Warhammer 40k Lore - What are Plasma Weapons, Imperial Armoury 

The plasma gun is honestly a no-brainer pick especially if you are a guardsman that's always on the frontlines. Consider what you'll be fighting and how they are going to kill you in the worst way possible. Consider now this: 1) Weapon fires successfully = you kill a bunch of bad guys and likely will get promotions 2) Weapon detonates and kills you = well it's over but you didnt feel a thing and that drukhari didnt get you as his waifu

Yea because trying to make a weapon that doesn't kill its user is heresy

Before Guilliman: plasma weapons are becoming rare. Guilliman returned: I'm putting plasma weapons on everything. Guns, hovertanks, dreadnoughts, inceptor marines

One cannot deny the effectiveness of Plasma weaponry, and it's a crying shame that their manufacture and maintenance are a failing art. If the Imperium could rediscover the correct techniques and refine down the design to something more reliable and less volatile... well, they'd have a weapon to answer any battlefield problem on the spot! As it stands, perhaps it's better that they remain rare and revered because an Imperial Plasma Gun on the field represents an equal hazard to allies and enemies alike.

The plasma weapons used by the Imperium are extremely volatile and dangerous to operate, but don't some of the other races in the 40K universe have plasma weaponry that is far more stable and reliable?

While I like plasma, my bad luck means they usually just blow up in my face.

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I love plasma I definitely think it is worth the risk. Great video 👍

Wow, that list at the end! I didn't know they went up to that level of scale in that many variants!

Base around most studies & theories, the 40K standard infantrymen lasgun & Star Wars E-11 blaster carbine, its carbine let be clear not a full-on riffle that was the E12, are what is called a laser-generated plasma beam particle pulse energy weapon, as this is due to the fact that the human eye cannot actually see the laser beam itself it being outside our optical colour detection range, but the basic of it pretty much the same, and before people comment of the Star Wars weapons being plasma-based, most of the plasma itself is an of a small amount used during firing only enough for it to be turned from gas the energy during firing when the laser beam heats & detonates the gas in the firing chamber, which is rail gun tech btw., so they do fly faster then slug weapon, the only reason you see them being deflected by Jedi & Sith is because of cinematography reasons, the lasgun creates thermal energy via the detonation of hydrogen & oxygen in the air, Now DC-15A & DC-15S series riffles are more than full-on plasma weapons like their 40K counterparts, this is due to the pressurised ionized gas being far more concentrated, then other variations and fully charged shot could do a lot of damage, 40K plasma weapons use the same principle do to the blue energy but are more akin to grenades,

I would use it

The only time I would use plasma is if they become safe enough and reliable enough for imperial guardsmen to use without any bullshit prayers.

More please.

the plasma gun is nice, and as a Dark Angels player, i can confirm that it works well. however, my go-to energy weapon is the Westinghouse M-25 Phased Plasma Rifle, in the 40-watt range. that thing is exceptional against infantry and armor.

I OVERCHARGE !!! roll the dices...

Hey I’m leaving this here because I’m stumped. I’ve been looking for this version of a gun the imperium used pre crusades that was similar to plasma guns but they look much cooler and don’t overheat. They still exist, but there extremely rare and a sign of high rank. If anyone knows the name of them please comment.

When mechanicum revered toaster more than fixing this marvel of weapon...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Id rather have a comisar on a tank or vihicle then in my hands,the metal will give some protection.

6:27 Those Plasma Weapons are may useful. Both Imperial Guard and Space marine can use Plasma Weapons against enemy.

So basically this is another gun that Adeptus mechanicus is unable replicate from darkage and they don't want to update it cuz religion

Just... Don't roll a one...

Come there are any gravity guns in the Warhammer universe does plasma gun Calico the plasma rifle from Doom

Still pathetic compared to halo CE cursed mode plasma pistol

Everything said in the first ten minutes about offending the mech god...was invalidated byhr creation of the primaris hellblaster...caul said f god.

Can I hide in this comment section? Was worshiping slaanesh and she invited khorne over, it got scary fast. Then nurgle's ringtone came from knorne's phone. I had to run.

Hey grimdark narrator, I'm a patron so why isn't my name appearing? (Valinnorian)

Well that's four times you use something that powerful and how stingy the adeptus mechanicus they don't share their secrets

I really hate that the mechanics is stupid

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