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{{CiteAdeptusMechanicusPortal}}[[Image:WarpRunner Warlord1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Warlord Titan with two arm-mounted '''Volcano Cannon''']]The '''Volcano Cannon''' is amongst the most powerful laser cannon used on the by groundforces . Only extremely large machines, namely [[Imperial Titan]]s and the [[Shadowsword]] super-heavy tanktanks, can wield it in battle. It is primarily meant to target huge objects and obliterate them with a single shot. Such targets usually include other war-machine or Titan-sized opponents . ==Titans==The Volcano Cannon is only carried by the largest Imperial Titans.  [[Warlord]] Titans can equip Volcano cannons on each of their arm or carapace hard-points<sup>1</sup>, whilst [[Imperator]] class titan can carry up to six on its carapace hard-points.<sup>2</sup> [[Reaver]] and minor hive cities[[Warhound]] Titans' reactors are too small to effectively power Volcano Cannons, so the weapon is not found on these machines ==Shadowsword==[[Image:Shadowsword.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Shadowsword with '''Volcano Cannon''']]The Volcano Cannon is the signiture weapon of the [[Imperial Guard]] [[Shadowsword]] - a super-heavy tank designed for Titan-hunting. Its <sup>3</sup> Due to its comparatively slow rate of fire means that when mounted on the Shadowsword super-heavy, it the Cannon is used for dealing killing blows to Titans, Gargantuan Creatures and other such monstrous engines of war only ''after'' their void shields (or similar defences) have been deactivated by massed fire from smaller vehicles or weapons teams. This prevents such vehicles from exacting their wrath upon  ==Notes==In the Shadowsword before it can fire again. On Titans, original [[Adeptus Titanicus (game)|Adeptus Titanicus]] era material the Volcano Cannon is similarly used was refered to deal death blows, but normally after as the Titan ''itself'Defence Laser''' has weakened the target with its other weapons systems.<sup>4</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[White Dwarf 111]]
*<sup>2</sup>: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=cat440325a&aId=3400020
*<sup>3</sup>: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440173a&prodId=prod1860243&rootCatGameStyle=
*<sup>4</sup>: [[Adeptus Titanicus (game)]] rulebook
*[[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse]]
 
[[Category: Weapons (Imperial Guard)]]
[[Category: Weapons (Adeptus Titanicus)]]
[[Category: Laser Weapons]]
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