A Mars Pattern double-barreled Turbo-Laser Destructor
The Turbo-Laser Destructor, also called a Turbolaser, is a much larger and very powerful version of a Lascannon. It uses complex optical devices and heavy power input to amplify the laser beam into a wider, more potent beam of laser energy. The beam carries enough punch to explosively vaporise its impact point in an area-of-effect blast.
Turbolaser Destructors are found on various war engines, such as Thunderhawk gunships and several classes of Titans, including Warhound, Reaver and Warlord -class Titans.
Imperator-class Titans also use Turbolaser Destructors as close defence weapons.
Notable Configurations[]
- Single-Barrelled - A single-barrelled version of the Turbolaser is sometimes mounted on some patterns of Thunderhawk gunships utilised by the Adeptus Astartes.
- Double-Barrelled - The double-barrelled version of the Turbolaser is the most common variant, utilised by Warhound-class Scout Titans. These weapons are also sometimes fitted to the carapace hard points of larger Reaver-class Battle Titans and Warlord-class Battle Titans.
Laser Blaster[]
A Laser Blaster is essentially a triple-barreled Turbolaser mounted onto a single hard point. These weapons are commonly found on Reaver-class Battle Titans and Warlord-class Battle Titans.
An Imperator-class Titan can mount one or more Laser Blasters on its massive carapace hard points.
Sources[]
- Imperial Armour Apocalypse II, pg. 38
- Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse (4th Edition), pp. 114, 124-125
- Titanicus (Novel) by Dan Abnett
- Forge World - Titan: Lucius Pattern Turbo Laser
- Forge World - Titan: Mars Pattern Turbo Laser
- Forge World - Titan: Reaver Titan Laser Blaster