las pistols

Posted by General Biakal on Jan 12, 2009; 11:10am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Technology-of-the-40k-universe-tp2145056p2145154.html

las pistols

Im honestly not sure they are 'pistols' at all. looking at the actual model the cadian are quite large- not broom-handle mauser size like you would expect but much much bigger. I think las-pistols are actually SMG's- more akin to uzi and mac-11 type weapons. able to be fired one handed but almost as powerful as a rifle but shorter range.  the las pistol looks very much like a super compact rifle with what looks like the same power clip. I imagine that also the shooter would get much fewer shots from the pistol than the rifle as there would be more power needed to fire the energy bolt through the shorter barrel. the shorter barrel would also reducethe range

the other reason why the laspistol is so big is that a real scaled pistol would be almost invisible and would have no detail- at least for mere human painters.


however it could be caused by the fact GW think "correct scale" is a dirty word





the mauser looks very much like the cadian las pistol.



the uzi- scalewise more of a match and also the same kind of performance

HOWEVER

catachan and krieg laspistols are much more compact....