The 40K Boltgun in Warhammer Darktide

[@delawasp]

fun Warhammer fact, this is the version of bolter the sisters of battle uses. the space marine version is TOO big and powerful for a normal human to use. your arms will legit get ripped off if you use the space marine version

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

I was gonna say!! Thanks for clarifying!

[@matt.o.nutz3dnutz930]

👍👍

[@Redx130000]

This is the Locke Pattern that the Adeptus Arbites use. The Godwyn-De’az Pattern is what the Sororitas use.

[@schmittywhamjenson]

I read somewhere that bolters have little to no recoil because it's firing a rocket propelled round. I also read somewhere that it has a ton of recoil because it's machine spirit is furious. Idk which is true

[@Redx130000]

@@schmittywhamjenson Bolts use a two-stage propellant system. They still have a conventional powder charge just like the cartridges we use today but after the Bolt leaves the muzzle the second stage rocket ignites, so yeah they have recoil. It works like an RPG-7 rocket except RPGs have no recoil because they have a breach for the pressure.

[@MrSkillns]

For a human, it's a thundering barrel of fire. For an Adeptus Astartes, it's a pistol.

[@burnerheinz]

Not even a big one at that.

[@SirPlocks]

Its a cute lil gun for em

[@glubglub7982]

Bolt-derringer

[@lonesurvivor8828]

Imagine they added Space Marine Bolter, but if you fire it your character just dies. 😂

[@SirPlocks]

@@lonesurvivor8828 laughs in krieger

[@boy_with_sleeveless_jacket7951]

I like how it doesn't sound like you loading a regular gun, but instead a tank barrel.

[@Shinzon23]

Autocannon. Pretty sure the sound they used is from a 20mm antimaterial rifle or a bushmaster

[@MONTR65]

​@@Shinzon23its actually from a Kolibri

[@Shinzon23]

@@MONTR65 you forgot to put the /s mate. I KNOW what a Kolibri is.

[@youmukonpaku916]

​@@Shinzon23do youuuuuu? 😢😮🎉🎉🎉

[@zynet_eseled]

​@@Shinzon23what's a kolibri?

[@LuvzToLol21]

"That thing was too big to be called a gun. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of iron."

[@baozenfhei9076]

Is this how we talk about the holy relic of the imperium ?

[@darkpotato8622]

"FIRE" *CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK*

[@chong1012]

Chops a man in half

[@MarinaraSauce.]

W reference

[@cyberpancakee6627]

Peter griffith

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

Space Marine: That's a bolt pistol, not a boltgun, Guardsman!

[@northernalpine4350]

Nay even! This is the BoltGun that the sisters of battle use, this is practically a fucking bolt Kolibri for a space marine

[@crabLT]

@@northernalpine4350 Incorrect. This is the Locke Pattern that the Adeptus Arbites use. And it's more like a 9mm compared to a .44 magnum.

[@JUST_SOME_SHY_GUY]

“His angels.”

[@Fraggr92]

Guardsman: JUST LET ME HAVE THIS, OKAY?!

[@crabLT]

@@JUST_SOME_SHY_GUY Commissar: ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE GOD EMPERORS HOLY ANGELS, GUARDSMAN?!

[@zekenotech]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the standard Bolt Weapon made for Humans is .75 Caliber, while the SPACE MARINE version is .998 Godwyn pattern bolt shells.

[@RainbowGod666]

.98what.

[@UpToSpeedOnJaguar]

human variants are around .50 caliber, while space marine and mounted/emplaced variants range anywhere from .60cal all the way up to over 1". Even larger bolters exist on things like Rus tank patterns and titans, which are absurdly large. On 40k's tanks, the Godwyn pattern heavy bolters are just secondary crewed support weapons lol. The vulcan mega bolter's caliber isn't explicitly described anywhere to my knowledge, but they ARE described as larger than the standard heavy bolter and: "capable of blasting a meter-wide crater in stone and steel." So.. they're large..

[@ionfreak83]

The current Godwyn pattern Bolters use by the Space Marines are .75 caliber while Heavy Bolters are .998 caliber. The only Bolters that humans can use are Godwyn-Da'ez, Mars Pattern II Scourge, Mark XII Jove, Angelus, Perinetus, Enforcer, Goliath, Orlock, Umbra, Vratine and Nemesis patterns and the one use in Dark Tide is the Locke pattern Bolters.

[@chrisgregory3955]

@@UpToSpeedOnJaguar Then you have the mega bolters the Imperial Navy has for point defence. The explosive charge was replaced with a nuclear warhead and they get fired by what amounts to an upsized minigun.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Nah generally bolters are .75 caliber but like everything in 40k we have plenty of variation's which is why you'll have bolters fire .998 like in the Space Marine video game. Sidenote: Bolters don't have a ton of recoil since they are not like regular bullets that just use powder. Instead Bolters have an initial charge thats only made to shoot the bolt out of the barrel and then it activates its gyro-jet. The reason why Space Marines and Humans can't use the same bolder is because a Space Marine is so big that they have their own which is to heavy for a regular human. An Astartes Bolter is 40Ibs while a human one is 15Ibs.

[@Zargex]

This is one of the reasons why i love 40k weapons. Not just your typical assault rifle but a big and ABSOLUTELY brutal weapon that destroys the target to pieces

[@eliasakkerman4597]

Dah, Need Rippah to shred tear-nids

[@WarFoxThunder]

IKR

[@JM-dy4ty]

Because they’re not assault rifles they’re automatic gyrojet rifles

[@trumediamix1]

Whenever I'm about to play a level where I know I'm in for a wild ride... *_it's time to lock and load a Boltgun..._* *_《RIP AND TEAR... UNTIL IT IS DONE!》_* kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuwmGyorsqKhdksi=cMA3U7M4c0C2m92y

[@xdclancer8847]

That’s almost substantially weaker than what we could built today …..

[@darthralin]

I love this rendition of the boltgun. It just feels so nice and weighty. You can feel the power as you shoot. The only bad thing about it is that it eventually runs out of ammo, but still makes you not want to use any other gun in the game.

[@Bananasnotasong]

That's the exact problem I've been having. Every other gun is way more economical with ammo, but nothing feels anywhere as satisfying to fire.

[@TheArcturusProject]

honestly every other gun should be deleted. except...the flamethrower. thats not really a "gun" though so its ok.

[@TheJesper]

Not many games have done boltguns correctly, but Darktide is one that has

[@dr.motte1]

Agree. But as I remember, the game Fire Warrior had also pretty accurate Bolters. Some might forget that Bolters are actually rocket launchers.

[@TheJesper]

@@dr.motte1 yeah, for all its faults, that game had amazing bolters

[@missingno6216]

it fires too qucikly

[@GHETOyeti]

I adore the reload sounds. Sounds like closing a door at a church- heavy, sturdy, and metallic.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

Sounds like reloading a barret 50 cal up close.

[@jooot_6850]

@@gae_wead_dad_6914 Or the reload of a tank cannon!

[@william_brobrine8975]

I remember someone calling the bolt gun The emperor is typewriter. Kinda fitting

[@tylermaurmann]

It has the same clackity energy but more thumpy

[@MR.LMR1996]

The Emperor's Typewriter... I approve of this nickname. Continue using it.

[@newtybot]

A type writer? Then one could say he has a speech device

[@dizzymcfizzy]

The sound, recoil, and even splash damage are so satisfying

[@KhaosN7]

What using the Boltgun feels like in Darktide: "Enemies coming from that direction!" "Roger. Eliminating 'that direction.'"

[@TheRedMan77]

"Artillery Squad, do you see that fortress?" "Yes sir." "I don't want to." "Of course sir."

[@connorwalsh7033]

I got one thing to say when i see a hertic and i have this eat. EAT BOLT GUN!

[@fridaythedeerfox2982]

Hell yeah brother

[@SturmmannHanz]

hertic

[@connorwalsh7033]

@@SturmmannHanz how am i a hectic i would kill a hertic if i was born in that universe

[@SturmmannHanz]

@@connorwalsh7033 yes broder, I agree, I was simplee repeeting "hertic" in a fuorius rage, as teh mere mension of a hertic makes my blod boiel

[@connorwalsh7033]

@@SturmmannHanz ah ok.

[@Nick-bk7es]

It's important to realize this is a .75 Caliber Boltgun, the sidearm of the Adeptus Astartes and the primary of the Sisters of Battle wearing Power armor. It is just barely manageable by use in game so think what a .998 Boltgun would do to us. That's what the Space Marines use.

[@thecookiemeister5374]

.998? Shit at that point just call it the Meter

[@klutzspecter3470]

Probably rip our arms off.

[@brandonhughes4571]

998 is quite literally a heavy bolter '-' Sidenote: The astartes bolters are actually 75 calibre instead of the 998.

[@tomboysupremacist]

.998 is heavy bolters

[@omicronlyrae6228]

@@thecookiemeister5374 thats .998 calibre, which means .998 of an inch, not 998mm.

[@joethehero2]

Patterson, fire a warning shot. Sir, this is a Bolter gun. Ah po-tay-to po-tah-to. Just fire it, Patterson. *BOOM*

[@Shrek40K]

Tiny puny bolt pistol -A Space Marine

[@deltaomega2136]

I like how you can see the bolts exploding on impact, so many 40K games seem to get that simple detail wrong.

[@kofola9145]

Reminds me of boltgun from Boltgun, except way less cool.

[@xRandomCityx]

Oh for sure.

[@madrat1519]

this boltgun looks more like a boltgun than a boltgun from Boltgun

[@WyleeTheWolf]

Boltgun

[@minendown]

@@WyleeTheWolf nice comment!

[@WyleeTheWolf]

@@minendown thank bud, put alot of thought into it....

[@Lorn_Forge]

to think this massive monster of a weapon that probably feels like getting kicked by a mule is just a space marines sidearm.

[@RRrr-dt2vi]

Gotta admit this one sounds so much better then space marine 2 boltgun

[@lordcaedus8713]

Inb4 the SM2 babies come over to this game and be like “that’s not a bolter!”

[@TheDragoon59]

This is my block of gun shaped metal. There are many like it, but this one is MINE.

[@Rightupthedonger]

0:44-0:46 he just was not getting those hit rolls

[@EnzoPinheiro]

Reminds me of L4D2's M60 (with explosive rounds): one shot, limbs off.

[@blampfno]

They were going to put the space marine bolter in this game, but you could only shoot it once.

[@Madheim777]

LMAO

[@meeksdayoff]

Playing Space Marine 2 and my friend was telling me about how massive the pistols look in dark tides and he was NOT lying😭😭

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

That is some serious heresy right there! But I am kinda disappointed that the bolter in space marine 2 doesn't sound nearly as beefy as this tiny boltgun.

[@meeksdayoff]

@@oluftheexplorer9476 it definitely has so much more weight and power in this game, it looks like a cannon lol

[@Volcano22207]

This is actually a smaller version meant for humans

[@romansionis2470]

​@@Volcano22207 Apparently this is used as a pistol by the Space Marines

[@Sivrn-Val]

When you go into a low visibility-High density mission and the Veteren has this.. yeah, things are about to get downright heretical.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

god the way he smacks the magazine back in makes it look like he just bruised the hell out of his palm lol

[@TheVincent135]

Coming back to enjoy this version of the bolter than the one we got in space marine 2

[@RRrr-dt2vi]

forreal!

[@conradpaulo9929]

XD to be fair, it's a normal Human using a Bolt Pistol against (mostly) Humans. It's supersized and beefy sounding because it's coming from the perspective of a normal dude lugging this monster of a gun around. But in Space Marine 2, it really is just a pistol to them. And you ain't fighting regular Humans anymore either (the ones you do encounter die just as easily against this gun). You're fighting Tyranids and Chaos. It's kinda like how Astartes portrayed Space Marines. In the beginning the simple 5 man squad look overpowered slaughtering masses of Heretic Humans and even against the two Psykers. Yet in the final trailer, you saw the reality: they're not so overpowered when they're fighting what they were actually designed for; Namely the Tyranid and Orks that were in said trailer.

[@no-bodymr6419]

Because of different perspectives. In this game, you are just average dude so bolt pistol look like an 20mm auto cannon while Space Marine a walking holding this just like holding a 1911 pistol to them.

[@bf2man106]

The sound design combined with enemies just exploding when hit is so fucking awesome

[@charleshodge6920]

Lore Facts: this is a smaller version of what space marines use with a smaller 20mm round compared to the standard bolters 25mm and 30mm rounds. This weapon system is essentially a Light armoured Vehicle main gun shrunk into a small arms firearm. The closest real world comparison would be a 30mm air burst cannon. It is also what the more punchy sound is when done correctly with sound design.

[@thedawkturr4481]

“ SEE HOW THE EMPEROR PROTECTS? “ “PASS ME ANOTHER, BATTLE SISTER!!”

[@BierBart12]

Big metal slab goes boom boom boom. Honestly, getting the bolters to feel meaty enough is the most important part for a 40k game

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Having anything feel meaty is super important. Even the lasguns that have little to no recoil in Darktide still have a beefy feel to them with the sounds they make when fired.

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

​@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 The rule of cool is always the most important thing about 40k, and nothing says cool like firing a clunky hunk of metal with a .75 rocket propelled round.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@oluftheexplorer9476 I for one am personally a fan of the Helbore lasgun because of its aesthetics. Everytime I fire that thing in Darktide, just hearing it makes me feel like my insides will get flash-cooked and explode if I get hit center mast by it.

[@theanhtran6019]

Space-marine: why’s he holding the pistol with two hands?

[@cladladd]

Really just shows how ungodly big space marines hands are

[@plixplop]

Great reload sound, it's like a big heavy metal box

[@bl0ccr4fter24]

You cannot tell me that that thing doesn't look like a weaponised LEGO 2x3 brick with a 2x3 tile on top

[@tooterfishTV]

Guys, I'm out of ammo. "But we haven't even started yet!"

[@zehlan2100]

chambaring that round should be like loading a crossbow

[@Urge-To-Burn]

Dude the firing noise sounds like the “slamming” in the disposal unit soundtrack!!!

[@shuttlechief]

I really love all the lore behind 40K and how much lore/knowledge about just this gun you can see in the comments mechanically and story wise, but I also really love “BIG GUN GO BIG BOOM!!!”

[@Taffer-bx7uc]

Every pull of the bolter trigger is a hymnal prayer to the God Emperor and a dirge of despair to the enemies of Man.

[@Shetyre]

it turns heavy armored chaos ogryns into Potatoe Soup

[@Mx.Dmg1999]

The Bolter never disappoints on its.. "punchiness"

[@saketbakshi4235]

i've seen enough. where do i start wh40k lore from? from what i've seen this is some godly crossover of dune, halo and doom. EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT SENTENCE IS EXCITING, AND I WANT MORE!

[@TheCodemasterc]

Oh boy where to start. If you actually want to experience the stories of warhammer then look into the Black Library which is the official label for warhammer novels. If you just want the straight lore, well, there's dozen of loremasters here on KZbin, but there's some big events you'll want to look for that'll give most of the context you'll need for most things. "The war in heaven", "the birth of slannesh", "the dark age of technology", "the great crusade" and "the horus heresey" if you only care about human history then you really only need context for those last two to understand the imperium.

[@spatz2219]

Another option is KZbin videos such as Bricky’s Warhammer faction videos, which is a great starting point and the one I used. Leutin is good for more in depth lore, and the adeptus ridiculous podcast is a great option if you want to know the general gist of Warhammer stuff without having to dive too deep.

[@BoJenfa]

Gaunts ghosts

[@EMan-1920]

I recommend Baldermort. He has such a fantastic narration voice, and frequently builds stories within the lore and then breaks down the lore from the source material at the conclusion of said story.

[@jakegordon1575]

For a quick rundown, interstellar Human civilization collapsed due to an AI revolt and the echoes of a million year old war that caused reality to rip itself apart and allow Demonic beings from another dimension to enter our own world much more easily. After a few thousand years of darkness an immortal psychic being from the dawn of human civilization attempts to reunite humanity, but at the cusp of victory some of his sons/generals and a good portion of his new government is corrupted by these otherworldly beings that start a war which puts him into a coma, starts a millennia long period of decline for his empire, and sends it into a state of theocratic brutality in response to his sheer mangificence and the unending threat to your soul from otherworldly horrors.

[@lazylonewolf]

Bolt guns really make you feel like defending the Imperium of Man

[@somebrains5431]

Now we know why irl the MK19 is beloved by all....and its belt fed.

[@jackturner3803]

This feels much more lore accurate to me than in other games. In a lot of warhammer games, the bolt rounds barely explode, if it all. It often feels like you’re just using a normal gun. This on the other hand, staggers nearby enemies with the explosion. Feels right.

[@Laikafan02]

A micro-rocket launcher the size of a microwave oven my beloved

[@roguedoge2479]

“It ain’t a gun if it don’t weigh at least 100 pounds” -DRG Gunner

[@logan9163]

Why cant ogryn get this bruh, like the space marine version. Id bet you more ppl would play him

[@SororitasSimp]

This might just be my opinion cuz i still dunno a whole lot about Ogryn lores but they don't really understand the concept of ammo conservation and even their Heavy Stubbers(the big ol MG) are modified to fire slower or in burst so the Ogryns won't run out of ammo too quickly Giving them bolters will probably result in them mag dumping all their ammunition within seconds The heavy bolters might be abit too heavy and complicated for them to use Plus if you're a military commander or leader Would you trust a toddler with a fcking Boltgun? 😂

[@logan9163]

@@SororitasSimp I mean the games not really super duper lore accurate, I'm pretty sure ogryns can barely put sentences together if I'm not mistaken, like they're stupid stupid. But I get what you're coming from.

[@Duke1st]

Come the fuck on, that will be broken as shit and you know it. Why do you think he doesn't have it?

[@yeetingpotato2934]

@@logan9163 Well in Darktide, the ogryn you play as has this thing called a "Bonehead Implant". Basically ups his intelligence from a toddler to barely pre-pubescent teen.

[@basedeltazero714]

It's far too shiny to be given to the untermenschen. That's it.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Some Astarte somewhere *I seem to have misplaced my backup pistol*

[@mindfortress105]

damn, awesome job devs, feels so powerful

[@DGneoseeker1]

Check out the boltgun in Tau Fire Warrior. It's hilarious. Way TOO powerful. It's basically a bazooka.

[@jooot_6850]

@@DGneoseeker1That is essentially what a bolter is! Handheld, belt-fed rocket cannon.

[@DGneoseeker1]

@@jooot_6850 Belt fed? Bolters usually have a magazine. Are you thinking of the newer heavy bolter models? Oddly enough the old heavy bolter was also magazine fed and it wasn't even a big magazine.

[@jooot_6850]

@@DGneoseeker1 Shoot. You're right. Most of them are mag fed.

[@meowmeowbobo]

Titus: I once faced a carnifex and had to defend myself with this inadequate weapon. can you imagine?

[@lordcaedus8713]

They really did the bolter justice in this game. The ONLY thing I didn’t like about the Dawn of War series was the sound the bolters made. It’s not a machine gun, it’s a hyper reactive rocket launcher.

[@billfred9411]

Iv heard many people have problems with the different iterations of the sounds bolters thru the years but the fact is its a ridiculous fictional gun that doesn't even have any real-world counterpart to compare to so you probably don't know what it would really sound like. Nobody would. I think what they did here is fine because it sounds similar to artillery and if you fired artillery very quickly it would sound similar to a very loud machine gun. Not sure if you can ever really get the full gravity of what it would sound like shooting one considering the real thing would likely blow your ear drums out without protection. Some integrations of the bolter I'd say they do make fire too fast, but this one is alright. Some games they make it fire so fast that is just makes it feel like any other machine gun and you can't really feel the punch you should.

[@WerbleWerb]

I love how even this human sized variant is still absolutely devastating to chaos worshipers and turns them into paste, just goes to show how trivial these missions would be if to say a 3 man squad like in Space Marine 2

[@nikolairebolloso5979]

That recoil, I'm just imagining it like shooting a 4 bore one handed

[@billrich9722]

Put a damn buttstock on that thing.

[@jimpostlethwait405]

EAT BOLT GUN!!!

[@techstepman]

When you see a gun like this you know for sure that the emperor is a God since thanks to him you can have such nice toys!

[@tilted_axis9819]

Really shows that bolters weren’t designed to be used on people. They were designed to kill whatever unknown threats that could be found in the galaxy

[@mr.m7592]

keep in mind this bolter specifically was made for regular humans to wield

[@DocWolph]

I would think a Bolter, a full sized Bolter, would be a hip carried weapon, like a heavy machine gun is in real life.

[@ScottMitchell-j4p]

A full size astartes bolter would dislocate your shoulder form a single shot

[@thebighurt2495]

The Guard uses them as a Heavy (team-operated) Weapon, like a Heavy Stubber or Lascannon

[@andreatassio]

sisters uses the same heavy bolter that space marines uses. But they have the power armor to back it up.

[@thebighurt2495]

@@andreatassio That would certainly help with the recoil issue

[@Volcano22207]

@@andreatassioactually they use a smaller version

[@Comicsluvr]

Hand-held cannon. Sounds about right lol!

[@geemanamatin8383]

I always prefer a solid lasgun meself, but the bolter has its charms.

[@janvangils5560]

to me the reloading time and the ammo pool just don't make the boltgun worth but it does indeed have a fun kick

[@redstarling5171]

​@@janvangils5560yea and when you pull it out that animation to cock it takes forever, better lasgun or plasma for fun

[@LtSprinkulz]

@@janvangils5560 Are you disrespecting the holy bolter? Sounds like --user error-- heresy.

[@demilung]

Remember, it's just big. The recoid is about enough to cycle the gun, the ammo itself is jet-propelled.

[@danielh.tamura8405]

Even not being an Astartes Pattern, it's a very rad and gruesome weapon

[@Brandelwyn]

Why wouldnt it be? It uses the same ammo

[@danielh.tamura8405]

@@Brandelwyn Well, some sources says that the boltguns used by space marines are .998 caliber, while the bolters sized for normal humans is .75

[@Brandelwyn]

@@danielh.tamura8405 name one

[@Gunnar001]

@@Brandelwyn They don't use the same ammo. Astartes grade bolt rounds are of a much higher quality with superior propellants and more potent explosive payloads.

[@Gunnar001]

@@danielh.tamura8405 Those "sources" are wrong. Bolters have never fired .998 caliber rounds. They fire .75 caliber rounds. That 998 number is referring to the model number of a particular Bolter pattern, not the caliber. _“998. model bolter: Godwyn pattern with ammo counter, sinister/dexter locking mechanism and sickle magazine containing 30 rounds of _*_.75 calibre bolts_*_ with diamantine tips, depleted deuterium core & mass reactive detonators. Fires in 4 round bursts.”_ *- Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 11*

[@jonathonspears7736]

I feel like Darktide is the best representation of 40k weaponry in a game. The lasrifles feel good and the bolt gun feels exactly like it should. huge gun with huge stopping power.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

It'd be nice of Ogryns could somehow get their hands on the Space Marine version, I don't think the Imperium would want to waste them on them when they don't even trust them with grenades most times but if one happened to be lying around for the big'uns that'd be neat

[@ccdev]

Best representation of a bolter (even though it's a human sized bolter). The one used by the astartes in space marine 2 seems like a peashooter in comparison.

[@leafy126.5]

youre also fighting tougher enemies though

[@ollieogden-barker5889]

"S4 AP0 D1"

[@zekenotech]

You forgot A:2. It can kill two guys in one turn.

[@jeanchasticot6893]

I've never figured out what these odd orange light bullet symvols under the iron sights are meant to do...

[@TheArcturusProject]

if they just gave this to the ogre and let her rip I NEVER WOULD HAVE STOPPED PLAYING

[@LunarBulletDev]

they nailed the sisters of battle boltgun

[@sirlenemodesto2665]

Going from a basic lazgun gun to this beast really put into perspective how screwed the basic guard infantry is.

[@travis8106]

Hehehe heretic go boom

[@aussiehighlands2715]

I see a lot of people mentioning that this is the civilian version of a bolt gun. Query however, could an ogyrn use a bolt gun, the normal variant and what would be stopping them from using it if they can?

[@Volcano22207]

Orgyins when given guns are given modified ones because they are too stupid to understand ammo conversion and will run out of ammo too fast

[@Amy-J]

Regardless of the strength of the playable characters, I’d *love* to see the devs make a fully fledged Bolter, just to have it properly realised in visual and audio form. Even if it’s a gag weapon that kills you when you fire it.

[@pedromoura1446]

i love that everyone's talking about how this is the 9mm to the .45 of the space marines but nobody talked about how the heavy bolter fires even bigger shells and the primaris ones even bigger than that. you're a human in this game. you're firing pebbles. pebbles that can turn a modern tank into a crater but still pebbles by 40k standards XD

[@thecoolestdaniel4554]

Other games with an anti material/ large calibre weapon : single fire mode only This is stupid to use in close incounters and will result in you dying a stupid death if used in close quarters Dark tide: this thing shoots a single round that could decimate a human torso Here's burst fire Get out there crack open a heritic for the emperor

[@TafTabTah]

This is the pistol you use in Space Marines 2

[@Volcano22207]

Actually it’s a lower caliber version

[@saintmemes5205]

Holy shit by the Emperor that makes my lasgun look like a pea shooter I want it

[@pktrainerpk5supersus459]

Space marine 2 fires it like regular assault rifle😂

[@KhaosN7]

Not even an Assault Rifle. For a Space Marine, that's a pistol.

[@Volcano22207]

This is actually the scaled down version of the pistol

[@jooot_6850]

A bolter is a fusion between an autocannon and a recoilless rifle/rocket launcher. Over the top and completely impractical for most uses, it's the perfect gun for a setting like 40k

[@pandu24113]

The commissar after i didn't charge a horde of ork with my faulty Flashlight

[@wes4578]

lol looks like if Tonka made a gun

[@ULTIMATZEKROM]

Ah, the holy sound of Bolter fire

[@letssuperfuntime]

Ah yes, a .80 caliber light auto cannon with a 6 inch barrel and NO STOCK. Warhammer's contempt for physics, or even a modicum of of sensible mechanical design really puts me off the setting.

[@Redx130000]

That’s the whole point of Warhammer; “rule of cool”. There’s a myriad of things in Warhammer 40k that make no sense from chain weapons, lasguns, etc.

[@Volcano22207]

Lmao , you would have a stroke if you saw how they load ship guns

[@sirraphael854]

My wrists feel sore just from watching this.

[@killierjops4170]

This is stupid boltgun,no effective,shotgun were powerful

[@mightybaloo1880]

Me no like boltgun. Me shotgun better.

[@amjgotu]

from the moment i understand the weakness of my boltgun

[@darkdwarf007]

shotties never were good. Hopefully with the patch 14 they will be playable not just for some gimmicks but as actual guns

[@mupod]

ogryn with a youtube account

[@billjones642]

fun times were had in this area during the beta, trying to get the game to run above 10fps. i never could, so the tutorial was all i saw of darktide.

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

Ahh, pre-patch Bolter that doesn't hit sht... ...It's so much better now Holy Terra 💀🙏

[@alexandermoon7211]

fun fact - these things are essentially suped up Grenade lanchers that use mini-RPGs

[@Quarter2Doom]

I love the way the explosions stagger everyone around the point of impact

[@AstralPandaBoi]

So you are telling me that such "high tech" gun doesn't leave the bolt back after firing the last round? But it does autoload when shooting every other round?

[@madelaki]

I'm no WH40k expert but I'm not sure the Bolter is supposed to be particularly "high tech". It strikes me as more of a ritualistic, cultural choice of weapon, kind of like how some police jurisdictions were still using 1911's until relatively recently.

[@Volcano22207]

@@madelakiit’s more that tech in the imperiaem is kinda backwards

[@CoIdHeat]

It´s a fantastic representation of a Bolter. Feels really powerful and devastating

[@Tehguuui]

Now remember folks..marine armor can shrug off anything but a direct hit from those rounds

[@guccipucci3941]

It can Tank some, since this is the .75 cal not the .998

[@robodrome]

I like that it roars when you take it out.

[@elementz301]

Best depiction of a bolter by far

[@captaincole4511]

Gonna be honest, I love SM2 but the sound design for the bolter is disappointing lol. Hope they fix it in an update. It sounds too clinky if that makes sense.