40mm Titan Heavy Rifle

## 40mm Titan Heavy Battle Rifle

### Ammunition Type

40x311mm cartridge, customisable with a standard Depleted Uranium (DU) or a Armour Piercing Depleted Tungsetn (APDT) M20 Explosive Shell

### Fire Mode

Semi-Automatic (Automatic with Amped Variant, Burst-Fire with modifications)

## Usage

### Titan Loadout

Tone

The **40mm Titan Heavy Rifle** (Also known as the Forty-Mil, 40mm Cannon, 40mm Titan Heavy Battle Rifle) is a staple weapon utilised by many Pilots on the Frontier, famed for its versatility in combat. The 40mm fires a 40mm round over meium-long distances with a considerable degree of accuracy, and is generally a good jack-of-all-trades weapon. It's explosive damage allows it to do area-of-effect damage on Pilots, infantry and Titans alike.

## Operation

The 40mm Titan Heavy Rifle (Or "40 mil") is a multi-purpose/ anti-Titan automatic cannon designed by Brockhaurd Manufacturing. It is a popular and versatile Titan armament often fielded by Pilots operating in medium to long-distance engagements. The 40mm cartridge can be customized to damage enemy personnel or material with a standard Depleted Uranium (DU) shell or the highly effective Armour Piercing, Depleted Tungsten (APDT) M20 explosive shell. When accurate heavy firepower is required, the selection of choice is the 40mm Cannon.

## History

The factory issue 40mm Cannon is a semi-automatic weapon that fires a high-explosive round with good accuracy. During the Titan Wars, a resourceful Pilot and his support unit tore a 40mm cannon from a stranded mobile infantry carrier, and attached it to his Atlas, replacing his defunct primary weapon. The opposing force, expecting an unarmed Titan to surrender the next day, was wiped out in a battle that barely lasted two minutes, and thus a new Titan weapon was born.

## Variants

### Amped 40mm Cannon

*"The 40mm Autofire Project is economically unfeasible for large scale deployments."* - IMC Research Report

The amped 40mm cannon is a fully automatic weapon. According to the IMC research report on the project, automatic 40mm cannons are not economic, due to the amount of ammunition they consume.

### Tracker Cannon

The 40mm Tracker is a variant of the 40mm used by the Tone Titan. It differs from the regular 40mm in its operation - rather than simply firing and doing damage, the Tracker's rounds establish target locks on Titans and Reapers caught in its crosshairs. These target locks can be then used for the Titan's missiles to track and do mass damage on. These rounds can be enhanced, allowing critical hits on enemy Titans to count for two locks.

## Modifications

The modifications include;

* Extended Magazines
* Burst-fire modifications
* Autofire (Amped variant)
* Enhanced Tracker Rounds

## Trivia

* The 40mm Cannon's expended Shell casings are noted by grunts to be extremely heavy, with videos of people being literally *crushed* by them available on the Internet. Indeed, a warning sign on the right side of the weapon says AVOID SHELL EJECTION: STAY BACK 20 METERS, to reinforce this point.

## Gallery

Render of the 40mm in TitanfallRender of the 40mm in Titanfall 2
## Appearances

* *Titanfall (First Appearance)*
* *Titanfall 2 (First Appearance as the Tracker Cannon)*

## References

1. ↑ Titanfall 2 Concept Art
2. ↑ Titanfall Legacy Site - Ogre Titan