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Powered Weapons are sheathed in a disruptive energy field that can tear through armour easily, including Terminator Armour. The colour of the energy field is most often blue in Imperial powered weapons, but purple and red versions have also been seen. There is a distinct crackling sound when the weapon activates or strikes something. When two energy fields of this kind meet they cancel each other out, allowing regular fencing. When deactivated the weapon often looks like a perfectly normal version of its kind.

Contents 1 Cross-Species 1.1 Power Weapon 2 Imperial 2.1 Power Fist 2.2 Power Maul 2.3 Gauntlets of Ultramar 2.4 Lightning Claw 2.5 Raven's Talons 2.6 Crozius Arcanum 2.7 Thunder Hammer 3 Chaos Powered Weapons 4 Ork Powered Weapons 4.1 Power Klaw 5 Eldar 5.1 Diresword 5.2 Executioner 5.3 Powerblades 5.4 Scorpion's Claw 6 Sources 7 Related Articles

Cross-Species

Power Weapon

Main article: Power Weapon ³
A Power Weapon is any Close Combat Weapon with an added power cell, turning it into a Powered Weapon. They come in many different forms, including swords, axes or even gauntlets.

Imperial

Power Fist

Main article: Power Fist ³
A Power Fist is a large, hand-covering power weapon with a built in power system, giving the user a huge strength boost.

Power Maul

Main article: Power Maul ⁵
A Power Maul is a club or mace with a power field. The power field can be adjusted from a setting that just stuns an opponent to a destructive field similar to a power weapon.

Gauntlets of Ultramar

Main article: Gauntlets of Ultramar ²
The Gauntlets of Ultramar are a huge pair of Power Fists with built in Bolters.

Lightning Claw

Main article: Lightning Claw ²
Lightning Claws are slim fingers of powered metal attached to each hand. They usually come in pairs where they augment each other for a greater power than the sum of their parts.

Raven's Talons

Main article: Raven's Talons ²
The Raven's Talons are a pair of Lightning Claws said to have been forged by Corax.

Crozius Arcanum

Main article: Crozius Arcanum ²
A Crozius Arcanum is used by Chaplains and is usually sculpted in a suitably religious manner.

Thunder Hammer

Main article: Thunder Hammer ²
The Thunder Hammer is a large and heavy hammer which gives off a huge burst of energy when it impacts.

Chaos Powered Weapons

POWERFIST see Imperial entry

LIGHTNING CLAW see Imperial entry

Ork Powered Weapons

Power Klaw

Main article: Power Klaw ⁴
A Power Klaw is a huge Ork weapon used primarily by the Warboss and Nobz. It is generally considered to be the Ork version of the Power Fist.

Eldar

Diresword

Main article: Diresword¹
The Dire Sword is a power weapon that increased the damage, the more it hits the target. It is used, exclusively, by Dire Avenger Exarchs.

Executioner

Main article: Executioner¹
The Executioner is a two-handed power weapon that increased the user's strength. It is used, exclusively, by Howling Banshee Exarchs.

Powerblades

Main article: Powerblades¹
Power Blades are power weapons that are attached to the arms of the wielder. They are used in conjuction with any other close combat weapon. It is used by Warp Spider Exarchs.

Scorpion's Claw

Main article: Scorpion's Claw¹
The Scorpion's Claw is a powered weapon with the same damage potential as a Power Fist. It also has a built in Shuriken Catapult. It is used, exclusively, by Striking Scorpion Exarchs.

Sources

• ¹Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)
• ²Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
• ³Warhammer 40,000: Wargear
• ⁴Codex: Orks (3rd Edition)
• ⁵Warhammer 40,000: Battle Manual

Related Articles

• Close Combat Weapons