[Doom wolf]

"I heard bolter fire."

This was a line from the nightlord trilogy, but then, it make me wonder what was really the sound of Bolter like ?

If the thread has been done, please redirect me.

Thanks.

 

[Brother Emund]

The bolter fires explosive rounds, almost like a modern grenade launcher... but much faster! :victory:

 

[Doom wolf]

You mean like that ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GdB9wCNIho

That's a bit... kinda disappointing...

 

[SoL Berzerker]

I've always thought of an AA12, full-auto shotgun.

 

[Old Man78]

I think it goes... banana,banana, banana.........banana,banana,banana

 

[R_Squared]

The AA12 Sounds like THIS, which is pretty beefy.

But Space Marines probably deserve something like THIS

 

[Old Man78]

The AA12 Sounds like THIS, which is pretty beefy.

But Space Marines probably deserve something like THIS

:goodpost:
I think the aa12 is the right of it, the calibre of a bolt gun is approx that of a 12 gauge shot gun give or take a millimetre, and I like that russian guy

 

[gen.ahab]

Like a 20mm with a ok-ish kicker charge, decent RoF and probably some weird noise associated with the rockets and the internal mechanisms of the firearm.

 

[Angel of Blood]

I always imagined them to be more like the GMG I used in the forces. Perhaps a little louder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQzfJqkmLM8

 

[MidnightSun]

It's mostly described in fluff as 'bark' or 'boom', but I think Dawn of War 2 got it pretty right.

 

[Kreuger]

I forget where but it was described as something like a "boom, thud, crump."

The boom was the propellant, the thud was the impact, and the crump was the sound of the mass reactive detonator exploding in the target.

 

[Fallen]

I always was under the impression that it had the rate of fire of a Browning M2 50cal, or some other heavy machine gun/Gatling guns - but still slow enough to hear the individual "Ka-chings" of the rounds ejecting.

but it's probably firing a round the size that a grenade launcher does (or a coke/drop pod/pepsi/beer can size)

You mean like that ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GdB9wCNIho(

but it's destruction capability, in my head, is something akin to this

But Space Marines probably deserve something like THIS