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Revision as of 08:16, 1 October 2007
The Laser Cannon tank uses the same tracked tank chassis used by the rocket and cannon tanks. It is therefore not as fast or well-armored as Plasma or Launcher hovertanks.
It does, however, have a much more powerful weapon than the other tracked tanks, equal in power to the Plasma hovertank's weapon. Additionally, it is the most effective weapon in the game (short of Blaster Bombs) against Sectopods, due to their vulnerability to lasers.
Laser tanks also have an effectively unlimited supply of ammunition (255 shots, recharged for free after every battle). Their high damage gives them a 4.55% chance of breaching an inner UFO wall, giving them a potentially useful role as a low-cost breaching weapon (see Destroying Terrain for more details).
Laser tanks can be produced much earlier in the game than the more-advanced hovertanks, and cost about the same as other track-based tanks. However, they must be produced in a workshop, not bought, and like other tanks, take up 25 workshop spaces. Due to the high workshop space overhead, one laser tank takes about two days to produce in a single workshop but only 18 hours to produce if two workshops are available. The hovertanks take about as long to produce but cost about twice as much and require Elerium-115 to produce.
Vital Statistics
| Cost: | Manufacture only. $500,000 |
| Manufacturing Requirements: | 1200 Engineer hours |
| Research Requirements: | Laser Cannon |
| Tracked Tank Specs | |
| Time Units | 70 |
| Health | 90 |
| Energy | 100 |
| Bravery | 110 |
| Reactions | 20 |
| Firing Accuracy | 60 |
| Throwing Accuracy | 0 |
| Strength | 60 |
| Psionic Strength | 100 |
| Psionic Skill | 0 |
| Armour | |
| Front | 90 |
| Left/Right | 75 |
| Rear | 60 |
| Under | 60 |
| Laser Turret Specifications | ||
| Ammunition | ||
| Type | Laser Beam | |
| Damage | 110 Laser | |
| Rounds | 255 | |
| Purchase Price | Free | |
| Sale Price | n/a | |
| Firing Modes | Accuracy | Cost |
| Aimed | 85%(51%) | 75%(52) |
| Snap | 50%(30%) | 33%(23) |
| Auto | n/a | n/a |
| Numbers in parenthesis are the actual values after modified by the chassis' abilities. Actual costs are in fixed Time Units | ||
Notes
- Tank/Heavy Lasers have the strongest Laser weapons in the game. This can have all the difference on Ethereal Alien Base Attacks on harder difficulty levels as they are the natural enemy of the Sectopod.
- The laser cannon can penetrate UFO inner walls approximately 4.5% of the time. See Destroying Terrain for more information.