40k Lore! The Bolt Gun! The Weapon of Angels!

[@ArchYouTube]

By the way, i have a Discord! discord.gg/DCRcZCP

[@XxLegionPLxX]

Yay, good old arch finally took a break from heresy!

[@FARBerserker]

It is, basically, an oversized Gyrojet Weapon.

[@Nagerash]

To be fair... the Necrons are not the servants of the stargods... (anymore) The stargods are the servants/slaves of the Necrons. BIG difference ;)

[@samson136]

Who was the humans before the imperium and how did they collapse

[@berserkshirtbear1271]

I just want you to know that I hate you for starting the Kingmaker game, because now I'll have to spend money. That is all.

[@novemaspectus3429]

What kinda ammo you want? Rocket propelled, armor-piercing, high explosive, fragmentation rounds. That’s a lot of ammo, gonna slow you down. I want it all in one round. ENTER BOLTER

[@awitness5589]

Novem Aspectus What kinda ammo you want? YES...that is all

[@TheGreatThicc]

Then one bolter got penis envy, said "hold my beer" and downed a whole kilo of steroids Enter the Heavy Bolter.

[@juliankirby9880]

Eric Grieve then 2 bolters were born conjoined, and was named; the Storm bolter

[@maximusphuxindeedum4973]

You dudes ruined a good post

[@TheGreatThicc]

It's a youtube comments section... What did you expect?

[@Mr.Mosquito89]

"There's nothing 'sexy' about a boltgun." As a recognized and ordained techpriest of holy Mars, I *demand* you take that back.

[@CommanderSharpEye]

At least he didn't insult your toasters

[@alucardtheatheist1745]

We must not displease the machine spirit

[@VarangianGuard13]

People say the same thing about the .50 Machine gun, aka Ma' Deuce.. Hard to find a Lady as pretty, in a bad time, than miss M2 Browning..

[@awitness5589]

The Emperor protects, but a loaded bolter never hurt either. Chainswords tend to help too.

[@hunterskidmore1672]

Except those filthy xenos

[@awitness5589]

Hunter Skidmore Well the xenos don’t count because they’re not people, that’s just obvious.

[@hunterskidmore1672]

@@awitness5589 its still worth noting

[@awitness5589]

Hunter Skidmore Fair enough

[@matthewb391]

As does being on another planet, especially when it comes to ex wife's...

[@Itisoverthere-rw]

Fluff: The Space Marines' bolters are hand cannons that when fired at a human, said human looks like he stepped on a land mine. Tabletop: 67% change to wound a human, 33% change to fail penetrating a guardsman's armor and the same stats as a normal human's boltgun.

[@Glenndogamer35]

@Maintenance Renegade do you have a link to that?

[@kamilnowogrodzki6885]

@Maintenance Renegade Wasn't that changed in errata, or something?

[@TXTypewriter]

It was errata'd later on, to deal 1d10+9 damage instead of 2d10+5, and have a rate of fire of S/3/- instead of S/2/4 if I recall correctly, meaning the newer versions generally did less damage and at a slower rate of fire.This was in part done because Bolters were more powerful than Plasma Guns even for killing heavily armored troops, especially if you loaded them with Kraken or Vengeance bolts. Bolters are still some of the most useful weapons in the game even with the nerf, as they're still very powerful and highly versatile.

[@louiswilkins7461]

@Maintenance Renegade Thanks

[@leeronneceaser7913]

The Emperor protects, the bolter insures

[@CryingZombie666]

And the chainsword *shreds* *Proceed to play Manowar's Warriors of The World*

[@kingnothing8570]

What are you fools talking about that bolter chainsword and power armor is the emperors protection (at least part of it)

[@omegawilliam95s36]

The chainsword confirms.

[@jintarokensei3308]

But the hammer, delivers.

[@MrLolguy93]

This is my bolter. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

[@elijah8251]

Without this bolter I am nothing, but without me my bolter is nothing.

[@76HabeasCorpus]

Is that you Private Piles??

[@internetzenmaster8952]

*SHOW ME YA WAR FACE YA GIT!!*

[@elijah8251]

Private! What is you major malfunction num nuts?

[@darrianweathington1923]

FatLeon93 true soldier their are many like it... (Nobody tell the poor child that there's like 50 different varieties of the same bolter with different buffs and defects)

[@cheekychief2273]

Arch Warhammer: *slaps top of bolt gun* “This bad boy will exterminate so many xenos”

[@berserkshirtbear1271]

And heretics

[@darrianweathington1923]

And possibly loyalist that disagree with me

[@radokost]

I see you are a man of culture as well!

[@MrAdamske]

Tzeentch: *slaps top on random space hulk* "This bad boy will fit so many shenanigans!"

[@VanGeo1]

*Ork Mek slaps Trukk* Dis bad boy- *Trukk explodes killing the Mek and da boy looking to loot it*

[@appendixpower5538]

Rapid fire 1. Strength 4. AP nothing. Damage 1. Kinda sad it has become nothing but a "lasgun+" in the 40k tabletop

[@nerowulfee9210]

[loud shas`la laughter from the distance]

[@lordvarrax5060]

Which is why I keep playing 7th edition (that and tanks are actual tanks, not things that lasguns can easily kill).

[@bobmalone3726]

nero wulfee92 [Shas’la realises that a dark angel is behind him]

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

*PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURGING WITH MY KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN*

[@J_Warral]

Go play Horus Heresy. I had enough of Jetbike spam, EVAspam, Tauspam and other broken stuff.

[@peanusbenis5631]

If an Ultramarine shoots you, you get a bolt from the blue.

[@gamermoment656]

That pun made me lose hope for mankind worse then knowing Roubute And His sons are my genetic descendants.

[@NetMoverSitan]

(monotone) All hail the Ultrasmurfs.

[@60sSam]

No....just no.

[@NetMoverSitan]

Don't worry, I was taking the p***.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Big E Emperor Of Mankind as are the Black Dragons

[@TheCandidPygmy]

I need bolters and power armor in my life. For me. Not my enemies obviously. That would be really, really bad.

[@_Caine_]

The most impressive feature of the bolter is the trans-dimensional pocket in the magazine that holds way more than the five-round capacity its appearance suggests.

[@grolash6219]

Lol X) But look at the size of the magasine compared to the side of the trigger and all... x)

[@IRMentat]

Caine 2/3 stack magazine plus massive barrel compensator. When you can crush steel with your bare hands you don’t need a loading tool for your magazines.

[@darrianweathington1923]

What happens is when the mag is empty the actually clip itself transforms into bullets giving extra ammo.... or since the warp is based on belief, if you believe you have more ammo than the universe will give you more ammo

[@TheWarpmind]

the bolter magazine is short but its thick as fuck look at a chaos marine bolter it has the feed line exposed out of magazine and you can see kinda how they fit the bolter apparently on standard mags fits around 20 rounds so that's 10 rounds on two separate feeders in the magazine space marines are strong enough to push back the spring and load rounds into the mag easily

[@internetzenmaster8952]

*Ork Mekboy explanation of a 'bolt gun':* Dis 'ere iz da spess mahreen's shoota. Dey call it ah "bolta" or "bolt gun" It iz sum o' da humies best dakka around. Itz dakka iz yuge rokkit-bullets (for humies) dat go _boom_ afta dey punch thru ah target. Only way dey could make an even bigger boom is if da 'dakka' waz painted yellow. Afta all, yellow is da 'splodiest coloah. Any questionz?

[@jeffreymacmullin1653]

Internet Zen Master Can iza paint my bolt dakka red an yello baws

[@NetMoverSitan]

Why dey not put more dakka on dat shoota? Dey need mor!

[@BigJubble]

'Ow bout' da stormy bolta' dem humies got? I 'erd its got double da dakka den da normi bolta?

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

Wot if wez pantz dem Red, zo hey go fasta?

[@SpartanPrimeDSTY117]

So....are you suggesting that playing 40K Space Marine with autoaim on is actually CANON? XD

[@darrianweathington1923]

Spartan Prime the most canon any autoaim could be, besides being in a actually robot

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Hand cannon is canon. I approve.

[@93Avenger93]

Well no. That only works if the astartes is reasonable enough to keep his helmet on or has bionic eyes linked to his gun. Titus has neither, therefore autoaim is out of the question for him. In multy on the other hand, go with the God-Emperor, everyone has helmets there, auto-aim to your hearts content.

[@SpartanPrimeDSTY117]

Haha, I modded Titus to have a helmet on. But yeah, it was mostly multiplayer I would be referring to.

[@NetMoverSitan]

That unconventional Ultrasmurf?

[@awitness5589]

I wonder if the Astartes can fix bayonets...

[@HeinrichKonig]

There is such a thing as chainblade bolter attatchment: wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/c/c1/ChainBladeBolter.jpg

[@awitness5589]

HeinrichKonig YES! I WANT THREE OF THEM!

[@vindicare9636]

It is rare,but not unheard of.Chaos warbands,especially iron warriors are fond of bayonet attachments.

[@awitness5589]

Vindicare For once the whole Iron Within bit seems rather fitting then

[@awitness5589]

Sir Dankistan Imagine attaching a powersword bayonet to a stormbolter

[@jasonoreilly6204]

20th Century Gunshop Owner: What you after? Space Marine: Bolter .75cal G O: Hey buddy, only what you see!

[@justinians9367]

This is one of the things that drew me to warhammer 40k the fact the conquers are human and we are as brutal as the middle ages we are one of the most aggressive raceis in the galaxy looking at our history irl we are more likely to have this kind empire then a federaton we ARE the klingons we ARE the Mandolorians we are the hyper warlike race. 40k shoves this aspect in our face when other sifi try to dismiss or pacifii it i still love and play Tau but the imperium is so intresting because at the end of the day it 40k (the game) was made by humanity and its a deep desturbing look at our selves that lets us explore the darkest sides of our psyki in a way thats fun and harmless the bolter to me personifies that the most

[@deejayxcrypt]

@@pyerack This so true it's both funny and sad.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Justinian S what about the chainsword

[@stefan1360]

"Walk softly, and carry a big gun" - Gabriel Angelos Indeed the bolter is a big gun. But it could always use more dakka.

[@darrianweathington1923]

Stefan Secrieriu I mean the combi-bolter

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

The Rape cannon

[@JDSG360]

If any other person made a lore video about the bolt gun they would have just recited the wiki page on it, but Arch like always goes that one step more my elaborating and comparing the lore with other sources and real life comparisons. And for that Arch thank you, for giving the W40k lore justice we all appreciate it.

[@mdc123-v2v]

Luetin didn't and he is 10 times the commentator that Arch is, he doesn't put on a stupid accent for one.

[@wickedgymdudes1147]

MDC I thought his accent was authentic?

[@Iijjccbb]

MDC he's Norwegian though

[@Iijjccbb]

James Gardiner reciting the wiki huh? (Looks at onemindsyndicate)

[@yeenbaby2891]

I cant do a like cuz its 69 so i have to do a dislike sadly forgive me brothers for i have to shoot myself with the bolt gun blessed by the chapter master under the command of oh holy lord Sanguinius

[@jamesgarratt1266]

The weapons of the 40k universe: Boltguns: if you don't care about what others think. Lasguns : quantity over quality. Autoguns: for the gangsters of the 40k universe.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

James Garratt I love thinking about space marines fighting cultists. They must find some amusement when being shot with autoguns.

[@jamesgarratt1266]

broderick kurtz just a little bit

[@Psychoangel-d23]

broderick kurtz now i have the image of cultists getting a drop on a space marine with autoguns and him just having a soft chuckle before bludgeoning them to death with a piece of wall because he didnt want to waste ammo.

[@zetaraptor286]

@@Psychoangel-d23 "Fists and blades only brothers. Save the ammunition for worthier foes."

[@strongback6550]

Autoguns are actually surprisingly good

[@noelienoelie8425]

"Set your phasers to 40k"

[@Yaponnk]

Phaser explodes

[@lshackelford4175]

Redshirts explode

[@valiatus6719]

Federation would be wiped out from a single chapter of space marines in like 3 months, those pussies couldn’t deal with 40K.

[@patrickobermiller]

@@valiatus6719 i dont know about that. That FTL travel would come in handy. Conpared to those slow ass imperial ships. They would probably only make land fall on one planet before their ships were intercepted and destroyed.

[@deejayxcrypt]

@@valiatus6719 Aye. Doesn't matter the Federation has faster ships. The Eldar have fast ships but they also have firepower the Federation doesn't.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

I remember the day when i read the ultramarines omnibus and there was a scene where a boltshell was described as fist sized. 14 year old me rose his fist infront of his eyes... And was simply fascinated.

[@darknessml6145]

James Mortimer Thats awesome, and adorable

[@erichbreckoff3405]

human or marine fist?

[@hku99]

@@erichbreckoff3405 Doesn't really matter human or astarte fist size is a really big hole.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

@@erichbreckoff3405 Titan Bolter size for the Marines.

[@Solid_Snake427]

God I love it when Arch talks about guns

[@1110-s1t]

This one's gonna be a beauty I wager.

[@awitness5589]

Solid_Snake427 Especially guns that fire self-propelled shells the sizes of cans of red bull

[@awitness5589]

Sir Dankistan IT MAKES ME HARDER THAN TERMINATOR ARMOR...dunno about him though

[@eldritch_wh1sp3rs]

20mm rounds are actually much smaller than Red Bull cans. bit.ly/2A6PekU Imagine this, but with a much shorter projectile/casing, and you something that is basically the length and caliber of a boltgun round.

[@Solid_Snake427]

😏

[@gamermoment656]

This video make me happier then when I first discovered gold.

[@connorgrimshaw5457]

You spelt emperor wrong buddy

[@avdv2911]

DAKKA and more dakka with a bit of dakka on the side

[@IamBlackToast]

Ayke van der veen Still not enough dakka.

[@juliankirby9880]

Sir Dankistan when the warp is full of dakka

[@avdv2911]

@@juliankirby9880 even then it wont be enough DAKKA

[@namelessnopony9417]

Not enuff Dakka, ya grot! Youse need Dakka on top o' Dakka, covered in sum Dakka 'n stuffed wiff even moar Dakka!

[@darrianweathington1923]

Ayke van der veen even the green skins agree with that

[@DominusSanguis]

"What requires a 20mm round to put down?" a zogging ork that's what and you better make sure you use more than one.

[@adamredmayne1326]

I'd be interested to know the power differences between say, a standard pattern cadian lasgun at regular power then full power compared to a death korps lasgun or a solar auxiliary pattern lasgun against orks and other beasties.

[@DominusSanguis]

I'd say those differences are probably minimal compared to the jump up from standard issue flashlights to the hellgun variants.

[@darrianweathington1923]

Yeah, dump the whole clip in his head, we don't want another war on armageddon... again

[@adamredmayne1326]

@@DominusSanguis Kasrkin make CSM their bitches HOORAAH! heh

[@_Carlos]

"Just listing them alone would probably take a solid 10 minutes" I look forward to your next bolter video

[@TheGazingEye]

the lasgun is sooo much cooler to me :P 1000 shots, runs out of ammo, chuck it in a fire, pull it out of the ashes fully intact and now its recharged! :D

[@stefan1360]

Is that how it really works? Aren't they like battery based, where they need to be recharged after exhausting the energy inside the cartridge or something?

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Stefan Secrieriu they absorb sunlight and heat arch did a video on them

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

ussopking not really going to have much armour piercing ability nor is it going to have good range or good crowd control

[@olivershagnasty8160]

It’ll work pretty well if you shoot them in the head.

[@awitness5589]

ussopking Rocket Propelled Grenade Machine Gun>Flashlight

[@franksmedley8619]

Hello Arch. Unlike most players, I both did the numbers, AND was an Enlisted Weapons Instructor in the United States Marine Corps. A 0.75 calibur round is 19.01mm, so your generalization of it being a 20mm grenade launcher is fairly accurate. The Bolt fired is definitely projected out of the barrel of the weapon by an explosive charge like gunpowder. And once free of the weapon, the gyro-jet rockets built into the base of the round fire up and thrust it even faster to it's target. This explains the relatively short range of a Space Marine's weapons fire on the tabletop, since the 'powder' charge is only large enough to get the round out of the weapon, and the gyro-jet rockets have only enough fuel for a relatively short duration flight. Plus the mass of the round is fairly hefty, and thus once the explosive charge and rocket fuel are expended, air resistance would sharply limit it's range. Once the round reaches it's target, it's adamantium tip enables it to penetrate almost any kind of armor, for the most part, and a delayed action fuse causes the enclosed explosive charge to fire, shredding the round inside it's target, doing the maximum possible damage to it. A similar weapon is already available. The NEOPUP PAW 20mm Rifle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqSldoRjhdqfrMU speaking, Frank-ly

[@honestkyn718]

Boltgun; for when you need to make a statement to the heretics.

[@darrianweathington1923]

Matthew Chirino ... isn't your pic a blood angel?

[@ravenknight4876]

It took you quite long to release a video on Bolters if you think about it. Even Lasguns were featured earlier.

[@alexsp826]

one thing i want to mantion is the fact that space marines are made for clearing out enemy strongholds so a 20mm he round would make some sense because even concrete cover wouldnt be that usefull to hide behind. i mean if you are shooting out of a window at a sm he didnt even need to hit you it would do the job if he hits the wall you are hiding behind with 2-3 bolts and you are dead anyway

[@76HabeasCorpus]

Ohhhh the rrrrrrrrolling r's and the... *ahem*..... Pregnant pauses.

[@colonel_moss5663]

"It will take around 10 minutes to list all of them" when has that ever stopped you?

[@TabularConferta]

One of the reasons many Sci-fi universes prefer lasers over bullets, isn't neccesarily the obvious answer of technological development. It's in part because TV and Movie writers realise....geeks count bullets. Had the iconic scene in Dirty Harry happened in space, many geeks would without batting an eyelid have been able to tell Clint exactly how many shots were fired. Laser....they run out for plot reasons. Hasn't Arch done this video before?

[@forestelfranger]

The only one i recall is the time he spend a hour bitching about how the guns in star wars make no sense.

[@duncanharrell5009]

Do you have a link for that? I’d love to hear him complain about Star Wars blasters and lightsabers for hours.

[@attila535]

"Bolter, tyranid and you. I got a tyranid and a bolter and I'm bringin em home to you!"

[@vulkanofnocturne]

I think the bolt gun gets its name from the device used to slaughter livestock. I read the Crimson Fists refer to Orks as 'Kine' meaning cattle. #grimdark #HarvestingSeason #Bannerlordwhen

[@Yaponnk]

"Thats a nice head you have on your shoulders" Until it met a bold round

[@p_serdiuk]

It may also refer to crossbow bolts. If you think about it, the boltgun is a far removed descendant of the crossbow. A brute, no-nonsense, relatively short ranged weapon with exceptional armor penetration, easy to build and repair, requires strength but not that much skill to wield, and still in wide use.

[@lemons1559]

@@Yaponnk less talking. Moar raiding!

[@cnschu]

it simple an quite advanced gyrojet rifle with HEAT ammo

[@michaelb2106]

I wonder if the explosiveness counters the downside of gyrojet pistols/rifles, in that they are weak at close range.

[@lanasmith4795]

@@michaelb2106 I imagine the initial kicker charge takes care of that problem

[@davidhobbs5679]

And fun fuct asside from the more advanced parts (such as the auto aiming feature) this gun and ammo can be MADE. Like just by a gyroject, add on a second base propellant charge and bam done. And if you can afford it just make it from scratch, its really not that hard as far as weapons tech goes.

[@markfreeman4727]

does that mean we can build boltguns??!!!!

[@thegreatazal5021]

John Beck GUN JESUS

[@BlitzFromBehind]

The bolt is actually closer to the 20mm grenade used on the XM29 OICW or the K11 DAW than a full sized 20mm cannon shell. Same for the heavy bolters bolt. It's closer to the 25mm grenades on the XM25 than the Bushmasters 25mm chaingun ammo. And just to be nitpicky, you can only lock and load open bolt weapons or weapons that need to lock back the bolt before loading a new magazine.

[@techpriest8965]

Aiming down sights is not in Astartes vocabulary.

[@spartanalex9006]

It's essentially a bigger, fully automatic version of the Gyrojet firearms of the past. I also wonder if it has a bolt hold-open device.

[@ryanbuckman1731]

The 0.75cal is a 19mm, there it's fixed, the angry marine bolters shoot mini marines with dual lightning claws that dig into you and shred you from the inside out

[@ComradePenguinski]

That's not how that works. 75 Caliber is 3/4 of an inch. Caliber is the measurement of the bore diameter and is a direct translation into Imperial Measurements (i.e. a 45cal is .45 of an inch, 50cal is half an inch, ect).

[@appendixpower5538]

what?!? .75 caliber (0.75 inches) = about 19 mm

[@Panocek]

Then there is question what Imperium main length unit is. We assume its ours day inch, maybe 40k inch is something like 50mm, then .75cal would be around 38mm, something that would match some depictions (and size of bolter barrel)

[@apex_7766]

"I like - big GUNS and I cannot lie..." "You otha brothas may de-ny..."

[@nickdahl203]

I think a bolter shell would be more in line with a 12 gauge slug, which is a .73 round. In fact, we have 12 gauge grenade rounds. And rocket propelled 13mm rounds. You know, I could probably build a functional bolter gun out of extant technology if I had the various explosive and destructive device licenses.

[@nickdahl203]

Some lore also says they fire depleted deuterium shells, and are caseless rounds. Look at some pics of Brass shotshells, and tell me those don't exactly what comes flying out the side of a bolter.

[@novasolarius8763]

"depleted deuterium shells" One second, I'm off to find whomever wrote that. And then chain them to a block of uranium-238 and toss them off the side of a ship.

[@Ve-om7lf]

I was doing some digging on ammo for laughs after watching this and I was thinking more along the lines of a mk 211 bullet loaded into a .510 whisper or .510 Beck (vaporware that it is) case. yeah the whisper would require a much bigger rifle then the beck, but in both you could get a man portable semi auto (or full auto if you could get an auto sear) mag fed, high explosive firing rifle, if you could figure out how to fit a rocket motor into the bullet and still fit a decent powder charge in the case, boom, bolter.

[@DepressivesBrot]

Or you do like the South Africans and stick a standard 20mm cannon shell on the bottom half of a .50BMG case (I don't think that's the actual parent case, but it's the right general size)

[@markfreeman4727]

please do I beg of you

[@shanelegendre6314]

For frame of reference the 12gage shotgun is .72 inches.

[@Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K]

There's a difference between length and caliber dude. 😑😑😑

[@Daimon-X]

Knowledge is a power Brother.

[@kadenconner3235]

caliber is the width of the barrel, so what he's saying is that a 12 gauge shotgun has a .72 caliber barrels

[@shanelegendre6314]

The bolter round is something we almost have now. The 20mm bushmaster has smart rounds, the U.S. and Russia has been trying to develop missile rounds for the 12 gauge sense the 70's.

[@davoodoo8042]

Which honestly makes me wonder, if a human can fire slugs from usas12 at full auto why humans(even in power armor) cant supposedly fire a bolter, unless theyre sergeant harker which fires full caliber rounds from heavy bolter by hand... but hey they can fire 0,75 bolt pistol just fine, no broken bones there.

[@Ogre-zr5zk]

closest thing to a real life bolter 'AA 12 Shotgun in The Expendables' 250 rounds per minute micro grenades

[@polskipolak9073]

AA12 + Neopup 20mm nade launcher. Bolter mostly use explosive as main killing power

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

A non elegant weapon for a universe we for sure will not want to live in... Also star trek personal weapons never made any sense to me

[@IRMentat]

gilad granit space commies need a gun in case the food runs out. Always one ready in the chamber.

[@darrianweathington1923]

The point of star trek is to make peace with other alien people not kill them like 40k. But you might still need to protect yourself while your negotiating peace so a lil zapping from a stun laser is helpful

[@bobmilaplace3816]

A phaser is a multipurpose tool. It was used to heat material, mine etc, and surgery. A bolter is a killer, first, last and always

[@tothethreshold.9965]

Going broken lore VS broken lore a Phaser makes a Bolt gun look like a toy. Oh your large crude projectile weapon can blow holes in stuff... thats cool. Here my lightweight space wand can literally disintegrate just about any known substance in a single shot on high power. Not to mention the larger models which have been shown to take out anything up to small aircraft with ease. The lore in both franchises is broken, but STs weapons are mental like silly op mental. Ie the standard phase rifles can be set to act as long range precision weapons, rapid fire assault weapons or shotguns just by tapping a button.Not to mention it has the power to drill through a ships hull. Or the hand held versions being show to destroy half a building with one shot on level 16 wide beam. Its bad writing but as its cannon it counts.

[@popitrekker1543]

@@tothethreshold.9965 oh, so it's a last rifle

[@1110-s1t]

Look mate. That was good and all, but release the real version. The 17 hour rant you first recorded or unsubbed tbh.

[@FQP-7024]

it's funny to me that we actually have the tech to make bolters irl, at least in theory, but there is no man alive strong enough to not break from the recoil from it.

[@captainthorrek262]

Bolt Guns: because Turn Undead is far more satisfying when the Holy Symbol makes zombies crap themselves while they run.

[@theblondesiouxsiesioux]

"Boltguns are essentially flak, that's designed for squishier targets". Fun fact, armys use full auto AA cannons against infantry whenever possible, essentially since their advent. Great anti-personelle weapons.

[@VarangianGuard13]

Arch, yet another example of your usual high quality videos, well researched and clearly explained with very nice comparisons. Please keep up the excellent work.

[@Wimpiethe3]

The 'my righteous fire makes enemies go boom boom' gun. Lovely. I can only think of Borderlands 2 Torgue to be honest. Explosions!

[@mattps.3040]

Actually Torgue bullets are pretty much the same thing but smaller, minus the armor piercing bits

[@Kompotamus]

So I was thinking, if bolters, or at least some bolters are about .75 cal they would be roughly the same size as a 12 gauge shotgun which equals .729 cal. Considering that frag-12 rounds are a thing as well as automatic shotguns like the AA-12 and Saiga-12, aside from the armor penetrating delay-fuses and rocket assist on bolts, don't we already kind of have bolters? Granted an AA-12 loaded with frag-12 isn't going to be punching through any amount of armor, but soft targets are going to have a really, really bad time.

[@crimsontear99]

Wouldn't be cool if some weapons company (for shits and giggles) were to make a fully functional bolt gun? Probably never happen but it's interesting to think about 😎

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2PQc2pnj7ymhpY. Not automatic but still rocket propelled.

[@DepressivesBrot]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3nFonuuaLl_eKc Closest thing we have. If you want to totally overengineer it, you could add a Gyrojet round to the base of the projectile - but I doubt that would actually be any kind of improvement with current tech.

[@markfreeman4727]

we can only hope

[@darrianweathington1923]

Crimson Tears it's harder than it looks

[@christophersmith8848]

Another thing to consider is that, with a round propelled like a Bolt is, they can minimize recoil and wear on the internals of the weapons, and it can basically be expected to fly in the same way in any environment, regardless of gravity or atmospheric conditions. Additionally, has anyone else noticed that the ejection port and barrel are completely off?

[@thegreatazal5021]

Christopher Smith I figured the ejector claw is slanted so it kicks the casing up instead of sideways and it falls out due to another slant I just have no clue why it would use that method over a regular ejection port

[@christophersmith8848]

@@thegreatazal5021 I'm not saying they couldn't make it work, but that is more moving parts in a weapon that could be used to bash in an Ork's head, I think GW, being British, might have just not known how guns work when they designed it.

[@thegreatazal5021]

Christopher Smith yea the bolter is pretty damn 80s

[@burialgoods]

A heavy bolter is more of a 20mm, and you make it sound as if the bolt detonation is like a grenade. It's more like a bursting shell, which is what it is. Still makes no goddamn sense that this only equates to a S4 no AP weapon on the table though..

[@Wimpiethe3]

'Shoots ork in it's squigg's hole with a boltgun.' Ork; 'I iz not ev'en ful, ooman.' Orks.....

[@Talon323]

I was playing Enter the gungeon the other day, and found a bolter. I immediately started using it exclusivly to purge the enemies of the emperor of man!! And then I ran out of bullets :(

[@IRMentat]

sakmi kuhl that’s easy, get more bullets :)

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

Those things weighs a fair amount, you could use it as a blunt weapon.

[@chrislovato9451]

I’m just amazed that you were able to talk about the motor and keep it interesting the entire time your kick ass bro I love your videos thank you for your hard work and effort and energy you put into all of this

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

"Its not sexy" Internet: *creates bolter-chan*

[@SoftisNelaris]

Now I want to see this.

[@ultramarinescaptain3840]

The internet is a strange place.

[@thegodemperorofmankind3090]

finally more lore form arch ive been waiting for so long

[@legionofthedamned157]

Herald of the coming doom, by cry of raven we are drawn. This oath of war and vengeance, on blade of exalted iron sworn. With blood anointed sword aloft, advance we into dread's dark shade. Punishment divine unleashed with hate, a wrathful storm of bolt and blade. Purge with plasma, fist and shell, bring cleansing fire's righteous breath. For the Emperor! We are His Angels Of Death No forgiveness, no retreat.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

dude we today do not try to repair barrels we swap them with new ones

[@trickster3696]

hey arch you know on very rare occasions you do a video on star wars. well it turns out in legends the republic basically became the imperium of man thousands of years ago. seriously they even had cathedral ships, it's like star wars writers looked at Warhammer 40k and decided "yeah let's do something like that"

[@JimmyStiffFingers]

Heresy! *BLAM!*

[@JacatackLP]

Ah the Pias Dias Crusades, love that bit of lore

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

oh and that whole jedi-sith war thing

[@StylesV13]

Finally. A video about 40k in which I get and ad for a 40k product.

[@Lionbladier]

Yas, bolt me down like the foul heretic I am, Daddy Arch~

[@grizzly3260]

*note to self...purge this one as soon as possible.

[@Lionbladier]

@@grizzly3260 Oooo, yaaaas! I'll let you purge me for the entirety of a Black Crusade~! In fact, I hear Lucius and his boytoys are throwing one hell of a party in the Eye of Terror this weekend...wanna come along?

[@grizzly3260]

@@LionbladierBY THE EMPEROR!!!! Not a emperor's children

[@Lionbladier]

@@novasolarius8763 Mmmn, I absolutely love receiving large pay*loads* from such strong, handsome warriors. ;)

[@Hopeofmen]

Ahhhh begone Slaaneshi filth!!!

[@herbertgearing1702]

The bolter reminds me of a a3 grease gun, they have that slow heavy 45 caliber slugging along at around 350 rounds a minute Dakka Dakka Dakka beautiful in its simplicity and brutality!

[@irontemplar6222]

5:30 ehhh not really .75 caliber isn't really as big as people think. 12 gauge shotgun fires .684 caliber shells. and that's just a shotgun. HE rounds are pretty awesome but they dont have anywhere near the impact of a grenade round. High Explosive rounds are usually made to explode, with the force of the explosion killing or wounding the enemy. however the exsplosion will almost always be pretty self contained. where a grenade either from a launcher or thrown is meant to hit many targets with similar or greater force. Its actually like 18mm round but yeah that is overkill How Bolt rounds have AP, HE, and Shrapnel. This is fucking magic, heavy AP with HE is more detrimental than anything, as you will often (should) get moments where your Bolt round fly's through a person and dosnt have anywhere near the effect especially given the caliber your more than likely going to experience over penetration more often than anything else without the AP with it your likely to put a clean bolt round sized hole in your enemy but they are likely going to keep fighting since unless you hit something vital they likely wont even notice it do to how fast it happened. it really should just be HE and it would be very effective HE rounds typically are, but it carries the risk of your ammunition getting hit and cooking off to much more detrimental effects you than normal ammo. dont get me started on the Gyro jet 2nd stage of the weapon. severe heating from the barrel would warp the bullets on the exiting of the barrel combined with the gyro jet would reduce your accuracy stupidly. *The space marines do have special bolt rounds for stalker bolters that dont have the Gyro jet and they would work just fine.* but the standard round would not function in reality. .75 caliber would not rip off someone's arm you can look up a video of people firing .90 caliber rifles. You would not have to miniaturize the bolter the barrel and mechanisms wouldn't be that large. if anything you would have to scale the holding parts and grip for the marine but even than not by that much. honestly a human variant of a bolter just add a stock to it and if you really feel the need give the man a bit more of padding where his stock is going to go and after some training he wont notice the kick nearly as much. as that area of his body would increase in density do to the consistent hits to it. as a result the human body will try to compensate for the consistent force by increasing the density of that section of his body *look up density training* its really fascinating and their are people who use steal poles as punching bag's from the training. As always its Science Fantasy so at the end of the day. Its designed to be cool and it does achieve that if nothing else, I just wish more research on guns was done before they came up with this weapon. As always great video arch looking forward to the next one.

[@adambielen8996]

The bolt rounds passing through soft targets is a thing that has been mentioned in lore.

[@irontemplar6222]

@@adambielen8996 what book? I only recall one during the Horace Heresy books but the were talking about special AP ammo not standard bolt rounds

[@adambielen8996]

It was one of the Urial Ventris (Ultramarines) books, number 3 I believe. It was the one where he is on an Iron Warriors deamon planet.

[@josephellis8501]

Propably not for the best to compare current theory to bolters of the 40th millennium, as their resources and progress will be greater as a given. People in the imperium cared about bolters and smoothed out the problems and had the resources to do so, unlike the under funded company that designed the gyro jet firearm.

[@irontemplar6222]

@@josephellis8501 what are you talking about. The gyrojet guns IRL had the issue of at short range it wouldn't be leathal speed. The problem is the Bolt round is a combination of a bullet and a gyrojet round. From rapid heating of a barrel bullets tend to warp in their chambers because of the intense heat, however with normal bullets this does that effect accuracy that much since their method of propulsion only happens once. It does reduce the accuracy of the bullet but not enough for anyone to care. But with the two stage system of a bolter round that warped bullet might shoot out at a 90 degree angle once it fires because the warping will move the location of the interior rocket in any direction that the bullet happens to warp your accuracy goes to shit after just a few shots due to the heat. And before anyone brings up "oh they might have advanced X" 1. I checked they said they just used steel for this boltgun and dueteariam for some reason. But 2. Because the way high explosive rounds work you need the metal to be made at a very specific thickness to make the explosive actully useful too thick while you might solve the warping problem the bolt on impact will destroy itself you wont get any boom if any at all depending on how thick you make it or if you use the wrong material. Too thin and it exsplode outward to much and you wont get any penetration out if it and if they are wearing good armor your bolt rounds will need to repeatedly hit them to strip the armor. Now the thickness and material used matters in the bolt round rocket nozzle will shift ever so slightly if the barrel is cold when firing it because the kinetic impact of being launched will shift it ever so slightly, over later when the barrel is heated which will shift it significantly to the point it might fly of in a 90 degree direction once the rocket kicks on. And all of this is assuming your firing this on earth in ideal temperatures and no wind the second you start applying these things the aim gets even worse to the point where their is a chance a very very small chance that your own bullet might fly back 180 degrees and hitting yourself with it.

[@mateusdarosatosta9772]

4:39: Chaos marine on the left is having the time of his life. Skipping around and shit.

[@sacredpaladin5446]

Literally just watched the LasGun video 😂😂

[@natalassblaster]

I really like the meta out of universe opening before the lore part, keep up the good work!

[@TheRyderShotgunn]

Suddenly, Astartes knees. You look at these now.

[@lanasmith4795]

You think it's like that time arches intro just decided to fuck off as it was playing

[@MrDonarion]

For completion I want to mention the Heavy Bolter. Firing not a lousy cal.75 round, but a cal.99 bolt if i'm not mistaken. Able to demolish the sensitive parts of any unprotected humanoid ear in a 5m radius around the operating gun. Capable of turning almost everything smaller than a Krootox into red paste in a matter of seconds. Love your videos.

[@grizzly3260]

How about a video about power weapons... And what is your personal favorite melee weapon , as a fan of the night lords mine is the lightning claws natürlich.

[@darrianweathington1923]

The emperors magic flame sword

[@Morethanlikelyaperson]

"it's not round, it's not sleek, it's not... Sexy" ILL HAVE YOU KNOW I LOVE MY BOLTER NO MATTER WHAT!

[@d.thieud.1056]

And the fact that there's nothing sexy about it just makes your love of it even more true

[@iulian943]

Arch talking about Phasers and the Federation ? Is this a crossover episode ?

[@naderjamaleddine3100]

Love all your 40k content, other stuff 2 but you're 40k content is the best on KZbin. Just wish there was more:)

[@greulich9635]

So it's a chad Gyrojet?

[@darrianweathington1923]

Your ak47 might go "RAT-A-TAT-TAT" but my bolter gun goes "KABOOM KABOOM KABAAM"

[@mivapusa]

I am triggered by the lack of a trigger on that gun

[@benwilson1088]

One of the more terrifying aspects of the bolt round would be the effect of hydrostaic pressure from the explosion in a body would cause micro-tears to the surrounding tissue and internal bleeding. Had some time on my hands and thinking about bolters. Skipping the detonator charge in the round and use the heat and flame as the ignition source for the HE might be best, it would only work on medium to hard impact. Does limit the range, but simplifies manufacturing, reduces fail rate for explosion, and potentially gets a better spread pattern for shrapnel.

[@nullanonsonemmenoiocosascr6676]

Arch,could you do another primarch video?

[@daytoncasper2400]

Yes please do this

[@nullanonsonemmenoiocosascr6676]

@@daytoncasper2400 wtf,Sly Marbo?you're a primarch yourself 😂

[@nullanonsonemmenoiocosascr6676]

@Sir Dankistan our overly friendly Vulkan pls and then mr honest himself Dorn

[@nullanonsonemmenoiocosascr6676]

@Sir Dankistan oh yes,forgot,and talking about primarchs: SHUT DOWN GUILLIMAN'S LIFE SUPPORT

[@nullanonsonemmenoiocosascr6676]

@Sir Dankistan Indeed brother,maybe someone should help the Dark Angels find the Lion to fix that shit out

[@broseffman]

I like how you took all that time describing how a semi automatic weapon works. Love the video.

[@toemoe4279]

Weekend....Arch....good.

[@axelmilan4292]

1 boltgun: you're gonna have a bad day 2 boltguns: you're gonna have a bad week 3 boltguns: EVERYTHING IS PAIN!

[@jethrot7984]

How many round those a spacemarine carry in a particural mission and how offten do they run out of amunition and have to relay on melee?

[@jethrot7984]

Still it would be nice to know the logictical basis of rounds carried, like arch did on the lasguns video

[@Roon6558]

In the deathwatch rpg, each boltgun equipped space marine is equipped wth 3 magazines, which can be magnetically locked to their belt. Additional magazines are normally attached in vehicles, or in the odd case can be carried by an astartes who adds capacity to the standard 3 mags with a bandolier or combat webbing that can carry more magazines.

[@markfreeman4727]

the space marine strategy basically says they should complete there mission long before they need to reload

[@Superschokokeks]

According to Dawn of War intros: not much :P

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

Usually between 3 and 8 mags depending on mission. Space Marines and their doctrine are not designed for protracted engagements but instead lightning fast hits at vital targets to collapse enemy command and fighting ability. Large scale warfare is the IG's thing and despite how it is often portrayed Astartes usually fight as part of a larger Imperial force that takes the brunt of the fighting while the Marines act as surgical kill machines. Even when a chapter goes it alone it's with thousands of support personnel in the form of serfs and fleet assets. This paired with their superhuman abilities means that combat missions are short and brutal and resolve long before logistics become a major factor barring extreme circumstances.

[@TheBurg229]

Sergeant Harker weilded the bolter best, change my mind.

[@Данте-щ7у]

The only thing, that a xenos deserve, is a fine bolt round in its head...

[@deplorablemecoptera3024]

Anyone else feel like 20mm is a bit on the small side for all the stuff these shells are loaded with? The problem is the more you put into a shell the less room you have for explosive. Solid rockets, penetrating rods, and fuses all take up space, and a 20mm shell isn't that large, certainly it's a cannon, but even in ww2 it was determined that 20mm weapons mounted on ships were not heavy enough to deal with air attack. I would have thought a 40mm shell would be more appropriate, and with guns like the 40mm bofors guns being mass produced in the Second World War, it's not like such weapons are inconceivable in the 41st millennia.

[@erikbrown1827]

Think you can do a video on the Orks Shoota?

[@maukka1545]

Ork shoota is a crude automatic gun that shoots bullets. There are so many different kinds of shoota because orks that there is no reason to make a video about them.

[@ivanmonahhov2314]

A pile of scrap that shoots because physic energy of Waagh makes it to.

[@cryHAVOC884]

Isn't an Ork Shoota just a hollow piece of metal with smaller pieces of metal coming out of it for the lolz?

[@darrianweathington1923]

Erik Brown rock+poop×orks believe hard enough = Gun

[@Smilomaniac]

A 2cm bullet isn't exactly a projectile of mindblowing proportions. The art always gives you the impression that bolters fire a full grenade with each shot.

[@creakychair9387]

Would a normal bolter be used as a small machine gun for the meat shields/guardsmen?

[@ComradePenguinski]

I was thinking more like a Mark 19.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Imperial guard machine guns get auto cannons. It’s generally better than a bolter but needs to be set up. It’s much more like WW2 style machine gun emplacements rather than modern combat machine guns.

[@adamredmayne1326]

Yeah i always wondered, given the lore why the guard didn't have some sort of either light or heavy las machine gun to go with their emplaced las cannon, since we know that different patterns of lasgun have different power levels and the fact that a hellgun can and will put down a space marine it seems like their would be a need for them.

[@darrianweathington1923]

Their are tanks with bolter torrents that I believe guardsman use

[@colinaspen3779]

I bought a bunnyhug. It has quickly become one of my favourites and I would recommend. Sadly no comments or people recognizing it yet though.

[@vulkanofnocturne]

My Bolter designs were best.

[@kampfer91]

Water gun ?

[@vulkanofnocturne]

Hydro* Pump*

[@darrianweathington1923]

Vulkan Of Nocturne spat fire didn't it?

[@vulkanofnocturne]

Are speaking ghettos slang because I'm the black Primarch or are you referring to actually spitting fire? Either way, the answer is yas.

[@blackpilloverdose1013]

I love the Weapons of Warhammer 40k The bolter and Chainsword are just badass.

[@jgacfhhahjjshggqhhqikwhh3919]

Come on dude we want more then 15 minutes .

[@pedrogouveia4326]

you got 19 min. shut up

[@jgacfhhahjjshggqhhqikwhh3919]

@@pedrogouveia4326 no i wont i want my 60 minutes show back. Don't you?

[@Chegs2071]

@@jgacfhhahjjshggqhhqikwhh3919 it's on a single weapon in the mass lore background of 40k, I'd be surprised if he'd gathered enough for a 15min video let alone a 19 min one. Also I agree with the first guy, not your channel, not your decision, live with it

[@jgacfhhahjjshggqhhqikwhh3919]

@@Chegs2071 i dont care if he talks about what his favourate color i want 60 mintue video

[@andreasmuller4666]

I like the looks of bolter. It´s the classic case of form following function and damn does it do its function.

[@weiswolf]

Amazing lore as always, thanks!

[@dicerson9976]

The most accurate description of a Bolter is a Fully Automatic-MicroRPG