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Rupture Cannon

Tyrannofex with Rupture Cannon

The Rupture Cannon is an enormous Tyranid Biomorph found on the Tyrannofex and is the most powerful Tyranid weapon to be carried by anything smaller than a biotitan.[1]

Each time the rupture cannon fires, two different cannonball-sized projectiles are launched in quick succession. The first is a bloated tick that bursts upon impact, showering the target in an oily substance. The second is a seedpod with a near-impenetrable shell. As the seed smashes into the target, it is coated in the oily substance left behind by the tick. The fluid dissolves the toughened shell in a fraction of a second which triggers a chemical implosion powerful enough to decimate armored vehicles from the inside out.[1]

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Tyranid Biomorphs
Melee BoneswordClaws and TeethCrushing ClawsFeeder TendrilsFeeder TentacleLash WhipRending ClawsScything TalonsSharpened ClawsTail MaceTail ScytheTusksWrecking Ball
Ranged Acid SprayBalethorn CannonBarblauncherBarbed StranglerBio-cannonBio-electric PulseBio-plasmaBio-Plasmic CannonBio-TorpedoCluster SpinesDeathspitterDevourerDrool CannonEnhanced SensesFlamespurtFlesh HooksFleshborer HiveFleshborerGrasping TongueHeavy Venom CannonImpaler CannonPyro-acid BatteryRupture CannonRipper TentaclesSeed SporeShockcannonSpike RifleSpine BanksSpinefistSpore CystsSpore Mine LauncherStinger SalvoStranglethorn CannonStranglewebTentaclidThorax SwarmToxinjector HarpoonsVenom Cannon
Armour Armoured ShellBonded ExoskeletonChitinExtended CarapaceHardened CarapaceReinforced ChitinToughened Exoskeleton
Support Abhorrent PheremonesAccelerated DigestionAcid BloodAcid MawAdaptive ExoskeletonAdrenal GlandsAdrenaline SacAdrenal WebsBio-Metallic CystBlinding VenomChameleonic SkinContainment SpinesDermic SymbiosisDynamic CamouflageEnhanced ResistanceEnhanced SensesFrag SpinesHypermetabolic AccelerationImplant AttackMembranous MobilityMetamorphic RegrowthMorphic SinewsOptic MembranesRegenerateSporemist SpinesSymbiote RippersSynaptic AugmentationSynaptic EnhancementThornbackToxic MiasmaToxin SacsVenom SacsWings