Shoota
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Shootas are guns used by Ork Boyz. They fire heavy solid slugs that simply impact with the target, unlike most ammunition types for the Imperial Bolter, which explode. It is a less effective weapon individually, but the sheer volume of fire generated by a group of Orks in the throes of a Waaagh! is more than enough to negate this deficiency. These are not rifles like most race's basic firearms, but instead more akin to machine-guns used en mass. The Orks that wield these weapons are generally less concerned with hitting the enemy as with making as much noise and chaos as possible, and hence many weapons are heavily modified to fire larger rounds, make more noise, enhance the muzzle flash and increase the rate of fire. The rough-and-tumble Shootas are mechanically very simple, allowing them to fire the crudely machined ammunition made for them, and pretty much anything else fed into the mechanism.
