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==Overview==
The heavy stubber is inferior to the [[Heavy Bolter]] in terms of penetration, being defeated by anything better than [[Flak armour]], but compensates with sheer rate of fire, making it an ideal weapon for use against hordes of lightly-armoured infantry and vehicles.{{Fn|4}} The heavy stubber is also cheap and easy to mass produce and can be built on many low-tech worlds which might not otherwise be able to construct [[laser weapon]]s.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5}} Even the ammunition fired by the weapon is cheap and plentiful available.{{Fn|23}} The weight and recoil of many patterns of heavy stubbers require that they be fired from the prone position with a bipod or tripod, or require a [[pintle weapon|pintle mount]] on an armoured vehicle.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}} Others are more man-portable, and even heavier patterns can be wielded by a single trooper through the use of bracing harnesses or suspensors[[suspensor]]s.{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|6}} Though the calibre of a heavy stubber can go up to 25mm,{{Fn|22}} it is less powerful than an [[autocannon]].{{Fn|23}}
Within the [[Imperial Guard]] the heavy stubber remains its most common anti-personnel weapon. It is often used as a crew-served support weapon or mounted on vehicles in cases where the more potent but rarer and significantly shorter-ranged [[Storm Bolter]] is unavailable.{{Fn|4}} [[Siege Regiment]]s in particular, typically suffering heavy casualties and having to use local materials to replace any equipment losses, make prodigious use of heavy stubbers on account of their ease of manufacture and maintenance.{{Fn|7}} Because of its pervasiveness the heavy stubber has also found its way into the hands of [[Imperial]] citizens, and is popular with both militias and outlaws.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5}}
