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'''Psycannons''' are weapons utilized only used by the [[Ordo Malleus]] and [[Grey Knight]]s.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Ancient Psycannons are based on the [[boltgun]], firing bolts heavily impregnated with negative [[psychic]] energy. The bolt is devastating to the psyches and physical bodies of [[psyker]]s, [[daemon]]s, and the [[possessed]]. As if the negative psychic energy was not enough, each psycannon bolt is also silver-tipped and inscribed with anti-daemonic symbols.{{Fn|1}}
A [[Grey Knights Terminator]] armed with Modern Psycannons are triggered by the wielder sending a jolt of psychic energy into the weapon’s containment core. The payload released is a psycannon can fire it at full effect even when on focused beam of force that shreds physical matter and saturates the moveair with burning psychic resonance.{{Fn|5}}
The ===Deimos-Lux Pattern Psycannon can also be used in conjunction with a device called a [[Mind Impulse Unit]]. The Psycannon is linked to ===Among the mind rarer patterns of weaponry utilised by the Grey Knights, the user and Deimos-Lux is fired by mental intent. This has the advantages a pattern of allowing the user Psycannon designed to be mounted to fire the weapon while keeping both hands free[[Grey Knights Dreadnought|Dreadnought]]s, [[Razorback]]s, [[Thunderhawk]]s and allowing the user a greater intimacy with his weapon'[[Land Raider]]s internal workings, such as ammunition count or barrel temperaturein favour of more conventional armament. In additionHighly regarded, if the user use of these weapons by the Grey Knights is a psyker, they can infuse only limited by their own power with that of the weapon, adding to its already devastating effectavailability.{{Fn|4}}
==Images==
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==Related Articles==
==Sources==
{{Cite}}*{{Endn|1}}: [[CodexRealm of Chaos: DaemonhuntersSlaves to Darkness]], {{Cite This}}pg. 250*{{Endn|2}}: [[Realm of ChaosCodex: Slaves to DarknessDaemonhunters]], {{Cite This}}pg. 18
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (7th Edition)]] - The Armoury of Titan
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20111116235938/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/g/greyknightsupd.pdf Forge World downloadable pdf : Grey Knights rules] (saved archive)
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (8th Edition)]], pg. 42
[[Category:Weapons (Bolt)]]
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