The Power Hammer is a type of construction and mining equipment used by the Imperium[1] and Squats.[4]
Overview
Power Hammer utilize the same disruption field technology used in Power Swords, much like Thunder Hammers. Power Hammers are formidable melee weapon due in part to their size and disruption field, imparting tremendous power on anything they are brought to bear on, from magna-rivets to human bodies. Few foes can survive a direct hit from a power hammer, for even if the energy field doesn't kill them, the weight of the weapon probably will.[5]
This brutal melee potency makes power hammers a popular weapon to certain kinds of gangers, such as House Goliath on Necromunda.[5]
However, it can also be utilized as a weapon, most notably by Genestealer Cults. Aberrants use heavy power hammers on those they can catch, each swing crushing torsos and breaking spines in a burst of disruptive energy.[1] Abominants wield an even larger and heavier version called a power sledgehammer[2b], while atalan jackals wield the lightest version, referred to simply as a power hammer.[2a]
Images
House Escher Extremis-pattern Power Hammer[3]
Ironhead Squat Charter Master with Power Hammer[4]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Genestealer Cults (7th Edition) — Wargear of the Cults
- 2: Codex: Genestealer Cults (8th Edition):
- 3: Necromunda: House of Blades, pg. 112
- 4: Necromunda: Book of the Outlands, pg. 92
- 5: Necromunda: Hired Gun - Artbook, Goliath Melee
| Genestealer Cult Weaponry | |
|---|---|
| Melee Weapons | Chainsword • Bonesword • Cultist Knife • Force Weapon • Power Maul • Power Pick • Power Hammer • Locus Blades • Heavy Rock Drill • Heavy Rock Cutter • Heavy Rock Saw • Toxin Injector • Sanctus Bio-Dagger • Neurotraumal Rod • Injector Goad • Rending Claws • Scything Talons • Lash Whip |
| One-Handed Projectile Weapons | Autopistol • Bolt Pistol • Hand Flamer • Stub Pistol • Laspistol • Liberator Autostub • Needle Pistol • Web Pistol |
| Two-Handed Projectile Weapons | Autogun • Lasgun • Flamer • Grenade Launcher • Needler • Mining Laser • Seismic Cannon • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle • Webber |
| Heavy Weapons | Autocannon • Heavy Bolter • Heavy Flamer • Atalan Incinerator • Heavy Stubber • Lascannon • Heavy Mining Laser • Missile Launcher • Heavy Seismic Cannon • Mortar |
| Grenades | Blasting Charges • Demolition Charge • Krak Grenade • Frag Grenade |