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  The standard weapon of the Adeptus Astartes, Imperial Space Marines, and the Adeptus Sororitas, Sisters of Battle. It fires a .75 cal (19mm) high explosive round with a depleted deterium core. The unique feature of these weapons is the short overall barrel length for the large calibre round. To compinsate for this the bolt round has a small rocket motor that ignites shortly after leaving the weapon. When the round impacts a target it burrows in and then explodes.   There are several different vatiations of the bolt gun.The Bolt Pistol can be fired with one hand. The Bolter which is the standard weapon of the Space Marines and the Battle Sisters. The Storm Bolter can be found mounted on the turrents of vehicles or carried within the squad. The Heavy Bolter is usually a belt-feed crew served weapon and can be found mounted in the hull of a vehicle.