Editing Bow Weaponry (section)

===Kroot Bolt Thrower===
[[File:Kroot_Bolt_Thrower.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Kroot Bolt Thrower]]
The Kroot are also bringing bows to a bolter fight; the bolt thrower is basically a giant Ballista.

The Kroot Bolt Thrower is a simple but effective weapon, used by the [[Kroot]] before they encountered the [[Tau Empire]]. The Kroot have taken some notes from the T'au on how to improve larger weapons, just like their [[Kroot Weapons|small arms]].

The Tau provide [[Bolter|impact fused explosive tips,]] rather than the Kroot's original sharpened metal bolts. These tips are a smaller version of the warheads used in their own missile pods. The bolt thrower is fired by a hand-crank system which drops bolts from the magazine into position and quickly re-draws the bowstring, similar to a repeating crossbow. This allows them to keep up a high rate of fire with relatively little effort.

The Kroot Bolt Thrower often attached to the back of the [[Great Knarloc]] to allow it to move around the battlefield during the fighting.