Cannon Turret

Anti-armor cannon emplacement.

BuildingDefensesTier 1Structure

Stats

Tier: Tier 1
Cost: 320 metal
Build time: 18 s
Hit points: 700
Armor: Structure
Vision: 8 tiles
Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Power: −3
DPS: 34.2
Range: 6 tiles
Upgrade: 420 metal · 22 s

Production and tech

Built by

Engineer

Upgrades to

Bastion Cannon

Counters

Effective against

Wolf Light Tank Viper Tank Destroyer

Flak Track

Hawk SAM Launcher Tempest MLRS

Countered by

Thunder Howitzer Tempest MLRS Sovereign Battleship

Vulture Bomber

Weapons

Cannon

GroundShips

Damage: 65
Reload: 1.90 s
Range: 6 tiles
DPS: 34.2

Splash 10 pxTurreted

Damage multiplier by armor class

Light

×0.80

Medium

×1.30

Heavy

×1.10

Structure

×0.60

Ship

×1

Submarine

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Aircraft

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Overview

The Cannon Turret is the anti-armor emplacement: a single cannon with splash that punishes medium and heavy vehicles and reaches farther than a tank's gun. It cannot shoot aircraft.

How to use

Two or three cannon turrets at a choke, backed by an MG turret for the light stuff and an AA turret overhead, hold a lane against anything short of a siege. Place them so their ranges overlap and keep an Engineer or Repair Tower behind them. Upgrade to the Bastion Cannon on the side the enemy actually attacks. Artillery out-ranges every turret; answer it with units, not more turrets.

Counters

Howitzers, MLRS, Bombers and Battleships, which fire from outside its range. It counters Light Tanks, Battle Tanks, Heavy Tanks and ships that come close to shore.