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Primitive weapons are produced on worlds without modern technology or the understanding to use them. The description ranges from crude projectile weapons such as bows and crossbow, to slightly more advanced powder based pistols and muskets.

Bow

Main article: Bow

A primitive weapon which relies on the tensile strength of the string to project a missile.

Crossbow

Main article: Crossbow

A more advanced bow with better accuracy but slower reloading speeds.

Handbow

Main article: Handbow

A smaller version of the Crossbow but with all the same restrictions.

Spear Gun

Main article: Spear Gun

A weapon found on Necromunda and used exclusively by the Scalies. It consists of a gun block built around a hefty spring which launches a short hafted spear with such force it can pierce several victims with one shot.

Sling

Main article: Sling

A piece of material around a small missile, slung above the head, to project the missile rapidly towards the enemy. Can be anything from a stone to grenade.

Musket

Main article: Musket

Muskets are primitive firearms, utilizing explosive powder and a crude firing mechanism to propel a lead ball. They are slow, inaccurate and unreliable, and only made and used on backwards planets.

Blunderbuss

Main article: Blunderbuss

Blunderbusses or Scatter Guns are a variety of primitive firearm similar to the musket but usually shorter with a flared barrel. They utilise black or other explosive powder, but instead of a single ball they launch a hail of small lead pellets, but in desprate times they can be used to fire stones, nails, buttons, coins, nuts and bolts or anything else to hand that is solid.

Scatter Cannon

Main article: Scatter Cannon

Scatter Cannons are simply larger versions of Blunderbusses or Scatter Guns. These are found on Necromunda and are used by Scalies as they are the only Underhive denizens who are strong enough to wield them effectively due to the recoil they produce when fired.

Antique pistol

Main article: Antique pistol

Although a rare sight on most battlefields, this pistol version of the musket is produced and used on some medieval planets. The nobles of some of the more backward worlds often carry finely crafted and elegantly formed examples of this type of weapon.