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|[[Image:Chainaxe.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Chaos Space Marine]] Chainaxe{{Fn|6}}]]The '''Chainaxe''' is a type of [[Chain Weapon]]. Once used by the [[Legiones Astartes]], it is now the favored weapon of the [[Khorne Berzerker]]s. It takes the form of an axe with motorized chainsaw teeth and is able to tear through both flesh and armour with relative ease. The Chainaxe has long been closely associated with the [[World Eaters]] Legion. In the last ten thousand years however, as Khornate Berzerkers arise in other Legions, the weapon has become more widely used among Chaos forces as a whole.
Before the [[Horus Heresy]], the Chainaxe was commonly issued to Marine assault squads during the [[Great Crusade]]. A handful of assault oriented Space Marine chapters such as the [[Flesh Tearers]] and [[Space Wolves]] have been known to still utilize them on occasion.{{Fn|3}}
|[[Image:Chain Axe.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Chaos Chainaxe]]
|[[Image:OrkChainAxe.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Ork [[Big Choppa]]]]
|[[Image:ReaverAxe.jpg|thumb|right|Reaver Pattern Chainaxe common among the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] ]]
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