Editing Mek Gunz (section)

=== The old Big Gunz ===

As of this writing late in 8th Edition, the Big Gunz miniatures are now OOP and the units themselves have also been retired from the Ork Army list. However they are still available for use in friendly games as a Legends entry, or occasionally as a weapon option on certain Ork vehicles.

*'''[[Kannon]]:''' Exactly what you think they are. Except not. Kannons come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and calibers, but most common of all designs is the short-barreled, high-caliber breech-loader. The kannon actually serves the same function to Orks as the Missile Launcher does to the Imperium, capable of firing a solid shell or penetrating explosive for vehicle busting, or a canister shot or fragmentation shell to tear up infantry. Too heavy to be carried by even an Ork, these metal beasts are usually mounted on vehicles or artillery wagons, and have a longer reach than the man-portable Rokkit Launcha. In [[Gorkamorka]], kannons were an ork-portable weapon roughly comparable to a orky elephant gun, but nowadays those weapons are called [[Shootas'an_Dakkas#Shoota_Kannon|shoota-kannons]]. On the tabletop, a Kannon was known as Old Reliable. In the hands of a Grot crew, it was the most flexible of the Big Gun choices. In 8th Edition, it exists primarily as a weapon option for the [[Battlewagon|Gunwagon]].
*'''[[Lobba]]:''' Essentially a big metal pot jammed with gunpowder and a bomb, usually in that order. The Lobba serves as an Orkish mortar, and is favored by Grot artillery crew for being able to kill things without the enemy having to see you. The huge recoil it generates (beyond even the overblown Kannon) relegates it to being mounted (securely?) on vehicles or towed artillery platforms. It is powerful, but most armor will deflect its blast. Crunch-wise, it is a good anti-infantry weapon in an army full of anti-infantry shit. Holy hell, a battery of these parked behind a building could go to town on Blobguard. In 8th Edition it lives on as a weapon add-on for the Battlewagon.
*'''[[Zzap Gun]]:''' [[Zzap Weapons|A unique piece of technology crafted by energy-loving Mekboyz,]] a Zzap Gun is a rough analog to a Lascannon. ''Roughly.'' The gun consists of a metal barrel covered in wires, a capacitor, and a power source. The crew use a lever (which electrocutes the user) to determine the charge built up in the capacitor before firing a literal lightning bolt at the target. The gun defies all known physics, and the power supply is so heavy that it must be mounted on something sturdier than a pair of green legs. The unpredictable effectiveness of the weapon deterred some Warlords from using it, but if Lady Luck smiled, in earlier editions it was possible to take down a Land Raider with one. In 8th Edition this weapon is now a relatively minor threat to most vehicles. This is because the Zzap Gun randomly rolls for Strength, which makes it highly unreliable, even for Orks. And while 8th edition removed the worst side effects of the Zzap rule, the weapon is maxed out at 3 points of damage per hit. And yes, those can be converted into 3 mortal wounds if you roll an 11 or 12 for the shot's strength, but then your vehicle also takes a mortal wound in return. It's no surprise that Zzap Guns are almost never seen in Ork armies anymore, not even on Gunwagons, because what used to be merely Un Poco Bueno is now majorly No Bueno.