Editing Z-8060 particle cannon

{{Status|Canon}}
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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/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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|service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref>
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]]{{Ref/Reuse|Silentium}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
|affiliation=Forerunners{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
*[[Promethean]]s{{Ref/Reuse|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/Reuse|VIS}}
|height={{Convert|277.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
|ammotype=Ionized particles{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
|capacity=
|feed=Unlimited{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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|rate=Single beam{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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The '''Z-8060 High-Impact Particle Weapon''' ('''Z-8060 HIPW'''), 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/Reuse|Reclaimer}}

== Description ==
Z-8060 particle cannons are enormous floating weapons platforms. They are spherical, 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/Reuse|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/Reuse|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 the [[Mark 2547 heavy railgun]] weapon mounted atop a [[M510 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/Reuse|Reclaimer}}

The ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' was equipped with a series of these guns for point-defense purposes. During the [[New Phoenix Incident]], four of these guns protected the [[Composer]] from harm against the ''Infinity'' and [[Battle Group Dakota]], destroying at least one of the ships in the battle group. After John destroyed the guns by targeting their power sources with an [[F-41 Broadsword]], the ''Infinity'' was able to move in close enough to blow a hole in the hull of ''Mantle's Approach'' for John with the ship's primary MAC guns.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>

== 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]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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 [[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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[[Category:Directed-energy weapons]]
[[Category:Forerunner naval weapons]]