The Armory

Well, it's been a while, my readers. All 3 of you! But I'm back, and I've brought you the first energy weapon of the series, and it is also the most powerful of the bunch thus far. Meet the Melta Gun (Warhammer 40K) : Also known as the Fusion gun, the Melta is a directed energy weapon that generates extreme heat. It is short ranged, anti-armor, and absolutely deadly. So let's get stuck into it! Realism of the design:  The Melta gun is actually a very well designed and terrifyingly realistic weapon. It works on a very simple principle, that of the shaped charge. For those unfamiliar with the term, a shaped charge is a type of explosive that focuses the force of the blast into a tight cone, to increase the efficiency of the explosive. This concentrates the energy like the point of a knife and enables it to pierce, melt, or blast into almost anything. Inside of the Melta is a canister of highly pressurized gasses, which are induced into an unstable sub-