Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon: Difference between revisions

The core of the trope is that the weapon'''Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon''' cannot be independently aimed—it can only fire in a fixed direction relative to the ship (typically straight ahead), so you have to maneuver the entire ship in order to aim it. This is typically because the weapon is so large that it takes up a significant portion of the ship's mass and/or volume, so mounting it in a turret is impractical or impossible. It can be nose-mounted, dorsally mounted (on the top surface of the ship), ventrally mounted (on the bottom), or a "spinal weapon" or "keel gun" (where it runs along—or in extreme cases ''is''—the spine of the ship).

* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'': the titular ship has the [[Trope Namer|original]] [[Wave Motion Gun]] mounted ''along the entire length of the ship'', with its muzzle built into the ''Yamato''{{'}}s bow (replacing -- and mimicking the look of -- the sculpted chrysanthemum which the original ship had had mounted there).