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The Plasma Blastgun is a Plasma Weapon employed by the Imperium. Generally used against titans, the Plasma Blastgun can devastate swaths of the battlefield with its superheated blasts of energy. Able to be mounted on almost all imperial Titans^1,2,3, this weapon is also the main armament on the Stormblade⁴ super-heavy battle tank, first developed on Ryza, aforgeworld famous for its mastery of plasma weapons.

Background

The Plasma Blastgun uses the same technology as its smaller cousins, the Plasma Pistol, Gun, and Cannon, but on a massive scale. Like all plasma-baced weaponry, the Plasma Blastgun is considered a lost relic of technology, even though it is part of the most common load-out on the Warhound Scout Titan. Unlike its temperamental little brother, the Plasma destroyer⁵, the Plasma Blastgun does not suffer from catastrophic overheating, possibly due to the large coolant systems required to maintain its massive mount vehicles' engines. It also has more tactical flexibility than most weapons used against titans, due to its ability to either release an almighty blast of star-hot plasma, or several smaller bolt-shots to devastate infantry¹. The Plasma Blastgun is too large a weapon for an independent source of plasma or gas for its supply of ammunition, so it almost always draws directly from its mount chassis' plasma reactor to fire⁶.

Sources

• ¹:Apocalypse
• ²:[1] (reaver)
• ³:[2] (Imperial Datasheet - Emperor Battle Titan)
• ⁴:Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy
• ⁵:Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)
• ⁶:Titanicus (Novel)

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