| “ | I'll puncture the next thing that moves. - Quad cannon assembled from the Arms dealer. |
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The quad cannon was a Soviet-era (ZSU-23-4) weapon recycled by the GLA by the time of the War against the GLA. It was the organization's prime choice as an economical anti-infantry and anti-aircraft vehicle.
Background[]
A half-track vehicle equipped with four heavy machine guns on a rotating turret, the Quad Cannon can tear through soft and lightly-armored targets. Especially effective in groups, the Quad Cannon is cheap and easy to acquire through an Arms Dealer. Quad cannon crews can upgrade their weapon sets by salvaging parts from destroyed enemy vehicles.
Upgrades[]
Base[]
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Armor-Piercing Bullets | When purchased, this upgrade increases all Quad Cannons' gun damage by 25%. | Purchasable at any Black Market for a cost of $2000. |
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Junk Repair | When purchased, this upgrade allows all Quad Cannons to auto-repair while in the field. | Purchasable from any Black Market for a cost of $2000. |
Salvage[]
As previously mentioned, the Quad Cannon can also be upgraded by salvaging parts from the battlefield, resulting in better performance.
- Its first salvage upgrade decreases its damage slightly (from 10 to 8), but doubles the firing rate.
- Its second salvage upgrade again doubles its firing rate. The damage isn't reduced any further.
Note: Due to an oversight, quad cannons upgraded with scrap actually become less effective than un-scrapped quads once they gain veterancy. The reason for this is that the weapon maxes out its firing rate with either Hero veterancy or the first scrap upgrade already, thus only lowering the damage output and not additionally increasing the fire rate further as intended with scrap.
Campaign[]
A unique quad cannon version used by Prince Kassad in the campaign has an exclusive upgrade.
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Quad Cannon Snipe Rounds | When purchased at the Palace, this upgrade allows Quad Cannons to kill infantry with one shot. |
Game unit[]
Inexpensive to acquire, the Quad Cannon can quickly be deployed in divisions of a considerable size, and provides very adequate protection to units lacking in anti-infantry and anti-aircraft protection. Quad Cannons are by no means weakly armored, especially for a light vehicle.
Nevertheless, Quad Cannons are rather ineffective against heavy armor. Although they have average range, artillery and enemy Rocket Buggies can destroy them without exposing themselves to the Quad Cannons. Despite its anti-air specialty, it is unable to fully counter Aurora and Aurora Alpha bombers.
Quotes[]
| “ | I'll puncture the next thing that moves. - When emerging from the Arms Dealer |
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| “ | Quad cannon. - When selected |
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| “ | Four on the floor. - When selected |
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| “ | Uhuh? - When selected |
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| “ | What? - When selected |
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| “ | Don't get on my bad side. - When selected |
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| “ | Going. - When moving |
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| “ | It better be worth it.. - When moving |
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| “ | Don't push me. - When moving |
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| “ | I do not have patience for this! - When moving |
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| “ | I'll get there. - When moving |
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| “ | Yes, yes. - When moving |
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| “ | Punch it! - When ordered to attack land units |
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| “ | Begin stitching. - When ordered to attack land units |
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| “ | Stop them dead in their tracks. - When ordered to attack land units |
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| “ | They are brittle. - When ordered to attack land units |
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| “ | Start the machinery. - When ordered to attack land units |
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| “ | I see them. - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | Put holes in them! - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | Cut them down! - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | Down to our level! - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | Annoying pests! - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | Clip their wings! - When ordered to attack air units |
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| “ | The worms should like the dirt. - When ordered to run over |
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| “ | They will break and shatter. - When ordered to run over |
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| “ | Crush them into bits. - When ordered to run over |
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| “ | Hehehehehe! - When ordered to run over |
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| “ | I'll take it. - When ordered to salvage a wreck |
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| “ | It's mine! - When ordered to salvage a wreck |
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| “ | Gimme that! - When ordered to salvage a wreck |
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Cut Sniper Quad Cannon quotes[]
| “ | Line them up. - When selected |
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| “ | Quad Sniper. - When selected |
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| “ | I'll put them all to rest. - When selected |
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| “ | Petty insects! - When ordered to attack |
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| “ | Put them out of their misery! - When ordered to attack |
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| “ | Mow the lawn! - When ordered to attack |
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| “ | Mow them down! - When ordered to attack |
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| “ | Drown them into mud! - When ordered to attack |
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Trivia[]
- Most modern AA unit uses flak (explosive cannon rounds) to puncture holes in aircraft. The Quad Cannon, however, uses solid rounds to destroy their targets, similar to the M45 Quadmount heavy machine gun.
- The design most closely resembles the M16 Multiple Gun Carriage which saw service in World War 2, albeit with larger caliber guns and presumably a more modern base vehicle.
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