Spike Rifle
The Spike Rifle is a Tyranid Bio-weapon used primarily by the Gaunt genus.[1]
It is a bony tube lined with muscles that holds a row of harpoon-like spikes that are razor sharp, barbed to tear at a victim's arteries and cause them to bleed to death, and for good measure are also criss-crossed with acidic veins and toxin sacs to make any scratch almost always fatal. The spikes are fired by method of a muscle contraction over a considerable range and with sufficient force to pierce flesh.[1][2]
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- 1: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pg. 39
- 2: Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition), pg. 56
- 3: Warhammer Community: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/08/30/the-hive-mind-speaks-how-the-warhammer-studio-updated-classic-tyranids/ The Hive Mind Speaks – How the Warhammer Studio Updated Classic Tyranids (posted 30/8/2023) (last accessed 31/8/2023)