Thunderfire Cannon

Artillery in the grimdark is rarely elegant, and this makes no attempt at it. A squat tracked weapons platform, a bank of short barrels sitting low on a chassis built for bombardment rather than for going anywhere in a hurry, it is the sort of gun that gets walked into a firing position and left there to work. What separates it from ordinary ordnance is the crew. A weapon this temperamental is a machine as much as a gun, and in its setting it is tended by an armoured tech-adept for whom maintenance is a devotional act rather than a chore. Brutal hardware and ritual servicing: that pairing is the whole character of the piece. It comes as a multi-part kit at tabletop wargaming scale, and slots into a marine force as a heavy-support proxy for players who need to shell a position they would rather not storm.