Weapons and Vehicles of the Imperium of Man
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This article is a list of Military Equipment of the Imperium of Man, including the Imperial Guard, Space Marines, Inquisition and other ground forces. As well as their usage by the forces of the Imperium, many of these weapons are also employed by the forces of Chaos and by the Gue'vesa auxilleries of the Tau Empire.
Vehicles
Leman Russ Tank
Baneblade Heavy Tank
Chimera APC
Basilisk Self Propelled Artillery Vehicle
Land Raider
Rhino APC
Sentinel Scout Vehicle
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Weapons
Bolt Weaponry-Bolt Weapons are a type of projectile weapon used by the Imperium of man. Bolt Weapons are smoothbore guns that fire specialised ammunition, known as Bolts. Bolts have two stages of propultion. The first is a rather standard explosive charge inside the catridge, the second is inside the actual bolt, which contains a rocket engine that ignites after the bolt has cleared the barral. This gives bolts superior firepower over more conventional projectile weapons. Many diferent varients of Bolts are used for specialist, the most common with this is an armor peircing high explosive rounds with others including armor peircing, incindary, fragmentation as well as even more exotic forms of bolt, including bolts with prayers inscribed onto them to be effective against Daemons and [Psionic]] threats.
The Imperial Space Marines make heavy use of Bolt Weapons as their standard small arms. Due to the expense of manufacturing them and their ammunition, Bolt Weapons are generally not issued as small arms to the Imperial Guard, although they are used by the Guard as Heavy Machine guns as both tripod mounted weapons and as Vehicle weapons. As well, a few Elite soldiers, commanding officers and Imperial Commissars are equiped with Bolt Pistols.
Las Weaponry-Imperial Laser weapons are among the most common weaponry used by the Imperium of Man in many forms ranging from infantry small arms to capital ship level weapons.
The Standard Infantry Weapon of the Imperial Guard is the Lasgun, a cheap, reliable and easy to manufacture Laser Rifle. The firepower of the standard Lasgun is 19 Megajoules per shot, more powerful sniper rifle varients exist, sacrificing rate of fire for sheer firepower. Despite being more powerful than modern projectile weapons, Lasguns have lackluster fire when compared with many weapons in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and are often prejoritively refered to as "Flashlights". Larger, more powerful versions known as Lascannons are often used as anti-tank weapons.
A more advanced form of Las Weaponry are Hell Weapons, which offer greater power but are more costly to produce and somewhat harder to maintain.
Plasma Weaponry-The Imperium makes use of Plasma Weaponry, but it is a very unrefined technology. While an Imperial Plasma Gun offers greater firepower than Las or Bolt weaponry or even the Pluse Weapons of the Tau Empire, Imperial Plasma weapons are dangerously unstable and all too often it literally blows up in the user's face. This, combined with high production costs severely limit the Imperium's usage of Plasma Weapons.
The Imperium makes use of both Handheld Plasma Rifles and Pistols, as well as equiping it on Leman Russ Executioners, a vehicle which has crews that have a reputation for being insane.
Flame Weaponry-The Imperium of man makes heavy usage of flamethrowers making use of an advanced fuel known as Prometheum. Flamethrowers are seen as the Emperor's fury clensing evil with fire. Among the groups that make heavy usage of Flame Weaponry are the Salamanders Chapter of Space Marines, Catachan Jungle fighters and the forces of the Adepta Sororitas. Several Vehicles, including Hellhounds, Catachan patern Sentinels and Immolators are also equiped with Flamers.
Meelee Weaponry
Grenades
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Miscellanious Equipment
Power Armor
Flak Armor
Drop Pods
Grav Chutes
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