M-6 Carnifex

The M-6 Carnifex Hand Cannon is a heavy pistol from Mass Effect 2.

In-Game Description
Highly accurate and lethal sidearm. Effective against armor; weak against shields and biotic barriers. Upgrades the Predator heavy pistol.

The Carnifex is a favored sidearm of mercenary leaders and Eclipse mercenary tech specialists. An expensive but powerful weapon. Its marketing materials feature a charging krogan with the slogan, "Don't you wish Carnifex was at your side?"

Acquisition
The M-6 can be obtained while recruiting Mordin Solus on Omega. Mordin gives it to Shepard when the commander arrives at the clinic. He tells Shepard it was from a dead Blue Suns mercenary.

Squad Use
This weapon can be used by Jack, Jacob, Miranda, Mordin, Tali and Kasumi.

Player Notes

 * This weapon, although dealing increased damage over the M-3, fires slower, has less magazine capacity and less spare ammo capacity.
 * Serves as a high-calibre, high-recoil "Magnum" type pistol of Mass Effect 2.
 * The M-6 deals a total of 2,049.6 damage as opposed to the M-3's 2,678.4 total damage. These values are based on base damage values and default ammo counts.

Trivia

 * Carnifex means "butcher" in Latin - literally, "a maker of meat". Due to the tendency to employ butchers as public executioners, the word carnifex shifted from its original meaning and came to mean both a butcher and an executioner.
 * The appearance is based on the alternate pistol in Mass Effect.
 * The pistol has "Magnus" written on its side. This is a possible reference to highly powerful 'magnum' cartridges, which are enlarged versions of other existing cartridges, and possess immense stopping power.