Tarantula GT-870 Mark 3 Cannon (S8)
Size 8 · Ballistic Cannon · Physical damage · Gallenson Tactical Systems
The Tarantula GT-870 Mark 3 Cannon (S8) is a size 8 ballistic cannon made by Gallenson Tactical Systems. It deals 6,407 damage per second at 100 rounds per minute, 3,844.2 per shot, out to 9,703 m. It carries 255 rounds. Among the 4 size 8 guns in this build it ranks 1 by DPS. The cheapest reported shop price is 60,115 aUEC at Ship Weapons - Crusader Showroom - Orison.
Stats
- Size
- S8
- DPS
- 6,407
- Sustained (60 s)
- not modeled
- Damage per shot
- 3,844.2
- Fire rate
- 100 RPM
- Range
- 9,703 m
- Projectile speed
- 1,016 m/s
- Magazine
- 255 rounds
- Overheats after
- 0 shots
- Continuous fire
- 0 s
- Overheat cooldown
- 5.11 s
- Mass
- 87,900 kg
- Grade
- A
Sustained: The data carries no capacitor, overheat or magazine limit for this gun, so sustained is not modeled and shown at burst. Sustained is the average damage per second over 60 seconds of holding the trigger: burst DPS times the share of that time the gun can fire, then capped by the magazine. For an energy gun the share is fire time / (fire time + recharge delay + recharge time), where fire time is the capacitor load divided by shots per second. For a gun with overheat data it is time to overheat / (time to overheat + cooldown). A ballistic magazine that empties inside the minute caps it at rounds x damage per shot / 60. The ship's shared weapon power pool is not modeled.
Figures from the Star Citizen Wiki item data for build 4.10.2-LIVE.12881860. A figure the data does not carry is left out, not shown as zero.
Where to buy
| Shop | aUEC | System | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ship Weapons - Crusader Showroom - OrisonOrison | 60,115 | Stanton | 2d |
| Ship Weapons - HUR-L5HUR-L5 High Course Station | 60,115 | Stanton | 46d |
| CenterMass - IO North Tower - Area 18Area 18 | 70,293 | Stanton | 60d |
| CenterMass - New BabbageNew Babbage | 70,293 | Stanton | 42d |
Shop prices reported to UEX Corp, fetched 28 Oct 2026. Reported is the age of each report.
Ships that can mount it
No vehicle in this build has a pilot gun slot of size 8.
Pilot slots are the same ones the ship pages' DPS fitter uses: the size each mount accepts with its stock gimbal or turret.
Other size 8 guns
| Gun | Type | DPS | Per shot | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M9A Cannon (S8) | Laser Cannon | 5,189.4 | 3,113.6 | 7,762 m |
| Vanduul Mauler 'RAGE' Cannon | Plasma Cannon | 4,671.3 | 4,671.3 | 8,725 m |
| RSI Medusa Cannon | Ballistic Cannon | 4,500 | 5,400 | 9,703 m |
The 3 highest-DPS other size 8 guns. All 174 guns: weapons table.