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{{cite}}[[File:Space Marine power sword.png|thumb|250px1150px|A [[Space Marines|Space Marine]] using a power sword.]]

The basic power weapon type (commonly taking the shape of swords and axes) is in use by several races including humans, while specialized types see more exclusive use:.

*[[Crozius Arcanum]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A short staff with a power field, used by [[Space Marine]] [[Chaplain]]s as a badge of office and a melee weapon, usually sculpted in the form of an [[Aquila]] or some other religious icon.**[[Accursed Crozius]]⁷{{Fn|5}}: A Crozius Arcanum used by [[Dark Apostles]] of the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s [[Word Bearers]] Legion.*[[Gauntlets]]¹¹{{Fn|21}}: A power weapon with a built-in power system, giving the user a huge strength boost.*[[Lightning Claw]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A heavy gauntlet armed with long talons, surrounded by a power field; they are used most commonly and effectively in pairs.*[[Power maul]]⁵{{Fn|2}}: Also called a '''shock maul''', a baton used by [[Adeptus Arbites]] shock troops; the intensity of the power field can be adjusted, allowing the user to simply knock out a victim, or smash a hole through a wall.*[[Power fist]]³{{Fn|1}}: A large gauntlet that gloves the user's hand, with a power field that delivers a huge boost to the user's strength, at the cost of speed.**[[Chainfist]]³{{Fn|1}}: A power fist with a [[Chain weapon|chainblade]] attachment, usually for dealing with heavy armour.*[[Power Lance]]¹²{{Fn|18}}: A purpose-built power weapon used by the [[White Scars]] [[Space Marine]]s for use on [[Space Marine Bike]]s.

**[[Relic Blade]]⁹{{Fn|12}}: A large, two-handed [[power sword]], glaive or axe that were specially crafted (often during the [[Horus Heresy]]) to give a strength bonus that, while not as powerful as that of a [[power fist]], allows the user to strike at normal speed.*[[Power axe]]: An axe with a built-in power field.¹⁶{{Fn|13}}

*[[Sollex-Aegis Energy Blade]] ¹⁰{{Fn|15}}: A weapon, the blade of which takes the form of coherent high-energy plasma.*[[Thunder Hammer]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A large, heavy hammer which gives off a huge burst of energy when it impacts.*[[Astartes Executioner Axe]]¹⁴{{Fn|16}}:Are a set of twelve of these large, heavy-bladed two-handed power axes contained in the armouries of Watch Fortress Erioch. Each weapon is of master-crafted quality, and each has a long history of valour in the Jericho Reach. Only those who have earned the trust of the Watch Commander are granted the use of one of these axes to slay the enemies of The Emperor.*[[Astartes Power Falchion]]¹⁴{{Fn|16}}: A heavy power weapon found commonly among those Space Marines of the White Scars aboard Watch Station Erioch. Combining the striking power of a power axe with the versatility of a power sword, it has a broad blade with a single cutting edge that tapers to the hilt and the tip of the blade is heavy and curves up in a sweep. *[[Astartes Power Claymore]]¹⁴{{Fn|16}}: Massive, two-handed swords, nearly as long as an average Space Marine is tall, and are extremely devastating. These weapons are fit more for open field combat and are woefully ineffective in tight quarters.*[[Astartes Power Spear]]¹⁴{{Fn|16}}: A power weapon requires two hands to use and is rarely seen amongst the Space Marines of the Deathwatch. Some Space Marines of the Iron Snakes Chapter have donated these weapons to the armoury of Watch Fortress Erioch.

*[[Power Klaw]]⁴{{Fn|9}}: a huge weapon, considered to be the Ork version of the Power fist, used primarily by [[Warboss]]es or [[Nobz]].

[[Image:EldarPowerSword.jpg|thumb|right|60px190px|Eldar Power Sword¹⁵{{Fn|17}}]]

*[[Diresword]]¹{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}: A power weapon that increases its damage the more it hits the target. It is used exclusively by [[Dire Avenger]] [[Exarch]]s.*[[Executioner]]¹{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}: A two-handed power weapon that increases the user's strength. It is used exclusively by [[Howling Banshee]] [[Exarch]]s.*[[Powerblade]]s¹{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}: Power weapons that are attached to the arms of the wielder, and used in conjunction with any other close combat weapon. They are used by [[Warp Spider]] [[Exarch]]s.*[[Scorpion's Claw]]¹{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}: A powered weapon with the same damage potential as a [[Power Fist]], and a built in [[Shuriken Catapult]]. It is used exclusively by [[Striking Scorpion]] [[Exarch]]s.*[[Power spear]]{{Fn|183}}: A powered weapon in the shape of a spear used by [[Farseer]]s, [[Warlock]]s, and [[Eldar Corsair|Corsair]]s.

*[[Punisher]]⁸{{Fn|6}}: A two-handed power weapon used by [[Dark Eldar]] [[Incubi]].

**The '''Sword of Heironymo''': An exceptionally strong [[power sword]], and an heirloom of the city of [[Vervunhive]] on [[Verghast]]. It is said that whoever leads Vervunhive's forces in battle must wield this weapon. After the death of most of Vervunhive's leadership - military and administrative - during [[Asphodel|Heritor Asphodel]]'s invasion in 769.[[M41]], the sword was given to Colonel-Commissar [[Ibram Gaunt]], the senior Imperial commander in Vervunhive (all of the others either dead or imprisoned). The sword remained in Gaunt's possession after the battle, gifted to him for his actions in the defence of Vervunhive during the Heritor's siege. A deadly weapon, it has never left Gaunt's side⁶{{Fn|19}}.{{Lex-De|Destination= Sword of Heironymo}}**[[Liberatus]]: a powered sabre gifted to [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]] by the [[High Lords of Terra]], at the outset of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]. In the cataclysmic battle at [[Balhaut]], Slaydo defeated [[Archon]] [[Nadzybar]] in melee combat. The sword was saved by one of his bodyguards, and later presented to Slaydo's successor, [[Macaroth]]{{Fn|1520}}.

**The [[Axe Mortalis]] is a master crafted power weapon wielded by [[Dante]], the [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Blood Angels]].{{CFn|13c4c}}**[[Crozius Arcanum|Blood Crozius]]: Assumed to be the weapon that was once wielded by the very first [[High Chaplain]] of the [[Blood Angels]]. [[Lemartes]] now possesses the master-crafted relic after it was given to him by [[Astorath|Astorath the Grim]]{{CFn|13a4a}}**The '''Executioner's Axe''' is the weapon of choice for [[Astorath|Astorath the Grim]], [[High Chaplain]] of the [[Blood Angels]], when in battle and when ending the life of his battle-brothers that have succumbed to the [[Blood_Angels#Black_Rage|Black Rage]]{{CFn|13b4b}}**The [[Fist of Dorn]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A [[master crafted]] [[Thunder Hammer]] with a fist shaped between the hammer and blade. It is a relic of the [[Imperial Fist]]s Chapter, currently carried by [[Space Marine Captain|First Company Captain]] [[Darnath Lysander]].

**The [[Gauntlets of Ultramar]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A pair of huge [[Power Fist]]s with built-in [[Bolters]]. Relics of the [[Ultramarines]] Chapter, they are wielded exclusively by [[Chapter Master]] [[Marneus Augustus Calgar]].

**[[Raven's Talons]]²{{Fn|11}}{{Fn|10}}: A pair of [[Lightning Claw]]s said to have been forged by [[Corax]]. A relic of the [[Raven Guard]] [[Chapter]], currently wielded by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Kayvaan Shrike]].**The [[Talassarian Tempest Blade]]^9a{{Fn|12}}: The [[power sword]] that always accompanies [[Ultramarines]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Cato Sicarius]] into battle.

**[[Dawn Blade]]: A mysterious Power weapon used by [[Commander Farsight]]¹⁷{{Fn|14}}

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