 3 Hawkeye Mk3 Battleship Cannon
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| ID: 684 Prefab Name: HE_Cannon_Battleship_216 |
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Purchase Value 31845 ฿฿ Scrap Value
10615 ฿฿ |
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| Description |
| The heaviest ballistic weapon currently licensed for use in off-world colonies. This battleship class gun has an incredibly long range and high power. It will not rotate, so whatever weapons platform you attach it to will need to do most of the aiming. But when it is on target it will really make a mess. These super heavyweight ballistics take a long time to reload too, so make sure it's on target when pressing the fire button. |
The Hawkeye Mk3 Battleship Cannon is a grade 3 Weapon block manufactured by Hawkeye. Like all Hawkeye blocks, it can be crafted with a Hawkeye Fabricator.
It has 12 attachment point(s) and takes up 12 cell(s).
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The Mk3 Battleship Cannon is easily one of the most powerful weapons available in the entire game. It is very compact and versatile for the power it provides. Unlike Big Bertha, the Mk3 can be easily stacked or otherwise distributed to provide more firepower at very little cost to space and mass.
For this reason, it is often present on both mobile tech designs and stationary turrets.
A major problem with this gun is aiming, as the tracking is limited to elevation and it does not rotate on it's own. It is crucial for multiple cannons to be placed on different directions to provide firepower in order to ensure that most targets can be destroyed within a single volley.
Like most ballistic weapons, it is good against enemies that are slow and heavy, but otherwise ineffective against anything moving fast enough to avoid it.
Trivia[ | ]
- The description implies that there are cannons larger than the Mk3 Battleship cannon, though they are illegal to use in the off-world, and the Mk.3 is the heaviest one available.
- However, this statement is false, as the GSO Big Bertha is much larger and heavier than the Mk.3.
- For balancing reasons, the Big Bertha Howitzer deals the same damage as the battleship cannon.
- It is possible to discover and obtain the Mk.3 Battleship Cannon even before Hawkeye Grade 3. The Rock Creek Bridge mission's exclusive enemy, Wing-Nut, is armed with several Mk3s and HG1s. If the player chose to destroy him, it is possible to do it the hard way and salvage at least one cannon.
