Z-8060 particle cannon: Difference between revisions

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{{Weapon Infobox

|image= [[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]]

|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]

|type=Particle weapon

|service=[[Human-Forerunner War]] <br> [[Forerunner-Flood War]] <br> [[Reclamation conflict]]

|affiliation=[[Forerunner]]

*[[Promethean]]s

|length-title=Dimensions

|length=*Length: {{Convert|489.7|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS"/>

*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

|feed=Unlimited

|rate=Single-shot

|range=Long

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]] used for anti-air defense.<ref name="RC">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref>

Forerunner 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. Particle cannons project a beam of energy similar to a [[Sentinel beam]] to disintegrate any target in range. The beam is composed of a hyper-dense collection of negatively charged ions.<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="RC"/>

==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="RC"/>

A larger variant was used as a ship-to-ship weapon on the Forerunner flagship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''. Unlike their planetside counterpart, this version is powered by an external energy core. [[John-117]] used this vulnerability to neutralize the ''Mantle'''s point-defense capacity with his [[F-41 Broadsword]], allowing the {{UNSCship|Infinity}} to attack the ship.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight|Midnight]]''</ref>

==Trivia==

==Gallery==

File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'''s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''.

File:H4-M510Mammoth-RocketTurret.jpg|An [[Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy|M510 Mammoth]] encountering a Particle Cannon.

==List of appearances==

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