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[[File:DE5th Splinter Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dark Eldar [[Splinter Rifle]]{{Fn|2}}]]
'''Splinter Weaponry''' are is the primary weapon type used by [[Dark Eldar]] forces.{{Fn|2}}
They all operate around the same general mechanism as a rail gun, splitting off shards of a neurotoxin that has been solidified into a crystal, resulting in thousands of tiny splinters, and then launching them at incredible speeds towards an enemy using propulsion provided by an electro-magnetic pulse from the gun.{{Fn|2}}