Gastraphete
The Gastraphete was a type of siege engine used by the Iron Warriors during the Siege of Terra. They fired either either ouslite, tungsten, chemical, or incendiary ordnance or simply recycled masonry from the palace itself. The weapon impacted with huge kinetic force.[1]
Trivia
The Gastraphete was an ancient Greek handheld crossbow
Sources
- 1: Saturnine (Novel) Part 1 Chapter 3