Fusion Blaster

A Fusion Blaster is a Tau Melta Weapon most commonly utilised as a Battlesuit weapon system, and are short-ranged guns capable of reducing even the most heavily armoured vehicles and fortifications to slag in the blink of an eye. Fusion Blasters are similar in most respects to an Imperial Meltagun, albeit have a longer range are most commonly used by more mobile units.

Notable Weapon Wielders

 * XV8 Crisis Battlesuit - Fusion Blasters are most found being wielded by XV8 Crisis Battlesuits, and are equipped as ant-armour weapons by tank hunting teams. Indeed, many XV8 pilots have become adept at stalking enemy armour on the battlefield with their Fusion Blasters, using the high mobility gained from their Jetpacks to outflank enemy vehicles and engage their weaker side or rear armour.
 * XV25 Stealthsuit  - XV25 Stealthsuits are able to wield a Fusion Blaster to aid them in dealing with enemy armour. One in three members within a squad is usually the maximum number of Fusion Blasters that can be issued to them.
 * XV22 Stealthsuit  - XV22 Stealthsuits are able to wield a Fusion Blaster on each arm. Commander Shadowsun most notably wields dual Fusion Blasters as her primary armament, whilst both Shas’O Kais’ and Shas’Or’es’Ka’s XV22 Stealthsuits have both been known to be armed with a Fusion Blaster weapon system.
 * XV104 Riptide Battlesuit  – An XV104 Riptide Battlesuit can wield twin-linked Fusion Blasters as a secondary weapon system. If the Dark Matter Nova Reactor is nova-charged, a Riptide pilot may direct the extra power from reactor to the secondary weapons to increase their rate of fire dramatically.
 * Piranha  – Piranhas can be armed with a Fusion Blaster in place of their chin-mounted Burst Cannon, changing their role to a mobile tank hunter that can use its high speed to target the more vulnerable side and rear armour of enemy vehicles.
 * TX-42 Piranha  – A TX-42 Piranha can be armed with twin-linked Fusion Blasters as its primary armament.
 * Drone Sentry Turret  – Tau Drone Sentry Turrets can be armed with twin-linked Fusion Blasters as their primary turret weapon.