Lascannon

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Lascannon^[3]

A lascannon (also known as a laser cannon or a blazooga)^[10] is a formidable laser weapon, capable of piercing most vehicle armour and killing powerful and heavily armoured troops. However, its slow recharge and fire rate make it a poor anti-personnel weapon.

Overview

The primary difference between a lasgun and a lascannon is the size. While a lasgun is easily handled by a Guardsman, a lascannon is much larger, and therefore heavier, has restricted it to mounted or crew-served positions. Space Marines, with their gene-enhanced strength and power armour, can carry and shoulder-fire a lascannon with ease.^{[Needs Citation]}

A lascannon's removable charge pack is only good for one shot. Lascannons not attached to external power supplies require a crew member to swap charge packs.^[8]

They are very reliable as the technology has been perfected rather than scrounged from ancient STCs. As such, they are the preferred weapon type by many Imperial Commanders as, even though other weapons may have other advantages, the reliability of the weapon is most important on the battlefield.^{[Needs Citation]}

Lascannons, due to their high strength and reliability, are often mounted on tanks. Here they are often twin-linked to improve their accuracy. Many tanks can have sponson or hull-mounted lascannons to provide them with a secondary weapon to their primary turret in case it is damaged. Lascannons are a common sight amongst the Imperial Guard, but less so in the ranks of the Space Marines, who typically rely more on melta-type weapons.^{[Needs Citation]}

Known Lascannon Patterns

• MK VII Mars Pattern — Used by Space Marines.^[2]
• Desolator Pattern — Mounted on the Overlord Gunship.^[9]
• Godhammer Pattern — Used on the Land Raider.^[6b]
• Icarus-Pattern — Large cannon used in defensive positions.^[1]
• Hell Hammer Pattern — Crew-served version used by the Imperial Guard.^[4]
• Primus Standard Template Construct Pattern — Found mounted on some Imperial tanks, including certain patterns of Baneblade.^[19]
• Stormbringer Pattern — Used on the Predator Annihilator.^[6a]
• Sol Militaris Pattern — KZ8.23 Range, Terran-manufactured, issued to the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.^[7]
• Heavy Lascannon - Imperial Guard Field Ordnance Battery.^[16]
• Voss-pattern — Mounted on the Valkyrie.^[20]

Known Non-Standard Types of Lascannons

• Las-Ripper — Used by the Astraeus Super-heavy Tank^[13]
• Las-Talon — Mounted on the Stormhawk Interceptor^[11b] and Repulsor^[11a][12]
• Magna Lascannons - great Lascannons mounted on the Acastus Knight Porphyrions.^[14]
• Arachnus Heavy Lascannon - Used on Deredeo Dreadnoughts^[15]
• Sollex Heavy Lascannon - Used on Thanatar-Calix Class Robots^[16]

Images

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  MK VII Mars Pattern lascannon^[2]

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  Sol Militaris Pattern Lascannon

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  Ganger with lascannon^[5]

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  Space Marines with lascannons

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  Catachans with lascannon

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  Tallarn Desert Raiders with lascannon

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  Icarus pattern lascannon quad mount

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  House Van Saar double-barreled Lascannon^[17]

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  Space Marine with Ryza-pattern Lascannon^[19]

See also

• Lasweapons
  • Laspistol
  • Lasgun
• Imperial Guard Weaponry (List)
• Space Marine Weaponry (List)

Sources

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• 1: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pg. 116
• 2: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition) pg. 101
• 3: Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part One, pg. 80
• 4: Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 153
• 5: Specialist Games Catalogue, pg. 7
• 6: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition:
  • 6a: pgs. 37–38
  • 6b: pg. 33
• 7: The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 17
• 8: Only War Core Rulebook, pg. 176
• 9: Dark Imperium (Novel), Chapter Eighteen
• 10: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, pg. 86
• 11: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition):
  • 11a: pg. 182 — Repulsor
  • 11b: pg. 183 — Stormhawk Interceptor
• 12: White Dwarf August 2017 — The Birth of Angels
• 13: Forgeworld: Astraeus Super Heavy Tank
• 14: Forgeworld: Acastus Knight Porphyrion
• 15: Forgeworld: Deredeo Dreadnought Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery (last accessed 12/9/2019)
• 16: The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum Taghmata Army List, pg. 52
• 17: Warhammer Community: Meet the Van Saar Augmeks Who Take Their Pets to the Battlefield (posted 27/9/2021) (last accessed 27/9/2021)
• 18: Warhammer Community: Warhammer Day Reveals – Cadia Stands With an All-New Army Set (posted 8/10/2022/) (last accessed 9/10/2022)
• 19: White Dwarf 113 (2016), Forge world - Space Marines Weapon Sets
• 20: Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide, pg. 119

Uncited

• Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook