
A Leagues of Votann Bolt Shotgun
A Bolt Shotgun is a hand-held, ballistic, anti-personnel weapon used by the military forces of the Leagues of Votann that is very similar to the Imperial bolter.
Like its Imperial counterparts, with which it shares a common technological heritage from pre-Imperial Terra through the STC databases, the Bolt Shotgun fires kinetic projectiles known as "bolts" that explode on impact. The Bolt Shogun, like a more traditional Shotgun, fires a spray of small, explosive bolts rather than a single, larger projectile, though the range is relatively short. However, in return, at short ranges, the Bolt Shotgun is an excellent assault weapon, possessed of a tremendous amount of stopping power.
Kin weapons like Bolt Shotguns are superior in almost every respect to those wielded by the agents of the Imperium, since the Kin employ superlative materials and methods in their construction and have no fear of further innovating on an ancient STC design. As a result, the Bolt Shotgun still often has a longer range and more stopping power than any of its Imperial equivalents.
Bolt Shotguns are a favoured personal weapon among Hernkyn Pioneers and is often kept in a holster on their Magna-Coil Grav Bikes within easy reach.
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- Codex: Leagues of Votann (9th Edition), pp. 96, 101