Chainsword

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A typical chainsword

The Chainsword is a fuckawesome melee weapon, heavily used by Imperial forces, although the Eldar, Orks, and Chaos Space Marines also field it. Apparently in the 41st Millennium chainsaws have been repurposed for the use in hacking down people/aliens/things instead of hacking down trees. As its name mentions, the chainsword is a twin-bladed weapon with a rotating chainsaw blade in-between, that's powered by a motor mounted on the hilt and activated with a trigger on the grip.

Although the chainsword is issued to virtually all Imperium forces, it is most famous with the Spehss mahreens who widely use the chainsword as the primary weapon of their assault troops and veteran soldiers.

Variants

The Chainsword also has several variants that has been by both the Imperium of Man and Xenos. Here are some examples:

Eviscerator

An oversized chainsword used by the Ecclesiarchy's priests or by the Sister Repentia of the Sisters of Battle. The Eviscerator is twice the size of a regular chainsword and so heavy that a normal soldier will need to carry it using both hands. The Eviscerator might also incorporate an exterminator, a portable flame unit that will only help scare a normal man shitless upon seeing a man holding this thing. The Eviscerator is also extra effective against armored units.

Scorpion Chainsword

An Eldar variant of the Chainsword fielded by the Striking Scorpions. It's like the Imperial Chainsword but incorporates advanced equipment that increases the wielder's strength and a sleeker, less bulky design. There is also a custom variant for the Striking scorpion Exarch named the Biting Blade which is simply larger than the regular one.

Chainaxe

The custom weapon of Khornate champions. It's basically a huge axe with a powerful chainsaw as a blade. The sheer weight of the axe and the fact that most Khorne Chaos Marine champions are super strong and borderline psychopaths completely fucking nuts: these are capable of ripping through most infantry armors.

Chainbrush

The weapon of choice of the Adeptus Orthodontus. It's based as a spear with the blade being a consecrated toothbrush/chainsaw blade. It purifies even the most revolting of mouths from the forces of oral diseases.

Chainfist

Like the powerfist but mounts a powerful chainsaw blade instead of a giant, power-sheathed fist. The weapon is commonly used by Terminators as a CQC weapon and to rip the armor off Space Hulks during boarding actions.

Choppa

The choppa is the ork version of the chainsword. The weapon is a handheld chainsaw (though it sometimes takes the form of a sword or axe) used for almost anything, really you name it anything ranging from a weapon to a household tool. While choppas or regular Ork boyz rarely have the actual chainsaw blade on their weapon, richer Orks like the Warboss or a Nob might have it on theirs to make it killy and flash.