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'''Virus Bombs''' are potent weapons of mass destruction, and were commonly used to carry out [[Exterminatus]] in pre-Heresy times. In this role they have largely been superceded by [[Cyclonic Torpedo]]es, however Virus Bombs are still retained by some Imperial arsenals.
Virus bombs were used on [[Armageddon]] during the [[Second War for Armageddon]]. [[Von Strab]] had a secret stash of them, put there by his family when the planet was colonized. They wreaked a terrible havoc on the invading [[Ork]]s but had lost their potency over time and did not have exactly the desired effect. The virus also has a tendency to blow with the winds, and during the Armageddon deployment, it washed back over the defending [[Imperial Guard]], killing as many defenders as attackers.
Virus bombs were also used on [[Isstvan III]] at the start of the [[Horus Heresy]] by [[Horus]] to bomb the [[Space Marines]] who remained loyal to the [[Emperor]].<sup>1</sup>
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* <sup>1</sup> [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]] by [[Ben Counter]]
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