Chainaxe

A Chainaxe is a Chain Weapon crafted in the form of a great axe with a motorised chainsaw blade that allows it to cut through both flesh and armour with ease. The Chainaxe is a particular favorite of the Khornate Berserkers found in the ranks of the Chaos Space Marines and of worshipers of the Blood God in general. During the time of the Great Crusade, the Chainaxe was a standard close combat weapon used by the Assault Marines of the Space Marine Legions, and it found special favour amongst the Astartes of the World Eaters Legion. After the Traitor Legions fell to the corruption of Chaos during the Horus Heresy, the Chainaxe found favour amongst the Khornate Berserkers who began to rise in every Legion, as the axe was the sacred weapon of Khorne himself. After the Heresy, the Chainaxe found less use amongst the Loyalist Space Marine Chapters, perhaps because of its increasing association as a weapon preferred by devotees of the Blood God. However, the Astartes of some assault-oriented Loyalist Chapters like the Flesh Tearers have still been known to make use of them on occasion.