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The '''Hotshot Lasgun''' is a heavily modified [[laser weapon|las weapon]] used by the [[Imperium of Man]].
The hotshot lasgun is commonly issued to [[Imperial Guard]] [[Storm Trooper]]s, while the hotshot laspistols are issued to Storm Trooper Sergeants and/or high-ranking Imperial officers. Their lasbeams are designed to pierce the armour of heavy infantry, such as enemies in [[power armour|power armour]]. The magazines used to feed ammunition to the weapon is a supercharged external power pack, 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 the [[boltgun|bolter]], but retains the stopping power of a lasgun.
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.<sup>1</sup>
