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===Long-Barrelled Burst Cannon===
[[File:Long_Barrelled_Burst_Cannon.PNG|200px|right|thumb|Long-Barrelled Burst Cannon]]
Continuing their tradition of making a bigger variant of a weapon by making it longer, the Long-barrelled Burst Cannon is a Burst Cannon given a metaphorical penis extension.

Unlike with their similarly-sized Fusion Cannon and Plasma Cannon, the Tau's Long-barrelled version for their Burst Cannon sees a healthy application on a number of vehicles other than on a turret in a pair for the [[Hammerhead Gunship|TX7 Hammerhead Gunship.]] In fact, all of these vehicles are atmospheric aircraft, which probably says a lot on the primary reason this weapon was developed. The firepower given by the Burst Cannon is so phenomenal that the Tau attach the guns on many, many of their war engines such as Battlesuits and other ground-based craft. The problem, however, lies in the short range of the Burst Cannon, which does not sit well with air-based craft which would have to fly dangerously close to the ground/target to unleash the regular Burst Cannon.

Along with being more powerful, the Long-Barrelled Burst Cannon has double the range of the usual Burst Cannon, giving an aircraft equipped with one or two the room it needs to deliver the payload. The smallest aircraft to mount this gun so far in a pair is the [[Remora|DX-6 Remora,]] a Drone stealth fighter which provides fire support for vanguard units such as [[Pathfinder Team|Pathfinders]] and [[Stealthsuit Team]]s. The [[Barracuda|Barracuda AX-5-2,]] the Tau's air superiority fighter, mounts two of these on its wings, while the [[Orca]] and the [[Manta]] also possess these for self-defense, with the Manta sporting sixteen of them compared to the Orca's couple on a single turret.

The Hammerhead itself used to have the Long-barrelled variant as a main gun alternative, but recent rules have that said main gun being the Heavy Burst Cannon below instead.
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