Ork (Warhammer 40,000) - Weapons

Weapons

Orks prefer close combat weapons as they are represented in-game as being terrible marksmen, which they compensate for by building comically powerful guns, which are often manned, again for humorous effect, by the weedy Grots or Gretchin who have are portrayed as being slightly better handlers of ballistic weapons than their bigger cousins, having a similar proficiency as an average human soldier (Imperial Guardsman) or Eldar militiaman (Guardian). The Ork Waaaaagh gestalt also works on their equipment. Aside from allowing Orks to form some form of hierarchy, this gestalt psychic field, allows slapped-together weapons, vehicles, spacecraft, and aircraft to function when, according to all laws of physics, they should explode, fall apart or simply not work- for example, when a human or eldar attempts to fire an Ork gun, it usually explodes. In the same way, the generalized Ork belief that vehicles or aircraft painted or otherwise colored red have higher top speeds than those painted or colored otherwise ('da red wunz go fasta!') actually results in measurably higher top speeds for Ork vehicles painted red. This effect can be included in the game, with an Ork player using 5 army points to buy a "Red Paint Job" for any vehicle, giving it an extra inch of movement. All this combined suggests that the only thing supplementing the Ork war machine is their own confidence in their methods- were there to be logic applied to the situation, the Orks would not be half as effective as they are.

The Orks are very simple in their naming conventions; a weapon is basically named for what it is or does, usually without any meaningful name. The spelling of the names follows the Orks' convention of broken English words. A few examples;

Slugga - Ork equivalent of a pistol

Shoota - Ork Assault Rifle

Big Shoota - Ork heavy machine gun

Speshul Shoota - Ork shotgun

Supa' Charged Shoota- A Shoota that is wired with an odd modification that allows it to easily pierce Space Marine Power Armour

Burna - Ork flamethrower

Beamy 'Deff Gun - Ork directed-energy weapon, typically shoulder-mounted

Kustom Mega Blasta - Incredibly strong energy weapon, used mainly by Meks

Rokkit Launcha- Ork rocket launcher

Kombi Weapon - shoota with the addition of a single shot Skorcha or Rokkit

Boomgun - Ork tank cannon (Found on Looted Wagons/Leman Russ tanks)

Zzap gun - Ork tank cannon/ grot controlled cannon; electricity-based weapon

Killkannon - Ork tank cannon (Mounted on Battlewagons)

Lobba - Large mortar, rocket launcher, or even trebuchet/catapult