There are weapons, and then there are cool weapons. These are the best you'll find in Warhammer 40k.
In the universe of Warhammer 40k, there is only war left. With such a grim tagline you can only imagine that the battles are fierce and the weapons fiercer. Well, you'd be right.
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Warhammer 40k doesn't skimp on the deadly — and honestly pretty cool — weapons. Whether it be swords with chainsaw blades or guns that harness the killing potential of fatal diseases, there is a weapon you're sure to both cringe at and applaud in equal parts. Let's look at some of the coolest weapons in the 40k universe.
Both a symbol of office and a deadly weapon, the crozius is often used by the chaplains of a Space Marine chapter. These religious leaders wield the crozius with amazing ability.
Not only are these staffs mostly solid adamantium, but they also hold deadly power fields that can crush bone and rend metal easily. Those chaplains with psychic abilities can often channel such abilities into their crozius to even deadlier effects.
The exact science behind the function of these weapons isn't exactly known, but the effect they have on their victims is horrific. Anyone hit by a Necron's weapon is instantly ripped apart at the cellular level.
Even glancing wounds can reduce someone to atoms, making any hit do a surreal amount of damage to their target. If you didn't think the skeletal automatons of the Necron army were scary enough, then their weapons will change your mind completely.
This one is pretty much a metal glove with a power field around it. The powerful servos and deadly field combined let the wielder experience incredible strength, ripping apart armor easily.
There are even stories of Space Marine power fist wielders ripping open main battle tanks like tin cans. Making a Space Marine even stronger is always a horrific notion.
Turning music into a deadly weapon is quite the feat. Noise Marines of Slaanesh, the Chaos God of Excess, have combined technology and biology to a level of destructive proportions.
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Noise cannons are rifle-like weapons that are in actuality a series of speaker systems and amplifiers. Either by using the Space Marine's own voice or by making noise with the weapon itself, the noise is then magnified to deafen or even cause damage to its target. It's a psychologically and physically deadly weapon.
The sharper cousin of the power fist, lightning Claws ask: what if you were the Wolverine of the future?
Lightning claws are gauntlet-type weapons worn by Space Marines that give the wearer a trio of power field sheathed claws that spring out above the wrist. With these, they can cut through even the toughest creatures or armor. Chaos Space Marines also often make use of power claws. Their variants are often power fists with gruesome talons extending from each finger.
This weapon is the head of a corpse, filled with a noxious brew of poison and diseases, then sewn shut and thrown at the nearest enemy. Blight Grenades are a horrific explosive used by the Chaos Legions of the Plague God Nurgle.
The victims of such a weapon can have all sorts of horrific maladies infect their bodies, but the results are always deadly. Little more can be expected from the followers of Nurgle and their horrific weapons.
A spiked attachment to a gauntlet with a deadly secret. Once this weapon pierces a target, a spool of incredibly tough monofilament wire is released into the wound. Inside, it lashes out and practically turns the target's organs to liquid — all before retracting neatly through the original wound.
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It's an incredibly deadly choice against the heavily armored Space Marines, especially with how lithe the Harlequins are that wield this weapon. It's a gruesome yet elegant weapon, much like the Eldar that produced it.
A gun that shoots rocket-propelled, explosive bullets — that's about as Warhammer as it gets. The standard weapon for Space Marines, the Bolter weapon platform is brutal and brutish in equal amounts.
Adamantium tipped, rocket propelled, and usually carrying an explosive mass-reactive payload, bolter shells are as deadly as human weaponry gets. Anything hit by a bolter or one of its variants is sure to be blown apart.
This one is a gun, but just barely. Shootahs are the commonplace Ork weapon. However, there is no one design. In actuality, they are little more than boxes of scrap metal and gunpowder roughly hewn into the shape of a gun.
Due to the Ork's latent psychic abilities though, they work more often than not, just because the Orks believe them to. Large caliber and incredibly loud, thankfully they are woefully inaccurate.
A chainsaw and a sword all in one, what's not to love? Wielded by both humans, space marines, and their chaos counterparts, the chainsword is a gruesome weapon for sure.
Powered by an internal engine or power pack, the chainsword's sharp adamantine teeth can reach unbelievable speeds, allowing it to chew through flesh and armor with relative ease. Especially if it's wielded by someone who has trained for years to master it. This is one of the most identifiable weapons of the 41st millennium.
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