Hop Splat Field Gun
Hop Splat Field Guns are ingenious Ork artillery that fire a special Hop-Splat shell, which is named after the irregular way it moves across the battlefield.[1]
Description
These Hop-Splat shells consist of a rocket that is attached to a length of chain, which has a large metal ball at its end. Depending upon the haphazard way in which the shell then strikes the ground, the hop-splat proceeds across the battlefield like a fire-cracker, jumping this way and that, scattering troops in its erratic path. The Hop Splat Field Gun's crew consists of 2 Gretchin and an unspecified number of Snotlings, who reload the artillery and help clear out any shells that get stuck. While truthfully the Snotlings are not essential to the Field Gun's operation, they provide great comfort and amusement to the Gretchens manning it. During a battle, the Field Gun can be towed into action by any Ork vehicle other than a Warbike; with Wartrakks being the most commonly used. One draw back of the weapon, though, is that unless a Runtherd or Nob is nearby, the Field Gun's Gretchin crew will take a breather and not fire the weapon.[1]
Sources
- 1:'Ere We Go: Orks in Warhammer 40,000, pg. 102