Autocannon
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Autocannon is one of the 
Stratagems Weapons in Helldivers 2.
AC-8 Autocannon is a fully-automatic cannon effective against light vehicle armor. Includes support backpack required for reloading.
Autocannon Stratagem unlocks at lvl 10 player level and costs 7000 Requisition Points to unlock.
Autocannon Comes with an ammo backpack and can be used by 2 helldivers for team reloading.
Autocannon Code[edit | edit source]
Autocannon Stratagem call down code consists of 6 buttons:
Autocannon Mechanics[edit | edit source]
Autocannon is a heavy support Weapon that can pierce medium Armor and do splash damage.
It stand between Rocket weapons like 
Expendable Anti-Tank and 
Machine Gun with decent fire rate, but lower armor piercing
Autocannon Have fully-automatic and semi-automatic fire modes, semi automatic is being default and used most of the time.
When called in pod will come with a backpack.
- Backpack can be equipped by a Autocannon wielding helldiver for reloading the weapon. In order to reload helldiver will need to stay immobile and it will take couple of seconds to reload
- Backpack can be equipped by a squad member and used to reload the weapon while Autocannon user will be shooting. It provides faster reload rate, making it possible to take down important targets fast.
Autocannon Stats[edit | edit source]
List of stats for the Autocannon Stratagem
| Stat/Trait | Value |
|---|---|
| Call-in Time | 3 sec |
| Uses | unlimited |
| Cooldown Time | 480sec |
| Ammo Capacity | 10 |
| Pentration/Ammunition | Medium Armor Penetrating |
| Magazines | 10 |
| Reload time | - |
| Magazine Replenish per Ammo box | 5 |
| Trait | Support Weapon |
| Trait | Hellpod |
Autocannon Tips and Tricks[edit | edit source]
All the tips for Autocannon shared by the community. Feel free to add yours.
- Its possible to use Autocannon to take out Mission Objectives, also destroying Spore Spewer that creates fog in Terminid planers.
- If aimed properly Autocannon can destroy Camp Spawns, like Bug Holes. Its possible to destry Automaton Fabricators by shooting inside when their door opens. Or aiming at its vents from the higher ground.
- Autocannon is best against medium-armored targets, taking them out fast without need of flanking.
- Autocannon Magazine clip have 5 ammo
- Reloading Autocannon when its fully empty takes significantly more time than when it have at least 1 ammo in
- Since each Autocannon Magazine clip have 5 ammo and Autocannon holds 10, its recommended to reload it when its lower than 50% ammo when possible. It will ensure faster reloads and lower downtime.
- Crouching will increase accuracy if helldiver is trying to hit enemy weak point with Autocannon
- Using team reload will allow to effectively take out multiple heavy targets.
- Its possible to drop a backpack or a weapon using X button to let squad mate pick it up and use it together for fast reload.
Autocannon Upgrades[edit | edit source]
Its possible to uprade Autocannon Stratagem in the Ship Modules upgrades. Here is the list of the available upgrades for the Autocannon
| Upgrade | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Streamlined Request Process | Decreases Support Weapon stratagem cooldown by 10% | 80  Common Samples, 40  Rare Samples
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Autocannon Additional Information[edit | edit source]
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