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The [[Tau]] use railguns as the primary heavy weapons on tanks and walkers. In these cases they are very powerful and penetrating (as in real life) as the acceleration is limited only by the amount of power that can be input and how much the weapon can handle with out exploding or melting (in the case of these two, it is quite a lot; rumor has it that in their next Codex, Tau railguns will wound all units in a line).
The [[Tau]] use railguns as the primary heavy weapons on tanks and walkers. In these cases they are very powerful and penetrating (as in real life) as the acceleration is limited only by the amount of power that can be input and how much the weapon can handle with out exploding or melting (in the case of these two, it is quite a lot; rumor has it that in their next Codex, Tau railguns will wound all units in a line).
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*{{anchor|Railgun}}'''Railgun''': The Railgun is the iconic [[Tau]] heavy weapon, mounted on [[Battlesuit]]s and [[Hammerhead Gunship]]s to cause massive damage to enemy armor (72", S10, AP1). A Broadside Battlesuit Team can carry up to 3 twin-linked railguns in one Heavy Support slot, while the Hammerhead can only carry one, but the Hammerhead has enough ammunition capacity to also carry a S6 AP4 Large Blast submunition round for dealing with infantry blobs.
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*{{anchor|Railgun}}'''Railgun''': The
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Railgun
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is the iconic [[Tau]] heavy weapon, mounted on [[Battlesuit]]s and [[Hammerhead Gunship]]s to cause massive damage to enemy armor (72", S10, AP1). A Broadside Battlesuit Team can carry up to 3 twin-linked railguns in one Heavy Support slot, while the Hammerhead can only carry one, but the Hammerhead has enough ammunition capacity to also carry a S6 AP4 Large Blast submunition round for dealing with infantry blobs.
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'''Heavy Railgun''': Because the regular railgun wasn't enough for putting down the really big targets (like [[Titan (Warhammer 40,000)|Titan]]s), the Earth Caste developed the '''Heavy Railgun''' (110", SD, AP1) for their super-heavy vehicles. The [[Manta]] mounts two of these, while the [[Tiger Shark#Tiger Shark AX-1-0|Tiger Shark AX-1-0]] mounts a twin-linked pair. Like the Hammerhead railgun, the heavy railgun can fire a pie-plate for destroying massed infantry formations, but the heavy railgun's submunitions are S7 AP3 and the blast is 10" across.
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*'''Heavy Railgun''': Because the regular railgun wasn't enough for putting down the really big targets (like [[Titan (Warhammer 40,000)|Titan]]s), the Earth Caste developed the '''Heavy Railgun''' (110", SD, AP1) for their super-heavy vehicles. The [[Manta]] mounts two of these, while the [[Tiger Shark#Tiger Shark AX-1-0|Tiger Shark AX-1-0]] mounts a twin-linked pair. Like the Hammerhead railgun, the heavy railgun can fire a pie-plate for destroying massed infantry formations, but the heavy railgun's submunitions are S7 AP3 and the blast is 10" across.
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*'''Rail Rifle''': Emboldened by the success of vehicle-mounted railguns, the Earth Caste built a [[Tau]]-portable railgun weapon, called the "rail rifle." It debuted in the [[Fire Warrior]] video game as a prototype weapon; it soon got rules in [[Chapter Approved]], and by the next Tau Empire [[Codex]], it was a regular part of the Fire Caste's armory, used by Pathfinders and drones as a sniper weapon.
*'''Rail Rifle''': Emboldened by the success of vehicle-mounted railguns, the Earth Caste built a [[Tau]]-portable railgun weapon, called the "rail rifle." It debuted in the [[Fire Warrior]] video game as a prototype weapon; it soon got rules in [[Chapter Approved]], and by the next Tau Empire [[Codex]], it was a regular part of the Fire Caste's armory, used by Pathfinders and drones as a sniper weapon.
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The anti-infantry effectiveness was moved to the Necrons' new "tesla" weapons. Those things are horde-killing assault guns that fire off high-strength bolts of lightning that ground themselves on the enemy. Their gimmick is that each to-hit roll of six grants two additional automatic hits on the same unit. Like Gauss weapons only ''kinda'' insta-gib vehicles, these weapons only ''sometimes'' insta-gib infantry.
The anti-infantry effectiveness was moved to the Necrons' new "tesla" weapons. Those things are horde-killing assault guns that fire off high-strength bolts of lightning that ground themselves on the enemy. Their gimmick is that each to-hit roll of six grants two additional automatic hits on the same unit. Like Gauss weapons only ''kinda'' insta-gib vehicles, these weapons only ''sometimes'' insta-gib infantry.
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*'''Gauss flayer''': The trusty Gauss flayer is the standard weapon (in fact, the only weapon) wielded by [[Necron Warrior]]s. Its stats are equivalent to the [[bolter]], with the additional "Gauss" rule mentioned above. [[Ghost Ark]]s and [[Doomsday Ark]]s mount an array of five of these guns on each side.
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'''Gauss flayer''': The trusty Gauss flayer is the standard weapon (in fact, the only weapon) wielded by [[Necron Warrior]]s. Its stats are equivalent to the [[bolter]], with the additional "Gauss" rule mentioned above. [[Ghost Ark]]s and [[Doomsday Ark]]s mount an array of five of these guns on each side.
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'''Gauss blaster''': The Gauss blaster is the standard weapon of [[Necron Immortal]]s; it is basically a Gauss flayer with slightly improved strength and armor-piercing capability. A unit of [[Tomb Blade]]s can also choose to take twin-linked pairs of them to specialize in vehicle-hunting.
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*'''Gauss blaster''': The Gauss blaster is the standard weapon of [[Necron Immortal]]s; it is basically a Gauss flayer with slightly improved strength and armor-piercing capability. A unit of [[Tomb Blade]]s can also choose to take twin-linked pairs of them to specialize in vehicle-hunting.
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'''Gauss cannon''': The iconic weapon of [[Necron Destroyer]]s is their shoulder-mounted gauss cannon. Though it's only as strong and long-ranged as a gauss blaster, it has more shots and will tear through all but the toughest armor suits.
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'''Heavy gauss cannon''': [[Necron Heavy Destroyer]]s get heavy gauss cannons, and [[Triarch Stalker]]s can choose a twin-linked set of them as a primary weapon. They only get one shot, but it's as powerful as a [[lascannon]].
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*'''Gauss cannon''': The iconic weapon of [[Necron Destroyer]]s is their shoulder-mounted gauss cannon. Though it's only as strong and long-ranged as a gauss blaster, it has more shots and will tear through all but the toughest armor suits.
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'''Gauss flux arc''': The '''Gauss flux arc''' is basically like the [[#Gauss Flayer|Gauss flayer]], but firing more shots at a time. [[Monolith]]s mount one at each corner, and they are capable of choosing their targets independently.
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'''Tesla carbine''': A unit of [[Necron Immortal|Immortals]] or [[Tomb Blade]]s can choose to use tesla carbines instead of gauss blasters, sacrificing the Gauss rule and all armor-piercing ability for the chance to land extra hits.
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*'''Heavy gauss cannon''': [[Necron Heavy Destroyer]]s get heavy gauss cannons, and [[Triarch Stalker]]s can choose a twin-linked set of them as a primary weapon. They only get one shot, but it's as powerful as a [[lascannon]].
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'''Tesla cannon''': A tesla cannon is like a tesla carbine with another point of strength and twice as many shorts. [[Annihilation Barge]]s and [[Catacomb Command Barge]]s mount one slung underneath the operators' pedals.
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'''Tesla destructor''': Again, another point of strength and twice as many shots compared to the tesla cannon. The [[Annihilation Barge]], [[Night Scythe]], and [[Doom Scythe]] all mount a twin-linked set of them for vaporizing blobs. The tesla destructor's bolts are so powerful that they can arc extremely far from their initial targets; any unit within 6" of a unit attacked by a tesla destructor gets hit by d6 Strength 5 AP- hits on a roll of six.
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*'''Gauss flux arc''': The '''Gauss flux arc''' is basically like the [[#Gauss Flayer|Gauss flayer]], but firing more shots at a time. [[Monolith]]s mount one at each corner, and they are capable of choosing their targets independently.
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*'''Tesla cannon''': A tesla cannon is like a tesla carbine with another point of strength and twice as many shorts. [[Annihilation Barge]]s and [[Catacomb Command Barge]]s mount one slung underneath the operators' pedals.
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*'''Tesla destructor''': Again, another point of strength and twice as many shots compared to the tesla cannon. The [[Annihilation Barge]], [[Night Scythe]], and [[Doom Scythe]] all mount a twin-linked set of them for vaporizing blobs. The tesla destructor's bolts are so powerful that they can arc extremely far from their initial targets; any unit within 6" of a unit attacked by a tesla destructor gets hit by d6 Strength 5 AP- hits on a roll of six.
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=== Eldar ===
=== Eldar ===
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Eldar shuriken weapons and Dark Eldar Shard weapons both use coilgun technology to throw their ammo. Which is strange,
due to nor
psychoplastic nor
shardcristals
are
ferromagnetics
, and so cannot be
acceleraded
with magnetic
field
.
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[[
Eldar
]]
shuriken weapons and
[[
Dark Eldar
]]
Shard weapons both use coilgun technology to throw their ammo. Which is strange,
because neither
psychoplastic nor
shardcrystals
are
ferromagnetic
, and so cannot be
accelerated
with magnetic
fields
.
=== Imperium ===
=== Imperium ===
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Strangerly
enough,
hevy bolter uses
coilgun tech to further accelerate
it's
bolts, so they can use much lighter ammo with less gunpowder.
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Strangely
enough,
heavy bolters use
coilgun tech to further accelerate
its
bolts, so they can use much lighter ammo with less gunpowder.
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Also NOVA CANNON is sometimes described as fuckhuege railgun
. Though
,
it have like
half dozen
of
completely different explanations how NOVA CANNON actually works.
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Also
, the
NOVA CANNON is sometimes described as fuckhuege railgun,
though this is only one of a
half dozen completely different explanations
of
how
the
NOVA CANNON actually works.
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