Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.118-20130803022053/@comment-8881468-20130817131941

you see bolters used versus enemies in power armour, aka armour that was made to withstand a lot.

and actually if you take plasma as heated up and electroniccally charged, it will merely vaporize tissue aka leave a hole instead of turning things into ash or glass (and it will not turn bodyparts into chungs of meat)

it means little what calcs you use, when you apply physics to a problem. though telling the difference between things done for effect in a game and reality is somewhat tricky at times