Alchemical Weapons, also called Chem-weapons and Chem-munitions, is the name given by the Imperium to chemical weapons of mass destruction. The term was most commonly used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy to refer to the chemical toxins released in gas or liquid form used on the battlefield, often by Legion Destroyer Squads and Grave Warden Terminator Squads.
After the Heresy, Alchemical Weapons have been rarely used by the Imperium, but are still favoured by the forces of the Death Guard Traitor Legion largely due to their Nurgle-derived immunity to such compounds.
Notable Alchemical Weapons[]
Sources[]
- Codex Heretic Astartes - Death Guard (8th Edition), pp. 40, 59, 80
- The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 129, 263
- The Horus Heresy Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 49, 227
- The Horus Heresy Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 154
- Forge World - Death Guard Grave Warden Terminators