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|range=100 kilometers<ref name="guide">''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]'', p. 28</ref>
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The '''''Zeus'' 320mm plasma cannon'''<ref name="guide">'''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]''', ''page 28''</ref> is a human [[mortar weapon]] capable of focusing and directing plasma as a projectile like most [[Covenant]] weapons. Developed as a result of reverse engineering Covenant matériel procured by [[ONI]] during the [[Harvest Campaign]], it was made to be used on the [[M145D Mobile Artillery Assault Platform|M145D Rhino]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 155''</ref> By February [[2531]], the Rhinos and their plasma cannons were being field-tested and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried some prototypes on board.<ref name="Dome">'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Dome of Light]]''</ref>


During the [[Battle for Arcadia]], the cannons of five Rhinos in conjunction were used to take down a portion of a giant energy shield, allowing the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} to take down the Covenant shield generators and air defenses below, exposing the Covenant operation on [[Arcadia]].<ref name="Dome" />
The '''''Zeus'' 320mm plasma cannon''' is a human [[mortar weapon]] capable of focusing and directing plasma as a projectile like most [[Covenant]] weapons.<ref name="HTEVGP15"/>
 
==Overview==
===Development history===
During the [[Harvest campaign]] the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] precured numerous Covenant technology and made quick work beginning to reverse engineer it. One project resulted in the [[M145D Rhino]] a basis for the Zeus 320mm plasma cannon, a canon which could make use and direct plasma energy.<ref name="HTEVGP15"/>
 
===Design===
On the [[M145D Rhino]] the Zeus cannon is mounted to a large turret, the weapon is capable of traversing upward at a roughly forty-five degree angle.<ref name="Dome"/> The Zeus 320mm plasma cannon has a range of 100 meters,<ref name="guide"/> and as with all plasma-based weapons, the ''Zeus'' is potent against [[energy shielding]].<ref name="Dome"/>
 
===Usage===
By February [[2531]], the Rhinos and their plasma cannons were being field-tested and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried some prototypes on board.<ref name="Dome"/>
 
During the [[Battle for Arcadia]], the cannons of five Rhinos in conjunction were used to take down a portion of a giant energy shield, allowing the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} to take down the Covenant shield generators and air defenses below, exposing the Covenant operation on [[Arcadia]].<ref name="Dome"/>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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