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A Mars Pattern Inferno Pistol
Inquisitor Malich's Inferno Pistol, custom designed by Master Artificer Ernst Heckler in the 38th Millennium
The Inferno Pistol, also called an Infernus Pistol among the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter, is a small hand-held Melta weapon that has an overall effective range only about 25% that of its counterparts, the Meltagun and the Multi-melta. These weapons were created by specially-trained Artificers using ancient technology no longer publicly available in the Imperium. Only a few examples of these weapons may exist in each sector of Imperial space. These pistols were produced in an extremely limited quantity and only the most gifted and well established warriors are able to obtain and use them. Inferno Pistols are available for use by the most elite members of the Inquisition's Ordo Hereticus and the Sisters of Battle of the Adepta Sororitas. Lord Commander Dante of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines is one Space Marine officer who uses this weapon. Among the Blood Angels, a variant of the weapon is used called the Infernus Pistol, each of which is a prized relic of the Chapter that dates back before the founding of the Imperium of Man to the Dark Age of Technology.
Sources
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, p.122
- Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition), p.21
- Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), p.57
- Warhammer 40,000: Wargear