LAS-98 Laser Cannon

This cannon is built on upscaled, weaponized laser technology. It fires a heavy, continuous laser beam that consumes no ammunition unless it overheats. The weapon needs to be loaded with emergency heat dump canisters to fire. It has the slowest turn speed of all the continuous-beam laser weapons, even more slowly than the LAS-5 Scythe.

Helldivers start with 1 Laser Cannon heat dump canister, and can carry up to 2. Replacing a canister is only necessary if the weapon is overheated, and takes 6 seconds (immobilizing the Helldiver). As the LAS-98 is a laser weapon, it does not have the ability to perform a fast reload or retain a round in the chamber.

The Mk2 upgrade of this weapon is a pre-requisite for the MG-94 Machine Gun Mk3 upgrade that lets players move while firing.

Unlock Requirement
The LAS-98 Laser Cannon is granted to the player as a reward for completing all the missions on its associated planet (typically a medium-high level planet - difficulty 7 to 9).

Stratagem Code
Players must enter the following sequence, using the controller d&#8209;pad, in order to call down the LAS-98 Laser Cannon during a mission: