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[[Image:PowerAxe.jpg|thumb|right|130px|Surestrike Pattern Power Axe{{Fn|2a}}]]

The '''Power Axe''' is a type of [[Power Weapon]] most commonly used by [[Space Marine]]s. Like the [[Power Sword]] when activated the blade becomes surrounded in an azure disruptive energy field, allowing the axe to shear through metal and [[ceramite]] easily.{{Fn|1}}

==Known Patterns==

*'''Cthonian Pattern''': Used by the [[Sons of Horus]]{{Fn|3}}

*'''Heraspex Pattern'''{{Fn|2}}

*[[Legatine Axe]]s: Used by [[Ultramarines]] [[Suzerain Invictarus]] squads during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] era

*'''Vanir Pattern''': Used by the [[Executioners]]{{Fn|2b}}

*'''Mars-Proteus Pattern Glaive-Axe''': Common among the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] era{{Fn|4}}