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| - The origin of the Heavy Stubber lay in Mankind's past, in its precursor the Machine Gun, which dates back to at least the late 2nd Millennium. These early machine guns came into their own in the early 3rd Millennium. The Heavy Stubber is the modern version of this heavy automatic ballistic firearm, and is a tried and tested weapon that has stood the test of time to become the Imperial Guard's most common long-range anti-personnel weapon. The weapon is based on an extremely ancient design, making it too heavy to carry manually, and is thus most commonly mounted on Imperial Guard vehicles. In this capacity it serves as either as additional crew-served weapon or for close-in defence when much rarer Storm Bolters are unavailable. In penetrative power, the Heavy Bolter has superseded it as an i
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| - The origin of the Heavy Stubber lay in Mankind's past, in its precursor the Machine Gun, which dates back to at least the late 2nd Millennium. These early machine guns came into their own in the early 3rd Millennium. The Heavy Stubber is the modern version of this heavy automatic ballistic firearm, and is a tried and tested weapon that has stood the test of time to become the Imperial Guard's most common long-range anti-personnel weapon. The weapon is based on an extremely ancient design, making it too heavy to carry manually, and is thus most commonly mounted on Imperial Guard vehicles. In this capacity it serves as either as additional crew-served weapon or for close-in defence when much rarer Storm Bolters are unavailable. In penetrative power, the Heavy Bolter has superseded it as an infantry weapon, but it has survived in use thanks to its ubiquitousness and reliability. Affectionately known as "Big Stubbers", the Heavy Stubber has an extremely high rate of fire, which goes some way to making up for its inability to pierce armour much thicker than flak. Heavy Stubbers are extremely effective when deployed against massed formations of lightly armoured or unarmoured foes. It is also an ideal support weapon for worlds of lower tech-level that might otherwise struggle to maintain Laser Weapons through technological or resource limitations. The Heavy Stubber is a weapon that has passed into the hands of many Imperial civilians and ad-hoc militias, rendering it a favoured weapon of insurgents and other troublesome factions. Though most Stubbers are poorly maintained and tend to jam often (thanks to incorrect cleaning rituals or the misapplication of sacred unguents), care has to be taken when approaching an enemy bearing such a weapon.
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