Missile Pod

A Missile Pod is a Tau weapon system, and is a relatively simple multiple missile delivery system able to engage targets at long range. Similar in power and role to an Imperia Autocannon, a Missile Pod consist of a small silo of semi-intelligent missiles that are extremely effective against both heavy infantry and light vehicles. Missile Pods are most commonly used as medium to long-range mobile fire support weapons by Tau Battlesuits and Tau aircraft.

Notable Users of the Missile Pod

 * XV8 Crisis Battlesuit – XV8 Crisis Battlesuits most commonly wield Missile Pods upon a shoulder or arm mount, and are able to employ them to great effectiveness enemy light vehicles and heavy infantry; where they can use the mobility provided by their Jetpacks to flank enemy targets before hitting them with a barrage of missiles.
 * Missile Drone – Missile Drones are armed with a Missile Pod as their primary armament, hence their name.
 * TX-42 Piranha – A TX-42 variant Piranha can be armed with twin-linked Missile Pods as its primary armament.
 * Hammerhead – Hammerhead gunships can be armed with massive Missile Pod systems as their primary turret weapon. Such is the scale of their barrages that their combined blast will often annihilate anything within their target zone.
 * Sun Shark – Sun Shark Bombers are armed with a tail-mounted Missile Pod as standard as a self-defence weapon. The weapon system can also be upgraded to be twin-linked.
 * Razorshark – Razorshark strike fighters can be upgraded to have a nose-mounted Missile Pod as part of their armament.
 * Barracuda – Barracuda air-superiority fighters are armed with a Missile Pod weapon system embedded into their wings as standard. Primarily used by the aircraft for ground attacks, the weapon system contains up to twelve missiles as standard.
 * Tiger Shark – Tiger Sharks are armed with a Missile Pod weapon system embedded into their wings. Primarily used by the aircraft in for ground attacks, the weapon system contains up to twelve missiles as standard.
 * Tiger Shark AX-1-0 – A Tiger Shark AX-1-0 is armed with a Missile Pod weapon system embedded into its wings as standard. Primarily used by the aircraft in for ground attacks, the weapon system contains up to twelve missiles as standard.
 * Orca – An Orca Dropship is armed with a Missile Pod in its under-turret as standard, and uses it primarily as a self-defence weapon and to help clear landing zones of enemies.
 * Manta – Mantas have an underslung Missile Pod near the front of their hull as part of their vast armament.