Bolters

Bolters fire explosive rocket-propelled rounds. They are more sophisticated technology than lasguns or slug-guns and more powerful than the equivalent sized weapon in either case so are given to the more deserving or capable. Each round contains a mass-reactive explosive payload, triggered milliseconds after contact with a target. Bolters are made in both pistol, rifle, machine gun-like heavy bolter, and rotary cannon form. The present Traitor Legions were supplied with Bolters when they were still loyal to the Emperor, and so largely use older patterns of bolt weapons.