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Plasma Pistol

The Plasma Pistol is a smaller version of the Plasma Gun, just as dangerous as other Imperial Plasma Weapons.


Overview

Officers favour plasma pistols for their power to neutralize heavily-armoured enemies in an easily-handled pistol configuration. As well, their rarity marks plasma pistols as icons of status that the bearer is considered important enough to have access to one. Amongst Space Marines, plasma pistols are available to Assault Squads to become more effective as tank hunters.[Needs Citation]

Known Plasma Pistol Patterns

Helicon Pattern

A "subatomic" plasma pistol with an effective range of 100 meters and lethal out to 200 meters. It had a capacity of ten shots with a 25.73 second recharge time between each shot. Production discontinued in 843.M41 due to a 47% increase in the overheat margin per shot past the fifth shot.[3]

Mars Pattern

Primus Pattern

Primus Pattern Plasma Pistol[21]

Used by House Van Saar of Necromunda.[21]

Quinspirus Pattern

Quinspirus Pattern Plasma Pistol[23]

Used by House Orlock of Necromunda.[23]

Ryza Pattern

Heresy-era Ryza Sunspite Pattern Plasma Pistol[7]
  • Mk. III Ryza pattern: used by the Inquisition[20]
  • Mk. V Ryza pattern: used by the Inquisition[20]
  • Ryza Pattern "Wraith"- a duellist’s plasma pistol, made in limited numbers in the Calixis Sector and popular amongst the nobility there. Finely crafted (and correspondingly rare) these weapons are longer-ranged and higher-powered, but lacks s semi-automatic fire setting than Ryza’s typical plasma pistols.[1]
  • Ryza Pattern "Sunspite" - Used during the Horus Heresy[7]

Other

Kronos Mk.III Plasma Pistol[8]
House Escher Vixen Plasma Pistol[22]
  • Mk V "Wrathfire": a more compact pattern than the Sunfury or Ultra.[6]
Etacarn Plasma Pistol[29]
  • The Etacarn Plasma Pistol is a Leagues of Votann Plasma Pistol design superior to its Imperial counterparts.[29]
Firebird[31]


Famous Plasma Pistol Users

Imperial Guard

Space Marines

Chaos Space Marines


Notable Plasma Pistols

Gallery

See also

Sources

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