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	===Karacnos Mortar Battery===		===Karacnos Mortar Battery===
	''For more information see here: [[Karacnos Mortar Battery]]''		''For more information see here: [[Karacnos Mortar Battery]]''
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1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* Rad Beamer */

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Rad Beamer

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	===Rad Beamer===		===Rad Beamer===
	[[File:Rad_Beamer.PNG\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Rad Beamer]]		[[File:Rad_Beamer.PNG\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Rad Beamer]]
	An absolutely batshit insane radiation projector weapon used only by the [[Archeotek]]s of [[House Van Saar]] in [[Necromunda]]. The Rad Beamer resembles a hand-held, miniature version of the much larger Rad Cannon for all intents and purposes, and that assessment is correct. Mounted on the forearm of an Archeotek and powered by the Archeotek's power pack on his [[Imperial Mesh Armour]]. ~~And quite~~ frankly, calling this 'hand-held' is ''very'' generous given that this thing is bulky as fuck and looks like it weighs 30kg.		An absolutely batshit insane radiation projector weapon used only by the [[Archeotek]]s of [[House Van Saar]] in [[Necromunda]]. The Rad Beamer resembles a hand-held, miniature version of the much larger Rad Cannon for all intents and purposes, and that assessment is correct. Mounted on the forearm of an Archeotek and powered by the Archeotek's power pack on his [[Imperial Mesh Armour]]. Quite frankly, calling this 'hand-held' is ''very'' generous given that this thing is bulky as fuck and looks like it weighs 30kg.

	Firing this Chernobyl-level event deals as much damage as the Rad Cannon at a reduced effective range. Unfortunately, it still lacks the safety one-ton worth of lead shielding to prevent the Archeotek from getting radiation poisoning.		Firing this Chernobyl-level event deals as much damage as the Rad Cannon at a reduced effective range. Unfortunately, it still lacks the safety one-ton worth of lead shielding to prevent the Archeotek from getting radiation poisoning.

1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* Rad Beamer */

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Rad Beamer

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	===Rad Beamer===		===Rad Beamer===
	[[File:Rad_Beamer.PNG\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Rad Beamer]]		[[File:Rad_Beamer.PNG\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Rad Beamer]]
	An absolutely batshit insane radiation projector weapon used only by the [[Archeotek]]s of [[House Van Saar]] in [[Necromunda]]. The Rad Beamer resembles a hand-held, miniature version of the much larger Rad Cannon for all intents and purposes, that assessment is correct. Mounted on the forearm of an Archeotek and powered by the Archeotek's power pack on his [[Imperial Mesh Armour]]. And quite frankly, calling this 'hand-held' is ''very'' generous given that this thing is bulky as fuck and looks like it weighs 30kg.		An absolutely batshit insane radiation projector weapon used only by the [[Archeotek]]s of [[House Van Saar]] in [[Necromunda]]. The Rad Beamer resembles a hand-held, miniature version of the much larger Rad Cannon for all intents and purposes, and that assessment is correct. Mounted on the forearm of an Archeotek and powered by the Archeotek's power pack on his [[Imperial Mesh Armour]]. And quite frankly, calling this 'hand-held' is ''very'' generous given that this thing is bulky as fuck and looks like it weighs 30kg.

	Firing this Chernobyl-level event deals as much damage as the Rad Cannon at a reduced effective range. Unfortunately, it still lacks the safety one-ton worth of lead shielding to prevent the Archeotek from getting radiation poisoning.		Firing this Chernobyl-level event deals as much damage as the Rad Cannon at a reduced effective range. Unfortunately, it still lacks the safety one-ton worth of lead shielding to prevent the Archeotek from getting radiation poisoning.

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1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* Karacnos Mortar Battery */

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Karacnos Mortar Battery

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	===Karacnos Mortar Battery===		===Karacnos Mortar Battery===
	''For more information [[Karacnos Mortar Battery~~\|see here:~~]]''		''For more information see here: [[Karacnos Mortar Battery]]''
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1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* Rad Cannon */

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Rad Cannon

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			===Karacnos Mortar Battery===
			''For more information [[Karacnos Mortar Battery\|see here:]]''
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	[[File:Rad Weapons.jpg\|thumb\|right\|290px\|They're actually nothing like this AT ALL.<br><br>In fact this is probably the most inappropriate and tone-deaf illustration on this entire wiki. And that’s saying something .]]		[[File:Rad Weapons.jpg\|thumb\|right\|290px\|They're actually nothing like this AT ALL.<br><br>In fact this is probably the most inappropriate and tone-deaf illustration on this entire wiki. And that’s saying something .]]
	Radium or '''Rad Weapons''' are deadly and highly dangerous weapons that are used exclusively by the forces of the [[Skitarii]] Legions of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. [[Awesome\|Think of them as nuclear rifles.]] [[Grimdark\|Radium Weapons are so volatile that they eventually kill their wielders.]] Although quite frankly, having a gun that just ends up killing you seems to venture more into [[Derp\|Grimderp territory more than anything else.]] Made worse that the Imperium does have extremely potent small arms scale radiation protection in both material and energy field form. Most likely the Skitarii don’t use the protection because Skitarii are blatantly disposable. Their baroque beauty belies a singularly vile function; not only to strike, but to render the battlefield as deadly as the rad-wastes of Mars. Each weapon's bullet cylinder is so thoroughly bathed in radium that a volley can cause a localized rad-storm. Those inside such a storm soon find their flesh blackening and sloughing away.		Radium or '''Rad Weapons''' are deadly and highly dangerous weapons that are used exclusively by the forces of the [[Skitarii]] Legions of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. [[Awesome\|Think of them as nuclear rifles.]] [[Grimdark\|Radium Weapons are so volatile that they eventually kill their wielders.]] Although quite frankly, having a gun that just ends up killing you seems to venture more into [[Derp\|Grimderp territory more than anything else.]] Made worse that the Imperium does have extremely potent small arms scale radiation protection in both material and energy field form. Most likely the Skitarii don’t use the protection because Skitarii are blatantly disposable. Their baroque beauty belies a singularly vile function; not only to strike, but to render the battlefield as deadly as the rad-wastes of Mars. Each weapon's bullet cylinder is so thoroughly bathed in radium that a volley can cause a localized rad-storm. Those inside such a storm soon find their flesh blackening and sloughing away.

	So what do they actually... DO? Simply saying "they shoot radiation" isn't descriptive enough; lasguns and melta weapons "shoot radiation" (in visible and infrared respectively). Even plasma, volkite, and projectile weapons generate Bremsstrahlung radiation. That's all photons and charged electrons. What Rad Weapons do is shoot neutron radiation. Lots of it. Somewhere between "peeking into the core of Chernobyl" and "man-shaped shadow on a wall at Hiroshima" levels of neutron radiation.		So what do they actually... DO? Simply saying "they shoot radiation" isn't descriptive enough; lasguns and melta weapons "shoot radiation" (in visible and infrared respectively). Even plasma, volkite, and projectile weapons generate Bremsstrahlung radiation. That's all photons and charged electrons. What Rad Weapons do is shoot neutron radiation. Lots of it. Somewhere between "peeking into the core of Chernobyl" and "man-shaped shadow on a wall at Hiroshima" levels of neutron radiation.

	Nuclear disaster guns are all sorts of grimderp, to the point of being hard to defend even in-context. Anything that pumps out enough neutrons to burn flesh is more than enough to turn pretty much anything else (vehicles, buildings, earth, bones, etc) into short lived radiation sources, meaning that a battlefield with rad weapons will very quickly become deadly and useless to virtually everyone. Vulkan hated them even though his legion was better adapted to eating radiation than any other. There are two caveats to this point: 1) The battlefield being useless to everyone is a good thing if your executing a scorched earth stratagem, and 2) we don't actually know the half life of Radium Weapons so it might be possible to return there once the half-life becomes safe to walk around in a few decades like in Chernobyl.		Nuclear disaster guns are all sorts of grimderp, to the point of being hard to defend even in-context. Anything that pumps out enough neutrons to burn flesh is more than enough to turn pretty much anything else (vehicles, buildings, earth, bones, etc) into short lived radiation sources, meaning that a battlefield with rad weapons will very quickly become deadly and useless to virtually everyone. Vulkan hated them even though his legion was better adapted to eating radiation than any other. There are two caveats to this point: 1) The battlefield being useless to everyone is a good thing if your executing a scorched earth stratagem, and 2) we don't actually know the half life of Radium Weapons so it might be possible to return there once the half-life becomes safe to walk around in a few decades like in Chernobyl.

	On tabletop, generally speaking, Rad Weapons have a low strength of 3 and no AP, but a to-wound of 6 causes two damage, although stats do differ depending on what type you're using. In 30k 6s to wound do two auto-wounds saved separately. A ten man squad without special weapons requires about thirty dice rolls. Normally Ork troops would have that much. While having shootouts with the Tau and can even win. But that's how the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] rolls.		On tabletop, generally speaking, Rad Weapons have a low strength of 3 and no AP, but a to-wound of 6 causes two damage, although stats do differ depending on what type you're using. In 30k 6s to wound do two auto-wounds saved separately. A ten man squad without special weapons requires about thirty dice rolls. Normally Ork troops would have that much. While having shootouts with the Tau and can even win. But that's how the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] rolls.

1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* Imperial Variants */

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Imperial Variants

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	Radium Rifles and Pistols both existed before Warhammer in John Carter of Mars, though in both cases they were far less lethal to the user unless their ammunition was exposed to sunlight. Which makes even less sense but given a pass because the internet didn't exist back then and John Carter's first book actually predates actual nuclear technology.		Radium Rifles and Pistols both existed before Warhammer in John Carter of Mars, though in both cases they were far less lethal to the user unless their ammunition was exposed to sunlight. Which makes even less sense but given a pass because the internet didn't exist back then and John Carter's first book actually predates actual nuclear technology.
	==Imperial Variants==		==Imperial Variants==

			===Rad Grenade===
			''For more information, see here: [[Grenades & Explosives#Rad Grenade\|Rad Grenade]]''

	===Radium Pistol===		===Radium Pistol===