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[[Image:Ork Artillery.jpg|thumb|700px|Ork Artillery pieces{{Fn|23}}]]This article lists the common categories of [[Ork]] static artillery pieces. They often vary in manufacturing and appearance but usually have similar characteristics. For Ork Self-Propelled artillery, see [[Ork Vehicles (List)]]
==Lobbas==
===Lobba===
*{{Main|Lobba}}The '''Lobba''' is a large [[Ork]] artillery piece firing in high arcs, 'lobbing' a high explosive shell into the air, much like [[mortars]]. It is often used to pound enemy infantry squads over intervening obstacles. Most lobbas look like big mortars or rokkits, although the Lobbas used by [[Snakebites]] or other primitive tribes may take the form of a catapult or trebuchet. They are often mounted on various Ork vehicles from [[Gun WagonGunwagon]]s to [[Battle Fortress]]es or used as [[Big Guns]]. When used in this role, Lobbas are [[Grot]]'s favourite artillery pieces, because they don't require for them to expose themselves to the enemy to use them.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|7}}
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File:FW Lobba.jpg|Lobba{{Fn|7}}
File:Lobba.jpg|[[Grot]]-manned Lobba{{Fn|5}}
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===Big Lobba===
*{{Main|Lobba}}
A '''Big Lobba''' is a more powerful version of the Lobba sometimes mounted on heavy ork vehicles such as [[Big Trakk]]s or [[Battle Fortress]]es. It has a bigger blast but the same range as a standard Lobba. It is basically the Ork equivalent of the [[Heavy Mortar]] used by the [[Imperial Guard]]{{Fn|2a}}
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:FW Big Lobba 2.jpg|Big Lobba{{Fn|8}}File:FW Big Lobba 1.jpg|Big Lobba{{Fn|8}}
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===Supa-Lobba===
*{{Main|Lobba}}
The '''Supa-lobba''' is an even heavier version of the Lobba. It is normally mounted on [[Squiggoth]]s or [[Battle Fortress]]es. It works like a normal lobba but is powerful enough to damage heavily armoured tanks. Again, its blast is even bigger but the range is the same.{{Fn|2a}}
 
==='Eavy Lobba===
*{{Main|'Eavy Lobba}}
 
===Bubblechukka===
*{{Main|Bubblechukka}}
The '''Bubblechukka''' is an example of force field technology, weaponised by Orks rather than being used for protection. It fires unstable force bubbles at the enemy that explode on impact. They vary wildly in size and solidity, some like large balls that hit with a negligible strength, whilst others float down like small soap bubbles and, after bursing, inflict heavy damage.{{Fn|25}}
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7ed-Mek-Gun-Bubblechukka.jpg|Bubblechukka
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==Kannons==
===Kannon===
*{{Main|Kannon}}
The '''Kannon''' is the most common [[Ork]] artillery piece, a heavy gun frequently mounted on Ork vehicles, from [[Gun Trukk]]s to [[Battle Fortress]]es or simply used as [[Big Guns]]. It is often considered a great joke among Kannon crews to feign a dud shell in the kannon and make one of their fellow members retrieve it. Woe betide the unlucky Grot called in to retrieve such a "dud", as his crew members will invariably proceed to fire the gun with him half-inside. This leads to death, dismemberment, decapitation, broken Kannons, bloody lower bodies of Grots whole only from the waist down found near Kannon muzzles, or to the unnaturally fortunate Gretchin, at the very least a prompt deafening. Kannons fire two types of ammunition:{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Frag''' - large bore frag round used for blasting enemy infantry
*'''Shell''' - solid shot shell used for punching through tank armour
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:FW Kannon.jpg|Kannon{{Fn|9}}File:BW Kannon.jpg|Kannon{{Fn|3}}File:Kannon.jpg|[[Grot]]-manned Kannon{{Fn|6}}
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===Killkannon===
*{{Main|Kannon}}
The '''Killkannon''' is a huge weapon often mounted on top of heavier Ork vehicles such as [[Battlewagon]]s or [[Big Trakk]]s and used to hammer enemy infantry as the ork hordes close in. They can also be found on [[Mega Dread]]s. Like all Ork weapons, Killkannons make a deafening amount of noise, and are much appreciated by all Orks who are nearby.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|1c}}
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:FW Killkannon 2.jpg|Killkannon{{Fn|10}}File:FW Killkannon 1.jpg|Killkannon{{Fn|10}}File:BW Killkannon.jpg|Killkannon{{Fn|4}}File:Dread Killkannon.jpg|[[Mega Dread]] mounted Killkannon{{Fn|18}}
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</[[Image:BW Killkannon.jpg|thumb|center>|Killkannon{{Fn|4}}]] 
===Boom Gun===
===Supa-Kannon===
*{{Main|Kannon}}
The '''Supa-kannon''' is an enlarged version of the standard [[Ork]] [[Kannon]] found on Ork [[Big Trakk]]s, [[Battlewagon]]s or [[Battle Fortress]]es. These massive artillery pieces are designed for destroying enemy positions and fortifications and are usually crewed by [[Gretchin]] gunners. It is a shorter-ranged version of the [[Earthshaker Cannon]] and often is just that cannon, looted and a little 'orkified'.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}}
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:FW Supa Kannon 1.jpg|Supa-Kannon{{Fn|11}}File:FW Supa Kannon 2.jpg|Supa-Kannon{{Fn|11}}
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===Krusha Kannon===
*{{Main|Krusha Kannon}}
The '''Krusha Kannon''' is a main weapon of a [[Kill Krusha]], a turret-mounted, heavy-bore, high velocity gun capable of firing a variety of different shells. This powerful gun quickly gained a well-deserved reputation among the Orks' enemies. It is believed to have been invented by the infamous [[Murda-Meks]] of [[Tigrus]] in late [[M40]]. While its grot-served auto-loader gubbinz are a miracle of Ork design, they don't always work as intended. Sometimes grots may get caught in the gears of elastic breaks or fit the shell backwards, resulting in a catastrophic explosion. The Krusha Kannon has the following assortment of ammunition types:{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2e}}
*'''Boom Shell''' - standard explosive round, favoured by the Grots firing the cannon due to the big boom it makes on impact
*'''Scrap Kanister''' – shrapnel-filled charges able to rip through swathes of enemy infantry
*'''Blast Burna''' - incendiary ammunition, which can drench fortifications with burning chemicals to roast alive anyone caught inside
<center><galleryheights="200px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:Krusha 2.jpg|Krusha Kannon{{Fn|16}}File:Krusha 1.jpg|Krusha Kannon{{Fn|16}}</gallery> ===Kustom Mega-Kannon===*{{Main|Kustom Mega-Kannon}}The [[kustom mega-kannon]] is essentially a much bigger version of the [[Kustom mega-blasta]]. This profusion of worky gubbinz and zappy bits works as a potent anti-tank weapon, but is as unstable as its smaller cousin.{{Fn|25}} <gallery heights="200px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">7ed-Mek-Gun-Kustom-Mega-kannon.jpg|Kustom Mega-Kannon</gallery> ===Smasha Gun===*{{Main|Smasha Gun}}The [[Smasha Gun]] is an Ork weapon based on [[Lifta-droppa]] technology. It works by trapping it’s target in a localised force field, hoisting them aloft and, with horrible finality, crushing them against the ground.{{Fn|26}}<gallery heights="200px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">7ed-Mek-Gun-Smasha-Gun.jpg|Smasha Gun</gallery> ===Traktor Kannon===*{{Main|Traktor Kannon}}Traktor Kannon is an Ork weapon akin to a massive magnet. When the weapon fires it’s thrumming beam of force high into the air, the crew swing this beam about wildly until they manage to latch the humming column onto an airborne target. Once captured by the beam, their hapless victim is wrenched out of the air and smashed on the ground below. {{Fn|27}} <gallery heights="200px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">7ed-Mek-Gun-Traktor-Kannon.jpg|Traktor Kannon
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===Bursta Kannon===
*{{Main|Bursta Kannon}}
The '''Bursta Kannon''' is weapon sometimes mounted on [[Kill Bursta]] tanks. It is known for its incredible tank-ripping power.{{Fn|2a}}
===Skulhamma Kannon===
*{{Main|Skulhamma Kannon}}The '''Skulhamma Kannon''' is a main weapon of [[Skullhamma]] [[Battle Fortress]]es, similar in characteristics to a [[Baneblade]]'s main cannon.{{Fn|2a}}<center><galleryheights="200px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:Skullhamma.jpg|Skullhamma Battle Fortress with a Skulhamma Kannon{{Fn|19}}
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===Seacannon===
===Deth Kannon===
*{{Main|Deth Kannon}}The '''Deth Kannon''' is an enormous cannon and one of the most long-ranged Ork weapons. It is used as a main ranged weapon on [[Stompa]]s, sometimes co-axiled mounted with a coaxial [[Supa-Gatler]] or [[Gigashoota]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|13}}<center><galleryheights="100px" widths="100px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:Stompa Deth Kannon.jpg|[[Stompa]] mounted Deth Kannon(lower){{Fn|12}}File:Gigashoota.jpg|[[Stompa]] mounted Deth Kannon(lower){{Fn|22}}
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===Belly Gun===
*{{Main|Belly Gun}}
'''Belly Guns''' are ridiculously sized weapons, that [[Stompa]]s sometimes mount in mimicry of their larger cousins, [[Gargant]]s. Its shells are the size of a [[Warbike]] and are simply jam packed with explosives and shrapnel-producing scrap. The resulting explosions sometimes level whole swathes of the battlefield and at other times only devastate a smaller patch. It takes a very long time to reload a Belly Gun and as such it has a very slow rate of fire. It is also wildly inaccurate, but its power is immense: it have been observed to blow off the leg of a [[Warhound]] Titan and shatter [[Imperial]] [[Super heavy tank]]s with one shot. It is also one of the most long-ranged Ork weapons. The Belly Gun is usually mounted on [[Stompa]]s but is sometimes used as a main weapon of [[Kill Bursta]]s.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2d}}
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:Stompa Belly Gun.jpg|[[Stompa]] mounted Belly Gun{{Fn|17}}File:KillBursta.jpg|[[Kill Bursta]] with a Belly Gun{{Fn|15}}
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===Soopagun===
*{{Main|Soopagun}}
The '''Soopagun''' is enormously large and powerful artillery piece that can be mounted on Ork [[Gargant]]s, [[Gunwagon]]s, [[Gunfortress]]es or used as [[Soopa Gun]].{{Fn|20a}}
<center><galleryheights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">File:SoopaGun1.jpg|Soopagun{{Fn|21}}</gallery> ===Soopa Zzap Gun===*{{Main|Soopa Zzap Gun}}The '''Soopa Zzap Gun''' is an enlarged version of the [[Zzap Gun]] that can be mounted on Ork [[Gargant]]s.<gallery heights="150px" widths="200px" mode="packed" caption="Models">Soopagun2.jpg|Soopa Zzap Gun
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===Skullkrusha Mega-Cannon===
*{{Main|Skullkrusha Mega-Kannon}}
'''Skullkrusha Mega-Cannon''' is the biggest known ground-based Ork cannon, dwarfed only by [[Ork Fleet Weapons|spaceship weaponry]] in size. It is mounted exclusively on [[Mega-Gargant]]s.{{Fn|20b}}
 
==Rocket Artillery==
===Pulsa Rokkit===
*{{Main|Pulsa Rokkit}}
The Pulsa Rokkit is an enormous rocket, that contains a large and unstable force field generator. It is a special version of [[Kustom Force Field]], mounted on a rocket and launched into enemy ranks. The generator is modified into a special version called a Pulsa and detaches from the rocket and slowly descends (hopefully) to the ground.{{Fn|28}}
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Pulsa Rokkit.jpg|Pulsa Rokkit
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==Anti-Aircraft==
===Flak Gunz===
Ork Anti-Aircraft Artillery{{Fn|29}}
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Eorkflak.jpg|Flak Gunz{{Fn|29}}
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===Flak Platform===
'''Flak Platforms''' are highly effective, if wholly indiscriminate anti air platforms operating on the principal of sheer weight of numbers. Attached to a single ramshackle frame, a Flak Platform can include large [[shoota]]s, [[rokkit|rokkit launchers]] or even more esoteric, energy-based weapons constructed by [[Mek|Mek Boyz]].{{Fn|31}}
 
===Flakka-Dakka Gunz===
*{{Main|Flakka-Dakka Gun}}
Ork Anti-Aircraft Artillery{{Fn|30}}
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Flakka.jpg|Flakka-Dakka Gun
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==='Eavy Flak Kannon===
The ''''Eavy Flak Kannon''' is a huge cannon, big to the point of utter ridiculousness, capable of shooting rokkits and missiles. Crewed by [[grot]]s and designed by [[Mek|Mek Boyz]], the Kannon is dragged into position to engage enemy aircrafts. Sometimes the whole weapon and its crew is lost to a misfire, but for every Kannon lost, a dozen more function with horrifying efficiency.{{Fn|31}}
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File:EavyFlak.jpg|'Eavy Flak Kannon{{Fn|32}}
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==Related Articles==
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