Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.118-20130803022053/@comment-1683193-20130818070227

203.134.114.231 wrote: Okay I found a link of Mith from Spacebattles.com doing the Calcs for a Plasma Rifle.

Link-http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/halo-brutes-vs-star-wars-clone-troopers.235846/page-2

And this is what he says:

'''(At best? No. A bit higher. Covenant Plasma Rifles have an output of 100-150 kv at 2-3 amps, which gives us a minimum of 200 kilovolts and a maximum of 450 kilovolts per shot. That gives us:

At 100 kv; 200-300 kilojoules

At 150 kv; 300-450 kilojoules

The middle ground appears to be about 300 kilojoules. Assuming it takes say, a dozen shots to bring down an Elite's shields, 3.6 megajoules would probably be their limit before they break. And no, Clone rifles are not at 8 megajoules. That's just silly.)'''

That is incredibly powerful, and is pretty much Bolter range. You are talking about blasts as powerful as a modern hand grenade at arounf 400-800 Kilojoules...0oO My God! Actually, the Bibles page says 2-3 deciAmps so its only around 20-45kW.