Volker von Meinkopt

Volker von Meinkopt was a deranged Master Engineer of the Empire, best known for inventing the Repeater Handgun, Repeater Pistol, and Helblaster Volley Cannon.

It is said that von Meinkopt first came up with the concept for the Repeater Handgun while watching students reloading at the Imperial Gunnery School. He realized that a multibarrelled handgun would not have to be reloaded so frequently, and thus would be more lethal on the field of battle. An early prototype for the repeater handgun was Von Meinkopt's Single Shooter. It was later replaced with final version, known as Von Meinkopt's Whirling Cavalcade of Death.

Von Meinkopt later went on to create the Repeater Pistol, or Von Meinkopt's Micro-mainspring of Multidudinous Precipitation of Pernicious Lead. Even after these two great successes, he continued to invent, creating the nine-barrelled cannon known as the Helblaster Volley Gun. However, his illustrious career was cut short by a workshop explosion which likely killed him.

Volker von Meinkopt's personal weapon was a repeater handgun known as Von Meinkopt's Whirligig of Death.