Editing Z-8060 particle cannon

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|image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref>
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|type=[[Particle cannon]]<ref name="Reclaimer" />
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|service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref>
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]]<ref name="Silentium" />
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<ref name="Reclaimer" />
|affiliation=Forerunners<ref name="Reclaimer" />
*[[Promethean]]s<ref name="Reclaimer" />
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|length={{Convert|489.7|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref>
|width={{Convert|320.5|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS"/>
|height={{Convert|277.5|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS"/>
|ammotype=Ionized particles<ref name="VIS" />
|feed=Unlimited<ref name="VIS"/>
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The '''Z-8060 High-Impact Particle Weapon''', alternately known as the '''Particle Cannon''',<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref> is a heavy [[Forerunner]] [[directed energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle cannon]] used for anti-air defense.<ref name="Reclaimer" />

==Description==
Z-8060 particle cannons are enormous floating weapons platforms. They are spherical in shape, surrounded by three curving "arms" spaced at equidistant points around the main gun assembly. The cannons project a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions to disintegrate any target in range.<ref name="VIS"/> They are slow to turn, however, and are vulnerable to ground-based attacks. A well-placed hit from a small [[MAC]] in the central beam port will destroy the device.<ref name="Reclaimer"/>

Interestingly, this particle cannon bears a great resemblance to a certain Forerunner [[unidentified Forerunner machine|portal-generating machine]], albeit with its "arms" protruding outwards instead of upwards.<ref name="opc">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref><ref name="opd">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref><ref name="ope">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation E: Brother's Keeper]]''</ref>

==History==
A number of these weapons were encountered on [[Requiem]] in use by the [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses; one of the cannons obliterated a squad of [[Pelicans]] in a single hit. Two cannons were destroyed by a [[Mammoth]] siegework platform deployed to the surface by the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, with [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] providing targeting for the Mammoth. These cannons were controlled from a central core via an AI, before it was deactivated by [[Cortana]]; causing the remaining two to fire on each other.<ref name="Reclaimer"/>

==Trivia==
The particle cannon's overall design bears a great deal of resemblance to the description of an [[Onyx Sentinel]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''Halo 4''.
File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'''s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''.
File:H4-ParticleCannon.jpg|A particle cannon on Requiem.
File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on Requiem.
File:Particle_cannon_-_left.jpg|Another view of a particle cannon.
File:H4-M510Mammoth-RocketTurret.jpg|An [[Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy|M510 Mammoth]] encountering a Particle Cannon.
File:H4 Particle Cannon firing.jpg|A Particle cannon firing on a [[Papa Foxtrot 766|Pelican]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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