Heavy stubber

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Onager Dunecrawler with pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber[10]

The heavy stubber, also known as a heavy stub gun, is a projectile weapon similar in appearance and effect to a M2-era heavy machine gun, firing large-calibre bullets able to stop a man dead in his tracks.[1][2]

Overview

The heavy stubber is inferior to the Heavy Bolter in terms of penetration, being defeated by anything better than Flak armour, but compensates with sheer rate of fire, making it an ideal weapon for use against hordes of lightly-armoured infantry and vehicles.[4] The heavy stubber is also cheap and easy to mass produce and can be built on many low-tech worlds which might not otherwise be able to construct laser weapons.[3][4][5] Even the ammunition fired by the weapon is cheap and plentiful available.[23] The weight and recoil of many patterns of heavy stubbers require that they be fired from the prone position with a bipod or tripod, or require a pintle mount on an armoured vehicle.[3][4] Others are more man-portable, and even heavier patterns can be wielded by a single trooper through the use of bracing harnesses or suspensors.[5][6] Though the calibre of a heavy stubber can go up to 25mm,[22] it is less powerful than an autocannon.[23]

Within the Imperial Guard the heavy stubber remains its most common anti-personnel weapon. It is often used as a crew-served support weapon or mounted on vehicles in cases where the more potent but rarer and significantly shorter-ranged Storm Bolter is unavailable.[4] Siege Regiments in particular, typically suffering heavy casualties and having to use local materials to replace any equipment losses, make prodigious use of heavy stubbers on account of their ease of manufacture and maintenance.[7] Because of its pervasiveness the heavy stubber has also found its way into the hands of Imperial citizens, and is popular with both militias and outlaws.[4][5]

Adeptus Astartes armour is practically immune to heavy stubber fire, although a lucky bullet can penetrate the less-protected areas. such as the neck or other joints. and cause serious injury.[8]

Known Patterns and Variants

Bulldog Heavy Stubber

The Bulldog Heavy Stubber is used by the Adeptus Arbites, who value a weapon which is reliable, tactical flexible and menacing in its appearance. These are all qualities the Bulldog possesses, whether it is carried in a gyro-mount or mounted on an Arbites Rhino. In service since the Angevin Crusade and looked upon with great affection by those who use it, this heavy stubber can easily switch between both magazine and belt feed and accept a variety of exotic ammunitions.[24]

Cognis Heavy Stubber

This is simply a heavy stubber which has been upgraded to become a cognis weapon.

Diabolus and Questoris Heavy Stubbers

Chaos Knights and Imperial Knights commonly employ diabolus and questoris heavy stubbers, respectively; aside from being modified to be mounted on a Knight chassis, the two types don't seem to have identical performance on some targets, which may be due to being chambered with distinct types of ammunition.

Echon Pattern Mark III Assault Stubber

Echon Pattern Mark III Assault Stubber[9]

A more specialized and advanced variant of the standard Heavy Stubber, this weapon has two barrels that spew out stub ammunition to lay down a dense barrage of shells. It is often used by special forces in quelling uprisings. The gun is designed to be used with a backpack ammo pack massing 25 kg and carrying 200 rounds of ammunition.[9]

Heavy Stubber

Krourk Mk IIa: Developed in the weapon forges of Branx Minor, this Heavy Stubber has seen a lot of use by various Moebian Regiments. Most notably when the Moebian 54th gunnery platoon held off a massive xenos advance employing over 300 of these guns.[26a]

Achlys Mk II: The Complicated accelerator mechanism that surrounds the barrel of this weapon helps propel the massive ammunition to incredible speeds. This, predictably, results in a bigger bang and more destruction. Understandbly, this pleases the Ogryns.[26b]

Gorgonum Mk IIIa: This Variation on the more common Branx Pattern sacrifices the weight of fire provided by the twin-linked variant in favour of some serious stopping power. Heavy slugs, each weighing as much as a man's fist, make a terrible mess of almost anything they encounter.[26c]

  • Krourk Mk IIa Heavy Stubber.[26a]

  • Achlys Mk II Heavy Stubber.[26b]

  • Gorgonum Mk IIIa Heavy Stubber.[26c]

Ironhail Heavy Stubber

Ironhail Heavy Stubbers[1]

Used by Primaris Space Marines, notably Impulsor and Repulsor vehicles.[11] Available in both standard and "Icarus" variations; while what exactly differs about the latter is unclear, it appears to be particularly effective against enemy flyers.

Ironhead Heavy Stubber

Drill Master with Ironhead Heavy Stubber[19]

Used by the Squat Ironhead Prospectors of Necromunda. Twin-barrelled and drum-fed.[19]

Iron Rain

Iron Rain Heavy Stubber[20]

The Iron Rain is a highly modifiable heavy stubber pattern, popular amongst the gangers and hired guns of Necromunda. In comparison to its contemporary, the 'Tempest', its rounds tend to cause greater injuries to the victim, though it lacks the Tempest's rate of fire, magazine capacity and penetration potential. Associated with the gangers of House Orlock.[20]

Orthlack-pattern

The Orthlack-pattern is issued to the armouries of PDF forces all over the Calixis Sector. Also widely exported, this pattern features an ammunition belt for longer firing periods.[23]

Tempest

Tempest Heavy Stubber[20]

The Tempest is a highly modifiable heavy stubber pattern, popular amongst the gangers and hired guns of Necromunda. In comparison to its contemporary, the 'Iron Rain', the Tempest possesses a higher rate of fire, magazine capacity and penetration though its individual shots tend to be less lethal. Associated with the gangers of House Escher.[20]

Twin Linked Heavy Stubber

Achlys Mk VII: Heavy Stubbers are crude weapons, hearkening to an earlier age. Twin-link heavy stubbers are cumbersome to boot, requiring either a weapon carriage or an Ogryn to carry into Battle.[25a]

Krourk Mk V: Nothing gets an Ogryn's blood up quite like a deafening noise and high-power recoil of a full-auto heavy weapon, and they don't come much louder or more powerful than a Twin-linked Heavy Stubber.[25b]

Gorgonum Mk IV: The Tech-Adepts of Gorgonum see rapid-fire weaponry as something of a specialty, although making a Heavy Stubber durable enough for Ogryn use was something of a challenge.[25c]

  • Achlys Mk VII Twin-Linked Heavy Stubber.[25a]

  • Krourk Mk V Twin-Linked Heavy Stubber.[25b]

  • Gorgonum Mk IV Twin-Linked Heavy Stubber.[25c]


Unknown Vraks Heavy Stubber

Vraksian Heavy Stubber

During the Siege of Vraks the traitorous Vraksian Renegade Militia made use of an unknown pattern of heavy stubber, most likely manufactured on the planet itself using the spare parts of other weapons. Belt-fed and with a bipod for stable firing from the prone position, the weapon was fitted with both backsight and foresight, carrying handle, and perforated outer barrel to aid in cooling.[3]

  • Length: 122 cm
  • Barrel: 60 cm
  • Weight: 7.8 kg
  • Calibre: long 8.25
  • Feed: 50 round belt
  • Cyclic rate of fire: 850 rpm
  • Muzzle velocity: 750 m/s

'Ursid-pattern'

A local copy of the Ortlack-pattern, the 'Ursid-pattern' is said to originate from the war world of Zayth. It features a smaller ammunition drum in comparison to its parent model, allowing for easier set-up and reloading actions.[23]

Volg VI “Crank Cannon” Heavy Stubber

The Volg VI “Crank Cannon” Heavy Stubber is cheaply manufactured with prefabricated parts and uses standard heavy stubbed ammo. The Crane Cannon is successful despite its drawbacks and is produced in huge numbers on Fenksworld. It finds usage in low-grade PDF forces and the private arms market across the Calixis Sector. The Crank Cannon is fired by cranking the firing handle to force the ammo belt through the breach and to turn the quadruple barrels.[21]

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Projectile Weapons
Slug-Throwers Stub gun • Hand Cannon • Stub Rifle • Heavy stubber • Shotgun • Ripper Gun
Auto-Weapons Autopistol • Autogun • Autocannon • Assault cannon • Macro cannon
Ork Grot Blasta • Slugga • Shoota • Big Shoota • Supa-Gatler • Gigashoota
Eldar Shuriken Weaponry • Shrieker Cannon • Death Spinner • Shadow Weaver
Dark Eldar Splinter Pistol • Splinter Rifle • Splinter Cannon
Tau Empire Kroot Bolt Thrower • Kroot rifle • Kroot hunting rifle • Kroot gun • Rail Rifle • Railgun
Imperial Guard Weaponry
Melee Weapons

Chainsword • Combat Knife • Hunting Lance • Power Weapon

One-Handed Weapons

Bolt Pistol • Hellpistol/Hotshot Laspistol • Laspistol • Plasma Pistol

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Grenade Launcher • Hot-Shot Lasgun • Hotshot Marksman Rifle • Flamer • Lascarbine • Lasgun • Long-Las • Meltagun • Plasma Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle • Tankstopper Rifle • Needle Sniper Rifle

Heavy Weapons

Autocannon • Grenadier Gauntlet • Heavy Bolter • Heavy Flamer • Heavy Stubber • Hotshot Volley Gun • Missile Launcher • Lascannon • Mortar • Ripper Gun • Sun Gun

Grenades

Frag Grenade • Krak Grenade • Melta Bomb

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