Meltagun
Melta Guns are the basic version of Melta weapons, used by forces of Imperial origin, including the Imperial Guard, Space Marines, Ordo Hereticus and Adepta Sororitas. Given their fairly quiet and very effective nature, infiltrating parties make use of meltaguns to destroy enemy vehicles before they get a chance to fight on the battlefield.[Needs Citation] They are also given names such as 'fusion guns', 'melters',[17] and 'cookers'.[Needs Citation]
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Overview
Meltaguns are effective anti-armour weapons, used by various Imperial forces for close range assault and anti-tank roles. They are most effective at close-range, capable of reducing nearly any material to molten slag through super-heated blasts.[12] Besides its role as a weapon, a Meltagun can also be used as an battlefield engineering tool. It can put a hole a metre in diameter into a disused extraction pipe to create an entrance[19b] or reduce a dozen cubic metres of ice to steam in a single firing in a cramped underground tunnel to provide expanded elbow room.[19a]
Known and Mentioned Meltagun Production Sites and Patterns
- Ultima Pattern; 'Tank Killer'
- Assault Pattern
- Accataran Pattern MkVIII - Used by Elysian Drop Troops[2]
- Primus Mk.II — Great Crusade-era Space Marine model[13]
- Conflagration Meltagun
- Mk.V Necro Pattern - Used by the Sisters of Battle[14]
- Melta Carbine - Used by Tempestus Aquilons[18]
Images
Accataran Pattern MkVIII Meltagun[8]
Meltagun[6]
Meltagun[7]
Meltagun[5]
Horus Heresy-era Primus Mk.II Melta
Meltagun[4]
Meltagun[4]
Cadian Shock Trooper with Meltagun[9]
Catachan Jungle Fighter with Meltagun[10]
Battle Sister with Meltagun[11]
Adepta Sororitas Meltagun
House Escher Meltagun[15]
House Orlock Meltagun, modified Industrial Pattern[16]
Tempestus Aquilon with Melta Carbine[18]
Famous meltagun Users
Related Articles
Sources
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- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project pg. 136
- 3: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)
- 4: Specialist Games Catalogue, pg. 107
- 5: Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook, pg. 34
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part One, pg. 95
- 7: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 26
- 8: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pg. 101
- 9: GW Website Imperial Guard Cadian with Plasma Gun and Meltagun
- 10: GW Website Imperial Guard Catachan Assault Weapons
- 11: GW Website
- 12: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition) pgs. 98–99
- 13: The Horus Heresy Book Two pg. 107
- 14: Daemonifuge, Book I
- 15: Necromunda: House of Blades, pgs. 112-113
- 16: Necromunda: House of Iron, pg. 112
- 17: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, pg. 73
- 18: Kill Team: Hivestorm Rulebook, pgs. 32-33
- 19: Caves of Ice (Novel) — Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus):
| Melta Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Portable | Inferno Pistol • Combi-Melta • Meltagun • Melta Rifle • Thermal Lance |
| Heavy | Multi-melta • Melta Cannon • Melta Destroyer • Melta-Lance • Magna-Melta • Titan Melta Cannon • Cyclonic Melta Lance • Thermal Spear |
| Eldar | Fusion Pistol • Fusion Gun • Fire Pike |
| Other | Deffgun • Fusion Blaster • Fusion Cannon • Fusion Cascade • Heat Ray • Heat Cannon • Conflagration Cannon |
