Squat Laser Weapons
The Squats have a wide range of lasweapons, all of which are superior to their Imperial counterparts due to preserving much knowledge from the Dark Age of Technology. Called HYLas which stands for High Yield Laser according to Jes Goodwin, these laser weapons offers a formidable punch for its size.
Variants
HYLas Auto Rifle
The HYLas Auto Rifle is one of the standard-issue weapons handed out to the Leagues of Votann, alongside the Autoch Pattern Bolter and Ion Blaster.
The HYLas Auto Rifle in terms of function and role, is, by all means, the equivalent of the Imperial Guard's Lasgun. Filling the role as a logistically convenient assault weapon with a high rate of fire, good range and high pin-point accuracy. The main difference of course, is that the more sophisticated lensing materials and powerpack offers the Auto Rifle a much meaner punch and greater firepower. What this means is that instead of being a flashlight, the Auto Rifle functions like a hand-held Multilaser.
Crunchwise, these lasguns are a 24" HunTR 3, S6 AP-2 D1. Essentially a very small multilaser. Great for clearing out GEQs and horde armies and very effective against MEQs as well.
HYLas Rotary Cannon
The HYLas Rotary Cannon is a step up to the Auto Rifle; being essentially the middle child of the family and roughly equivalent to the Imperium's Multilaser in terms of size and function.
The HYLas Rotary Cannon is commonly mounted on Magna-Coil Bikes used by Hernkyn Pioneers; this weapon is superior to equivalent Imperial designs despite sharing a common STC origin. Unfortunately, it also looks suspiciously similar to the MATR Autocannon and vice versa, so don't be too surprised if folks get confused with one another.
Rules wise, this is a 10 point upgrade for your Pioneers; this is a super multilaser for all intents and purposes, at 24" HunTR 9, S6 AP-2 D1. Perfect for harassing guardsmen, and even marines will fear its rate of fire.
HYLas Beam Cannon
The Lascannon of the HYLas family.
Instead of pure Dakka like its smaller brethren, the Beam Cannon is a single-shot anti-tank FUCK OFF laser meant to turn superheavies inside out. It is known to be mounted on vehicles such as the Sagitaur ATV as one of its primary weapons. However, with all that power focused in one shot, the Beam Cannon has a short range, weirdly enough. This is strange since conventional wisdom goes that the stronger the laser, the more effective its range is due to a strong enough power keeping the photons together.
On the tabletop, this translates to a short ranged lascannon with Beam. 24" Heavy 2, S9 AP-3 Dd6. Similar to the Missile Launcher, but costs twice as much. It is not as economical as MATR Autocannon unless you really want to sink down the cost on anti-armour.