Laser Cannon (EU2012)

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Hit Chance	85%
Range	Short
Firing Time	Rapid
Damage	Low
Armor Penetration	Medium

Laser Cannons are the first weapon that really start to give your Interceptors a noticeable edge when dealing with UFOs. They share the short range/rapid fire properties of the Phoenix Cannon, and trade a little bit of their hit rate for a noticeable increase in Armor Penetration. Although they will probably get a little cooked approaching the UFO, they'll handle all but the largest and most powerful UFOs with ease.

It should be noted that it's very easy to sequence break on the Tech Tree and skip Laser Cannons entirely and go straight to Plasma Cannons by capturing a Muton when they first appear and are still equipped with Light Plasma Rifles instead of regular Plasma Rifles. By researching Light Plasmas, and interrogating the Muton for its Plasma Weaponry Credit, you can get Plasma Cannons far earlier than normal.

Laser Cannons require the Heavy Lasers research project before they can be produced.

A Raven equipped with a Laser Cannon is on somewhat equal footing with an Abductor UFO.