Drachenatem-Pattern Melta Rifle

The Drachenatem, or Dragon's Breath,-Pattern Melta Rifle is a highly advanced weapon used exclusively by the Drachenkrieger of the Obsidian Guard. Unlike most Melta Weapons its lethal effective range exceeds close quarters and can turn the turret of a main battle tank into so much molten slag from over fifty meters away. Each weapon is hand crafted by the Legion's artificers and then inscribed with the name of its intended user, such that the oldest of them are rolls of honor in their own right.

They are powered by a canister of enriched promethium which slots into the main body of the rifle like a drum magazine on a bolter, with an extended barrel, pistol grip, and stylized muzzle device of adamantium polished to a mirror sheen and carved in the likeness of a fearsome dragon/