Heavy stubber

The Heavy Stubber is a primitive old-fashioned heavy machine gun that rattles off a hail of heavy-weight bullets sufficient to stop a man dead in his tracks. To all intents, a Heavy Stubber is similar to a twentieth century heavy machine gun in appearance and effect, much like a M2HB .50 calibre machinegun used by the U.S. army and various other armed forces. It is especially effective against massive formations of lightly armoured or unarmmoured troops.

A Heavy Stubber is fairly reliable weapon; cheap and easy to mass produce, and is nearly as effective as a Bolter, though it is far less sophisticated a weapon. It is often used on worlds without the technological base to make las weapons. When the Storm Bolter is not available, they are often pintle mounted onto vehicles as close defense weapons. It is often seen as part of a heavy weapon team or pintle-mounted on many Imperial Guard vehicles and is used for anti-infantry and light anti-aircraft fire.