Post by Julius Quintus on Mar 25, 2009 4:00:46 GMT
Heavy Bolter:
The heavy bolter is the heavy support variant of the Astartes standard issue boltgun. It is a common anti-personnel weapon in all branches if the imperial military and is employed by the Adeptus Astartes as a squad support weapon.
The heavy bolter fires an 1.00in calibre version of .75 calibre explosive bolt fired by the boltgun. It fires them at a rate of 500rpm out to a maximum effective range of 1000m. The heavy bolter fires from either a 500 round box magazine mounted on the weapon or from a backpack mounted 3000 round capacity with a powered ammunition feed.
The 500 round box magazines are very bulky and take up the space of 2 Duplus pattern bolter magazines in a marines ammo dispenser system.
Missile Launcher:
The missile launcher is a shoulder fired recoiless weapon which fires unguided rocket propelled shells with a variety of different warheads. The rockets are loaded either individually, or in some versions from a 5 rocket, gravity feed magazine.
The individual rockets are fin stabalised and powered by a solid fuel motor with a range of 2000m. The most common varieties of missile are fitted with frag or krak warheads which are identical in operation to the frag and krak grenades which are standard issue to all Astartes but contain larger more powerful warheads.
Plasma Cannon:
The plasma cannon is a large heavy support version of the plasme gun. It uses electromagnetic fields to fire blasts of hydrogen plasma at ranges of up to 1000m. Unlike its smaller cousin, the astartes plasma cannon doesn't have its own power source. Its capacitors are charged directly from the backpack power source of astartes power armour. This increases the range and rate of fire of the weapon as well as its stopping power. The backpack also houses the hydrogen cells in special heavily armoured compartments. the hydrogen is transfered to the firing chamber by flexible feed lines. These are armoured but still vulnerable to damage from weapons fire.
Las-cannon:
The Las-cannon is a heavy version of the las--guns and las-pistols which are standard issue with most of the imperiums armed forces. The weapon fires bolts of coherent light by discharging a photoelectric cell through a focusing chamber. The cell is powered by a series of fast recharge capacitors which, in the astartes version are connected directly to the operators armour power source for maximum power and rate of fire.
The astartes las-cannon is effective out to a range of 2000m before the beam attenuates and has a cyclic rate of fire of about 20rpm.
The heavy bolter is the heavy support variant of the Astartes standard issue boltgun. It is a common anti-personnel weapon in all branches if the imperial military and is employed by the Adeptus Astartes as a squad support weapon.
The heavy bolter fires an 1.00in calibre version of .75 calibre explosive bolt fired by the boltgun. It fires them at a rate of 500rpm out to a maximum effective range of 1000m. The heavy bolter fires from either a 500 round box magazine mounted on the weapon or from a backpack mounted 3000 round capacity with a powered ammunition feed.
The 500 round box magazines are very bulky and take up the space of 2 Duplus pattern bolter magazines in a marines ammo dispenser system.
Missile Launcher:
The missile launcher is a shoulder fired recoiless weapon which fires unguided rocket propelled shells with a variety of different warheads. The rockets are loaded either individually, or in some versions from a 5 rocket, gravity feed magazine.
The individual rockets are fin stabalised and powered by a solid fuel motor with a range of 2000m. The most common varieties of missile are fitted with frag or krak warheads which are identical in operation to the frag and krak grenades which are standard issue to all Astartes but contain larger more powerful warheads.
Plasma Cannon:
The plasma cannon is a large heavy support version of the plasme gun. It uses electromagnetic fields to fire blasts of hydrogen plasma at ranges of up to 1000m. Unlike its smaller cousin, the astartes plasma cannon doesn't have its own power source. Its capacitors are charged directly from the backpack power source of astartes power armour. This increases the range and rate of fire of the weapon as well as its stopping power. The backpack also houses the hydrogen cells in special heavily armoured compartments. the hydrogen is transfered to the firing chamber by flexible feed lines. These are armoured but still vulnerable to damage from weapons fire.
Las-cannon:
The Las-cannon is a heavy version of the las--guns and las-pistols which are standard issue with most of the imperiums armed forces. The weapon fires bolts of coherent light by discharging a photoelectric cell through a focusing chamber. The cell is powered by a series of fast recharge capacitors which, in the astartes version are connected directly to the operators armour power source for maximum power and rate of fire.
The astartes las-cannon is effective out to a range of 2000m before the beam attenuates and has a cyclic rate of fire of about 20rpm.