The T-47 airspeeder features a pair of forward-facing heavy laser cannons.
Laser cannons represented potent laser-based armaments, frequently integrated into various vehicles, starfighters, and starships. A laser cannon could be either permanently affixed or connected to a turret or ball-jointed swivel, thereby enabling aiming and firing across a spectrum of directions.
Laser cannons functioned using comparable mechanics to blasters and blaster cannons, employing high-energy gas to discharge focused energy projectiles, yet they possessed the potential for greater power and extended range. They stood as the predominant weaponry throughout the galaxy, existing in a multitude of designs affixed to both civilian and military machines and vessels.
Similar to blasters, numerous laser cannons offered adjustable intensity settings for their blasts. The laser cannons installed on a UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft had the capability to be calibrated to reduce a person to ashes with a solitary shot. The laser cannons found on a Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry could unleash bolts reaching up to 5 gigajoules.
Laser cannons could also be employed to intercept incoming enemy missiles. Nevertheless, this required a functional targeting computer, as striking missiles moving at extremely high speeds could otherwise prove exceptionally challenging. Even with a targeting computer, certain targets presented immense difficulty in hitting: during the Great Hyperspace Disaster, Galactic Republic Longbeam cruiser fighters only had a one-in-three probability of successfully hitting debris from the Legacy Run while it was traveling at velocities approaching the speed of light.
Sureggi was among the manufacturers of laser cannons, and their product was integrated into the Auzituck anti-slaver gunship.
Vehicles outfitted with laser cannons encompassed the All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE), the All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT walker), the All Terrain Reconnaissance Transport (AT-RT), the All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST walker), the Gian heavy patrol speeder, the freeco bike, the WLO-5 battle tank, General Grievous' TSMEU-6 personal wheel bike, the T-47 airspeeder, in addition to the Umbaran mobile heavy cannon (MHC).
Battle droids equipped with laser cannons included the DSD1 dwarf spider droid, which featured a nose-mounted laser cannon.
During a skirmish on Florrum, pirates who were loyal to their leader Hondo Ohnaka installed a laser cannon on a tripod and then used it to execute an ambush against pirates who had betrayed him.
More formidable iterations of laser cannons were known as turbolasers.
A specific type of laser cannon that served as a personal heavy weapon was designated as a rotary laser cannon, rotating laser cannon, or the Z-6 rotary blaster cannon. Clone troopers Hardcase and Thorn were known to utilize such weapons.