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Plasma Cannon
The Plasma Cannon generates and fires energy shells of glowing plasma. When the shell strikes an object they react with its matter to create miniture spheres of boiling nuclear energy. For this reason Plasma Cannons are sometimes called 'sun guns'.A target enveloped by a plasma sphere suffers the dual effects of searing heat and explosive shock. As with all plasma weapons the Plasma Cannon's chief disadvantage is the massive amount of energy required to power it. After firing it takes an appreciable time for the weapon to recharge before it is ready for a second shot. Because of this limitation, the Plasma Cannon has an alternative low energy setting which is less effective than a full plasma blast but which allows the weapon to fire more rapidly.
Reproduced from Wargear book 2nd Edition Warhammer 40,000
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