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The hotshot lasgun '''Hotshot Lasgun''' is commonly issued to a heavily modified [[Imperial Guard]] [[Storm Trooper]]s. Their lasbeams are designed to pierce the armour of heavy infantry, such as enemies in [[power armourlaser weapon|power armorlas weapon]]. The magazines used to feed ammunition to the weapon is a supercharged power pack with a liquid metal core, providing a higher degree of armour-piercing, which none but the hardiest enemies can withstand. For its armour-piercing purpose, the hotshot lasgun is much more powerful than by the [[boltgun|bolterImperium of Man]], but retains the stopping power of a lasgun.

These lasguns The hotshot lasgun is commonly issued to [[Imperial Guard]] [[Storm Trooper]]s. Their lasbeams are extremely complexdesigned to pierce the armour of heavy infantry, and such as such are difficult enemies in [[power armour|power armor]]. The magazines used to feed ammunition to manufacture and exceedingly rarethe weapon is a supercharged external power pack, providing a higher degree of armour-piercing, which none but the hardiest enemies can withstand. Only a few For its armour-piercing purpose, the hotshot lasgun is much more powerful than the [[forge worldsboltgun|bolter]] are capable , but retains the stopping power of producing such weaponsa lasgun.¹

These lasguns are extremely complex, and as such are difficult to manufacture and exceedingly rare. They require reinforced barrels, thermal-cooling cells and gyro-stabilized power packs. Only a few [[Forge World (planet class)|forge worlds]] are capable of producing such weapons.¹ Troopers issued such weapons are also supplied with a variety of replacement parts, as firing the weapon puts much more strain on it than a regular lasgun. They are also extensively trained in the repair and maintenance of such weapons, and Storm Troopers are even able to rebuild the weapons completely, if necessary. The Departmento Munitorum rarely issues such weapons outside of Storm Trooper companies.