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* <b>Standard Bolts</b> comprise the following components: Outer casing, propellant base, main charge, mass reactive detonator cap, depleted uranium core, diamantine tip.<sup>1</sup> The standard bolter shell is standardised at .75 calibre, whereas heavy bolter rounds are larger, at 1.00 Cal.
* <b>Hellfire Rounds</b> have devastating results on organic matter, as the rounds are developed to combat Tyranids.<sup>4</sup> The core and tip are replaced with a vial of mutagenic acid<sup>1</sup> with thousands of needles that fire into the target upon the shattering of the vial, pumping the acid into the target.
* <b>Stalker Silenced Shells</b> are rounds with low sound signatures, meant for covert fighting and used in conjunction with an M40 targeting system and an extended barrel and stock on a bolter to produce a sniping weapon system. A solidified mercury slug replaces the mass-reactive warhead for lethality at sub-sonic projectile speed.<sup>1</sup> A gas cartridge also replaces both the propellant base and main charge for silent firing.<sup>1</sup>
* <b>Inferno Bolts</b> are designed to immolate their targets and destroy them with superheated chemical fire. The uranium core is replaced with an oxy-phosphorus gel, known as [[Promethium]].<sup>1</sup> It should be noted that the [[Chaos Space Marine]] [[Thousand Sons]] have their own similarly-named but unrelated type of inferno bolts, which are actually psychically-bound slugs that release arcane energies; these slugs explode with sorcerous energies upon impact.
