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[[File:Rb1-73-musket.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Musket{{Fn|1}}]]
[[File:Dhcr-135-musket.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Musket{{Fn|2}}]]
[[wikipedia:Musket|Musket]]s are [[Primitive weapon|primitive firearms]], utilizing explosive powder and a crude firing mechanism to propel a lead ball. These crude devices can only fire once before reloading and prone to failure. Slow, inaccurate and unreliable, they are only made and used on backwards planets.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} of which the [[Birmingham]] is mostly known.{{Fn|1}} However, they are extremely easy to construct and maintain. For this reason they are know to be quite popular among outlaw members of [[Hive]] societies such as the [[Ratskin]]s and [[Scalies]] of the [[Necromunda]]n underhive.{{Fn|4}} The [[Planetary Defense Force]]s of [[Feral World|Feral]] and [[Feudal World]]s also sometimes make use of muskets.{{Fn|3}}
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