What is a Meltagun 40k?

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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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 does stubber mean?

Noun. stubber (plural stubbers) (rare) One who, or that which, stubs. quotations ▼
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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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Are heavy flamers good 40k?

These weapons are among the most effective in the Imperial arsenal, and are capable of forgoing the enemy's heretical armour, their cowardly cover, and their Warp-spawned magics.
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What is a combi bolter?

Combi-flamer

A standard bolter with a Flamer attached to the side, useful for close combat.
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How do you spell Studder?

“Studder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/studder.
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Is stubber a Scrabble word?

No, stubber is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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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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Can a Lasgun penetrate space marine armor?

It harkens to the tabletop game where the guardsmen make up for their weak weapons through mass volley. But in that Astartes video on YouTube, a Space Marine takes a dozen hits from an auto-lasgun and he doesn't melt.
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What caliber are Space Marine bolters?

The Boltgun, also commonly referred to as the Bolter, is the standard weapon of the Adeptus Astartes and Adepta Sororitas. A . 75 caliber weapon, the Boltgun fires a self-propelled explosive 'bolt' which explodes with devastating effect once it has penetrated its target, effectively blowing it apart from the inside.
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How realistic are plasma weapons?

So, how do plasma weapons work? Strictly speaking they don't, since no plasma weapons exist today. The closest thing we have is the plasma cutter. Plasma is generated by vaporizing some sort of feedstock matter (usually already gaseous) with properties conducive to this use.
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What is a pulse cannon?

A pulse cannon was a powerful rapid fire weapon that fired a concentrated bolt of fusion plasma, generally in the form of an incredibly fast moving small orb of blue or purple light.
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Is plasma an explosive?

The explosive release of energy by a plasma is a common and striking occurrence. A novel explosive scenario is demonstrated in a simple system that becomes unstable to a line tied Rayleigh–Taylor–Parker instability. The system crosses the linear instability threshold in a narrow region.
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What are Autocannons good for?

Autocannons are considered ideally suited for attacking enemy vehicles and fortifications from long range. Though they lack the heavy punch of a Lascannon, they can fire more rapidly and are less prone to overheating.
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What is the biggest autocannon?

The Avenger is by far the most powerful autocannon ever installed on an aircraft. It has 7 barrels, and fires at a rate of 3,900 rounds per minute.
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What is the difference between a machine gun and a cannon?

A machine gun is a lighter and smaller weapon which fires solid slugs of metal - in the case of machine guns that I am familiar with they are simply lead cased in copper. A cannon, on the other hand, fires larger and heavier explosive or incendiary shells which explode upon contact.
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Are Combi-weapons one shot?

Marine Combis

Consider that a combi weapon is a single shot weapon so once it's gone then it's gone.
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