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[[ImageFile:Rb1-73-musket.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Musket{{Fn|1}}]][[File:Dhcr-135-musket.jpg|thumb|right300px|225pxMusket{{Fn|A Musket<sup>3</sup>2}}]]'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket Muskets''' ] are [[Primitive weapon|primitive firearms]], utilizing explosive powder and a crude firing mechanism to propel a lead ball. They are slowThese crude devices can only fire once before reloading and prone to failure. Slow, inaccurate and unreliable, and they are only made and used on backwards planets. {{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} However, they are extremely easy to construct and maintain. For this reason they are know to be quite popular among outlaw members of [[Hive World|Hive]] societies such as the [[Ratskin]]s and [[Scaly|Scalies]] of the [[Necromunda]]n underhive.{{Fn|4}} The [[Planetary Defense Force]]s of [[Feral World|Feudal]] and [[Feudal World|Feudal]] worlds also sometimes make use of Muskets<sup>muskets.{{Fn|3</sup>}}
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>}}:[[Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition)Rogue Trader]], pg. 73*<sup>{{Endn|2</sup>}}:[[Necromunda: Outlanders Dark Heresy Core Rulebook]] p, pg. 53135*<sup>{{Endn|3</sup>}}:[[Rogue Trader Core Rulebook]] , pg.74*{{Endn|4}}: [[Necromunda: Outlanders Rulebook]] p. 53[[Category:Primitive Weapons (Imperium)]]