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Storm Troopers with hotshot lasguns

The Hotshot Lasgun is a heavily modified las weapon used by the Imperium of Man.

The hotshot lasgun is commonly issued to Imperial Guard Storm Troopers, while the hotshot laspistols are issued to Storm Trooper Sergeants and/or high-ranking Imperial officers. Their lasbeams are designed to pierce the armour of heavy infantry, such as enemies in power armor. The magazines used to feed ammunition to the weapon is a supercharged external power pack, providing a higher degree of armour-piercing, which none but the hardiest enemies can withstand. For its armour-piercing purpose, the hotshot lasgun is much more powerful than the bolter, but retains the stopping power of a lasgun.

These lasguns are extremely complex, and as such are difficult to manufacture and exceedingly rare. They require reinforced barrels, thermal-cooling cells and gyro-stabilized power packs. Only a few forge worlds are capable of producing such weapons.1

Troopers issued such weapons are also supplied with a variety of replacement parts, as firing the weapon puts much more strain on it than a regular lasgun. They are also extensively trained in the repair and maintenance of such weapons, and Storm Troopers are even able to rebuild the weapons completely, if necessary. The Departmento Munitorum rarely issues such weapons outside of Storm Trooper companies.

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