Pulse Blaster
The Pulse Blaster, also known as a Pulse Shotgun, is a type of Tau Pulse Weapon developed on Vior'la[3].
The Pulse Blaster is commonly used by Fire Warrior Breacher Teams. Similar to the Human Shotgun in function, the Pulse Blaster is designed to deliver powerful close-range firepower.[1] Though the Tau are historically disdainful of close-range warfare, the Pulse Blaster had to be developed due to Tau difficulties in urban combat on labyrinthine confined Imperial Hive Worlds.[2]
The Pulse Blaster uses a two-stage firing process to enhance its lethality of its plasma-based ammunition. When the trigger is halfway pulled, an invisible volley of negatively charged particles paint the target, followed by the full plasma payload. This causes victims to glow with a ghostly light moments before they're hit.[2]
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Sources
- 1: Fire Warriors, Games-Workshop (last accessed 11 November 2015)
- 2: War Zone Damocles: Kauyon pg. 56
- 3: Codex: T'au Empire (9th Edition), pg. 33
| Tau Empire Weapons | |
|---|---|
| One-Handed Weapons | Honour Blade • Pulse Pistol |
| Two-Handed Weapons | Pulse Rifle • Pulse Carbine • Pulse Blaster • Rail Rifle • Ion Rifle • Longshot Pulse Rifle • Equalisers |
| Battlesuit Weapons | Airbursting Fragmentation Projector • Burst Cannon • Cyclic Ion Blaster • Cyclic Ion Raker • Flamer • Fusion Blaster • Fusion Cannon • Fusion Cascade • Fusion Collider • Fusion Eradicator • Ion Accelerator • Missile Pod • Phased Ion Gun • Plasma Rifle • Pulse Submunitions Rifle • Heavy Rail Rifle • Heavy Burst Cannon • Heavy Rail Cannon • Pulse Submunition Cannon • EMP Discharge Cannon • Pulse Ordnance Multi-Driver • Pulse Driver Cannon • Pulse ARC Cannon • Destroyer Missiles • Cluster Rockets • Fragmentation Cluster Shell Launcher |
| Other Vehicle Weapons | Ion Cannon • Plasma Bomb • Railgun • Seeker Missile • Smart Missile System • Quad Ion Turret |
| Auxiliary Weapons | Kroot Weapons • Neutron Blaster |
| Grenades | EMP Grenade • Photon Grenade |
