Haywire Rifle
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The Haywire Rifle is an Imperial weapon designed to defeat servitors and other mechanical constructs. Unlike the Eldar Haywire Weapons, these weapons utilise a charged solid projectile rather than an electromagnetic blast.[1][2]
Haywire rifles are a short, brutish weapon that fires large-calibre ammunition that contains a directed energy discharge to bypass augmetic armour or machine plating, penetrating far more deeply than typical for weapons of their calibre. Their usability is limited however, as they possess a woefully slow rate of fire and short range, making them a poor choice for missions with varied targets. The Haywire rifles effectiveness against machines has led to it being prescribed by the Adeptus Mechanicus to limit its risk to their holy engines . While the weapon is typically deployed against vehicles and mechanical constructs, a cunning operator can use it to circumvent technological obstacles such as the lock system for a blast door.[1]
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy: The Radical's Handbook pg. 152
- 2: Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition) pg.58
