Ork Explosives
This article lists the common categories of Grenades, Bombs, Missiles, Mines and other explosive weapons used by Orks. They often vary in manufacturing and appearance but usually have similar characteristics.
Grenades
Stikkbombs
Stikkbombs are Ork grenades in the form of a stick with the explosive part at the top and the pin at the bottom. The stick handle is very useful, allowing the grenade to be easily carried stuffed down a boot or through a belt. The main reason for the popularity of the design is its brutal appearance and appropriate sense of size and power. Two words best describe them - big and loud. Orks are known to use them as improvised clubs in close combat, often to lethal effect.[2][6][15][18]
- See also: Stikkbomb Chukka
'Sploding Squigs
- Not to be confused with Bomb Squigs
'Sploding Squigs are an unusual subspecies of Squig, possessing multiple stomachs, each containing a thick broth of unstable digestive chemicals. When agitated, most often simply by active shaking, its digestive juices combine into a combusting liquid, causing the Squig to explode in a shower of meat, teeth and bone. Orks are known to force-feed these Squigs metal bits to enhance their lethality. They are usually thrown in combat, but can be used as mines.[15]
Super Stikkbombs
A Super Stikkbomb is an 'upgraded' version of a Krak Stikkbomb. It is, simply put, a large number of Krak Stikkbombs wired together, designed to make the biggest bang possible. They were, as most things are, invented by the Mekboyz and are a lot more dangerous and liable to kill the user as well as destroy whatever vehicle they are chucked at.[1]
Tankbusta Bombs
Tankbusta Bombs are heavy magnetic discs size and shape of manhole covers. They are directional and are used when Stikkbombs simply aren't sufficient to destroy something (and as such are more attractive to many Orks). They are attached to the vehicles by magnetic clamps and detonated with deadly efficiency. They are commonly used by Tankbustas and Kommandos.[2a] They are powerful enough to blow off chunks of ceramite and adamantium from the hulls of Land Raiders.[25]
Burna Bottles
Burna Bottles are molotov cocktail-style incendiary grenades.
Bombs
Bigbomms
Despite their name, Bigbomms are the smallest type of Ork bombs, carried by Deffkoptas and Warkoptas.[20]
Bomms
Ork Bomms are basically Ork equivalents of Imperial Bombs. They can be mounted on almost any ork aircraft, including Fightas[5d], Fighta-Bommers[5f] and Heavy Bommers.[5g]
Burna Bombs
The Burna Bomb is a variant of a standard Bomm, that can be mounted on Ork Fighta-Bommers or Burna-Bommers.[3]
Boom Bombs
Boom Bombs, also known as Big Bombs are heavier versions of a standard Ork Bomm. These huge, crude and unsubtle bombs serve as the main armament of Blitza-Bommers.[3]
Boom Bomb[7b]
Grot Bomm
Grot Bomms are small Gretchin-piloted kamikaze aircraft launched by Grot Bommers.[29]
Mega Bomms
Mega Bomms are massive Ork bombs used by Mega Bommers[27].
Missiles
Rokkits
Rokkits are the shorter-ranged Orkish variant of Imperial Krak Missiles.[5d]
- See also: Rokkit Launcha
Skorcha Missiles
The Skorcha Missile is a variant of Ork Rokkit, that are mounted on Ork Burna-Bommers.[3]
Supa-Rokkits
Supa-Rokkits are enormous versions of simple Ork rokkits.[5d]
Tankbusta Rokkits
Tankbusta Rokkits are anti-vehicle missiles mounted of Ork Landas.[19a]
Grot Bombs
You can't escape da Grot Bomb!
Ork Flyboy[11] |
Grot Bombs are Ork guided missiles, piloted by a single Gretchin. That makes it a very accurate weapon, especially for Orks. The Gretchin sacrifices himself to drive the missile to its target, but whether this is a punishment or reward is unknown. It is possible that Ork Mekboyz do not make the Gretchin pilots fully aware of their ultimate fate.[5c] They can be mounted on Trakks, Fighta-Bommers,[5f] Heavy Bommers or Battle Fortresses.[5g]
Pulsa Rokkits
The Pulsa Rokkit is a unusual Ork missile equipped with an unstable force field generator, which collapses at the moment of the Rokkit's impact, resulting in a devastating explosion. Due to its huge size it is usually mounted on a special building.[10]
Krooz Missiles
Krooz Missiles are the biggest Ork missiles, enormous in size and power.[19c]
Mines
Booby Traps
Orks use a various types of explosives, that can be detonated remotely to demolish buidings and deal damage to enemy forces. Particularly cunning Orks sometimes carry explosive devices around, equipped with a tricky mechanism so that they can detonate after their death, avenging their owner.[16]
Ork Landmines
Orks are known to use landmines. They contain huge amounts of explosive, but otherwise are more or less identical to other races' counterparts.[11] Orks are known to leave some mines clearly visible, and others buried, so that their enemies would presume to know where not to step and blow themselves up on hidden mines. Orks are often unsatisfied with a concept of a mine, that forces them to take a defensive position, but many of them still find the idea of a crude bomb exploding in the middle of enemy ranks very enjoyable.[9]
Repulsor Mines
To reconcile the defensive role of mines, Orks use Repulsor Mines, invented by Orghamek. They hover in the air, supported by repulsor fields, brought into place by Ork Minelayers. When an enemy tries to pass under one of the mines, its weak repulsor field collapses and it falls down. The unlucky trespasser is torn to shreds by a massive explosion, if the fall of a heavy mine doesn't kill him first.[9]
Orbital Mines
Orbital Mines are large proximity or contact-detonated mines laid in the depths of space or orbiting worlds as defensive measures. They are basically Ork equivalents of Imperial Naval Mines, used by Ork pirate forces for defending hidden bases, disabling enemy craft, or deterring pursuers.[16]
Other
Bomb Squigs
Orks sometimes use Squigs as running explosives, exploiting their natural tendency to chase anything that moves. [2a]
Related Articles
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