Editing Photon Thruster Weapon (section)

===Photon Gauntlet===
[[File:F6GknHs_Photon_Gauntlet.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Scratch-built Photon Gauntlet, since it doesn't have an official model yet.]]

The shotgun version. Only available to [[Magos|Magos Primes]], [[Tech Priest Dominus|Magos Dominus]] and the [[Secutarii Axiarch]]s. As the baby of the family, its range and strength is far shorter than its larger brothers, with a max range of 12" and S 5, though like them it does at least fire twice (being Assault 2 instead of Heavy 2).

Its armor piercing is decent but the chance of overheating is twice that of a Plasma pistol. It isn't a 'Lance' weapon like it's larger cousins, making it overshadowed by less risky Archaeotech pistols and Machinator Arrays (the latter coming standard with a more devastating Inferno Pistol/[[Flamer]] combo). All in all, the Photon Gauntlet sits in a very awkward position of being nothing spectacular, if you want good anti-armor than a [[Melta]] is more feasible due to its longer range, if you want good anti-infantry than a Flamer could cover more ground at roughly the same range.

About the only time it's a decent choice is with the Secutarii Axiarch who gets it for dirt cheap and can't have any other AP2 weapons (or a flamer). The fact that it isn't a pistol also doesn't come into play if he takes a [[Power_weapon#Power_Fist|power fist]].

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