What is a Lascannon?

The powerful Lascannon is a formidable Laser Weapon whose energetic beam of coherent light is capable of penetrating most armoured vehicles. It is the favourite anti-tank weapon of the Astra Militarum and is also commonly used by the Space Marines.
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What is a multi melta?

The Multi-Melta is a heavier version of the standard Imperial Meltagun that is composed of multiple Meltagun barrels. The Multi-Melta is also known, like other Melta Weapons, as a "Cooker" or "Vape Gun" and is a formidable anti-personnel and anti-armour weapon.
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How hot is a melta gun?

The Meltagun, also called a "Fusion Gun," "Melter," or "Cooker," is a powerful, short-ranged anti-armour weapon that produces an intense, energetic beam of heat in the tens of thousands of degrees Centigrade.
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What caliber is a heavy bolter?

The Heavy Bolter fires a . 998 calibre bolt, larger than the . 75 calibre bolt used by the standard pattern bolter, and makes use of the same gyro-stabilising technology as the standard bolter's shells.
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What is a stubber 40k?

A Heavy Stubber is the name given to a range of heavy-barrelled Auto Weapons used for sustained fire. Like Autoguns they are easily manufactured and maintained, and are commonly used by Imperial Guard forces across the Imperium.
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How does an autocannon work?

An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (20 mm/0.79 in or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun.
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Who is a stubber?

Noun. stubber (plural stubbers) (rare) One who, or that which, stubs. quotations ▼
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Why do Space Marines use bolters?

Regardless of modification or pattern, a Bolter remains an ancient and deadly weapon in the hands of a Space Marine, and if all else fails, it is solid enough to crack skulls and snap bones with its heavy casing.
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Are bolters armor piercing?

Tempest Bolts replace the standard mass-reactive core and armour-piercing tip of a bolt round with a fragmentation shell encasing a powerful micro-explosive proximity charge. This has the effect of showering a target with a murderous storm of shrapnel.
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What is a Krak grenade?

The Krak Grenade is a type of explosive device used by the military forces of the Imperium of Man. Krak Grenades use a shaped explosive charge capable of punching holes in armoured targets such as vehicles or bunkers, and its charge can even rip armour plating apart.
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How do melta bombs work?

A Melta Bomb works by inducing a minute, uncontrolled, sub-molecular reaction within a highly-pressurised pyrum-petrol fuel mix located within an metallic casing, which rapidly reaches a critical stage and unleashes a blast of incredible heat.
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What is an inferno pistol?

The Inferno Pistol, also called an Infernus Pistol amongst the Space Marines of the Blood Angels Chapter, is a small hand-held Melta Weapon that has an overall effective range that is only about 25% that of its counterparts, the Meltagun and the Multi-Melta.
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Are Meltas flame weapons?

Imperial Use

The Salamanders Chapter of Space Marines make wide use of Flamers and Melta Weapons due to their preference for close-ranged combat.
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What is a plasma pistol?

The Plasma Pistol is a Covenant directed energy weapon reverse-engineered from Forerunner technology that uses a weaponized variant of plasma. The weapon is powered by a battery cell and has a power output of 100–150 kV at 0.2–0.3 A (20–45 kW), but when overcharged, the power output is 1.5 MV at 0.2–0.3 A (300–450 kW).
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What is a plasma cannon?

A plasma cannon (also called an electrothermal accelerator) is an experimental projectile weapon, which accelerates a projectile by means of a plasma discharge between electrodes at the rear of the barrel, generating a rapid increase in pressure.
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Why do bolters have recoil?

And when the main power from a bolter bolt is coming from the rocket charge in it why does it have such a heavy recoil? Bolts still have a normal propellant firing system, it's just the massive shells then ignite a separate stage rocket propellant. So they would still be recoil inducing physics.
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How heavy is a bolter?

Adding up the weight of all of the components, we finally have the weight of a standard bolter round, which is approximately 100 grams. Now, this is absolutely ENORMOUS. For comparison, the average 5.56mm projectile used in the main combat rifles of most NATO countries has a weight of 4 grams.
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How heavy is a Chainsword?

Hecate Pattern Chainsword - This pattern of chainsword weighs a full 6 kilograms but remains a well-balanced weapon useful in melee combat that is often used by Rogue Traders to intimidate foes and mutinous crew members alike.
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What does a red helmet on an ultramarine mean?

In the ten millennia since the Battle of Calth, the Sergeants of the Ultramarines and several other Codex-compliant Chapters continue to paint their helmets red to signify the honour accorded to the Astartes who achieve this rank.
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Could a Space Marine beat a Spartan?

Edge: Space Marine, This was also no contest, as the bolt pistol would win if the Space Marine was able to close the distance against the Spartans. Medium Ranged Combat: Space Marine - Bolter (Bolt Rifle), Let's just say that the bolter, the standard issue Space Marine gun, rapid-fires .
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How do Space Marines poop?

They go to a toilet. They're still humans.
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What is Botocore stubber?

class botocore.stub. Stubber (client) This class will allow you to stub out requests so you don't have to hit an endpoint to write tests. Responses are returned first in, first out. If operations are called out of order, or are called with no remaining queued responses, an error will be raised.
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How many 30mm rounds does an a 10 carry?

The gun's 5-foot, 11.5-inch (1.816 m) ammunition drum can hold up to 1,350 rounds of 30 mm ammunition, but generally holds 1,174 rounds. To protect the GAU-8/A rounds from enemy fire, armor plates of differing thicknesses between the aircraft skin and the drum are designed to detonate incoming shells.
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