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==Imperial Bolter Designs==
''The following information mainly concerns Bolters manufactured by/for, and/or used by the various factions and organizations of the [[Imperium]], not for bolters or bolter-like weapons manufactured by [[Xenos]], which are dealt with in the relevant paragraph at the end of the article.''
===Adeptus Astartes===
''Note that some of these are only used by specific Space Marine Chapters''.
====Angelus boltgunBoltgun/bolterBolter====
The [[Blood Angels]] and their successor [[Chapter]]s use a wrist-mounted, drum-fed variation of the standard boltgun for their [[Sanguinary Guard]] called the '''Angelus boltgun'''. It uses Bloodshard shells as ammunition.{{Fn|3a}} This is not to be confused with the ''[[Other bolt weapons|Angelus Bolt Carbine]]'' which is not a boltgun and not a Space Marine weapon.
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====Banestrike bolterBolter====
The '''Banestrike bolters''' were used by Space Marines Veteran Legionaries of the [[Sons of Horus]] during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|90}}
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====Mk.II Cawl pattern Pattern Bolt Rifle====
The '''Mk.II Cawl Pattern Bolt Rifle''' is a new version of the venerable Boltgun developed in the closing days of the [[41st Millennium]] for the [[Primaris Space Marines]]. Named after [[Magos]] [[Belisarius Cawl]], the large Cawl-pattern Bolter is said to be re-crafted and re-engineered to perfection.{{Fn|39}} The Bolt Rifle is a larger and longer-barreled upgrade of the standard Bolter, allowing for longer range and armour-piercing capability.{{Fn|40}}
The Bolt Rifle is highly modular, allowing for a number of easily-created variants, such as the '''Auto Bolt Rifle''', which is a rapid-fire weapon{{Fn|95}} equipped with a high-capacity magazine{{Fn|40}}, and the '''Stalker Bolt Rifle''', which is a essentially the Bolt Rifle equivalent of a [[Stalker Bolter]].
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======Instigator Bolt Carbine======
'''Instigator Bolt Carbines''' are suppressed, stealthy versions of the Cawl-Pattern Bolt Rifle utilized utilised by [[Vanguard Space Marine]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s and some [[Eliminator]] Sergeants to strike targets at extreme range.{{Fn|46}} The weapon fires three round bursts.{{Fn|95}}
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These variations are significantly larger and heavier, requiring the use of [[Gravis Pattern Power Armour]] to wield effectively.
======Executor Bolt Rifle======
'''Executor Bolt Rifles''' are a variant of the Stalker Bolt Rifle used by Primaris [[Heavy Intercessor]]s.{{Fn|55}} It is nearly identical to the standard Heavy Bolt Rifle and Hellstorm Bolt Rifle, save that it has an elongated magazine; performance-wise it boasts superior range and armor armour penetration.{{Fn|76}}{{Fn|75a}}
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Bellicos Bolt Rifles are prototype bolt rifles of an incredibly advanced pattern, that were created on the [[Forge World]] [[Bellicos]].{{Fn|86}}
====Fenris pattern Pattern Mk.IV====The [[Space Wolves]] utilize utilise a pattern of Boltgun produced on their own homeworld of [[Fenris]], decorated with the skulls of Fenrisian beasts.{{Fn|31}}
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[[Image:FenrisBolter.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Fenris Pattern Mk.IV Boltgun{{Fn|31}}]]
====Godwyn patternPattern====
The model currently used by most [[Space Marines]] is designated the '''Astartes Mk Vb Godwyn pattern'''. The Godwyn-pattern bolter has a built-in ammo counter and uses a Sinister/Dexter locking mechanism with a sickle-shaped magazine carrying 30 rounds.{{Fn|7b}} It fires the standard Astartes .75 calibre bolt, composed of a diamantine tip, depleted deuterium core and mass-reactive detonator, typically in bursts of four rounds.{{Fn|7a}} Other features include a palm-print sensor for genetic identification,{{Fn|15a}} as well as an integral targeter that links with the autosenses in the Marine's helmet for superior accuracy.{{Fn|22}} It can also be upgraded with weapon accessories such as the [[M40 Targeting System]].
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====Hesh-patternPattern====The [[Deathwatch]] uses the '''Hesh-pattern''' boltguns since [[M36]]. This weapon was originally designed by [[Magos]] [[Cymbry Jamis]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] in recognition of the Deathwatch's services. The bolters of this pattern are more compact than other weapons of its type and show exceptional craftsmanship. Due to their smaller size they are well-suited for fighting in confined spaces and they are also favoured by vehicle crews and by certain [[Assault Marines]]. The bolters incorporate an integral folding stock, motion predictor, and prey-sense sight.{{Fn|14a}}
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The '''Lion''' Pattern is a boltgun developed and used by the [[Dark Angels]] sometime before the [[Horus Heresy]]. The [[STC]] fragment for this pattern was discovered, sometime in late [[M41]], in the wreckage of the pre-heresy Dark Angel's ship: [[Caliban's Will]], which was fused to the [[Olethros]] space hulk when it attempted to travel to [[Zaramund]] to reinforce [[Horus]].
====Mark III boltgunBoltgun====
The '''Mark III'''{{Fn|18a}} or '''Mk III pattern'''{{Fn|17}} boltgun is known to exist as ''[[Badab Primaris]] Manufactura Issue''{{Fn|18a}} and has been used during the [[Badab War]] by the [[Astral Claws]].{{Fn|17}}
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====Mark IV 'Macragge' pattern boltgunPattern Boltgun====
The standard model '''Mark IV'''{{Fn|15a}} 'Macragge' Pattern{{Fn|15b}} (pictured here with a sickle magazine containing 20 bolts) has single-shot and burst fire (i.e. firing three bolts in short succession) modes. The bolter also incorporates a palm-print sensor to identify its wielder by its genetic imprint.{{Fn|15a}}
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File:Nocturne-Ultima Modified Boltgun.jpg |''Nocturne-Ultima'' modified ([[Salamanders]]){{Fn|18b}}
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====Phobos patternPattern====The Phobos Pattern Bolter, officially known as the Phobos R/017 Pattern{{Fn|18g}}, is closely associated with Mk II ‘Crusade’ Armour and is perhaps the most venerable design of the [[Bolter]] used by the Adeptus Astartes. This weapon was .70 caliber calibre as opposed to the .75 round most associated with the Bolter today.{{Fn|36}} Phobos pattern bolters were hand-crafted at the very birth of the [[Imperium]], and were in service from the late [[Unification Wars]].{{Fn|83}}
<center>'''Phobos pattern'''
====Sternguard Bolter====
The '''Sternguard Bolter''' is a variant of the standard Boltgun wielded by [[Sternguard]]s. It includes an enhanced scope, shoulder-sling strap, and a specialized specialised magazine that allows the Sternguard to carry different types of ammunition and switch between them freely. The specialized specialised magazine allows a variety of ammo types, at the expense of capacity of standard ammo and an increased cost to reload.{{Fn|34}}
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====Ultra patternPattern====
The '''Mk II Ultra Pattern''' features a [[Dark-Eye]] nightscope.{{Fn|16b}}
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====Umbra patternPattern====
The '''Umbra pattern''' boltgun was first used in the later years of the [[Great Crusade]] and was produced in large quantities by the time of the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|25}}{{Fn|83}} They were known to be favoured by the [[Sons of Horus]] [[Traitor Legion|Legion]].{{Fn|90}} By [[M42]], the pattern was reinstated for use by the [[Sisters of Silence]].{{Fn|72}}
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====Umbra-Ferrox patternPattern====
A variant of the '''Umbra pattern''' known as '''Umbra-Ferrox''' was mass-produced by [[Chapter]]{{Fn|Trivia I}} [[Techmarines]] to ensure that enough weapons and ammunition were available during the ongoing [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|26}} The '''Umbra-Ferrox''' iterates on the original '''Umbra pattern''' by incorporating a cyber-optical [[target reciprocator system]] that is slaved to the user's [[power armour]]'s autosenses, as well as commonly an additional long-range gunsight.{{Fn|33c}} Most examples of the '''Umbra-Ferrox''' replace the normal '''Umbra pattern''''s sickle magazine with a higher-capacity box magazine.{{Fn|18c}}{{Fn|26}} This pattern of bolter was standard issue to [[Seeker Space Marine|Legion Seekers]].{{Fn|33c}}
