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The Yamato Gun is a heavy particle weapon used by battlecruisers. The weapon directs a nuclear explosion at a target using magnetic fields.

StarCraft

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Yamato Gun

The Yamato Gun is a powerful weapon that focuses a nuclear explosion into a beam using magnetic fields. It deals 260 damage.

Usage
Hotkey Y
Cost 150 Energy
Range 10
Acquisition
Purchased from Physics lab
Hotkey Y
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 120seconds
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StarCraft II

The Minotaur now has the Type-V Yamato cannon which does 300 damage to anything it hits.

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Firing the Yamato Cannon

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Weapon Refit

Enables use of the Battlecruiser Yamato Cannon, dealing 240 damage to a target.

Acquisition
Purchased from Fusion core
Hotkey R
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 100seconds
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Trivia

The Yamato Gun is a reference to the title ship of Space Battleship Yamato and its wave motion gun and, indirectly, a reference to the Yamato-class battleships used in World War II.

References

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