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| Melta weapons are a type of anti-armor weapon used widely by the forces of the [[Imperium]] and [[Chaos]], the [[Tau]] and [[Eldar]] also employ their own variants. Melta weapons work by [[rage|super-agitating]] the air around it's barrel at a sub-atomic level that it heats up to the point where it's hot enough to melt anything (From power-armor to super-heavy tank armor) and shot out. The problem with melta-based weapons is that due to the super-high energy consumption and heat generation, it's only usable at short range. In comparison to the equally useful [[Plasma]]-based guns, Meltas are a lot stronger but have a much shorter range, but then again Meltas don't explode in your face on a bad roll. Though suited towards tank hunting, the Melta-based guns are good weapons for all-around attack, defense and infiltration, though it falls short in terms of range. Infiltration with this can [[Butthurt|take vehicles out of the fight before they even have a chance to fire their weapon]]...[[Vance Motherfucking Stubbs|is that how the baneblades were lost?]]
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| ==Imperial Melta Weapons==
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| ===Inferno Pistol===
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| The '''Inferno Pistol''' is a rare pistol-sized melta weapon. Only the [[Ordo Hereticus]] and [[Sisters of Battle]] get to use them. Their range is so short that you would have more opportunities to perform a [[Adeptus Orthodontus|root canal]] on your enemy in the middle of battle than use them. Still, those [[Hats|big-hatted pastors]] love nothing more than the look on your face when they one-shot your Leman Russ. [[Blood Angels]] and their successors have a variant called the '''Infernus Pistol'''. [[Sanguinius]] used one in combination with his [[Power weapon|Power Sword]] for close combat, and [[Dante]] currently wields an Artificer Infernus Pistol known as the Perdition Pistol.
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| ===Meltagun===
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| [[File:Meltagun.png|200px|thumb|right|The ubiquitous meltagun, <s>some of GW's [[Butthurt|only]] [[Awesome|original ideas]].</s> Read The War of the Worlds, this thing is a heat ray.]]
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| The '''meltagun''' is the standard armor-breaching "special weapon" available to Imperial armies -- Tactical Squads of [[Space Marines]] can take one, and Special Weapon Squads of [[Imperial Guard]]smen can take three.
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| ===Multi-Melta===
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| The '''multi-melta''' is essentially two meltaguns strapped together and supercharged, and in game terms only doubles the (already sucky) range and makes it a heavy weapon. This thing is still beastly and tears apart single targets, vehicles or otherwise, but are so huge that only [[Space Marines]] and the [[Sisters of Battle]] can lift and move them by hand. It should be noted that Sisters of Battle love Melta weapons and, if given the chance, would only ever carry these things and [[Flamer|Flamers]].
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| ===Melta Cannon===
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| [[File:Melta_Cannon.jpg|200px|thumb|left|You are about to have a very bad day.]]
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| The [[Imperial Guard]] felt left out, and decided to strap two Multi-Meltas together and show up the Sisters by making the '''Melta Cannon''', an EKS BAWKS HUEG Melta weapon strapped to the Devil Dog variant of the [[Hellhound]] tank. This thing dumps small blasts worth of Multi-Melta statline upon anything it deems unlucky today, and is one of the best ways of dealing with [[Terminator|Terminators]]. [[Titans (Warhammer 40,000)|Titans]] get an even bigger Melta Cannon with longer range and a bigger blast.
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| ===Magna-Melta===
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| The '''magna-melta''' is the [[Caestus Assault Ram]]'s main ranged weapon. It is primarily intended for cutting through spaceship hulls to deposit its boarding crew inside, though it turns out to vaporize soldiers just fine on the ground.
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| ===Melta-Cutter===
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| The [[Death Korps of Krieg]]'s [[Hades Breaching Drill]] uses a melta-drill to dig through the ground. This '''melta-cutter''' is also extremely effective at liquifying units above ground.
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| ==Filthy Xenos Variants==
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| [[Eldar]] employ the use of Fusion Guns, Fusion Pistols and Fire Pikes. These things are like more snipery versions of Meltaguns, Inferno Pistols and Multi-Meltas respectively. Unlike the Sisters of Battle, these usually come stardard and in full-squad compliment. These things are also a great way for Fire Dragons to compensate.
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| [[Dark Eldar]] have the Heat Lance, a weapon that takes the best of the Lance and Melta weapons to obliterate any vehicle that gets too close.
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| [[Ork]] [[Psyker|Weirdboyz]] who have cheating dice rolls can throw a melty lightning blast capable of vaporizing Land Raiders.
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| The [[Tau|Weeaboos]] use Fusion Blasters, which are essentially <strike>dinky Multi-Meltas</strike> shining examples of the Tau technological superiority. It also comes in the fusion cascade variant, which has slightly lower strength, but can pretty much throw up a wall of melta streams on demand. It can only be used on the XV-9 Hazard Battlesuit, which is the Tau's close-quarters battlesuit of choice.
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| [[Category:Warhammer 40,000]][[Category:Imperial]][[Category:Chaos]][[Category:Eldar]][[Category:Tau]][[Category:Dark Eldar]]
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