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[[Image:MacroShips.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Row of Macrocannons mounted on an [[Imperial Navy]] starship]]The '''macro cannonMacro cannons''' are a type of [[Macroweapon]] and the largest form of [[Auto Weapons|auto-weaponry]], much heavier even than the [[autocannon]]. Standard ground-based Macrocannons fire massive and explosive shells at a maximum range of around 40 km. Although it is possible to mount them on heavy vehicles, they are more suited for use in emplacements and static defence due to their considerable size and potency.{{Fn|1}}Void-based [[Macro-weapon|Macro-weapons]] have an effective range comparible to [[Nova Cannon]], which fire projectiles at close to the speed of light {{Fn|7}}.

Standard ground-based Macrocannons fire massive and explosive shells at a maximum range of around 40km. Although it is possible to mount them on heavy vehicles, they are more suited for use in emplacements and static defence due to their considerable size and potency.{{Fn|1}}Void-based [[Macro-weapon|Macro-weapons]] have an effective range comparable to [[Nova Cannon]], which fire projectiles at close to the speed of light.{{Fn|7}} They are a [[Standard Template Construct]], and often form the primary weapon of starships {{Fn|2}}, as part of [[Weapons Battery|weapons batteries ]].{{Fn|7}}.

*'''Stygis-pattern Macrocanon''': Fires heavy shells that contain an adamantium core that cuts through the heaviest armor.{{Fn|4}}*'''Disruption Macrocannon''': — Fires a shell of highly charged, ionized deuterium atoms. They cause minimal physical damage to their targets, instead they overload and shut down electronic systems throughout the vessel. They are useful for capturing prey intact.{{Fn|4}}*'''Heavy Macrocannons''' — Mounted on certain older Imperial warships and are now found on [[Chaos]] vessels.{{Fn|6}}*'''Hecutor Plasma Macrocannon''': — An ancient variant of the plasma macroweaponry that refocuses the power of the plasma blast, concentrating it into photonic packets that can be fired over long distances. They are equipped to only the oldest vessels, and as a result many are found on [[Chaos Space Marine]] ships lost to many millennia ago.{{Fn|4}}*'''Mark VI Mars-pattern Macrocannons''' — Newer and more powerful than Thunderstrike-pattern macrocannons.{{Fn|5}}*'''Stygis-pattern Macrocanon''' — Fires heavy shells that contain an adamantium core that cuts through the heaviest armour.{{Fn|4}}*'''Thunderstrike-pattern Macrocannons''': — Older and less powerful than the Mark VI Mars-pattern. They fire multi-kilotonne artillery shells capable of shattering a [[Reaver Battle Titan|Reaver-class]] [[Titan's]]'s shields and and blow out its torso section in a single shot. Rarely used any longer on Navy combat void ships by [[M41]], they were still installed on transports. A battery of them were installed upon the keep of [[Deicoon]], a city on forgeworld the planet [[Katara]], but were destroyed during the [[Doom of Katara]].{{Fn|5}}*'''Mark VI Mars-pattern Macrocannons''': Newer and more powerful than Thunderstrike-pattern macrocannons.{{Fn|5}}*'''Heavy Macrocannons''': Mounted on certain older Imperial warships and are now found on [[Chaos]] vessels.{{Fn|6}}

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">MacroShips.jpg|A row of Macrocannons mounted on an [[Image:Imperial Navy]] starshipHeavyMacrocannons.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Chaos]] Heavy Macrocannon battery{{Fn|6}}]]</gallery>

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]] , pgs. 34–35

*{{Endn|7}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], “Ships ''Ships of the Gothic Sector”Sector''