (List)
Sources
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- 1: Necromunda Rulebook, [Needs Citation]
- 2: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear, pg. 37
- 3: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition) pg. 45
- 4: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One:
- 4a: pg. 85
- 4b: pg. 120
- 5: Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 59
- 6: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 82
- 7: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 101
- 8: The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 17
- 9: Eternal crusade Rogue Trader Store - Space Marines
- 10: Necromunda: House of Artifice, pgs. 110-111
- 11: Necromunda: House of Blades, pg. 114
- 12: White Dwarf 113 (2016), Forge world - Space Marines Weapon Sets
Uncited
- Warhammer 40,000: Battle Manual, [Needs Citation]
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