Editing Bolter (section)

===Assault Bolter===
[[File:Assault_Bolter.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Assault Bolter]]
Yet another Boltgun variation for the [[Primaris Marines|Primaris-issue line]], the design being either constructed by Arch-Magos Belisarius Cawl himself, or at least commissioned by him to some random Tech-priests.

Contradicting the size that is about the same as the Bolt Carbine, Assault Bolters are Heavy Bolters compacted with the idea of being able to effectively fire with just one hand by a Primaris Space Marine – whether a normal Astartes or even Primaris not wearing Gravis Armour can fire it with one hand as well remains to be seen. Of course, since a Heavy Bolter has a higher rate of fire as well as higher caliber munitions than the Bolt Carbine or any Bolt Pistol, some additional modifications are necessary. Since there is not enough space to accommodate for ejecting a lot of spent casings at a time, the Assault Bolter features a high-speed autoloader which is that cylindrical thing you can see on its side. Speaking of a lot of shells, the Assault Bolter hauls a box magazine that is about the size you would see on regular Heavy Bolters that do use magazines instead of a huge rack over the back. Since a Heavy Bolter is often fired by a single person wearing Power Armour with both hands carrying it, reducing recoil for firing one-handed is paramount. The solution comes in the form of a [[What|mag-shield]] pulling against the kick of the recoil in addition to the Gravis Armour. And so, yes, that is not just a gun shield that certainly looks out of place on a one-handed weapon.

The Assault Bolters are as of now only issued to the Inceptor squads – Primaris that are basically Devastators with suped up Jump Packs and heavier armour. While the only trait they did not inherit from the Heavy Bolters apart from their size is range (and only D1 instead of D2 in terms of crunch), they have the same stopping power and are dual-wielded for an [[Dakka|even greater volume of firepower]]. By the way, these Assault Bolters also seem to come in pairs, with the ejection ports of both conveniently facing away from the Primaris Inceptor who dual-wields them. Seriously, you would think that the Primaris are already killy enough than the good old regular Space Marine, but nooooo GeeDubs just had to give them Heavy Bolter SMGs. On the plus side, they look dope as shit, so keep your eyes peeled on bitz sites to give your HQs and heavy weapons guys a relatively unique weapon.
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