Talk:Melta Weapons

Can anyone cite an official Games Workshop, Black Library or Fantasy Flight (as FFG material was official at time of writing) source that describes melta weapons in general, or any specific melta weapon, as a "plasma weapon"?

The delineation between the two broad weapon technology types has always been quite clear in WH40k, where a weapon is either a plasma weapon, or a melta weapon. Not a weapon being both, nor one a subset.of the other.

Less importantly, but worth mentioning, the tabletop aspect has also always modeled the two weapons with very distinct and different physical appearances for the weapons (plasma with the glowing coils, melta with the heat-scorched barrel shroud with elongated ventilation openings).

However, I see someone has added content throughout the Melta Weapons wiki that states with confidence that Melta Weapons are a type of plasma weapon.

Thus, seeking clarification or citation of the source.