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A '''Hellpistol''' is a pistol version of the [[Hellgun]] used by [[Imperial Guard]] [[Storm Troopers]]. In combat it is effectively the same as a [[Laspistol]], although it can penetrate light armour. It is also often used in tandem with a [[Close Combat Weapon]]. [[Storm Troopers]] wear large backpacks with power generators which provide the gun with its greater firepower, though these require more maintenance.
While the standard Laspistol is a semi-automatic weapon (one squeeze of the trigger fires one shot), the Hellpistol is fully automatic - it fires multiple laser beams as long as the trigger is held down. Hellpistols are typically hand-crafted, rather than mass-produced in factories, and most are hundreds of years old and have acquired histories over the course of centuries of use in combat. Unless otherwise specified, a hellpistol remains the property of the [[Departmento Munitorum]]. A hellpistol fires a higher-intensity shot than a laspistol, cauterizing just about any wound it causes and preventing blood from being shed. For this reason, hellpistols have been sanctioned for use as execution weapons for officers and commissars, as a shot to the condemned soldier's head will prevent any blood from staining their uniform.<sup></sup>
==Famous Hellpistol users==
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup> [[Imperial Munitorum Manual]], p. 64
* [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]
*[[Warhammer 40,000: Wargear]]
