Both a weapon and an item of devotion to the Emperor, an Astartes' Bolter is carefully tended by its user. The most common standard patterns of Bolter can easily be wielded by a Space Marine, but on account of their size and weight, smaller human-scale pattern Bolters are used by the Battle-Sisters of the Adepta Sororitas.Ī Mark II Cawl Pattern Bolt Rifle as used by the Primaris Space Marines.įor both the Space Marines and the Sisters of Battle of the Orders Militant of the Adepta Sororitas, the Bolter is viewed as a weapon intended by the Emperor of Mankind to bring his wrath to the enemies of Mankind. The Bolter is a mid-range anti-personnel ballistic weapon that lies between the lighter and more compact Bolt Pistol sidearm, and the more effective but more cumbersome Heavy Bolter. The Chaos Space Marines of the Traitor Legions were issued their Legions' Bolters before the Horus Heresy, and therefore use generally older variants than the patterns available to present-day Loyalist Space Marines. The weapon is fearsome, with explosive rounds capable of ripping through or blowing apart a foe. However, although the Space Marines are its primary users, the Bolter finds itself in use in military organisations throughout the Imperium.

The Bolter is a weapon synonymous with the Adeptus Astartes, and rightly so. It is a powerful assault weapon that fires explosive kinetic rounds colloquially referred to as bolts. The Bolter, also called a Boltgun, and its variants are some of the most powerful, hand-held, ballistic anti-personnel weaponry in use by the military forces of the Imperium of Man. The standard Adeptus Astartes Mark Vb Godwyn Pattern Bolter. From the teachings of Roboute Guilliman as laid down in the Apocrypha of Skaros Its howling blast is a prayer to the gods of battle.' ' To a Space Marine, the boltgun is far more than a weapon it is an instrument of Mankind's divinity, the bringer of death to his foes.

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